Patents by Inventor Kouji Shigehisa

Kouji Shigehisa 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).

  • Lever structure of electric connection box
    Patent number: 6183278
    Abstract: A lever member 82, having an operating portion 83, is pivotally mounted on a lever support portion mounted on an upper casing. Retaining projections 84 are elastically-deformably formed respectively on those portions of opposite side surfaces of the operating portion which can be opposed to a pair of support side plates 22, respectively. The retaining projections 84 has elasticity, and therefore a force, required for bringing the retaining projections into and out of retaining engagement with retaining projections formed on the lever support portion, can be reduced, and besides the sense of a click can be obtained. Therefore, the efficiency of the operation, the operability and the reliability can be enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Hirasawa, Kouji Shigehisa, Chiaki Chida, Yasutaka Suzuki, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Shinobu Nakamura