Patents by Inventor Katsuhisa Fukui

Katsuhisa Fukui 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: 11821247
    Abstract: A vehicle door including: an upright pillar sash extending in elevating/lowering directions of the window glass along one of front and rear edges of window glass; and an elevating/lowering mechanism that operates elevating/lowering movement of the window glass by a driving force of a drive source. The upright pillar sash includes: a design part on a vehicle exterior side; and a main body on vehicle interior side relative to the design part, the elevating/lowering mechanism includes: a slider secured to the glass; a guide rail that guides the slider to move in the elevating/lowering directions; and a transmission member that transmits the driving force from the drive source to the slider, the main body of the upright pillar sash houses the slider, guide rail, and transmission member, and the guide rail regulates movement of the slider in both vehicle interior/exterior directions, on a vehicle interior surface side of the glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Ishiguro, Kimihiro Kinoshita, Natsuki Ito, Katsuhisa Fukui, Masako Sekine
  • Patent number: 11697327
    Abstract: A vehicle door window glass support structure includes: a sash part protruding upward with respect to the door panel; and window glass that is elevated or lowered along the sash part, in which the sash part includes a glass position regulating means that determines the position of the window glass in both vehicle interior and exterior directions and an intersecting direction that intersects the vehicle interior and exterior directions at least at a position where the window glass is elevated most. This configuration makes it possible to improve the position accuracy of the window glass with respect to the sash part, enhancing the appearance quality and the support performance of the window glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Katsuhisa Fukui
  • Patent number: 11279209
    Abstract: A vehicle door glass elevating/lowering device performs elevating/lowering operation of window glass by a driving force of a drive source along a sash member along one of front and rear edges of the window glass in a door sash forming a window opening. The glass elevating/lowering device includes: a guide rail on the sash member; a slider having a glass support secured to the glass and a sliding part guided movably in the elevating/lowering directions with respect to the guide rail; and a transmission member that transmits the driving force of the drive source, in which a first sliding part regulated in position by the guide rail in at least one direction of the vehicle front-rear directions and a second sliding part regulated in position by the guide rail in at least the other direction of the vehicle front-rear directions are provided at mutually different positions in the elevating/lowering directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Ishiguro, Katsuhisa Fukui, Tomoaki Fukatami, Kazuhito Nakajima, Masako Sekine, Natsuki Ito, Kimihiro Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20210206239
    Abstract: A vehicle door glass elevating/lowering device performs elevating/lowering operation of window glass by a driving force of a drive source along a sash member along one of front and rear edges of the window glass in a door sash forming a window opening. The glass elevating/lowering device includes: a guide rail on the sash member; a slider having a glass support secured to the glass and a sliding part guided movably in the elevating/lowering directions with respect to the guide rail; and a transmission member that transmits the driving force of the drive source, in which a first sliding part regulated in position by the guide rail in at least one direction of the vehicle front-rear directions and a second sliding part regulated in position by the guide rail in at least the other direction of the vehicle front-rear directions are provided at mutually different positions in the elevating/lowering directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshimasa ISHIGURO, Katsuhisa FUKUI, Tomoaki FUKATAMI, Kazuhito NAKAJIMA, Masako SEKINE, Natsuki ITO, Kimihiro KINOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20210170835
    Abstract: A vehicle door window glass support structure includes: a sash part protruding upward with respect to the door panel; and window glass that is elevated or lowered along the sash part, in which the sash part includes a glass position regulating means that determines the position of the window glass in both vehicle interior and exterior directions and an intersecting direction that intersects the vehicle interior and exterior directions at least at a position where the window glass is elevated most. This configuration makes it possible to improve the position accuracy of the window glass with respect to the sash part, enhancing the appearance quality and the support performance of the window glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Katsuhisa FUKUI
  • Publication number: 20200362611
    Abstract: A vehicle door including: an upright pillar sash extending in elevating/lowering directions of the window glass along one of front and rear edges of window glass; and an elevating/lowering mechanism that operates elevating/lowering movement of the window glass by a driving force of a drive source. The upright pillar sash includes: a design part on a vehicle exterior side; and a main body on vehicle interior side relative to the design part, the elevating/lowering mechanism includes: a slider secured to the glass; a guide rail that guides the slider to move in the elevating/lowering directions; and a transmission member that transmits the driving force from the drive source to the slider, the main body of the upright pillar sash houses the slider, guide rail, and transmission member, and the guide rail regulates movement of the slider in both vehicle interior/exterior directions, on a vehicle interior surface side of the glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshimasa ISHIGURO, Kimihiro KINOSHITA, Natsuki ITO, Katsuhisa FUKUI, Masako SEKINE
  • Patent number: 10166851
    Abstract: A belt molding that achieves a reduced separating/contacting noise includes a protrusion formed on an outer surface of a side portion, which is opposed to a glass, of a molding main body, a seal lip that is formed below the protrusion on the outer surface of the side portion, which is opposed to the glass, of the molding main body and is configured to be in contact with the glass, which rises and lowers, and is capable of being in contact with the protrusion when the glass is fully-closed. A skin is disposed on at least one of contacting portions among a seal lip contacting portion of the protrusion that contacts the seal lip and a protrusion contacting portion of the seal lip that contacts the protrusion. The skin is made of a harder material than a material of the protrusion or the seal lip that include the skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Harada, Katsuhisa Fukui, Yasuhisa Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20180222301
    Abstract: A belt molding that achieves a reduced separating/contacting noise includes a protrusion formed on an outer surface of a side portion, which is opposed to a glass, of a molding main body, a seal lip that is formed below the protrusion on the outer surface of the side portion, which is opposed to the glass, of the molding main body and is configured to be in contact with the glass, which rises and lowers, and is capable of being in contact with the protrusion when the glass is fully-closed. A skin is disposed on at least one of contacting portions among a seal lip contacting portion of the protrusion that contacts the seal lip and a protrusion contacting portion of the seal lip that contacts the protrusion. The skin is made of a harder material than a material of the protrusion or the seal lip that include the skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: Shiroki Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi HARADA, Katsuhisa FUKUI, Yasuhisa SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 9937777
    Abstract: A belt molding includes: a molding body, which includes an inner wall, an outer wall, and a connection wall that connects an upper end of the inner wall and an upper end of the outer wall; a design lip, which is formed at the upper end of the inner wall of the molding body; and a design portion, wherein the design portion includes a first portion, which covers at least a part of the molding body, and a second portion, which covers at least a part of the design lip, and wherein a step is formed between the first portion and the second portion, such that a level of a surface of the first portion is different from a level of a surface of the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Harada, Katsuhisa Fukui, Yasuhisa Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20160311141
    Abstract: A belt molding includes: a molding body, which includes an inner wall, an outer wall, and a connection wall that connects an upper end of the inner wall and an upper end of the outer wall; a design lip, which is formed at the upper end of the inner wall of the molding body; and a design portion, wherein the design portion includes a first portion, which covers at least a part of the molding body, and a second portion, which covers at least a part of the design lip, and wherein a step is formed between the first portion and the second portion, such that a level of a surface of the first portion is different from a level of a surface of the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Takashi HARADA, Katsuhisa FUKUI, Yasuhisa SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 9027285
    Abstract: A door frame and a frame body including a glass opposing portion, a design portion positioned on one side of the glass opposing portion on the vehicle exterior side, a tubular portion positioned on the other side of the glass opposing portion on the vehicle interior side, and a glass guide portion having a concave cross section surrounding the edge of the door glass. All portions are collectively structured as a single member who is continuous and uniform from the upper sash portion to the side sash portion. A corner portion is created by a bending process at a boundary between the upper sash portion and the side sash portion. The width of the design portion of the frame varies in at least one area along the length thereof and the design portion of the frame body is covered with an exterior member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Shiroki Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhisa Fukui, Tadashi Mutoh, Atsuo Noda, Kazuyoshi Yokota
  • Publication number: 20140298727
    Abstract: A door frame, a frame body including a glass opposing portion, a design portion on one side of the glass opposing portion and a tubular portion positioned on the other side thereof, is structured as a single member continuous from an upper sash portion to a side sash portion by forming the tubular portion to have a uniform cross section and by a bending process performed on a corner portion. The design portion is covered with an exterior member including an inwardly projecting portion projecting toward the inner periphery of the door frame and folding back, and a glass guide portion having a concave cross section is configured from the inwardly projecting portion of the exterior member and the design portion, the tubular portion and the glass opposing portion. The width of the inwardly projecting portion of the exterior member varies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuhisa FUKUI, Tadashi MUTOH, Atsuo NODA, Kazuyoshi YOKOTA
  • Publication number: 20140157602
    Abstract: A door frame, a frame body which includes a glass opposing portion, a design portion positioned on one side of the glass opposing portion on the vehicle exterior side, a tubular portion positioned on the other side of the glass opposing portion on the vehicle interior side, and a glass guide portion having a concave cross section surrounding the edge of the door glass, is structured as a single member which is continuous from an upper sash portion to a side sash portion by having a uniform cross section from the upper to side sash portions, and by a bending process performed on the corner portion. The width of the design portion of the frame varies at at least one area along the length thereof and the design portion of the frame body is covered with an exterior member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuhisa FUKUI, Tadashi MUTOH, Atsuo NODA, Kazuyoshi YOKOTA
  • Patent number: 8714624
    Abstract: The belt molding body includes a vehicle exterior-side portion which faces a pillar and an upper edge of an outer panel from the vehicle exterior side; a vehicle interior-side portion, an entire end face of the vehicle interior-side portion being positioned between a pair of pillars as a receded end face; and an engaged portion formed on an inner surface of the belt molding body. The end cap includes a covering end which covers an end face of the vehicle exterior-side portion, an insertion portion extending from the covering end to a position in front of the receded end face, and an engaging portion formed on a vehicle exterior-side surface of the insertion portion and engaged with the engaged portion to prevent the end cap from moving toward the vehicle interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Shiroki Corporation
    Inventor: Katsuhisa Fukui
  • Publication number: 20130270855
    Abstract: The belt molding body includes a vehicle exterior-side portion which faces a pillar and an upper edge of an outer panel from the vehicle exterior side; a vehicle interior-side portion, an entire end face of the vehicle interior-side portion being positioned between a pair of pillars as a receded end face; and an engaged portion formed on an inner surface of the belt molding body. The end cap includes a covering end which covers an end face of the vehicle exterior-side portion, an insertion portion extending from the covering end to a position in front of the receded end face, and an engaging portion formed on a vehicle exterior-side surface of the insertion portion and engaged with the engaged portion to prevent the end cap from moving toward the vehicle interior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventor: Katsuhisa FUKUI
  • Publication number: 20120198775
    Abstract: A door frame, a frame body which includes a glass opposing portion, a design portion positioned on one side of the glass opposing portion on the vehicle exterior side, a tubular portion positioned on the other side of the glass opposing portion on the vehicle interior side, and a glass guide portion having a concave cross section surrounding the edge of the door glass, is structured as a single member which is continuous from an upper sash portion to a side sash portion by having a uniform cross section from the upper to side sash portions, and by a bending process performed on the corner portion. The width of the design portion of the frame varies at least one area along the length thereof and the design portion of the frame body is covered with an exterior member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuhisa FUKUI, Tadashi Mutoh, Atsuo Noda, Kazuyoshi Yokota
  • Publication number: 20120192498
    Abstract: A door frame, a frame body including a glass opposing portion, a design portion on one side of the glass opposing portion and a tubular portion positioned on the other side thereof, is structured as a single member continuous from an upper sash portion to a side sash portion by forming the tubular portion to have a uniform cross section and by a bending process performed on a corner portion. The design portion is covered with an exterior member including an inwardly projecting portion projecting toward the inner periphery of the door frame and folding back, and a glass guide portion having a concave cross section is configured from the inwardly projecting portion of the exterior member and the design portion, the tubular portion and the glass opposing portion. The width of the inwardly projecting portion of the exterior member varies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuhisa FUKUI, Tadashi MUTOH, Atsuo NODA, Kazuyoshi YOKOTA
  • Patent number: 7785686
    Abstract: A molding for a vehicle eliminates the need for equipment and reduces assembly time. An end cap has an end cap main unit inserted into the inner space from an opening in a molding main unit end surface, a catch portion (engaging portion) to engage and disengage from a molding main unit curved portion (engaged portion). The base end portion is rotatably installed in the end cap main unit and the rotating end portion side is inserted into the inner space from the opening in the molding main unit end surface. An end cap movable portion on which a second protrusion is formed contacts a first protrusion in the molding main unit to prevent movement in the direction removing the end cap from the opening in the molding main unit by making contact with the first protrusion when the catch portion has engaged the curved portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Newfrey LLC
    Inventors: Katsuhisa Fukui, Tatsuya Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20080095957
    Abstract: A molding for a vehicle eliminates the need for equipment and reduces assembly time. An end cap has an end cap main unit inserted into the inner space from an opening in a molding main unit end surface, a catch portion (engaging portion) to engage and disengage from a molding main unit curved portion (engaged portion). The base end portion is rotatably installed in the end cap main unit and the rotating end portion side is inserted into the inner space from the opening in the molding main unit end surface. An end cap movable portion on which a second protrusion is formed contacts a first protrusion in the molding main unit to prevent movement in the direction removing the end cap from the opening in the molding main unit by making contact with the first protrusion when the catch portion has engaged the curved portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventors: Katsuhisa Fukui, Tatsuya Kaneko