Patents by Inventor Kinji Hoshikawa

Kinji Hoshikawa 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: 9649922
    Abstract: A vehicle structure with a door seal includes an upper-edge seal member which is attached to a vehicle body along an upper edge of a front door opening and a vertical seal member which is attached to a rear end portion of a front side door (door body) in a state of being separated from the upper-edge seal member in a vertical direction. The vertical seal member includes a hollow portion which is formed downward in a hollow shape, an upper-end opening which is open upward in communication with an upper end of the hollow portion, and an enlarged portion which is interposed between the upper-end opening and the hollow portion and is enlarged larger than the hollow portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toyohisa Amagai, Futoshi Kobayashi, Kinji Hoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20160368356
    Abstract: A vehicle structure with a door seal includes an upper-edge seal member which is attached to a vehicle body along an upper edge of a front door opening and a vertical seal member which is attached to a rear end portion of a front side door (door body) in a state of being separated from the upper-edge seal member in a vertical direction. The vertical seal member includes a hollow portion which is formed downward in a hollow shape, an upper-end opening which is open upward in communication with an upper end of the hollow portion, and an enlarged portion which is interposed between the upper-end opening and the hollow portion and is enlarged larger than the hollow portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2014
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Toyohisa AMAGAI, Futoshi KOBAYASHI, Kinji HOSHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 9290971
    Abstract: A door device for a vehicle includes a cable for connecting a handle device and a lock unit. A cable holding member mounted to the handle device is displaced between an engagement position in which the cable holding member engages with the cable and a non-engagement position in which the cable holding member does not engage with the cable. A contact portion of a door panel is configured such that when the handle device is being mounted to the door panel, the contact portion contacts the cable holding member in the non-engagement position and interferes with the assembly of the handle device to the door panel and the contact portion does not contact the cable holding member in the engagement position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toyohisa Amagai, Kinji Hoshikawa, Hiromu Inoue
  • Publication number: 20140013667
    Abstract: A door device for a vehicle includes: a cable for connecting a handle device, which is mounted to the door panel of the door body covering a door opening of the vehicle body in an openable and closable manner, and a lock unit, with which the door body is engaged. A cable holding member mounted to the handle device is displaced between an engagement position at which the cable holding member engages with the cable and a non-engagement position at which the cable holding member does not engage with the cable. An interference section, which is provided to the door panel, is configured such that, in a state in which the handle device is mounted to the door panel, the interference section interferes with the cable holding member located at the non-engagement position and does not interfere with the cable holding member located at the engagement position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toyohisa Amagai, Kinji Hoshikawa, Hiromu Inoue
  • Patent number: 7302818
    Abstract: In an apparatus for locking and unlocking a vehicle door, an inner cable, with one end connected to a rotor to make a twisting operation in response to the rotation of the rotor of a cylinder lock and the other end connected to a key operation input shaft of a door lock mechanism, is inserted through an outer casing with opposite ends connected to the cylinder lock and the door lock mechanism. A locking part capable of elastically engaging with an engaging part provided at a casing included by the door lock mechanism is provided at an end portion of the outer casing at a side of the door lock mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Honda Lock, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuuichi Usuzaki, Nobuo Watarai, Kouichi Tabe, Hidetoshi Ijuin, Nobuyuki Kishikawa, Kozou Munezane, Naoki Katsumata, Kinji Hoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20050258652
    Abstract: In an apparatus for locking and unlocking a vehicle door, an inner cable, with one end connected to a rotor to make a twisting operation in response to the rotation of the rotor of a cylinder lock and the other end connected to a key operation input shaft of a door lock mechanism, is inserted through an outer casing with opposite ends connected to the cylinder lock and the door lock mechanism. A locking part capable of elastically engaging with an engaging part provided at a casing included by the door lock mechanism is provided at an end portion of the outer casing at a side of the door lock mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2005
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Honda Lock, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuuichi Usuzaki, Nobuo Watarai, Kouichi Tabe, Hidetoshi Ijuin, Nobuyuki Kishikawa, Kozou Munezane, Naoki Katsumata, Kinji Hoshikawa