Patents by Inventor Hirotaka HORI

Hirotaka HORI 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: 20230130405
    Abstract: A lighting device to be installed in an instrument panel inside a vehicle to be used as an indirect lighting device to emit a light reflected on a surface of the instrument panel. The lighting device is installed at a space behind the instrument panel while being separated from a gap to serve as a light extraction slot of the instrument panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Kanae MATSUMURA, Yasutsugu SUGIURA, Kenichi ITO, Hirotaka HORI
  • Patent number: 10507956
    Abstract: A lid mechanism includes: a box main body; a lid; a locking element that includes a rod and a rod biasing member; and a flap element that includes a flap main body and a flap biasing member and a box contact portion which is configured to come into contact with the box main body, wherein: when the state of the lid changes from the closed state to the opened state, the pressing inclined surface provided in the rod contact portion of the flap main body presses the pressure receiving inclined surface provided in the rod; and when the state of the lid changes from the opened state to the closed state, the box contact portion of the flap main body comes into contact with the box main body such that the pressing of the pressing inclined surface to the pressure receiving inclined surface is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Hishida, Yasufumi Ike, Hirotaka Hori
  • Cap
    Patent number: 10308403
    Abstract: A cap includes a main unit fit onto the mouth of a double-walled container, a spout cylinder provided on the main unit, an inner stopper that is provided in the main unit, and a first inner valve. The inner stopper includes a communicating part that communicates with the inside of the inner container and the inside of the spout cylinder. The first inner valve includes a first valve body that covers the communicating part. The first valve body has passage holes. The first valve body being deformed from a closing position S toward an opening position O keeps acting as a partition between the communicating part and the spout cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignees: MIKASA INDUSTRY CO., LTD., KIKKOMAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehisa Hashimoto, Eisuke Miura, Hirotaka Hori, Aya Sakanoue, Hiroaki Mori, Denmi Kuwagaki
  • CAP
    Publication number: 20180251274
    Abstract: A cap includes a main unit fit onto the mouth of a double-walled container, a spout cylinder provided on the main unit, an inner stopper that is provided in the main unit, and a first inner valve. The inner stopper includes a communicating part that communicates with the inside of the inner container and the inside of the spout cylinder. The first inner valve includes a first valve body that covers the communicating part. The first valve body has passage holes. The first valve body being deformed from a closing position S toward an opening position O keeps acting as a partition between the communicating part and the spout cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Applicants: MIKASA INDUSTRY CO., LTD., KIKKOMAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takehisa Hashimoto, Eisuke Miura, Hirotaka Hori, Aya Sakanoue, Hiroaki Mori, Satoshi Ikeda, Tatsuhiro Maeda, Denmi Kuwagaki
  • Publication number: 20180086514
    Abstract: A lid mechanism includes: a box main body; a lid; a locking element that includes a rod and a rod biasing member; and a flap element that includes a flap main body and a flap biasing member and a box contact portion which is configured to come into contact with the box main body, wherein: when the state of the lid changes from the closed state to the opened state, the pressing inclined surface provided in the rod contact portion of the flap main body presses the pressure receiving inclined surface provided in the rod; and when the state of the lid changes from the opened state to the closed state, the box contact portion of the flap main body comes into contact with the box main body such that the pressing of the pressing inclined surface to the pressure receiving inclined surface is released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Yu HISHIDA, Yasufumi IKE, Hirotaka HORI