Patents by Inventor Hirotsugu Imahigashi

Hirotsugu Imahigashi 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: 6554555
    Abstract: With the object of obtaining a reliable grounding of the antenna, even if the panel of the vehicle is deformed or the elasticity of the base pad or O-ring weakens, a washer portion 21 is integrally secured to a nut portion 20 via a wave washer 22. This securing is performed by mounting a joint portion 23 in washer portion 21, and by mating protuberances 23e of second protruding pieces 23d of joint portion 23 with a ring-shaped groove portion 20b that is formed inside a first through-hole 20a of nut portion 20. Even if the vehicle panel the antenna is mounted, and so forth, is deformed, or the stress on the antenna-mounting nut 6 weakens, this change is absorbed by wave washer 22, and thus a marked reduction in the press-contacting force of the antenna-mounting nut 6 does not occur, and the grounding of same is made reliable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Nippon Antena Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hirotsugu Imahigashi
  • Patent number: 6486841
    Abstract: With the object of a single worker being able to mount an automobile antenna, side plates of a board bracket 9 with fixing plate are inserted into a rectangular hole formed in the base portion 3 so that [the side plates] are located on the opposite side surfaces of a rectangular projecting portion projecting from the bottom surface of the base portion 3. Spring pieces 4a are formed on these side plates. When the cylindrical projecting portion 13 extending from the rectangular projecting portion is inserted in the mounting hole formed in the roof panel, the spring pieces 4a formed on the side plates pass through the mounting hole and engage with the back side thereof. The antenna body is thereby temporarily fixed to the roof panel and a worker can remove his or her hands from the antenna body. The worker then goes within the vehicle body, screws the fixing nut 2 onto the cylindrical projecting portion 13, and can thereby fix the automobile antenna on the roof panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: Nippon Antena Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hirotsugu Imahigashi
  • Publication number: 20020136617
    Abstract: With the object of obtaining a reliable grounding of the antenna, even if the panel of the vehicle is deformed or the elasticity of the base pad or O-ring weakens, a washer portion 21 is integrally secured to a nut portion 20 via a wave washer 22. This securing is performed by mounting a joint portion 23 in washer portion 21, and by mating protuberances 23e of second protruding pieces 23d of joint portion 23 with a ring-shaped groove portion 20b that is formed inside a first through-hole 20a of nut portion 20. Even if the vehicle panel the antenna is mounted, and so forth, is deformed, or the stress on the antenna-mounting nut 6 weakens, this change is absorbed by wave washer 22, and thus a marked reduction in the press-contacting force of the antenna-mounting nut 6 does not occur, and the grounding of same is made reliable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventor: Hirotsugu Imahigashi