Patents by Inventor Rikihei Naruse

Rikihei Naruse 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: 5599230
    Abstract: An air outlet structure for an air conditioner of an automobile having its instrument panel equipped with an air outlet. The air outlet structure comprises: a plurality of vertical fins disposed integrally turnably in the air outlet for controlling the horizontal flow of the conditioned air; a plurality of horizontal fins disposed integrally turnably in the air outlet for controlling the vertical direction of the conditioned air; a knob movably fitted on one of the horizontal fins or the vertical fins, which are positioned at the side of the air outlet, for turning the one fin; and a pair of legs formed at the back of the knob and engaging with one of the horizontal fins or the vertical fins, which are positioned at the deep side of the air outlet. The legs have their leading end portions formed into arcuate portions on the hinge pin of the fin which is fitted in the knob.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1997
    Assignee: Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rikihei Naruse, Akihiko Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 5480350
    Abstract: An automobile ventilator louver including a plurality of fins which are provided in a ventilator case so as to be turned in association with each other, and a control knob provided on a middle fin to turn the plural fins, wherein an engagement portion 901, 902, which engages with the rear end of the adjacent fin 3 when the control knob 7 is turned to a predetermined angle, is provided at the rear end of the control knob 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1996
    Inventor: Rikihei Naruse