Patents by Inventor Kouichi HIRAO

Kouichi HIRAO 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: 10442407
    Abstract: A washer nozzle comprises: a nozzle connecting portion to which a hose, that supplies a washing liquid, is connected; a nozzle main body portion that has, at an interior thereof, a flow path that communicates with an interior of the nozzle connecting portion and that has a jetting hole that opens toward an exterior at one end side of the nozzle main body portion, the nozzle main body portion jetting the washing liquid out toward a windshield glass of a vehicle from the jetting hole; and a water repellent portion that, at at least a portion of the flow path, structures an inner peripheral surface that extends to the jetting hole, and that is formed of a material that is water repellent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki Kiyama, Kouichi Hirao, Masanori Takeuchi, Yoshiyuki Uchino
  • Patent number: 9932017
    Abstract: A vehicle wiper comprises a retainer that is formed in an elongated shape open at the lower side facing toward a windshield, and that is provided so as to be capable of swinging about a shaft axis of a pivot shaft that is swung to-and-fro; a first nozzle member that is housed inside the retainer, and that is capable of ejecting washer fluid from an ejection portion; and 1 a retainer cover member that closes off an opening of the retainer, and that is formed with a window through which the ejection portion of the first nozzle member is externally exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: ASMO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keita Uchiyama, Yoshiyuki Uchino, Kouichi Hirao, Takao Yoshimoto, Akio Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20170080903
    Abstract: A washer nozzle comprises: a nozzle connecting portion to which a hose, that supplies a washing liquid, is connected; a nozzle main body portion that has, at an interior thereof, a flow path that communicates with an interior of the nozzle connecting portion and that has a jetting hole that opens toward an exterior at one end side of the nozzle main body portion, the nozzle main body portion jetting the washing liquid out toward a windshield glass of a vehicle from the jetting hole; and a water repellent portion that, at at least a portion of the flow path, structures an inner peripheral surface that extends to the jetting hole, and that is formed of a material that is water repellent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Masaaki KIYAMA, Kouichi HIRAO, Masanori TAKEUCHI, Yoshiyuki UCHINO
  • Publication number: 20160121853
    Abstract: A vehicle wiper comprises a retainer that is formed in an elongated shape open at the lower side facing toward a windshield, and that is provided so as to be capable of swinging about a shaft axis of a pivot shaft that is swung to-and-fro; a first nozzle member that is housed inside the retainer, and that is capable of ejecting washer fluid from an ejection portion; and 1 a retainer cover member that closes off an opening of the retainer, and that is formed with a window through which the ejection portion of the first nozzle member is externally exposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Keita UCHIYAMA, Yoshiyuki UCHINO, Kouichi HIRAO, Takao YOSHIMOTO, Akio SHIMIZU