Patents by Inventor Masato Endoh

Masato Endoh 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: 6981788
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus for lighting up an entrance of a vehicle, capable of decreasing the sound of wind roaring caused during driving. The lighting apparatus includes: at least one lighting element; a clear molded plastic cover member; and an attaching member for attaching the lighting element with the clear molded plastic cover member onto a bottom surface of a side mirror. The side surface of the lighting apparatus adjacent to a vehicle body is formed so as to broaden from the front of the side mirror toward the rear thereof along a direction departing from the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: Honda Access Corporation
    Inventors: Shiro Iwai, Hidekazu Hayakawa, Masato Endoh
  • Publication number: 20040252518
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus for lighting up an entrance of a vehicle, capable of decreasing the sound of wind roaring caused during driving. The lighting apparatus includes: at least one lighting element; a clear molded plastic cover member; and an attaching member for attaching the lighting element with the clear molded plastic cover member onto a bottom surface of a side mirror. The side surface of the lighting apparatus adjacent to a vehicle body is formed so as to broaden from the front of the side mirror toward the rear thereof along a direction departing from the vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2004
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Applicant: HONDA ACCESS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shiro Iwai, Hidekazu Hayakawa, Masato Endoh
  • Patent number: 4894972
    Abstract: A window assembly to be installed to an automotive vehicle body, and a production method of the same. The window assembly is comprised of a plastic molding securely formed at the peripheral section of a transparent glass plate such as a windshield glass of an automotive vehicle, along the whole periphery of the glass plate. The molding is integrally formed with a flange-section tightly cotractable with the surface of an outer panel of the vehicle body, and a projection securely fittable with the vehicle body outer panel when the window assembly is installed to the vehicle body. The molding is further formed with a depression for effectively retaining adhesive between the molding and the vehicle body outer panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1990
    Assignee: Central Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Masato Endoh, Masayoshi Ohgoshi, Yoshio Horiki