Patents by Inventor Kenji KIYOSAWA

Kenji KIYOSAWA 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).

  • Publication number: 20160347031
    Abstract: A vehicular interior part includes a porous fiber base member made of an inorganic fiber sheet, thermoplastic resin, and a foaming agent, a skin attached on one surface of the porous fiber base member and constitutes a design surface, and a mold portion included in a part of the porous fiber base member and the skin that are attached to each other, the mold portion having a recess portion on a skin surface side and a projection portion on a side opposite from the skin surface side, the recess portion having an opening on the design surface and having a depth equal to or greater than an opening width of the recess portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhiro TAWADA, Kenji OKAMOTO, Sadayuki KAWATA, Kenji KIYOSAWA, Jun ISAMI, Yousuke TAGAMI
  • Patent number: 9475427
    Abstract: A vehicle lighting device includes a light source, a light source housing, and a covering member. The light source housing holds the light source therein and has an opening. The covering member is attached to the light source housing so as to cover the opening of the light source housing and configured to pass light emitted by the light source therethrough. The covering member includes a transparent sheet portion and a cover portion. The sheet portion includes an electrode layer. The cover portion is welded to one of surfaces of the sheet portion by insert molding and arranged on the light source housing to cover the opening of the light source housing and a light exit surface of the light source such that a surface of the cover portion without the sheet portion faces the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Tahara, Kenji Kiyosawa
  • Patent number: 9105423
    Abstract: A mounting structure of a switch knob for a vehicle includes a panel 10 having an opening portion 11 and a switch knob 14 having a front surface 14a exposed through the opening portion 11. The panel 10 includes a pair of support portions 12 respectively extending upright on opposing edge portions of the opening portion 11 on the back surface 10b of the panel 10 in a direction perpendicular to the panel 10, and the switch knob 14 is pivotably supported by the support portions 12. Thus, there is provided a mounting structure of a switch knob for a vehicle, which is simple, with the number of components for mounting being reduced and in which a possibility of scratching a panel surface during the mounting operation can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: KOJIMA PRESS INDUSTRY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kato, Kenji Kiyosawa
  • Publication number: 20140376253
    Abstract: A vehicle lighting device includes a light source, a light source housing, and a covering member. The light source housing holds the light source therein and has an opening. The covering member is attached to the light source housing so as to cover the opening of the light source housing and configured to pass light emitted by the light source therethrough. The covering member includes a transparent sheet portion and a cover portion. The sheet portion includes an electrode layer. The cover portion is welded to one of surfaces of the sheet portion by insert molding and arranged on the light source housing to cover the opening of the light source housing and a light exit surface of the light source such that a surface of the cover portion without the sheet portion faces the light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyasu TAHARA, Kenji KIYOSAWA
  • Publication number: 20130233684
    Abstract: A mounting structure of a switch knob for a vehicle includes a panel 10 having an opening portion 11 and a switch knob 14 having a front surface 14a exposed through the opening portion 11. The panel 10 includes a pair of support portions 12 respectively extending upright on opposing edge portions of the opening portion 11 on the back surface 10b of the panel 10 in a direction perpendicular to the panel 10, and the switch knob 14 is pivotably supported by the support portions 12. Thus, there is provided a mounting structure of a switch knob for a vehicle, which is simple, with the number of components for mounting being reduced and in which a possibility of scratching a panel surface during the mounting operation can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicants: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOJIMA PRESS INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro KATO, Kenji KIYOSAWA