Patents by Inventor Katuhiro Katagiri

Katuhiro Katagiri 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: 6464280
    Abstract: An instrument panel is provided with an upper panel of a synthetic resin disposed on the front side, and a core panel of a synthetic resin retentive of shape and connected to the rear side of the upper panel. The core panel has a casing portion which has an opening portion opened in an air bag-protruding direction and which receives a folded air bag of a passenger seat air bag unit and an inflator for supplying an inflating gas to the air bag. The upper panel has door portions which cover the casing portion and which are pressed and opened by the air bag when the air bag is inflated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Monoru Shibata, Akiyoshi Nagano, Katuhiro Katagiri, Masaru Ido, Yuji Kuriyama, Shigehiro Ueno
  • Patent number: 6419306
    Abstract: An illuminating plate for a car has a light guide plate; a cover provided with at least one light transmitting window, and disposed on the light guide plate; and light reflecting layer formed on the rear surface of the light guide plate. The light reflecting layer is formed to cover an area where the light is projected onto the rear surface of the light guide plate through the corresponding light transmitting window, and the light reflecting layer being slightly larger than the area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Sano, Osamu Yamanaka, Yasumasa Tatewaki, Minoru Shibata, Katuhiro Katagiri, Kazumichi Shigeno, Hiroshi Suyama
  • Publication number: 20010040393
    Abstract: An illuminating plate for a car has a light guide plate; a cover provided with at least one light transmitting window, and disposed on the light guide plate; and light reflecting layer formed on the rear surface of the light guide plate. The light reflecting layer is formed to cover an area where the light is projected onto the rear surface of the light guide plate through the corresponding light transmitting window, and the light reflecting layer being slightly larger than the area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2000
    Publication date: November 15, 2001
    Inventors: Yoshio Sano, Osamu Yamanaka, Yasumasa Tatewaki, Minoru Shibata, Katuhiro Katagiri, Kazumichi Shigeno, Hiroshi Suyama
  • Patent number: 6123889
    Abstract: There is provided a multi-layer molding method by which a molding product of multi-layers, in which a second layer is locally formed on a base layer, is produced, and the multi-layer molding method comprises the steps of: forming locally a cavity for forming the second layer between the first mold and the second mold; injecting a second resin into the cavity for forming the second layer so as to mold the second layer; separating relatively the first mold and the second mold from each other so as to form a cavity for molding a base layer continuously between the first and the second molds and also between the second layer and a mold surface opposing to the second layer; and injecting resin for the base layer into the cavity for molding the base layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katuhiro Katagiri, Akiyoshi Nagano