Patents by Inventor Hideya KUSUNOKI

Hideya KUSUNOKI 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: 12600166
    Abstract: A wheel cap includes a cap body having a wheel side face and another face serving as a styling face on an opposite side from the wheel side face; a first engagement leg provided standing out from the wheel side face and configured to be inserted into a through hole of the wheel, with the first engagement leg abutting a first attachment portion of a peripheral edge of the through hole at a first angle with respect to an insertion direction; and a second engagement leg provided standing out from the wheel side face as a pair with the first engagement leg and configured to be inserted into the through hole of the wheel, with the second engagement leg abutting a second attachment portion at the peripheral edge of the through hole at a second angle with respect to the insertion direction, the second angle being greater than the first angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Masahiro Honda, Keisuke Matoba, Satoshi Ito, Keiichi Kitayama, Reiya Ichimura, Tomoyuki Ishikawa, Hideya Kusunoki
  • Publication number: 20250269684
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel structure includes: a wheel configured to support a tire and be assembled to a vehicle; and a wheel mounting member that is mounted on the wheel. The wheel mounting member includes a body section, a main engagement section that is provided to the body section and engages with an engagement target section of the wheel, and a sub-engagement section that is provided in a low-rigidity region in which the rigidity relatively decreases in the body section in a state in which the body section is fixed to the wheel by the main engagement section, the sub-engagement section engaging with an engageable target section of the wheel, the engageable target section being different from the engagement target section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2025
    Publication date: August 28, 2025
    Inventors: Tomoyuki ISHIKAWA, Hideya KUSUNOKI, Takuya HISHINUMA, Masanori NAGAMINE, Satoshi ITO, Masahiro HONDA, Keisuke MATOBA
  • Publication number: 20250262886
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel structure includes a wheel configured to support a tire and be assembled to a vehicle, and a wheel cover, the wheel cover serving as a wheel attachment member attached to the wheel. The wheel cover includes a body and an engaging portion provided at the body. The wheel has an engaged portion provided so as to extend to engage with the engaging portion. In a state where the engaging portion and the engaged portion are engaged with each other to attach the wheel cover to the wheel, in a region in which the engaging portion relatively moves with respect to the engaged portion, the engaged portion is provided so as to extend to relatively approach the engaging portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2025
    Publication date: August 21, 2025
    Inventors: Tomoyuki ISHIKAWA, Hideya KUSUNOKI
  • Publication number: 20250242633
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel structure includes: a wheel configured to support a tire and be assembled to a vehicle; a wheel cover engaged with the wheel at least at a central part of a disc that is a component of the wheel, the wheel cover in a state attached to the wheel including a body formed so as to cover an entire surface, corresponding to an outer side of the vehicle, of the disc when the wheel is assembled to the vehicle and an engaging portion provided on the body and configured to engage with an engaged portion provided at the central part of the disc; and a restricting member configured to restrict movement of the engaging portion in a releasing direction to release engagement with the engaged portion in a state where the engaging portion is engaged with the engaged portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2025
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Inventors: Tomoyuki ISHIKAWA, Hideya KUSUNOKI
  • Publication number: 20230158830
    Abstract: A wheel cap includes a cap body having a wheel side face and another face serving as a styling face on an opposite side from the wheel side face; a first engagement leg provided standing out from the wheel side face and configured to be inserted into a through hole of the wheel, with the first engagement leg abutting a first attachment portion of a peripheral edge of the through hole at a first angle with respect to an insertion direction; and a second engagement leg provided standing out from the wheel side face as a pair with the first engagement leg and configured to be inserted into the through hole of the wheel, with the second engagement leg abutting a second attachment portion at the peripheral edge of the through hole at a second angle with respect to the insertion direction, the second angle being greater than the first angle
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Masahiro HONDA, Keisuke MATOBA, Satoshi ITO, Keiichi KITAYAMA, Reiya ICHIMURA, Tomoyuki ISHIKAWA, Hideya KUSUNOKI