Patents by Inventor Akitoshi Shoji

Akitoshi Shoji 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: 11654760
    Abstract: A seal structure is applied to a vehicle including a vehicle body that includes a roof opening, and a movable panel and a fixed panel that close the roof opening. The seal structure includes a flange extending along an opening edge of the roof opening, and a weather strip that includes a holding groove into which the flange is inserted, and blocks a gap generated between the vehicle body, and the movable panel and the fixed panel. A tip of the flange includes a plurality of notches with respect to an extending direction of the flange. The weather strip includes an inner wall and an outer wall facing each other across the holding groove, and a connection wall that connects the inner wall and the outer wall in a position corresponding to the notch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Aisin Corporation
    Inventor: Akitoshi Shoji
  • Publication number: 20210197652
    Abstract: A seal structure is applied to a vehicle including a vehicle body that includes a roof opening, and a movable panel and a fixed panel that close the roof opening. The seal structure includes a flange extending along an opening edge of the roof opening, and a weather strip that includes a holding groove into which the flange is inserted, and blocks a gap generated between the vehicle body, and the movable panel and the fixed panel. A tip of the flange includes a plurality of notches with respect to an extending direction of the flange. The weather strip includes an inner wall and an outer wall facing each other across the holding groove, and a connection wall that connects the inner wall and the outer wall in a position corresponding to the notch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Akitoshi SHOJI
  • Patent number: 10245930
    Abstract: A deflector device includes: a deflector base fixed to side edge portions of a roof opening portion provided in a roof of a vehicle; a deflector arm assembled to the deflector base to extend along the side edge portions and rotatably supported to approach and separate from the roof opening portion in response to an opening and closing operation of a panel for opening and closing the roof opening portion; a deflector unit configured to be deployed when the deflector arm is separated from the roof opening portion and to be stored when the deflector arm approaches the roof opening portion; and a biasing member installed such that one end side thereof is assembled to the deflector base and the other end side thereof biases the deflector arm in a direction in which the deflector arm is separated from the roof opening portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Akitoshi Shoji
  • Publication number: 20180326828
    Abstract: A deflector device includes: a deflector base fixed to side edge portions of a roof opening portion provided in a roof of a vehicle; a deflector arm assembled to the deflector base to extend along the side edge portions and rotatably supported to approach and separate from the roof opening portion in response to an opening and closing operation of a panel for opening and closing the roof opening portion; a deflector unit configured to be deployed when the deflector arm is separated from the roof opening portion and to be stored when the deflector arm approaches the roof opening portion; and a biasing member installed such that one end side thereof is assembled to the deflector base and the other end side thereof biases the deflector arm in a direction in which the deflector arm is separated from the roof opening portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Akitoshi SHOJI
  • Patent number: 7992929
    Abstract: A support mechanism for an opening and closing member slidably moving to open and close an opening formed in a vehicle body, includes a support frame adapted to be arranged at the opening and closing member to support the opening and closing member relative to the vehicle body, a guide rail adapted to be arranged at the vehicle body along a side edge of the opening and including first and second guide portions that are parallel to each other, and a guided member including a cylindrical portion and a bearing portion continuously formed with the cylindrical portion and coaxially supporting a shaft portion that is arranged at the support frame, the cylindrical portion having an outer peripheral surface formed into a tapered shape and contacting the first and second guide portions in a biased manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akitoshi Shoji, Yoshitake Ide, Kazuki Sawada
  • Publication number: 20100308625
    Abstract: A support mechanism for an opening and closing member slidably moving to open and close an opening formed in a vehicle body, includes a support frame adapted to be arranged at the opening and closing member to support the opening and closing member relative to the vehicle body, a guide rail adapted to be arranged at the vehicle body along a side edge of the opening and including first and second guide portions that are parallel to each other, and a guided member including a cylindrical portion and a bearing portion continuously formed with the cylindrical portion and coaxially supporting a shaft portion that is arranged at the support frame, the cylindrical portion having an outer peripheral surface formed into a tapered shape and contacting the first and second guide portions in a biased manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventors: Akitoshi Shoji, Yoshitake Ide, Kazuki Sawada