Patents by Inventor Fumio Kurogane

Fumio Kurogane 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).

  • Publication number: 20060230858
    Abstract: A shift lever device includes a housing fixed to a vehicle body, and a shift lever swingably supported on the housing. The shift lever includes a tubular member, a rod disposed in the tubular member and having a spring support portion at an axially intermediate part thereof, a spring support sleeve fixedly disposed in the tubular member and having a spring support surface at a lower end thereof, and a spring placed around the rod and between the spring support portion of the rod and the spring support surface of the spring support sleeve so as to urge the rod to lockingly engage at a lower end with the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2006
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventor: Fumio Kurogane