Patents by Inventor Chikao Shirasu

Chikao Shirasu 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: 4653801
    Abstract: A sealing structure for an automotive vehicle comprising a drip seal attached to a flange formed along the vehicle body roof and the vehicle body front pillar and shutting off the clearance along the front pillar between the vehicle body and the vehicle door. The drip seal has two ridges forming inner and outer lips, the outer lip being held in abutting contact with an inner face of the door. The inner lip extends along the vehicle body roof parallel to and spaced from the outer lip and forming with the outer lip an upwardly opened drip channel. The front tip edge of the door sash and the front pillar abut the opposite longitudinally extending sides of the inner lip along the front pillar and shut off the clearance between the door sash and front pillar substantially flush with the outer surface of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1987
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Chikao Shirasu, Hideo Sakai, Yasutaka Innami