Patents by Inventor Seiji Yagura

Seiji Yagura 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: 11285805
    Abstract: The lid device for vehicle includes a link member supporting a lid to open and close; and a basing member moving the lid from a fully-closed position to a first reference position which is a partly-open position, and moving the lid from a second reference position which is further in the open direction than the first reference position to a fully-open position. The link member includes first and second link members pivotally supported at one end on the rear side of the lid, and pivotally supported at the other end within the housing. The biasing member has a pop-up contact part for switching the lid from the closed position to the first reference position, and a deadlock contact part inner surface for switching between biasing toward the first reference position and biasing toward the fully opening position with the second reference position in between.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: NIFCO INC.
    Inventor: Seiji Yagura
  • Patent number: 11214141
    Abstract: A vehicle lid device includes a housing disposing a fueling port or an electrical charging port inside an opening; and a lid turnably connected to a housing side, and opening and closing the opening of the housing. A connection portion between the housing side and the lid side includes a fitting portion for a shaft and a hole, and in a fully open position of the lid, when an external force at a predetermined value or above is applied in an opening direction to further open the lid, fitting of the fitting portion is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: NIFCO INC.
    Inventor: Seiji Yagura
  • Publication number: 20200198463
    Abstract: The lid device for vehicle includes a link member which supports, by linking to a housing, a lid so as to open and close; and a basing member which can move the lid from a fully-closed position to a first reference position which is a partly-open position, by means of biasing force, and which can move the lid from a second reference position which is further in the open direction than the first reference position to a fully-open position, by means of biasing force. The link member includes a first link member and a second link member which are pivotally supported at one end on the rear side of the lid, and pivotally supported at the other end within the housing. The biasing member has a pop-up contact part for switching the lid from the closed position to the first reference position, and a deadlock contact part inner surface for switching between biasing towards the first reference position and biasing toward the fully opening position with the second reference position in between.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventor: Seiji YAGURA
  • Publication number: 20200130505
    Abstract: A vehicle lid device includes a housing disposing a fueling port or an electrical charging port inside an opening; and a lid turnably connected to a housing side, and opening and closing the opening of the housing. A connection portion between the housing side and the lid side includes a fitting portion for a shaft and a hole, and in a fully open position of the lid, when an external force at a predetermined value or above is applied in an opening direction to further open the lid, fitting of the fitting portion is released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventor: Seiji YAGURA
  • Patent number: 9102231
    Abstract: A wave suppression structure for a fuel tank is provided in which a wave suppression member (37) disposed in the interior of a tank main body of the fuel tank is formed from a basket-shaped container (38) and cylindrical porous members (39), the basket-shaped container (38) being formed from two members, first and second half bodies (38L, 38R), two of the porous members (39) being supported in the interior of each of the first and second half bodies (38L, 38R), wherein the wave supporting member (37) is supported on a fuel suction pipe (36) by joining the first and second half bodies (38L, 38R) of the basket-shaped container (38) so as to sandwich a fuel suction pipe (36) between a through hole (38f) thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Nifco Inc.
    Inventors: Takeaki Nakajima, Daisuke Nohara, Kiyofumi Shida, Shinya Murabayashi, Hiroaki Watanabe, Kengo Kobayashi, Seiji Yagura
  • Publication number: 20110315699
    Abstract: A wave suppression structure for a fuel tank is provided in which a wave suppression member (37) disposed in the interior of a tank main body of the fuel tank is formed from a basket-shaped container (38) and cylindrical porous members (39), the basket-shaped container (38) being formed from two members, first and second half bodies (38L, 38R), two of the porous members (39) being supported in the interior of each of the first and second half bodies (38L, 38R), wherein the wave supporting member (37) is supported on a fuel suction pipe (36) by joining the first and second half bodies (38L, 38R) of the basket-shaped container (38) so as to sandwich a fuel suction pipe (36) between a through hole (38f) thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicants: NIFCO INC., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeaki Nakajima, Daisuke Nohara, Kiyofumi Shida, Shinya Murabayashi, Hiroaki Watanabe, Kengo Kobayashi, Seiji Yagura