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).
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Patent number: 6816066Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 18, 2001Date of Patent: November 9, 2004Assignee: Metagal Industria e Comercio LTDAInventor: Pedro Takashi Miyabukuro
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Patent number: 6648480Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 16, 2002Date of Patent: November 18, 2003Assignee: Metagal Industria E Comercio Ltda.Inventor: Pedro Takashi Miyabukuro
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Publication number: 20030086190Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2002Publication date: May 8, 2003Inventor: Pedro Takashi Miyabukuro
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Patent number: 6558012Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 6, 2001Date of Patent: May 6, 2003Assignee: Metagal Industria e Comercio Ltda.Inventor: Pedro Takashi Miyabukuro
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Patent number: 6547407Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 21, 2001Date of Patent: April 15, 2003Assignee: Metagal Industria e Comercio Ltda.Inventor: Pedro Takashi Miyabukuro
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Publication number: 20020196566Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2001Publication date: December 26, 2002Inventor: Pedro Takashi Miyabukuro
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Publication number: 20020067252Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2001Publication date: June 6, 2002Inventor: Pedro Takashi Miyabukuro
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Publication number: 20020067558Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2000Publication date: June 6, 2002Inventor: Pedro Takashi Miyabukuro
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Patent number: 6386717Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 27, 2001Date of Patent: May 14, 2002Assignee: Metagal Industria e Commercio LTDAInventor: Pedro Takashi Miyabukuro
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Patent number: 6382805Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 28, 2001Date of Patent: May 7, 2002Assignee: Metagal Industria e Comercio LTDAInventor: Pedro Takashi Miyabukuro
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Publication number: 20020048101Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2001Publication date: April 25, 2002Inventor: Pedro Takashi Miyabukuro
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Patent number: 6361179Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 14, 2001Date of Patent: March 26, 2002Assignee: Metagal Industria E Commercio LTDAInventor: Pedro Takashi Miyabukuro
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Patent number: 6357886Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 24, 2001Date of Patent: March 19, 2002Assignee: Metagal Industria e Comercio Ltda.Inventor: Pedro Takashi Miyabukuro
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Publication number: 20010021072Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2001Publication date: September 13, 2001Inventor: Pedro Takashi Miyabukuro
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Publication number: 20010012165Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2001Publication date: August 9, 2001Inventor: Pedro Takashi Miyabukuro