Patents by Inventor Motofumi Kikuchi

Motofumi Kikuchi 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: 20040048036
    Abstract: A floor mat for an automobile consisting essentially of one or more porous material layers wherein a water-resistant pressure of the whole floor mat is 40 mmH2O or more is disclosed. A floor mat for an automobile consisting essentially of two or more porous material layers, wherein at least one of the porous material layers is a mixture layer containing two or more materials including a material other than one or more materials forming a porous material layer adjacent to the mixture layer, and a permeability of the mixture layer is 0.1 to 10 mL/cm2/sec is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Applicant: Japan Vilene Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sakae Nakasuji, Tatsuhiko Tsumura, Motofumi Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 6114014
    Abstract: A floor mat having an upper face layer and a base layer, which comprises a plane section and a marginal peripheral section surrounding the plane section, wherein at least a part of the marginal peripheral section contains a belt-like portion which is raised at the side of the upper face layer and extends continuously and substantially in parallel to a marginal peripheral edge thereof; the belt-like portion contains a channel extending longitudinally thereof at the side of the base layer; and the belt-like portion carries at least one convex-concave structure on a wall surface of the channel, with the proviso that, when the convex-concave structure extends transversely of the channel, the convex-concave structure is discontinued on at least a bottom surface of the channel, is disclosed. The floor mat according to the present invention has a sufficient peeling strength obtained by a compression process used for only a short period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: Japan Vilene Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuuki Ikeda, Shousuke Matsui, Hiroaki Fujimoto, Kazuhisa Taya, Kiyokazu Nakanishi, Motofumi Kikuchi