Patents by Inventor Minoru SHIBUTANI

Minoru SHIBUTANI 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).

  • Publication number: 20210378112
    Abstract: In a structure for connecting a terminal to a circuit substrate within a case, a resin holder to which a plurality of terminal members are insert bonded is insert bonded to a resin case member having a connector portion and configuring part of the case. Each terminal member has one end part connected to the circuit substrate housed in the case, another end part of the terminal member being disposed within the connector portion. The holder is insert bonded to the case member while leaving an exposure hole as a cavity. Formed in the case member is an open hole communicating with the exposure hole and opening on a housing chamber side. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent a short circuit due to moisture from occurring between the terminal members retained by the holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Yuuichi SATOU, Minoru SHIBUTANI, Hiroyuki HAZAWA, Shinichi OZAKI, Yoshiyuki MIYAKAWA, Yoshihiro YAMAZUMI
  • Patent number: 10604086
    Abstract: A decoration member includes a base member having a design surface, and a film material that covers the design surface, wherein the base member has an edge portion that sharpens toward a tip portion when seen in a normal direction of the design surface, and a paste wall section on which the film material is able to be pasted while protruding away from the design surface is formed on a surface of the edge portion opposite to the design surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignees: Honda Lock Mfg. Co., Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kozuma, Naoki Okada, Minoru Shibutani, Jun Kamioka, Hidenobu Yasuda, Yuta Orikasa
  • Publication number: 20190016278
    Abstract: A decoration member includes a base member having a design surface, and a film material that covers the design surface, wherein the base member has an edge portion that sharpens toward a tip portion when seen in a normal direction of the design surface, and a paste wall section on which the film material is able to be pasted while protruding away from the design surface is formed on a surface of the edge portion opposite to the design surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KOZUMA, Naoki OKADA, Minoru SHIBUTANI, Jun KAMIOKA, Hidenobu YASUDA, Yuta ORIKASA