Patents by Inventor Kouta HIGUCHI

Kouta HIGUCHI 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).

  • Publication number: 20220110492
    Abstract: A toilet seat device is configured to be disposed on an upper part of a toilet body and includes an outer surface. The outer surface has first glossiness, and an outer surface of the toilet body has second glossiness. The first glossiness is equal to or less than the second glossiness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Ryosuke NAKAMURA, Kouta HIGUCHI, Takashi MARUYAMA
  • Patent number: 11285990
    Abstract: A steering column device includes: a vehicle-body attachment bracket configured to be fixed to a vehicle body and having a pair of sidewall portions; and an outer jacket arranged between the pair of sidewall portions along a vehicle front-rear direction. In addition, the steering column device includes: an inner jacket inserted in the outer jacket to be movable in a tube-axial direction; and a distance bracket having a long hole open along the vehicle front-rear direction and attached to the outer jacket. The distance bracket has a slit having an open end in the opposite direction to that of a slit of the outer jacket and is arranged such that the slit of the distance bracket is set over the slit of the outer jacket in a tube radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: FUJI KIKO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouta Higuchi, Kentaro Kikuiri
  • Publication number: 20210024117
    Abstract: A steering column device includes: a vehicle-body attachment bracket configured to be fixed to a vehicle body and having a pair of sidewall portions; and an outer jacket arranged between the pair of sidewall portions along a vehicle front-rear direction. In addition, the steering column device includes: an inner jacket inserted in the outer jacket to be movable in a tube-axial direction; and a distance bracket having a long hole open along the vehicle front-rear direction and attached to the outer jacket. The distance bracket has a slit having an open end in the opposite direction to that of a slit of the outer jacket and is arranged such that the slit of the distance bracket is set over the slit of the outer jacket in a tube radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Kouta HIGUCHI, Kentaro KIKUIRI
  • Patent number: 10441118
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a toilet seat that is formed by joining together a seat front member and a seat rear member. The method includes a cutting step of forming a processed surface of a joint part between the seat front member and the seat rear member by cutting the joint part between the seat front member and the seat rear member with a cutting tool having a curved cutting blade part such that the shape of the processed surface is formed in a curved shape in which the seat rear member side thereof protrudes outward in a cross section perpendicular to the direction in which the joint part extends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Akitaka Hamajima, Yudai Morikawa, Motoki Kagawa, Toshiaki Ikeda, Ryuichi Yokoi, Kouta Higuchi, Ryosuke Nakamura, Ryosuke Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20180220857
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a toilet seat that is formed by joining together a seat front member and a seat rear member. The method includes a cutting step of forming a processed surface of a joint part between the seat front member and the seat rear member by cutting the joint part between the seat front member and the seat rear member with a cutting tool having a curved cutting blade part such that the shape of the processed surface is formed in a curved shape in which the seat rear member side thereof protrudes outward in a cross section perpendicular to the direction in which the joint part extends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Akitaka HAMAJIMA, Yudai MORIKAWA, Motoki KAGAWA, Toshiaki IKEDA, Ryuichi YOKOI, Kouta HIGUCHI, Ryosuke NAKAMURA, Ryosuke SUZUKI