Patents by Inventor Mukai Yasuhiko

Mukai Yasuhiko 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).

  • Power supply apparatus for a sliding door
    Patent number: 7980622
    Abstract: A power supply apparatus for a sliding door includes a body-side fixture mounted on an automobile body, a door-side fixture mounted on the sliding door, and a flat cable gripped in the body-side fixture and the door-side fixture for supplying power to the sliding door. The flat cable is pulled out from the body-side fixture and/or the door-side fixture to form a convex flexural portion during opening and closing of the sliding door. The flat cable pull-out direction conforms with the protrusion direction of the convex flexural portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Enomoto Noritsugu, Ushiyama Masatoshi, Mukai Yasuhiko
  • POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS FOR A SLIDING DOOR
    Publication number: 20090178340
    Abstract: Disclosed is a power supply apparatus for a sliding door. The power supply apparatus includes a body-side fixture mounted on an automobile body, a door-side fixture mounted on the sliding door, and a flat cable gripped in the body-side fixture and the door-side fixture for supplying a power to the sliding door. The flat cable is pulled out from the body-side fixture and/or the door-side fixture to form a convex flexural portion during opening and closing of the sliding door. The flat cable pull-out direction conforms with the protrusion direction of the convex flexural portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicant: THE FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD
    Inventors: Enomoto Noritsugu, Ushiyama Masatoshi, Mukai Yasuhiko