Patents by Inventor Tomoaki FUKATAMI

Tomoaki FUKATAMI has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11279209
    Abstract: A vehicle door glass elevating/lowering device performs elevating/lowering operation of window glass by a driving force of a drive source along a sash member along one of front and rear edges of the window glass in a door sash forming a window opening. The glass elevating/lowering device includes: a guide rail on the sash member; a slider having a glass support secured to the glass and a sliding part guided movably in the elevating/lowering directions with respect to the guide rail; and a transmission member that transmits the driving force of the drive source, in which a first sliding part regulated in position by the guide rail in at least one direction of the vehicle front-rear directions and a second sliding part regulated in position by the guide rail in at least the other direction of the vehicle front-rear directions are provided at mutually different positions in the elevating/lowering directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Ishiguro, Katsuhisa Fukui, Tomoaki Fukatami, Kazuhito Nakajima, Masako Sekine, Natsuki Ito, Kimihiro Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 11273690
    Abstract: A door sash surrounding a window opening of a vehicle door, the door sash including: a design part located on a vehicle exterior side; a frame part located on a vehicle interior side with respect to the design part so as to form a sash interior space surrounded by a wall; and a mounting part located inside the sash interior space and to which door-related components can be mounted. According to this door sash, it is possible to achieve high functionality around the vehicle door while improving the space efficiency of the vehicle door by effectively utilizing the sash interior space as a portion to which the door-related components are mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomoaki Fukatami
  • Publication number: 20210206239
    Abstract: A vehicle door glass elevating/lowering device performs elevating/lowering operation of window glass by a driving force of a drive source along a sash member along one of front and rear edges of the window glass in a door sash forming a window opening. The glass elevating/lowering device includes: a guide rail on the sash member; a slider having a glass support secured to the glass and a sliding part guided movably in the elevating/lowering directions with respect to the guide rail; and a transmission member that transmits the driving force of the drive source, in which a first sliding part regulated in position by the guide rail in at least one direction of the vehicle front-rear directions and a second sliding part regulated in position by the guide rail in at least the other direction of the vehicle front-rear directions are provided at mutually different positions in the elevating/lowering directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshimasa ISHIGURO, Katsuhisa FUKUI, Tomoaki FUKATAMI, Kazuhito NAKAJIMA, Masako SEKINE, Natsuki ITO, Kimihiro KINOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20210178867
    Abstract: A door sash surrounding a window opening of a vehicle door, the door sash including: a design part located on a vehicle exterior side; a frame part located on a vehicle interior side with respect to the design part so as to form a sash interior space surrounded by a wall; and a mounting part located inside the sash interior space and to which door-related components can be mounted. According to this door sash, it is possible to achieve high functionality around the vehicle door while improving the space efficiency of the vehicle door by effectively utilizing the sash interior space as a portion to which the door-related components are mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomoaki FUKATAMI