Patents by Inventor Minekazu Hasegawa

Minekazu Hasegawa 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).

  • Structure for draining liquid for a vehicle and method for forming the structure
    Patent number: 5209546
    Abstract: A water-tight structure for draining liquid and method for forming the structure applicable to a hatch-roof (T-bar roof) type vehicle are disclosed in which a V-shaped groove of a first weatherstrip disposed aside a center pillar of a vehicle body, opening of a roof onto which a detachable hatch roof is attached, and a front pillar receives a wedge-shaped end of a second weatherstrip disposed along a side edge of the hatch roof in a tongue and groove joint form at a position of the center pillar bridged to the roof, a draining passage in a closed cross section is formed between a vehicle body panel and finisher both constituting the center pillar, a flange portion is integrally extended from that part of the first weatherstrip in the rearward direction, the flange portion being elastically contacted with the hatch roof and finisher and introducing water such as rain drops from the rain water passage into another drain water passage, and a terminal portion of the first weatherstrip is formed by means of a mold
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1993
    Assignee: Kinugawa Rubber Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minekazu Hasegawa, Keiichi Ikeda, Junichi Fujihira
  • Structure for draining liquid for a vehicle and method for forming the structure
    Patent number: 5009464
    Abstract: A water-tight structure for draining liquid and method for forming the structure applicable to a hatch-roof (T-bar roof) type vehicle are disclosed in which a V-shaped groove of a first weatherstrip disposed aside a center pillar of a vehicle body, the opening of a roof onto which a detachable hatch roof is attached, and a front pillar, receives a wedge-shaped end of a second weatherstrip disposed along a side edge of the hatch roof in a tongue and groove joint at a position of the center pillar bridged to the roof, a draining passage in a closed cross section is formed between a vehicle body panel and finisher both constituting the center pillar, a flange portion is integrally extended from that part of the first weatherstrip in the rearward direction, the flange portion being elastically contacted with the hatch roof and finisher and introducing water such as rain drops from the rain water passage into another drain water passage, and a terminal portion of the first weatherstrip is formed by means of a mold
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1991
    Assignee: Kinugawa Rubber Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minekazu Hasegawa, Keiichi Ikeda, Junichi Fujihira