Patents by Inventor Hirotatsu Koda

Hirotatsu Koda 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).

  • PANEL STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20110156444
    Abstract: A panel structure is manufactured by: overlapping a second plate member 12 on a first plate member 14 including a panel body 36 and a flange portion 38 continuing from the panel body 36; and bending the flange portion 38 so that the flange portion 38 curves from a boundary portion between the flange portion 38 and the panel body 36 to an end portion 30b of the flange portion 38 to thereby sandwich the second plate member 12 by the first plate member 14.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sen Tao, Keishi Okunaka, Hirotatsu Koda, Kenji Shiobara
  • Panel fastening method and panel member for automobile
    Patent number: 7846555
    Abstract: A panel member for an automobile includes a hem portion roll-fastened in a state of overlapping an outer panel and an inner panel. At the hem portion of the panel member, the outer panel and the inner panel are roll-fastened in a state that a front end face of the outer panel and a front end face of the inner panel are respectively rolled-in by the inner panel and the outer panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sen Tao, Keishi Okunaka, Hirotatsu Koda, Shinji Ago
  • PANEL MEMBER
    Publication number: 20080100097
    Abstract: A panel member includes an outer panel and an inner panel which are superimposed one on the other and have a seamed edge. In the seamed edge, the outer panel has a distal end surface enclosed by the outer panel and gripped between the outer panel and the inner panel. The inner panel includes a flange as a curved portion in an edge thereof. The outer panel and the inner panel are stacked in at least four layers in the edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sen Tao, Keishi Okunaka, Hirotatsu Koda, Shinji Ago
  • PANEL FASTENING METHOD AND PANEL MEMBER FOR AUTOMOBILE
    Publication number: 20070296249
    Abstract: A panel member 10 for an automobile includes a hem portion 18 roll-fastened in a state of overlapping an outer panel 14 and an inner panel 16. At the hem portion 18 of the panel member 10, the outer panel 14 and the inner panel 16 are roll-fastened in a state that a front end face 14a of the outer panel 14 and a front end face 16a of the inner panel 16 are respectively rolled-in by the inner panel 16 and the outer panel 14.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sen Tao, Keishi Okunaka, Hirotatsu Koda, Shinji Ago