Patents by Inventor Naohisa Mashimo

Naohisa Mashimo 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).

  • ELEVATOR CAR PANEL CONNECTION STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20090200118
    Abstract: An elevator car panel connection structure for connecting car panels constructing elevator car is provided with a first channel-shaped bent portion disposed along a connection edge portion of a first car panel and having a channel-shaped cross-sectional configuration defining an opening and an inner space with a width larger than that of the opening, and a second channel-shaped bent portion disposed along a connection edge portion of a second car panel and having a channel-shaped cross-sectional configuration defining a base portion width that is larger than the width of the opening of the first car panel and that is smaller than the width of the inner space of the first car panel. The second channel-shaped bent portion is pressure fitted into the inner space of the first channel-shaped bent portion through the opening so that the first and the second channel-shaped bent portion are elastically connected and held together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Minami, Taiji Sawaki, Masaaki Yamada, Naohisa Mashimo, Naoki Hashiguchi, Akihiro Kadoi