Patents by Inventor Yoshikazu Machida

Yoshikazu Machida 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).

  • Vehicle component and sealing member
    Patent number: 8720908
    Abstract: A vehicle component includes a sealing member that is sandwiched between the vehicle component and a vehicle body to seal a gap between the vehicle component and the vehicle body. The sealing member includes an adhering/separating member that is adhereable to and separable from a wall of the vehicle body, and an elastic compressing member that is elastically compressible and stacked on the adhering/separating member. The adhering/separating member adheres to the wall of the vehicle body when the sealing member is present between the vehicle component and the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignees: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd., Natsume Co., Ltd., Hayakawa Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Machida, Masahiro Natsume, Katsumi Sakamoto, Kazuya Fujita
  • Bulb socket and an assembling method therefor
    Patent number: 7500885
    Abstract: A frame-shaped cover (30) for covering resilient holding pieces (23) is mounted at an opening edge of a fitting (11), and clearances Cb for permitting displacements of the cover (30) in forward and backward directions intersecting a mounting direction of a base (51) with respect to the fitting (11) are defined between the outer surfaces of front and rear walls (13F, 13R)) of the fitting (11) and the cover (30). Even if the base (51) is displaced forward or backward with respect to the fitting (11), the cover (30) can be displaced in conformity with the position of the base (51), wherefore the base (51) can be mounted reliably into the fitting (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignees: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Asao, Yoshikazu Machida
  • BULB SOCKET AND AN ASSEMBLING METHOD THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20080220653
    Abstract: A frame-shaped cover (30) for covering resilient holding pieces (23) is mounted at an opening edge of a fitting (11), and clearances Cb for permitting displacements of the cover (30) in forward and backward directions intersecting a mounting direction of a base (51) with respect to the fitting (11) are defined between the outer surfaces of front and rear walls (13F, 13R)) of the fitting (11) and the cover (30). Even if the base (51) is displaced forward or backward with respect to the fitting (11), the cover (30) can be displaced in conformity with the position of the base (51), wherefore the base (51) can be mounted reliably into the fitting (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicants: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Ichikoh Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Asao, Yoshikazu Machida
  • Vehicle component and sealing member
    Publication number: 20070228758
    Abstract: A vehicle component includes a sealing member that is sandwiched between the vehicle component and a vehicle body to seal a gap between the vehicle component and the vehicle body. The sealing member includes an adhering/separating member that is adhereable to and separable from a wall of the vehicle body, and an elastic compressing member that is elastically compressible and stacked on the adhering/separating member. The adhering/separating member adheres to the wall of the vehicle body when the sealing member is present between the vehicle component and the vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Machida, Masahiro Natsume, Katsumi Sakamoto, Kazuya Fujita