Patents by Inventor Fumihiro Funahashi

Fumihiro Funahashi 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).

  • Sunshade of a sunroof for a motor vehicle and manufacturing method thereof
    Patent number: 6706370
    Abstract: A sunshade of a sunroof for a motor vehicle includes superposing resin impregnated glass fiber mat layers (2,3) on both surfaces of a semi-rigid layer (1) made of an urethane foam and having a uniform thickness, superposing a skin material layer (5) on a surface of one of the resin impregnated glass fiber mat layers (2) via an adhesive film layer (4), superposing a back material layer (7) on the surface of the other resin impregnated glass fiber mat layer (3) via an adhesive film layer (6), and fusion bonding the layers by clamping the layers (8) by a press mold (9, 10) and heating and pressurizing the layers (8) so as to form a predetermined three-dimensional shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Howa Textile Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuro Ito, Shogo Okado, Kazuo Sugiura, Takashi Mihara, Fumihiro Funahashi