Patents by Inventor Norihide Tachibana

Norihide Tachibana 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).

  • Patent number: 11890995
    Abstract: A bracket includes an abutment portion for a front end portion of a vehicle mount camera, first support portions located at a rear side than the abutment portion to receive first supported portions provided at the vehicle mount camera from a rear side, and second support portions located at right and left at a rear side than the first support portions, for receiving therebetween a rear end portion of the vehicle mount camera. The left and right second support portions respectively include elastic engagement pieces, the elastic engagement piece permitting, by elastic deformation, an upward movement operation of a rear end portion of the vehicle mount camera at a first supported portion as fulcrum from a state that the first support portion receives the first supported portion, and engaging a second supported portion provided in the vehicle mount camera by elastic returning at a finish position of the upward movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: NIFCO INC.
    Inventor: Norihide Tachibana
  • Patent number: 11740541
    Abstract: A bracket includes a base portion arranged to be fixed to a face inside the window glass, and an engagement piece, an engagement portion thereof engaging an end of the vehicle mount camera located at a rear side in a sliding movement by a sliding operation of the vehicle mount camera. The engagement piece includes a fixed end integrated with the base portion, and a free end arranged with a space relative to the fixed end in a vehicle front-rear direction, the engagement portion being provided at the free end so that the sliding operation of the vehicle mount camera is made by an elastic deformation of the engagement piece through an abutment of the engagement portion to the vehicle mount camera, and an engagement of the engagement portion is made by an elastic recovery of the engagement piece at an end position of the sliding operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: NIFCO INC.
    Inventor: Norihide Tachibana
  • Publication number: 20220050363
    Abstract: A bracket includes a base portion arranged to be fixed to a face inside the window glass, and an engagement piece, an engagement portion thereof engaging an end of the vehicle mount camera located at a rear side in a sliding movement by a sliding operation of the vehicle mount camera. The engagement piece includes a fixed end integrated with the base portion, and a free end arranged with a space relative to the fixed end in a vehicle front-rear direction, the engagement portion being provided at the free end so that the sliding operation of the vehicle mount camera is made by an elastic deformation of the engagement piece through an abutment of the engagement portion to the vehicle mount camera, and an engagement of the engagement portion is made by an elastic recovery of the engagement piece at an end position of the sliding operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventor: Norihide TACHIBANA
  • Publication number: 20220041117
    Abstract: A bracket includes an abutment portion for a front end portion of a vehicle mount camera, first support portions located at a rear side than the abutment portion to receive first supported portions provided at the vehicle mount camera from a rear side, and second support portions located at right and left at a rear side than the first support portions, for receiving therebetween a rear end portion of the vehicle mount camera. The left and right second support portions respectively include elastic engagement pieces, the elastic engagement piece permitting, by elastic deformation, an upward movement operation of a rear end portion of the vehicle mount camera at a first supported portion as fulcrum from a state that the first support portion receives the first supported portion, and engaging a second supported portion provided in the vehicle mount camera by elastic returning at a finish position of the upward movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventor: Norihide TACHIBANA
  • Patent number: 11148600
    Abstract: A storage device for vehicle includes one member which can house an article on an inside; and another member attached to an outside of the one member in a state wherein at least one portion is superimposed. An essential portion includes a buffer material disposed inside the one member and can abut against the article to be housed therein, and the buffer material includes a portion sandwiched between the one member and the another member, and formed to extend from the buffer material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: NIFCO INC.
    Inventor: Norihide Tachibana
  • Publication number: 20200317136
    Abstract: A storage device for vehicle includes one member which can house an article on an inside; and another member attached to an outside of the one member in a state wherein at least one portion is superimposed. An essential portion includes a buffer material disposed inside the one member and can abut against the article to be housed therein, and the buffer material includes a portion sandwiched between the one member and the another member, and formed to extend from the buffer material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventor: Norihide TACHIBANA
  • Patent number: 9719539
    Abstract: A fastener for superimposing and fastening two sheets of plate-like members, wherein at least one of the plate-like members has a hole formed therein, includes a pair of U-shaped accommodating portions adapted to be inserted with end portions of the two sheets of plate-like members; a pair of connection portions respectively connecting the pair of accommodating portions; a pair of engagement pieces extending from the pair of connection portions in an insertion direction of the plate-like members; an engagement portion formed in each of the pair of engagement pieces, adapted to engage with the hole; and a wobbling suppressing mechanism disposed adjacent to the pair of engagement pieces, and extending from each of the pair of connection portions in the insertion direction of the plate-like members for engaging with the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: NIFCO INC.
    Inventor: Norihide Tachibana
  • Publication number: 20150204363
    Abstract: A fastener for superimposing and fastening two sheets of plate-like members, wherein at least one of the plate-like members has a hole formed therein, includes a pair of U-shaped accommodating portions adapted to be inserted with end portions of the two sheets of plate-like members; a pair of connection portions respectively connecting the pair of accommodating portions; a pair of engagement pieces extending from the pair of connection portions in an insertion direction of the plate-like members; an engagement portion formed in each of the pair of engagement pieces, adapted to engage with the hole; and a wobbling suppressing mechanism disposed adjacent to the pair of engagement pieces, and extending from each of the pair of connection portions in the insertion direction of the plate-like members for engaging with the hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventor: Norihide Tachibana
  • Patent number: D696106
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Nifco Inc.
    Inventor: Norihide Tachibana