Patents by Inventor Kouichi Hotta

Kouichi Hotta 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: 6802560
    Abstract: A sunroof apparatus with a sliding panel freely opening and closing an opening of a roof in a vehicle, a movable drain arranged below a rear end in the panel and moving forward and rearward interlocking with a forward and rearward movement of the panel, and a sunshade covering a lower side of the sliding panel and freely opening and closing. A holding means for the sunshade is constructed by forming sliding grooves in frames in both sides extending along a longitudinal direction in a side of a passenger room of the opening, forming a notch at a predetermined position of the groove L3 fitting front and rear sliders to which the sunshade is mounted, and integrally forming an engagement piece made of elastic member and fitted to the notch in the rear slider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignees: Yachiyo Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tatsuaki Uehara, Kouichi Hotta, Masaharu Ohnishi, Michio Tamura, Tatsuya Ohara
  • Publication number: 20030184127
    Abstract: A sunroof apparatus is provided with a sliding panel freely opening and closing an opening of a roof in a vehicle, a movable drain arranged below a rear end in the panel and moving forward and rearward interlocking with a forward and rearward movement of the panel, and a sunshade covering a lower side of the sliding panel and freely opening and closing. A holding means for the sunshade is constructed by forming sliding grooves L2, L3 in frames in both sides extending along a longitudinal direction in a side of a passenger room of the opening, forming a notch at a predetermined position of the groove L3 fitting front and rear sliders 30, 40 to which the sunshade is mounted, and integrally forming an engagement piece made of elastic member and fitted to the notch in the rear slider 40.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2003
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Applicants: YACHIYO KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISYA, HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsuaki Uehara, Kouichi Hotta, Masaharu Ohnishi, Michio Tamura, Tatsuya Ohara
  • Publication number: 20030151275
    Abstract: In an automotive sunroof system which comprises a fixed roof panel defining a roof opening, an inner frame defining guide rails and drain grooves, a moveable panel guided along said guide rails via sliders and a slide and tilt mechanism for effecting a slide and tilt motion of the moveable pane, a terminal member is attached to each front corner of the inner frame to serve several purposes such as a closure member for the guide rail, a stopper for the forward travel of one of the sliders, a member for retaining the fore-and-aft movement of the moveable panel, and a support for a wind deflector device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2003
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Applicant: HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaharu Ohnishi, Michio Tamura, Tatsuya Ohara, Hirofumi Yamane, Tatsuaki Uehara, Kouichi Hotta
  • Patent number: 4814588
    Abstract: There is disclosed a card type foodstuffs heating apparatus with a plurality of differnt heating modes in which at least one desired heating mode is selected from the plurality of heating modes by means of one card selected in use from a plurality of different cards.Each of the different cards carries main information for instructing the selection of at least one heating mode required for a desired cooking from the plurality of heating modes, and additional information for instructing at least one additional heating conditions determined dependent on the specified heating mode. The apparatus has setters for setting the additional heating conditions in accordance with the additional information carried by a selected card, and a heating operation controller for actuating the specified heating mode in accordance with the main information carried by the selected card so as to effect the heating operation under the set additional heating condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1981
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1989
    Assignee: Hitachi Heating Appliances Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouichi Hotta, Yukichi Yazawa, Osami Tatsukawa
  • Patent number: 4450345
    Abstract: In a foodstuffs heating apparatus wherein a plurality of different heating function modes are selectively effected and heating temperature and heating time are settable, when an oven heating function is selected from the plurality of function modes by a selected cooking card, the function of selector switches adapted to select heating function modes other than the oven heating function may be changed from the heating function mode selection to the heating temperature setting, so that the setting of heating temperature may automatically be effected by utilizing the cooking card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 22, 1984
    Assignee: Hitachi Heating Appliances Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouichi Hotta, Yukichi Yazawa, Osami Tatsukawa
  • Patent number: 4370545
    Abstract: A cooking apparatus provided with a card type switch actuator including a card holder having at least an openable cover member and a bottom wall disposed in opposition to the cover member in its closed state, a plurality of push-button switches mounted on the bottom wall of the card holder, a plurality of cards of a substantially same size prepared for various control purposes, respectively, and a chamber provided in the card holder for accommodating a selected one of the cards at a predetermined position. Each of the push-button switches has a push-button head projecting in the chamber from the bottom wall, and each of the cards is provided with through-holes of a size slightly greater than that of the push-button head at locations corresponding to the positions of those push-button switches which are not to be actuated depending on the control purpose assigned to the card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 25, 1983
    Assignee: Hitachi Heating Appliances Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouichi Hotta, Yukichi Yazawa, Osami Tatsukawa