Patents by Inventor Pedro Takashi Miyabukuro

Pedro Takashi Miyabukuro 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: 6816066
    Abstract: An automotive device attachable to a vehicle has an external rearview mirror including a mirror element and an end support attachable to a vehicle and supporting the mirror element, and a lateral blinker including a light source and a supporting element which supports the light source, the supporting element with the light source being incorporated in the external rearview mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Metagal Industria e Comercio LTDA
    Inventor: Pedro Takashi Miyabukuro
  • Patent number: 6648480
    Abstract: An external rearview mirror of an automotive vehicle has a mirror plate set including a mirror plate and a rear cover, a moving mechanism for the mirror plate set and including a bearing/electric motor set, a housing in which the mirror plate set and the bearing/motor set are accommodated, a base with which the housing is connected in an articulated manner, the base being fixable to a side of a vehicle, the mirror plate set and the bearing/motor set being directly fixed with one another with the use of parts including one part provided in the mirror plate set and another part provided in the bearing/engine set and connectable with the one part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Metagal Industria E Comercio Ltda.
    Inventor: Pedro Takashi Miyabukuro
  • Publication number: 20030086190
    Abstract: An external rearview mirror of an automotive vehicle has a mirror plate set including a mirror plate and a rear cover, a moving mechanism for the mirror plate set and including a bearing/electric motor set, a housing in which the mirror plate set and the bearing/motor set are accommodated, a base with which the housing is connected in an articulated manner, the base being fixable to a side of a vehicle, the mirror plate set and the bearing/motor set being directly fixed with one another with the use of parts including one part provided in the mirror plate set and another part provided in the bearing/engine set and connectable with the one part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2002
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Inventor: Pedro Takashi Miyabukuro
  • Patent number: 6558012
    Abstract: A fixation device for fixing a mirror cover to a command set has at least three fixation sets uniformly spaced from one another and each including a flange disposable in an edge of an opening of the mirror cover for supporting a ring-shaped base of the command set, the flange having a cuneiform projection which is couplable in a groove of the ring-shaped base a stop projecting from the mirror cover and radially aligned with the flange at a spaced relationship to the latter, a seat defined by gutters in front faces of the flange and the stop and a hole provided in a region of the mirror cover that remains in a space between the flange and the stop, and a pin which is received under pressure in a seat and presses the cuneiform projection against the groove of the ring-shaped base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Metagal Industria e Comercio Ltda.
    Inventor: Pedro Takashi Miyabukuro
  • Patent number: 6547407
    Abstract: An external rearview mirror of an automotive vehicle has a mirror plate set including a mirror plate and a rear cover, a moving mechanism for the mirror plate set and including a bearing/electric motor set, a housing in which the mirror plate set and the bearing/motor set are accommodated, a base with which the housing is connected in an articulated manner, the base being fixable to a side of a vehicle, the mirror plate set and the bearing/motor set being directly fixed with one another with the use of parts including one part provided in the mirror plate set and another part provided in the bearing/engine set and connectable with the one part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Metagal Industria e Comercio Ltda.
    Inventor: Pedro Takashi Miyabukuro
  • Publication number: 20020196566
    Abstract: An external rearview mirror of an automotive vehicle has a mirror plate set including a mirror plate and a rear cover, a moving mechanism for the mirror plate set and including a bearing/electric motor set, a housing in which the mirror plate set and the bearing/motor set are accommodated, a base with which the housing is connected in an articulated manner, the base being fixable to a side of a vehicle, the mirror plate set and the bearing/motor set being directly fixed with one another with the use of parts including one part provided in the mirror plate set and another part provided in the bearing/engine set and connectable with the one part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2001
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventor: Pedro Takashi Miyabukuro
  • Publication number: 20020067252
    Abstract: An automotive device attachable to a vehicle has an external rearview mirror including a mirror element and an end support attachable to a vehicle and supporting the mirror element, and a lateral blinker including a light source and a supporting element which supports the light source, the supporting element with the light source being incorporated in the external rearview mirror.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2001
    Publication date: June 6, 2002
    Inventor: Pedro Takashi Miyabukuro
  • Publication number: 20020067558
    Abstract: An external rearview mirror system has an external rearview mirror, and a device for signaling and/or illumination associated with the external rearview mirror.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2000
    Publication date: June 6, 2002
    Inventor: Pedro Takashi Miyabukuro
  • Patent number: 6386717
    Abstract: An external rearview mirror, has a mirror plate; a regulating mechanism for position regulation of said mirror plate, by moving the mirror plate, a transmission device including a sole transmission cable formed as an internal cable, an external sleeve; fixed in a housing the mechanism, and a button connected with the cable so that the cable can be pulled or pushed inside a sleeve against a force of a spring depending of movements of the button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: Metagal Industria e Commercio LTDA
    Inventor: Pedro Takashi Miyabukuro
  • Patent number: 6382805
    Abstract: An external rearview mirror has a mirror plate, a device for regulating a position of the mirror plate and including an activator, a support structure for supporting the activator, a housing accommodating the mirror plate, the activator and the support structure, a vertical pivot point located inside the housing, a device for stabilization of mirror positions incorporated in the support structure and assembled in an articulated way around the post, a base placable on a side of a vehicle and having a protuberance in which the post is supported, and a reinforcing structure located in the base, the support structure, the post and the reinforcing structure being composed of a plastic material which is similar to a plastic material for other components wherein a main part, a fitting part, receptors of screws, a lateral part in form of a sleeve and its indented side, are all composed of a plastic material and together form a single integral element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Metagal Industria e Comercio LTDA
    Inventor: Pedro Takashi Miyabukuro
  • Publication number: 20020048101
    Abstract: A fixation device for fixing a mirror cover to a command set has at least three fixation sets uniformly spaced from one another and each including a flange disposable in an edge of an opening of the mirror cover for supporting a ring-shaped base of the command set, the flange having a cuneiform projection which is couplable in a groove of the ring-shaped base a stop projecting from the mirror cover and radially aligned with the flange at a spaced relationship to the latter, a seat defined by gutters in front faces of the flange and the stop and a hole provided in a region of the mirror cover that remains in a space between the flange and the stop, and a pin which is received under pressure in a seat and presses the cuneiform projection against the groove of the ring-shaped base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventor: Pedro Takashi Miyabukuro
  • Patent number: 6361179
    Abstract: An external rearview mirror has a mirror set, a base receiving the mirror set in an articulated way, a regulating device for positioning the mirror plate, a support structure for the regulating device, a housing accommodating components of the mirror set and fixed in the support structure, and a stabilization device for stabilizing a mirror position and incorporated in the support structure, wherein the stabilization device includes, a first indented surface provided on the mirror set and disposed in the sleeve, a second indented surface provided on the base adjacent to the first indented surface to the sleeve, and an axial compression spring arranged around the pivot post and pressing the sleeve for connecting the indented surfaces with one another, so that the mirror set is either not deflected and does not have its integrity or torque strength endangered,or is deflected and has its integrity preserved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Metagal Industria E Commercio LTDA
    Inventor: Pedro Takashi Miyabukuro
  • Patent number: 6357886
    Abstract: An internal rearview mirror has a mirror assembly, and an assembling device for connecting the mirror assembly to a windshield, the assembling device including a first base connected with the mirror assembly provided with a fixation device, and a second base fixable to the windshield and formed so that the first base being detachably connectable to the second base, the first base having a superior face adapted to be adjacent to the windshield and provided with a resilient pawl with a projection, and the second base having a posterior edge, formed so that when the first base is forced onto the second base the pawl with the first projection first resilient deflect and thereafter the projection engages behind a posterior edge of the second base so as to retain the bases assembled with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Metagal Industria e Comercio Ltda.
    Inventor: Pedro Takashi Miyabukuro
  • Publication number: 20010021072
    Abstract: An external rearview mirror, has a mirror plate; a regulating mechanism for position regulation of said mirror plate, by moving the mirror plate, a transmission device including a sole transmission cable formed as an internal cable, an external sleeve; fixed in a housing the mechanism, and a button connected with the cable so that the cable can be pulled or pushed inside a sleeve against a force of a spring depending of movements of the button.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2001
    Publication date: September 13, 2001
    Inventor: Pedro Takashi Miyabukuro
  • Publication number: 20010012165
    Abstract: An internal rearview mirror has a mirror assembly, and an assembling device for connecting the mirror assembly to a windshield, the assembling device including a first base connected with the mirror assembly provided with a fixation device, and a second base fixable to the windshield and formed so that the first base being detachably connectable to the second base, the first base having a superior face adapted to be adjacent to the windshield and provided with a resilient pawl with a projection, and the second base having a posterior edge, formed so that when the first base is forced onto the second base the pawl with the first projection first resilient deflect and thereafter the projection engages behind a posterior edge of the second base so as to retain the bases assembled with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2001
    Publication date: August 9, 2001
    Inventor: Pedro Takashi Miyabukuro