Patents by Inventor Hirofumi Eta

Hirofumi Eta 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).

  • Roof inner body structure
    Patent number: 7677652
    Abstract: A roof structure for a vehicle can include a tailor-welded-blank, inner roof frame. The inner roof frame can include, at least in part, an elongated, transversely extending, intermediate roof rail having a first material thickness, and a plurality of reinforced roof rails. Each of the reinforced roof rails can extend away from the intermediate roof rail in a common direction toward a remote end of the inner roof frame. Each of the reinforced roof rails can have a different material thickness than the first material thickness of the intermediate roof rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Nissan Technical Center North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Mollick, Mark Snyder, Hirofumi Eta
  • Vehicle window interior shade assembly
    Patent number: 7387329
    Abstract: A vehicle window interior shade assembly includes a vehicle shade support structure, a first shade, a second shade, and a trim member. The vehicle shade support structure is configured for installation adjacent to a window opening. The first shade and second shades are movably coupled to the vehicle shade support structure to move between respective retracted positions and extended positions. The trim member is coupled to a first leading edge portion of the first shade and includes an elongated recess configured to releasably receive a second leading edge portion of the second shade to form a continuous shade structure when the first and second shades are in both in their extended positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Nissan Technical Center North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Mollick, Hirofumi Eta, Mark Snyder
  • Roof inner body structure
    Publication number: 20070228777
    Abstract: A roof structure for a vehicle can include a tailor-welded-blank, inner roof frame. The inner roof frame can include, at least in part, an elongated, transversely extending, intermediate roof rail having a first material thickness, and a plurality of reinforced roof rails. Each of the reinforced roof rails can extend away from the intermediate roof rail in a common direction toward a remote end of the inner roof frame. Each of the reinforced roof rails can have a different material thickness than the first material thickness of the intermediate roof rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Applicant: NISSAN TECHNICAL CENTER NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Mollick, Mark Snyder, Hirofumi Eta
  • Vehicle window interior shade assembly
    Publication number: 20070187977
    Abstract: A vehicle window interior shade assembly includes a vehicle shade support structure, a first shade, a second shade, and a trim member. The vehicle shade support structure is configured for installation adjacent to a window opening. The first shade and second shades are movably coupled to the vehicle shade support structure to move between respective retracted positions and extended positions. The trim member is coupled to a first leading edge portion of the first shade and includes an elongated recess configured to releasably receive a second leading edge portion of the second shade to form a continuous shade structure when the first and second shades are in both in their extended positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2006
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: Nissan Technical Center North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Mollick, Hirofumi Eta, Mark Snyder