Patents by Inventor Masatsugu Sasagawa

Masatsugu Sasagawa 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).

  • Wheel cover
    Patent number: 9375979
    Abstract: When removing a wheel cover from a wheel, force in an inner peripheral direction is applied to one end portion of an engaging member. The engaging member pivots (including elastically deforms) about the other end portion, such that an engaging protruding portion pivots and comes away from an engagable protruding portion. As a result, a center attaching portion is able to be removed from an ornament receiving hole, thus enabling the wheel cover to be removed from the wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, PLAMAC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuta Karashima, Kenji Abe, Masatsugu Sasagawa, Toshiyuki Tetsuda, Satoru Tsurubuchi, Tomoaki Kume, Yasuo Noji, Yasuhiro Kuraoka
  • WHEEL COVER
    Publication number: 20140167491
    Abstract: When removing a wheel cover from a wheel, force in an inner peripheral direction is applied to one end portion of an engaging member. The engaging member pivots (including elastically deforms) about the other end portion, such that an engaging protruding portion pivots and comes away from an engagable protruding portion. As a result, a center attaching portion is able to be removed from an ornament receiving hole, thus enabling the wheel cover to be removed from the wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicants: PLAMAC CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuta Karashima, Kenji Abe, Masatsugu Sasagawa, Toshiyuki Tetsuda, Satoru Tsurubuchi, Tomoaki Kume, Yasuo Noji, Yasuhiro Kuraoka