Patents by Inventor Toshiaki Nogami

Toshiaki Nogami 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: 5514316
    Abstract: A ceramic article such as a sanitary pottery ware is produced by slip casting using a porous composite mold. A green ceramic body of a part such as a trap of sanitary ware is separately formed in advance by, for example, slip casting. The green ceramic body is placed in the mold cavity of the porous composite mold. Then, a slip as the material of the main part of the sanitary ware is supplied into the mold cavity to form deposit integral with the green ceramic body, whereby an integral sanitary ware is obtained by slip casting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1996
    Assignee: Toto Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuhiro Kosugi, Mitsuru Saka, Akio Matsumoto, Minoru Inoue, Toshiaki Nogami, Takazi Naotsuka, Masao Yamasaki, Hiroyuki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 4702517
    Abstract: A detachable-type vehicle sun shade apparatus is disclosed for use in vehicles having glass sun roofs installed between a center roof material and an exterior panel, both of which define an opening. The opening has a flange mounted trim strip therearound and a holder is mounted along a first edge of the opening. A sun shade has a first edge receivable between the holder and the trim strip. A stopper is rotatably mounted on the sun shade adjacent the second edge of the sun shade, with the stopper including edge engaging structure for engaging the trim strip along a second edge of the opening which is adjacent the second edge of the sun shade. A knob is provided for rotating the stopper and bringing the edge engaging structure into engagement with the trim strip along the second edge of the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1987
    Assignees: Toyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Maeda, Toshiaki Nogami, Shigeru Kashiwagi, Kenji Sakurai, Kunio Nishiyama