Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro WATOU

Yasuhiro WATOU 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: 9156338
    Abstract: An elongated molding for a vehicle, including: a main body including, a head portion arranged at a front surface side of a circumferential edge of a window pane, a leg portion protruding from a back surface of the head portion and being arranged to face an end surface of the circumferential edge of the window pane, and a foot portion protruding from a tip of the leg portion toward a center of the window pane, wherein a volume raising portion is integrally provided to at least a portion of a back surface of the head portion in a longitudinal direction thereof, wherein a thickness of the volume raising portion varies at at least some positions in the longitudinal direction, and wherein the volume raising portion is made of a resin material softer than a resin material constituting the head portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: TOKAI KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Watou, Yoshihiro Nakanishi
  • Publication number: 20150061313
    Abstract: An elongated molding for a vehicle, including: a main body including, a head portion arranged at a front surface side of a circumferential edge of a window pane, a leg portion protruding from a back surface of the head portion and being arranged to face an end surface of the circumferential edge of the window pane, and a foot portion protruding from a tip of the leg portion toward a center of the window pane, wherein a volume raising portion is integrally provided to at least a portion of a back surface of the head portion in a longitudinal direction thereof, wherein a thickness of the volume raising portion varies at at least some positions in the longitudinal direction, and wherein the volume raising portion is made of a resin material softer than a resin material constituting the head portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Yasuhiro WATOU, Yoshihiro NAKANISHI
  • Patent number: 8444204
    Abstract: A long vehicle window molding which is disposed along a windowpane attached to a window frame of a car body and is fixed to the window pane by a double-sided tape, the vehicle window molding comprising: a window molding main body; a lip portion that protrudes from an end portion of the window molding main body toward a circumference wall portion of the window frame; and the double-sided tape, wherein the double-sided tape is attached to a tape attaching surface of the window molding main body, and wherein a position of a side edge of the double-sided tape and a position of an edge of the tape attaching surface at an opposite side of the end portion of the window molding main body from which the lip portion protrudes coincide with each other along a longitudinal direction of the window molding main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Tokai Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Watou, Asao Koide
  • Publication number: 20110291437
    Abstract: A long vehicle window molding which is disposed along a windowpane attached to a window frame of a car body and is fixed to the window pane by a double-sided tape, the vehicle window molding comprising: a window molding main body; a lip portion that protrudes from an end portion of the window molding main body toward a circumference wall portion of the window frame; and the double-sided tape, wherein the double-sided tape is attached to a tape attaching surface of the window molding main body, and wherein a position of a side edge of the double-sided tape and a position of an edge of the tape attaching surface at an opposite side of the end portion of the window molding main body from which the lip portion protrudes coincide with each other along a longitudinal direction of the window molding main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: TOKAI KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro WATOU, Asao KOIDE