Patents by Inventor Yasumasa HORIMIZU

Yasumasa HORIMIZU 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: 11067109
    Abstract: An engagement structure engages a first part with a second part, and includes a receive portion provided on the first part and an insertion portion provided on the second part. The insertion portion includes an insertion main body protruded in its insertion direction to the receive portion, and protrusions protruded from a side face of the insertion main body and having elasticity to be deformable. The receive portion includes an opening provided with an opening main portion into which the insertion main body is inserted and cutouts into which the protrusions are inserted when the insertion main body is inserted into the opening main portion, and overhangs that are disposed adjacently to the opening main portion to prevent, on a back surface of the receive portion, the protrusions from being pulled out due to elastic restorations of the protrusions that have passed through the cutouts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: NIHON PLAST CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasumasa Horimizu, Atsushi Ihara
  • Patent number: 10549786
    Abstract: A cowl cover includes a cover-body portion that covers a cowl portion between a windshield and a vehicle-body member; and a lid body to be detachably attached to the cover-body portion. The cover-body portion includes a cover-body-side engagement portion and the lid-body includes a lid-body-side engagement portion that is to be engaged with the cover-body-side engagement portion. The cover-body-side engagement portion and the lid-body-side engagement portion are configured such that an engagement amount between the cover-body-side engagement portion and the lid-body-side engagement portion increases when a load is applied from an outside to the lid-body-side engagement portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: NIHON PLAST CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasumasa Horimizu, Atsushi Ihara
  • Publication number: 20180346035
    Abstract: A cowl cover includes a cover-body portion that covers a cowl portion between a windshield and a vehicle-body member; and a lid body to be detachably attached to the cover-body portion. The cover-body portion includes a cover-body-side engagement portion and the lid-body includes a lid-body-side engagement portion that is to be engaged with the cover-body-side engagement portion. The cover-body-side engagement portion and the lid-body-side engagement portion are configured such that an engagement amount between the cover-body-side engagement portion and the lid-body-side engagement portion increases when a load is applied from an outside to the lid-body-side engagement portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Yasumasa Horimizu, Atsushi IHARA
  • Publication number: 20180202478
    Abstract: An engagement structure engages a first part with a second part, and includes a receive portion provided on the first part and an insertion portion provided on the second part. The insertion portion includes an insertion main body protruded in its insertion direction to the receive portion, and protrusions protruded from a side face of the insertion main body and having elasticity to be deformable. The receive portion includes an opening provided with an opening main portion into which the insertion main body is inserted and cutouts into which the protrusions are inserted when the insertion main body is inserted into the opening main portion, and overhangs that are disposed adjacently to the opening main portion to prevent, on a back surface of the receive portion, the protrusions from being pulled out due to elastic restorations of the protrusions that have passed through the cutouts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Yasumasa Horimizu, Atsushi Ihara
  • Patent number: 9381947
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a divisional cowl-top cover. In an upper cowl-top cover, a first engaging claw is formed on a front face side of a supporting portion configured to support a sealing member, and at an upper end of a lower cowl-top cover, a second engaging-receiving portion configured to engage with the first engaging claw from an upper side is formed. If an impact load acts on a hood and then the upper cowl-top cover moves downward, the first engaging claw and the second engaging-receiving portion are disengaged from each other, and the upper cowl-top cover lowers while supporting lowering of the hood, and is capable of absorbing the impact load while lowering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Nihon Plast Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Serizawa, Yuichi Hinata, Yasumasa Horimizu
  • Publication number: 20150035318
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a divisional cowl-top cover. In an upper cowl-top cover, a first engaging claw is formed on a front face side of a supporting portion configured to support a sealing member, and at an upper end of a lower cowl-top cover, a second engaging-receiving portion configured to engage with the first engaging claw from an upper side is formed. If an impact load acts on a hood and then the upper cowl-top cover moves downward, the first engaging claw and the second engaging-receiving portion are disengaged from each other, and the upper cowl-top cover lowers while supporting lowering of the hood, and is capable of absorbing the impact load while lowering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Daisuke SERIZAWA, Yuichi HINATA, Yasumasa HORIMIZU
  • Patent number: 8807634
    Abstract: A cowl-top cover 10 for covering a vehicle body between a front window shield and a front hood is provided with: a seal portion abutting against a rear end lower part of the front hood; and a longitudinal wall portion 1 that supports the seal portion and that is erected in a vertical direction of a vehicle, wherein the longitudinal wall 1 includes a stepped portion 3 that is extended along the vertical direction, the longitudinal wall being shaped to be wavy in a widthwise direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Nihon Plast Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasumasa Horimizu
  • Publication number: 20120126577
    Abstract: A cowl-top cover 10 for covering a vehicle body between a front window shield and a front hood is provided with: a seal portion abutting against a rear end lower part of the front hood; and a longitudinal wall portion 1 that supports the seal portion and that is erected in a vertical direction of a vehicle, wherein the longitudinal wall 1 includes a stepped portion 3 that is extended along the vertical direction, the longitudinal wall being shaped to be wavy in a widthwise direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: NIHON PLAST CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasumasa HORIMIZU