Patents by Inventor Kenji Yui

Kenji Yui 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).

  • Opening and closing apparatus of vehicle
    Patent number: 7401832
    Abstract: An opening and closing apparatus of a vehicle includes, an opening and closing member for opening and closing an opening portion of a vehicle body; a lower hinge for pivotably supporting the opening and closing member from below; and a cover member disposed below the opening and closing member placed in a closed state for covering a pivot support portion of the lower hinge from behind, wherein when the opening and closing member is in an open state, a pivoting portion pivotably supported by the pivot support portion straddles the cover member, the opening and closing member is located rearwardly of the cover member, and an uppermost site of the pivoting portion is located at a position not higher than an upper surface of the opening and closing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Jidosha Engineering Kabushiki Kaisha, Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo K.K.
    Inventors: Kenji Yui, Katsuhisa Ishihara
  • Opening and closing apparatus of vehicle
    Publication number: 20070057525
    Abstract: An opening and closing apparatus of a vehicle, comprising: an opening and closing member for opening and closing an openingportion of avehicle body; a lower hinge forpivotably supporting the opening and closing member from below; and a cover member disposed below the opening and closing member placed in a closed state for covering a pivot support portion of the lower hinge from behind, wherein when the opening and closing member is in an open state, a pivoting portion pivotably supported by the pivot support portion straddles the cover member, the opening and closing member is located rearwardly of the cover member, and an uppermost site of the pivoting portion is located at a position not higher than an upper surface of the opening and closing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Jidosha Engineering Kabushiki Kaisha, Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Yui, Katsuhisa Ishihara