Patents by Inventor Masanobu Tomida

Masanobu Tomida 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: 7722107
    Abstract: A center cluster panel 2 is formed with a projected portion 20 including an upper panel 21 extended to a vehicle rear side and disposed at an uppermost portion thereof, a curved face panel 22 connected to a rear portion of the upper panel 21 and directed to a vehicle front side by being bent from the connected portion 24, and a lower panel 23 connected to the curved face panel 22, extended to a front side and disposed on a vehicle lower side of the upper panel 21. The upper panel 21 and the lower panel 23 are formed such that respective wall thicknesses t1 and t2 are uniform. The wall thickness t1 of the upper panel 21 is made to be thicker than the wall thickness t2 of the lower panel 23. The curved face panel 22 is formed such that a wall thickness t3 thereof is equal to the wall thickness t1 of the upper panel 21 at the portion 24 connected with the upper panel 21 and formed such that the more proximate to the lower panel 23 from the connected portion 24, the more thinned the wall thickness t3 gradually.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiko Sato, Masanobu Tomida, Shigeru Yabuya, Kiyoshi Suenaga
  • Publication number: 20090015031
    Abstract: A center cluster panel 2 is formed with a projected portion 20 including an upper panel 21 extended to a vehicle rear side and disposed at an uppermost portion thereof, a curved face panel 22 connected to a rear portion of the upper panel 21 and directed to a vehicle front side by being bent from the connected portion 24, and a lower panel 23 connected to the curved face panel 22, extended to a front side and disposed on a vehicle lower side of the upper panel 21. The upper panel 21 and the lower panel 23 are formed such that respective wall thicknesses t1 and t2 are uniform. The wall thickness t1 of the upper panel 21 is made to be thicker than the wall thickness t2 of the lower panel 23. The curved face panel 22 is formed such that a wall thickness t3 thereof is equal to the wall thickness t1 of the upper panel 21 at the portion 24 connected with the upper panel 21 and formed such that the more proximate to the lower panel 23 from the connected portion 24, the more thinned the wall thickness t3 gradually.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiko Sato, Masanobu Tomida, Shigeru Yabuya, Kiyoshi Suenaga
  • Patent number: 6742803
    Abstract: An automobile interior member which is represented by an instrument panel and to which an air bag device is to be assembled, is constituted by a main body portion and an air bag cover portion, the main body portion and the air bag cover portion being formed in a manner so that the main body portion is primarily molded (injection-molded) out of first thermoplastic resin material, and the air bag cover portion is secondarily molded (injection-molded) so as to be lapped with the main body portion on the back surface side. The second thermoplastic resin is oriented in a direction along a tear line (edges of rotational lid portions) of the lid portions (door portions) in the air bag cover portion so that the air bag cover portion is secondarily molded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigehiro Ueno, Kenichi Furuta, Kazuo Suzuki, Norio Jogan, Tadamasa Kidera, Akiyoshi Nagano, Hideki Hayashi, Masanobu Tomida, Akio Nakano
  • Publication number: 20020079676
    Abstract: An automobile interior member which is represented by an instrument panel and to which an air bag device is to be assembled, is constituted by a main body portion and an air bag cover portion, the main body portion and the air bag cover portion being formed in a manner so that the main body portion is primarily molded (injection-molded) out of first thermoplastic resin material, and the air bag cover portion is secondarily molded (injection-molded) so as to be lapped with the main body portion on the back surface side. The second thermoplastic resin is oriented in a direction along a tear line (edges of rotational lid portions) of the lid portions (door portions) in the air bag cover portion so that the air bag cover portion is secondarily molded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Applicant: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigehiro Ueno, Kenichi Furuta, Kazuo Suzuki, Norio Jogan, Tadamasa Kidera, Akiyoshi Nagano, Hideki Hayashi, Masanobu Tomida, Akio Nakano