Patents by Inventor Kuniaki Nishimura

Kuniaki Nishimura 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).

  • Vehicular door closing-inspection apparatus and vehicular door closing-inspection method
    Patent number: 8571824
    Abstract: A door closing-inspection apparatus for a vehicle includes a first lightening and light-receiving device which strides over a transferring conveyer in a finished vehicle inspection line which inspects a finished vehicle while being transferred; a pair of door-closing devices arranged at positions on a downstream side of the first lightening and light-receiving device and on symmetrically both sides of a length of the transferring conveyer; a second lightening and light-receiving device arranged on a downstream side of the door-closing devices which strides over the transferring conveyer; a pair of door distance-measuring sensors arranged at positions on a downstream side of the second lightening and light-receiving device is on symmetrically both sides of the length of the transferring conveyer; and a controller which is connected to the first and second lightening and light-receiving devices, the door-closing devices, the sensors, and a driving source controller of the transferring conveyer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Okumura, Ryo Taniguchi, Kuniaki Nishimura, Koji Fujiwara, Takanobu Fujii, Kazuhiko Sumida
  • VEHICULAR DOOR CLOSING-INSPECTION APPARATUS AND VEHICULAR DOOR CLOSING-INSPECTION METHOD
    Publication number: 20090319213
    Abstract: This door closing-inspection apparatus for a vehicle is provided with: a first lightening and light-receiving device which is arranged so as to stride over a transferring conveyer in a finished vehicle inspection line which inspects a finished vehicle while transferring the finished vehicle; a pair of door-closing devices arranged at positions where are on a downstream side of the first lightening and light-receiving device, and are on symmetrically both sides of a length of the transferring conveyer; a second lightening and light-receiving device arranged on downstream side of the door-closing devices so as to stride over the transferring conveyer; a pair of door distance-measuring sensors arranged at positions where are on a downstream side of the second lightening and light-receiving device, and are on symmetrically both sides of the length of the transferring conveyer; and a controller which is connected to the first lightening and light-receiving device, the second lightening and light-receiving device,
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2007
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Inventors: Yasuo Okumura, Ryo Taniguchi, Kuniaki Nishimura, Roji Fujiwara, Takanobu Fujii, Kazuhiko Sumida