Patents by Inventor Kotaro Oami

Kotaro Oami 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: 7220471
    Abstract: An insert film having a printed part is integrally molded to a surface of a panel body made of a resin by an insert molding. The printed part is printed on a first binder layer applied to a resin film and also is formed on the resin film in a state such of being sealed with the first binder layer and a second binder layer applied on the printed part. The printed part is formed as a trimming portion (blackout) along a peripheral portion of the resin film, and an area is formed between the peripheries of the first binder layer and the second binder layer and the periphery of the resin film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho
    Inventors: Kotaro Oami, Masaaki Suzumura
  • Patent number: 7156455
    Abstract: A sunroof panel is composed of a resin panel and a weather strip. The resin panel is a plate-like resin panel and has a vehicle interior surface and a vehicle exterior surface, which are substantially parallel to each other. The resin panel is attached to a frame by means of a urethane adhesive. The resin panel has a peripheral portion, which extends from a portion sticking to the urethane adhesive to a side face, and a central portion surrounded by the peripheral portion. The peripheral portion is thinner than the central portion. The side face of the resin panel is formed so as to be inclined inwardly toward the vehicle interior surface. An approach-R portion is formed on a peripheral portion of the vehicle exterior surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Yasushi Iimori, Kotaro Oami, Yoji Yano, Yusuke Kagotani
  • Publication number: 20050206201
    Abstract: A sunroof panel is composed of a resin panel and a weather strip. The resin panel is a plate-like resin panel and has a vehicle interior surface and a vehicle exterior surface, which are substantially parallel to each other. The resin panel is attached to a frame by means of a urethane adhesive. The resin panel has a peripheral portion, which extends from a portion sticking to the urethane adhesive to a side face, and a central portion surrounded by the peripheral portion. The peripheral portion is thinner than the central portion. The side face of the resin panel is formed so as to be inclined inwardly toward the vehicle interior surface. An approach-R portion is formed on a peripheral portion of the vehicle exterior surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2005
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Inventors: Yasushi Iimori, Kotaro Oami, Yoji Yano, Yusuke Kagotani
  • Patent number: 6490833
    Abstract: A weather strip is attached to the periphery of an organic glass plate. The organic glass plate is supported by a slide panel. A space is defined between the weather strip and an end face of the periphery of the organic glass plate. The space accommodates thermal expansion of the organic glass plate. A tube is located at a corner of the weather strip. Foreign matter trapped in the space moves from the space to the tube and then is discharged from the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignees: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho
    Inventors: Teruhito Goto, Kazuyuki Hayashi, Akira Matsuura, Yasuo Oyama, Kotaro Oami
  • Patent number: 6474976
    Abstract: To provide a film holding apparatus for an injection mold which is capable of surely holding a protective film on a specific position of a mold surface of the injection mold. The film holding apparatus for holding an inner film on the mold surface of the injection molds consisting of two coupled molds having substantially-vertical coupled surfaces thereof includes two positioning pins that can hang an upper edge side of the inner film on an upper edge portion of the mold surface of the mold, and upper and lower vacuum opening portions for film adsorption disposed so as to interpose the positioning pins therebetween from the upper and lower sides. The upper vacuum opening portion is formed in a line, which extends along an upper edge of the mold surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho
    Inventors: Kotaro Oami, Masaaki Suzumura
  • Patent number: 6455809
    Abstract: A resin window 1 with a conductor in which a conductor print 3 is interposed between a resin panel 2 and a resin film 4 joined to one side of the resin panel, includes a metal film 6 provided on one side of the resin film 4 that is joined to the resin panel 2. The metal film 6 is connected to a conductor print 3 at a portion thereof and is exposed through an opening 5 formed in the resin film 4. The resin panel 2 has integrally formed fixing pins 7 that protrude to the outer surface side of the resin film 4 through the metal film 6. A terminal 8 is secured to a resin window 1 by heat treating the fixing pins 7 with a mounting base 8a of the terminal 8 made of electrically conductive material being overlaid on the metal film 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kuno, Akiteru Nishio, Kotaro Oami, Yasushi Iimori
  • Patent number: 6334646
    Abstract: A weather strip is attached to the periphery of a plate and a frame. A hollow space is formed in the weather strip. A first groove is formed in the weather strip to engage the plate. A through hole connects the first groove to the hollow space. A drain hole extends downward from the hollow space. Water sometimes enters the first groove, and the through hole and the drain hole drain this water. The arrangement of the various parts facilitates extrusion and simplifies the manufacturing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2002
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho
    Inventor: Kotaro Oami
  • Patent number: 6321495
    Abstract: A window device for use in a motor vehicle, comprises a resin window panel having at least one pair of rib members protrudingly formed on the inner surface thereof, said pair of rib members being facing each other and each having an outwardly facing tip portion; and a reinforcing member having at least one engaging hole corresponding to the at least one pair of rib members. By inserting and fixing the tip portions of the at least one pair of rib members in the at least one engaging hole of the reinforcing member, the resin window panel and the reinforcing member may be combined together so as to form the window device for use in an automobile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki
    Inventor: Kotaro Oami
  • Patent number: 6151834
    Abstract: A window device for use in a motor vehicle, has at least one pair of mutually threadingly engageable male member and female member, one of which is fixed into a boss formed integrally with a resin window panel, the other of which is threaded to the above one member through a hole formed in the reinforcing member, so that a reinforcing member is interposed between two engaging faces of the male and female members. Further, a shoulder portion is formed on either the male member or the female member for maintaining a constant interval between the two engaging faces of the male and female members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho
    Inventors: Kotaro Oami, Akiteru Nishio
  • Patent number: 6103998
    Abstract: A resin window 1 with a conductor in which a conductor print 3 is interposed between a resin panel 2 and a resin film 4 joined to one side of the resin panel, includes a metal film 6 provided on one side of the resin film 4 that is joined to the resin panel 2. The metal film 6 is connected to a conductor print 3 at a portion thereof and is exposed through an opening 5 formed in the resin film 4. The resin panel 2 has integrally formed fixing pins 7 that protrude to the outer surface side of the resin film 4 through the metal film 6. A terminal 8 is secured to a resin window 1 by heat treating the fixing pins 7 with a mounting base 8a of the terminal 8 made of electrically conductive material being overlaid on the metal film 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kuno, Akiteru Nishio, Kotaro Oami, Yasushi Iimori
  • Patent number: 6103999
    Abstract: A resin window 1 with a conductor in which a conductor print 3 is interposed between a resin panel 2 and a resin film 4 joined to one side of the resin panel, includes a metal film 6 provided on one side of the resin film 4 that is joined to the resin panel 2. The metal film 6 is connected to a conductor print 3 at a portion thereof and is exposed through an opening 5 formed in the resin film 4. The resin panel 2 has integrally formed fixing pins 7 that protrude to the outer surface side of the resin film 4 through the metal film 6. A terminal 8 is secured to a resin window 1 by heat treating the fixing pins 7 with a mounting base 8a of the terminal 8 made of electrically conductive material being overlaid on the metal film 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho
    Inventors: Akiteru Nishio, Kotaro Oami, Yasushi Iimori, Hiroshi Kuno