Patents by Inventor Kouji Tanauchi

Kouji Tanauchi 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).

  • Opening and closing mechanism for vehicle opening
    Patent number: 6834463
    Abstract: An opening and closing mechanism for a cover of a vehicle opening which transmits the actuation force securely and effectively. The opening and closing mechanism for cover of a vehicle opening includes a crank gear being rotatable about a crank axis center for opening and closing the opening and closing mechanism for the cover for a vehicle opening, a slider reciprocating along a guide member, and a cover operation member one end of which is pivoted on a crank pin of the crank gear, the other end of which includes a crank arm pivoted on a slider pin of the slider, and provided between the slider and the cover for a vehicle opening and being swingably relative to the slider for cooperating the slider and the cover of a vehicle opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryoichi Fukumoto, Nobuhiko Takeda, Yasuhisa Inaba, Hiroji Ikeda, Manabu Kuyama, Kouji Tanauchi
  • Opening and closing mechanism for vehicle opening
    Publication number: 20030079413
    Abstract: An opening and closing mechanism for cover for vehicle which transmits the actuation force securely and effectively. The opening and closing mechanism for cover for vehicle includes a crank gear being rotatable about a crank axis center for opening and closing the opening and closing mechanism for cover for vehicle, a slider reciprocating along a guide member, and a cover operation member one end of which is pivoted on a crank pin of the crank gear, the other end of which includes a crank arm pivoted on a slider pin of the slider, and provided between the slider and the cover for vehicle swingably relative to the slider for cooperating the slider and the cover for vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventors: Ryoichi Fukumoto, Nobuhiko Takeda, Yasuhisa Inaba, Hiroji Ikeda, Manabu Kuyama, Kouji Tanauchi