Patents by Inventor Masaharu Ohnishi

Masaharu Ohnishi 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: 7510237
    Abstract: To provide a stopper structure of a sun roof device, in which the sun roof device has a front slider (20) and a driving slider (30) attached on a roof panel (4), a connecting link (40) attached to the front slider (20) and engaging with the driving slider (30), and a stopper member (60) adapted to stop the driving slider (30). When the roof panel (4) performs tilting operation, a first engaging portion (42) and a second engaging portion (43) of the connecting link (40) respectively engage with the a first cam (61) and a second cam (62) respectively formed on an upper surface and a lower surface of the stopper member (60), so that the movement of the front slider (20) in both the vehicle longitudinal direction and the vertical direction is restricted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignees: Yachiyo Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisya, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tsukamoto, Kazutaka Sugimoto, Masaharu Ohnishi, Keisuke Takayama, Michio Tamura, Akihiko Kuribayashi
  • Publication number: 20080036246
    Abstract: To provide a stopper structure of a sun roof device, in which the sun roof device has a front slider (20) and a driving slider (30) attached on a roof panel (4), a connecting link (40) attached to the front slider (20) and engaging with the driving slider (30), and a stopper member (60) adapted to stop the driving slider (30). When the roof panel (4) performs tilting operation, a first engaging portion (42) and a second engaging portion (43) of the connecting link (40) respectively engage with the a first cam (61) and a second cam (62) respectively formed on an upper surface and a lower surface of the stopper member (60), so that the movement of the front slider (20) in both the vehicle longitudinal direction and the vertical direction is restricted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tsukamoto, Kazutaka Sugimoto, Masaharu Ohnishi, Keisuke Takayama, Michio Tamura, Akihiko Kuribayashi
  • Publication number: 20080030051
    Abstract: In a sunroof apparatus including a roof panel attached to an opening of a fixed roof of a vehicle; a slider which is attached to the roof panel, slides in a vehicle front-to-rear direction, and thereby opens and closes the roof panel in the vehicle front-to-rear direction; and a guide frame having a guide frame rail for guiding the slider to slide on the guide frame rail, an attachment structure of the guide frame in the sunroof apparatus includes a bolt configured to join the guide frame and a vehicle body and provided in the guide frame rail or on an extension thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tsukamoto, Kazutaka Sugimoto, Masaharu Ohnishi, Keisuke Takayama
  • Patent number: 7121618
    Abstract: The sunroof apparatus has a sunroof panel equipped at an opening of a fixed roof; a tilt mechanism that is provided beneath a side edge of the sunroof panel, and can tilt up the panel around a rotation axis that makes vehicle lateral directions axial directions thereof; and a side cover for shielding the tilt mechanism, seen from a vehicle room side in tilting up the panel, wherein the side cover has a plurality of cover members that overlap each other in the vehicle lateral directions, and each of which front end side is relative-rotation-free coupled each other around a coupling shaft of the cover members, and one of them is fixed at the panel and so that each of them is opened in tilting up the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignees: Yachiyo Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisya, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuaki Uehara, Shigehito Horiuti, Masaharu Ohnishi
  • Patent number: 7114768
    Abstract: A sunroof apparatus for a vehicle includes a sunroof panel, a panel holder, a lip member, a sealing member and a lip for wind noise. The panel holder supports the sunroof panel internally relative to a cabin of the vehicle. The lip member is attached to an end portion of the panel holder. The sealing member is attached to the lip member. The lip for wind noise extends from the lip member towards inside of the cabin. An end portion of the lip for wind noise is adapted to lie closer to the sunroof panel than an end portion of the panel holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignees: Yachiyo Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisya, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuniyasu Aoki, Akira Murasawa, Shigehito Horiuti, Masaharu Ohnishi, Shuhei Hamada, Takashi Ueno, Makoto Kurita
  • Patent number: 7048328
    Abstract: The present invention provides a panel seal structure having a seal mounted around the outer circumferential edge of a panel body, such as glass panel, covering an opening formed in a vehicle body. An upper face of the seal is set to be substantially flush with an upper face of the panel body. A lip to be contactable with an edge of the panel body is formed along the upper face of the seal, and the edge of the lip is deformed downward upon contact with the edge of the panel body. Thereby, since the edge of the lip is deformed downward, a dimensional error of the panel body is accommodated for, and the continuity between the upper face of the seal and the upper face of the panel body is enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignees: Yachiyo Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Honda Giken Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Michio Tamura, Masaharu Ohnishi, Tatsuya Ohara, Tatsuaki Uehara, Yoshitaka Higuchi
  • Patent number: 7011246
    Abstract: A portable card reader device performs storing credit card inquiry information and freight information of a plurality of consumers that exist in a certain delivery area at a hard disk, reading information of settlement credit card for settlement by a card reader, and inputting the method of payment for the amount money for merchandise by a keyboard when the merchandise is handed to a consumer, performing credit inquiry based on stored credit card inquiry information of a plurality of consumers and the read settlement card information of the consumer at a control unit, and settling the amount money for the merchandise according to freight information when the settlement credit card is valid as a result of the credit card inquiry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Sagawa Express Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutaka Nanbu, Masaharu Ohnishi
  • Publication number: 20050218703
    Abstract: A sunroof apparatus for a vehicle includes a sunroof panel, a panel holder, a lip member, a sealing member and a lip for wind noise. The panel holder supports the sunroof panel internally relative to a cabin of the vehicle. The lip member is attached to an end portion of the panel holder. The sealing member is attached to the lip member. The lip for wind noise extends from the lip member towards inside of the cabin. An end portion of the lip for wind noise is adapted to lie closer to the sunroof panel than an end portion of the panel holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Inventors: Kuniyasu Aoki, Akira Murasawa, Shigehito Horiuti, Masaharu Ohnishi, Shuhei Hamada, Takashi Ueno, Makoto Kurita
  • Publication number: 20050218704
    Abstract: The sunroof apparatus has a sunroof panel equipped at an opening of a fixed roof; a tilt mechanism that is provided beneath a side edge of the sunroof panel, and can tilt up the panel around a rotation axis that makes vehicle lateral directions axial directions thereof; and a side cover for shielding the tilt mechanism, seen from a vehicle room side in tilting up the panel, wherein the side cover has a plurality of cover members that overlap each other in the vehicle lateral directions, and each of which front end side is relative-rotation-free coupled each other around a coupling shaft of the cover members, and one of them is fixed at the panel and so that each of them is opened in tilting up the panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Inventors: Tatsuaki Uehara, Shigehito Horiuti, Masaharu Ohnishi
  • Patent number: 6893084
    Abstract: In a glass panel arrangement for automotive sun roof systems having a weather strip frame which is disposed substantially flush with the glass panel, a support frame made of metallic material and attached to a lower surface of the glass panel along a peripheral part of the glass panel is provided with an outer extension for supporting a part of the weather strip frame extending away from the edge of the glass panel from below so as to resist the tendency for the weather strip frame to get detached from the outer periphery of the glass panel. Therefore, the weather strip frame can be made of plastic material which has a relatively low affinity with the glass panel. In particular, if the outer extension is provided with an upwardly directed flange, not only the retaining force of the outer extension is improved but also the bending rigidity of the outer extension is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignees: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Yachiyo Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Michio Tamura, Tatsuya Ohara, Masaharu Ohnishi, Kohichi Hotta
  • Publication number: 20050081451
    Abstract: The present invention provides a panel seal structure having a seal mounted around the outer circumferential edge of a panel body, such as glass panel, covering an opening formed in a vehicle body. An upper face of the seal is set to be substantially flush with an upper face of the panel body. A lip to be contactable with an edge of the panel body is formed along the upper face of the seal, and the edge of the lip is deformed downward upon contact with the edge of the panel body. Thereby, since the edge of the lip is deformed downward, a dimensional error of the panel body is accommodated for, and the continuity between the upper face of the seal and the upper face of the panel body is enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2004
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Inventors: Michio Tamura, Masaharu Ohnishi, Tatsuya Ohara, Tatsuaki Uehara, Yoshitaka Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20050035190
    Abstract: In this invention a portable credit card reader device for a home delivery service provide a system to settle amount money for merchandise by a credit card immediately. The portable card reader device (22) performs storing credit card inquiry information and freight information of plurality of consumers that exist in certain delivery area at the hard disk (54), reading information of settlement credit card for settlement by the card reader (47), and inputting the method of payment for the amount money for merchandise by the keyboard (51) when the merchandise is handed to a consumer, performing credit inquiry based on the stored credit card inquiry information of the plurality of the consumer and the read settlement card information of above said consumer at a control unit (55), and settling the amount money for the merchandise according to freight information when the settlement credit card is valid as a result of credit card inquiry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2002
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Inventors: Kazutaka Nanbu, Masaharu Ohnishi
  • Patent number: 6832451
    Abstract: There is provided a weather strip for use on a sunroof which can be firmly built in a seal holder even if there occur variations in molding dimensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2004
    Assignees: Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd., Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Yachiyo Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Yamashita, Masayuki Daio, Masaharu Ohnishi, Hirofumi Yamane, Tatsuaki Uehara, Koichi Hotta
  • Patent number: 6817658
    Abstract: In an automotive sunroof system which comprises a fixed roof panel defining a roof opening, an inner frame defining guide rails and drain grooves, a moveable panel guided along said guide rails via sliders and a slide and tilt mechanism for effecting a slide and tilt motion of the moveable pane, a terminal member is attached to each front corner of the inner frame to serve several purposes such as a closure member for the guide rail, a stopper for the forward travel of one of the sliders, a member for retaining the fore-and-aft movement of the moveable panel, and a support for a wind deflector device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignees: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Yachiyo Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaharu Ohnishi, Michio Tamura, Tatsuya Ohara, Hirofumi Yamane, Tatsuaki Uehara, Kouichi Hotta
  • Patent number: 6811213
    Abstract: There is provided a weather strip for use on a sunroof capable of preventing squeak noises being generated in advance between a hollow seal part and a roof panel during traveling of a car by allowing the hollow seal part to satisfactorily follow vibrations of the roof panel. The weather strip ensures sealing property between a roof glass mounted on the sunroof of a car and a roof panel and comprises a built-in base part attached to the roof glass, and a hollow seal part composed of continuous ends integrally formed with the built-in base part and having substantially a circular cross section, a tip end contact part elastically contacting the roof panel, wherein thicker parts protruding inward and being continuous with the built-in base part are formed on the continuous ends of the hollow seal part and protrusions protruding inward are formed on substantially middle parts between the continuous ends and the tip end contact part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignees: Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd., Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Yachiyo Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Yamashita, Masayuki Daio, Masaharu Ohnishi, Hirofumi Yamane, Tatsuaki Uehara, Koichi Hotta
  • Patent number: 6802560
    Abstract: A sunroof apparatus with a sliding panel freely opening and closing an opening of a roof in a vehicle, a movable drain arranged below a rear end in the panel and moving forward and rearward interlocking with a forward and rearward movement of the panel, and a sunshade covering a lower side of the sliding panel and freely opening and closing. A holding means for the sunshade is constructed by forming sliding grooves in frames in both sides extending along a longitudinal direction in a side of a passenger room of the opening, forming a notch at a predetermined position of the groove L3 fitting front and rear sliders to which the sunshade is mounted, and integrally forming an engagement piece made of elastic member and fitted to the notch in the rear slider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignees: Yachiyo Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tatsuaki Uehara, Kouichi Hotta, Masaharu Ohnishi, Michio Tamura, Tatsuya Ohara
  • Publication number: 20030184127
    Abstract: A sunroof apparatus is provided with a sliding panel freely opening and closing an opening of a roof in a vehicle, a movable drain arranged below a rear end in the panel and moving forward and rearward interlocking with a forward and rearward movement of the panel, and a sunshade covering a lower side of the sliding panel and freely opening and closing. A holding means for the sunshade is constructed by forming sliding grooves L2, L3 in frames in both sides extending along a longitudinal direction in a side of a passenger room of the opening, forming a notch at a predetermined position of the groove L3 fitting front and rear sliders 30, 40 to which the sunshade is mounted, and integrally forming an engagement piece made of elastic member and fitted to the notch in the rear slider 40.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2003
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Applicants: YACHIYO KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISYA, HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsuaki Uehara, Kouichi Hotta, Masaharu Ohnishi, Michio Tamura, Tatsuya Ohara
  • Patent number: 6626485
    Abstract: In an automotive sun roof system, each of the front sliders is provided with at least three laterally extending slide shoes including a front inboard slide shoe, a rear inboard slide shoe and a front outboard slide shoe located intermediate between the inboard slide shoes with respect to a fore-and-aft direction, and the guide rail is provided with an inboard side defining an inboard guide slot and an outboard side defining an outboard guide slot adapted to receive the corresponding slide shoes, the outboard side of the guide rail being provided with a front end which is rearwardly offset from that of the inboard side of the guide rail. Thus, the front end of each guide rail is advanced as much as possible without increasing the exposure of such parts to the moisture that may drip from the fixed roof panel and/or moveable panel by taking into account the rounded shape of the opening in the fixed roof panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignees: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Yachiyo Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Michio Tamura, Masaharu Ohnishi, Tatsuya Ohara, Tatsuaki Uehara, Koichi Hotta
  • Publication number: 20030177701
    Abstract: There is provided a weather strip for use on a sunroof which can be firmly built in a seal holder even if there occur variations in molding dimensions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventors: Takashi Yamashita, Masayuki Daio, Masaharu Ohnishi, Hirofumi Yamane, Tatsuaki Uehara, Koichi Hotta
  • Publication number: 20030178874
    Abstract: There is provided a weather strip for use on a sunroof capable of preventing squeak noises being generated in advance between a hollow seal part and a roof panel during traveling of a car by allowing the hollow seal part to satisfactorily follow vibrations of the roof panel. The weather strip ensures sealing property between a roof glass mounted on the sunroof of a car and a roof panel and comprises a built-in base part attached to the roof glass, and a hollow seal part composed of continuous ends integrally formed with the built-in base part and having substantially a circular cross section, a tip end contact part elastically contacting the roof panel, wherein thicker parts protruding inward and being continuous with the built-in base part are formed on the continuous ends of the hollow seal part and protrusions protruding inward are formed on substantially middle parts between the continuous ends and the tip end contact part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventors: Takashi Yamashita, Masayuki Daio, Masaharu Ohnishi, Hirofumi Yamane, Tatsuaki Uehara, Koichi Hotta