Patents by Inventor Kazunori Machida

Kazunori Machida 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: 9669745
    Abstract: In a mat fastener for preventing a mat disposed on a carpet provided on a vehicle body panel from moving, a first fixing member is fixed to the carpet. A second fixing member is fixed to the mat. An operational mounting member is arranged to mount the second fixing member to the first fixing member. The first fixing member includes a supporting portion arranged to support the operational mounting member, and an engaging portion arranged to hold the second fixing member. The second fixing member includes a locked portion arranged to be locked on the operational mounting member, and an engaged portion arranged to be engaged with the engaging portion in a state where the second fixing member is mounted to the first fixing member by the operational mounting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignees: PIOLAX, INC., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazunori Machida, Toru Ohba, Tatsuya Shiono
  • Patent number: 9403420
    Abstract: A sun visor holder includes a main body section to receive the shaft and a leg section to engage with the inner wall of the vehicle. A first engaging piece is formed with the tip side of the leg section as a fulcrum so as to be bendable inward, includes a release section that extends outward along the mounting surface of an inner wall from the free-end side of said first engaging piece, and is configured so that pressing the release section from the surface side of the inner wall causes the first engaging piece to bend inward and engagement with a mounting hole is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: PIOLAX, INC.
    Inventor: Kazunori Machida
  • Publication number: 20150283884
    Abstract: A sun visor holder includes a main body section to receive the shaft and a leg section to engage with the inner wall of the vehicle. A first engaging piece is formed with the tip side of the leg section as a fulcrum so as to be bendable inward, includes a release section that extends outward along the mounting surface of an inner wall from the free-end side of said first engaging piece, and is configured so that pressing the release section from the surface side of the inner wall causes the first engaging piece to bend inward and engagement with a mounting hole is released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventor: Kazunori Machida
  • Publication number: 20140373314
    Abstract: In a mat fastener for preventing a mat disposed on a carpet provided on a vehicle body panel from moving, a first fixing member is fixed to the carpet. A second fixing member is fixed to the mat. An operational mounting member is arranged to mount the second fixing member to the first fixing member. The first fixing member includes a supporting portion arranged to support the operational mounting member, and an engaging portion arranged to hold the second fixing member. The second fixing member includes a locked portion arranged to be locked on the operational mounting member, and an engaged portion arranged to be engaged with the engaging portion in a state where the second fixing member is mounted to the first fixing member by the operational mounting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Kazunori Machida, Toru Ohba, Tatsuya Shiono
  • Publication number: 20070099452
    Abstract: A part mounting device for mounting a part to a generally rectangular angular hole formed in a mounting portion includes a main body having an elastic leg portion to be inserted in the angular hole and engaged with a pair of long sides of the angular hole and an insertion hole provided at at least non-bending side of the elastic leg portion, a cap having an insertion ledge which is configured to come into contact with at least non-bending side of the elastic leg portion when inserted in the insertion hole, the insertion ledge being disposed in a clearance between the elastic leg portion and at least one short side of the angular hole in a state in which the elastic leg portion is engaged with a pair of long sides of the angular hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Applicant: PIOLAX INC.
    Inventors: Shigeo Okada, Kazunori Machida, Oomi Airsaka
  • Patent number: 6572317
    Abstract: A fastener has a head for retaining a vehicle component and a leg to be fitted into a mounting hole of a panel. The leg has a plurality of resilient engaging walls extending in the axis direction with a plurality of vertical slits interposed therebetween. Upper ends of the walls are connected to the head and lower ends of the walls are connected to one another. Each upper end connected to the head is provided with a lateral cut. The presence of the cut makes the wall to easily flex inwardly when the leg is inserted into the mounting hole of the panel, enabling the insertion of the leg with smaller force, resulting in significant improvement in workability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignees: Piolax Inc., Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigeo Okada, Kazunori Machida, Hiroshi Takemoto
  • Patent number: 6561323
    Abstract: A rotary damper includes a pair of rotary members which pivot via rotating support shafts includes an outer tube, an inner tube having a smaller diameter than that of the outer tube, an outer wall of the inner tube being fitted into a tubular space of the outer tube and the inner wall of the outer tube being fitted into the tubular space of the inner tube, a first O-ring installed in an end portion on the open side of a gap between the outer wall of the outer tube and the outer wall of the inner tube, a second O-ring installed in an end portion on the open side of the gap between the inner wall of the outer tube and the inner wall of the inner tube, a viscous substance with which the gaps between the inner tube and the outer tube sealed by the first and second O-rings are filled, a central hole of the inner tube serving as a through-hole for receiving the rotating support shafts, and a mating member, mating with the respective rotating members, being provided on the inner tube and the outer tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: Piolax Inc.
    Inventor: Kazunori Machida
  • Publication number: 20020037206
    Abstract: A fastener has a head for retaining a vehicle component and a leg to be fitted into a mounting hole of a panel. The leg has a plurality of resilient engaging walls extending in the axis directLon with a plurality of vertical slits interposed therebetween. Upper ends of the walls are connected to the head and lower ends of the walls are connected to one another. Each upper end connected to the head is provided with a lateral cut. The presence of the cut makes the wall to easily flex inwardly when the leg is inserted into the mounting hole of the panel, enabling the insertion of the leg with smaller force, resulting in significant improvement in workability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2001
    Publication date: March 28, 2002
    Applicant: PIOLAX INC.
    Inventors: Shigeo Okada, Kazunori Machida, Hiroshi Takemoto
  • Publication number: 20010017247
    Abstract: A rotary damper has an outer tube 13 having a tubular space 37 with its one end closed in the tube wall, and an inner tube 12 having a tubular space 27 with its one end closed in the tube wall and being smaller in diameter than the outer tube. An outer wall 21 of the inner tube 12 is inserted into a tubular space 37 of the outer tube 13, whereas an inner wall 32 of the outer tube 13 is inserted into the space 27. O-rings are installed in end portions on the open sides of the respective gaps between an outer wall 31 of the outer tube 13 and an inner wall 12 and between the inner wall 32 and the inner wall 22 of the inner tube 12, and the gap between the inner and outer tubes 12 and the 13 is replete with viscous substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2001
    Publication date: August 30, 2001
    Inventor: Kazunori Machida
  • Patent number: 4250599
    Abstract: A coupling device for coupling together a plurality of plates which includes a push pin which clasps one of the plates and which has a leg formed on its undersurface, a carrier box which is inserted and anchored in a slot formed in another of the plates and which has a slide slot formed in its undersurface and an engaging base which is loosely inserted into the slide slot of the carrier box so that it is free to move in a horizontal plane and which has arms formed on its upper surface that resiliently clasp the leg of the push pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1980
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1981
    Assignees: Kasai Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kato Hatsujo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsuneyasu Nagashima, Kazunori Machida
  • Patent number: D566535
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Piolax, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazunori Asano, Kazunori Machida
  • Nut
    Patent number: D572580
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Piolax Inc.
    Inventor: Kazunori Machida
  • Patent number: D597913
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Piolax Inc.
    Inventor: Kazunori Machida