Patents by Inventor Masayoshi Horike

Masayoshi Horike 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: 4434593
    Abstract: A window structure of a vehicle body comprises a wall portion forming part of the vehicle body and defining an opening therein; a window panel closing the opening and having at least one edge portion extending along and spaced apart inwardly from the wall portion for forming a gap between the wall portion and the edge portion; a resilient molding having a decorative trim portion bridging the window panel and the vehicle body for covering the gap, a stem portion integral with the decorative trim portion and extending in the gap, and a plurality of retrorse fins extending outwardly from both sides of the stem portion and angled toward the decorative trim portion for engagement with the edge portion of the window panel and the wall portion of the vehicle body; and retaining means for retaining the retrorse fins in engagement with the edge portion of the window panel and the wall portion of the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1981
    Date of Patent: March 6, 1984
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Company, Limited
    Inventors: Masayoshi Horike, Haruo Yamamoto, Yukio Yamane, Kazuhiko Yoshiyuki, Toshiaki Endo
  • Patent number: 4406494
    Abstract: A head lining mounting structure for anchoring each end of a head lining to a vehicle structural member such as a roof rail includes an anchoring means formed in a multi-stepped manner to taken up irregularities in dimension or elongation of a head lining, thereby preventing slacks or wrinkles of the head lining and facilitating mounting the head lining on the vehicle structural member and therefore avoiding a spoiling of a sense of beauty or fine quality in a vehicle compartment due to mounting conditions of the head lining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1983
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Uemura, Masayoshi Horike
  • Patent number: 4172000
    Abstract: A glass plate is attached through the medium of an adhesive layer to the bottom of a stepped portion which is formed along the edge of a window frame. Along the edge of the glass plate, there are fixed supporting pieces which have movable holding pieces supported thereon in such a way as to enjoy freedom of motion in directions perpendicular to the edge of the glass plate, the movable holding pieces each being provided with a claw adapted to provide engagement with the edge of a molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1979
    Assignees: Nifco Inc., Nissan Motor Corp.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Horike, Kenji Fukuda, Shigeru Kimura