Patents by Inventor Kyoji Inoue

Kyoji Inoue 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: 6149754
    Abstract: A method of forming reproduced in images on the surface of cured coating, the method including the steps of treating a surface of a cured coating with an organic solvent which does not dissolve the cured coating, but slightly dissolves a reproduced image layer and has a solubility parameter of about 7.5 to about 8.2, superposing, over the cured coating, a copying sheet which comprises a copy support having a reproduced image layer formed thereon to bring the reproduced image layer of the copying sheet into contact with the organic solvent-treated surface of cured coating, heat-transferring the reproduced image to the treated surface of cured coating, releasing the copy support to provide a transfer product on the cured coating, and forming a clear coating on the surface of the transfer product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Kansai Paint Company Limited
    Inventors: Kentaro Ogata, Motohito Nakashima, Akira Suzuki, Kyoji Inoue, Hideo Haga, Keiji Miyatake, Tsutomu Nagasao, Takeshi Tomiyama
  • Patent number: 6021989
    Abstract: A swivel assembly of a vehicle seat including a ring-shaped upper plate fixed to a seat side member of a vehicle; a ring-shaped lower plate fixed to a floor side member of the vehicle; and a set plate holding the upper plate between it and the lower plate. One ball is provided between the upper plate and the lower plate. The other ball is provided between the upper plate and the set plate. The other ball is in contact with both inner surfaces of each of one sectionally V-shaped guide groove and the other sectionally V-shaped guide groove confronting the one groove. The upper plate can be held at a predetermined position without being loosened vertically and horizontally even though the upper plate, the lower plate, and the set plate have errors occurred in manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2000
    Assignee: Toyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinji Morita, Koichi Yamamoto, Takahiro Sugama, Hisayoshi Kato, Kyoji Inoue, Teruhiko Oshima