Patents by Inventor Shohei Shirota

Shohei Shirota 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).

  • Publication number: 20240042949
    Abstract: A grommet includes: an engagement body; a first cylindrical body; a second cylindrical body; a first partition wall; a second partition wall; a holding part fixed together with a wiring material; and a pair of projection parts projected from an inner wall of the first partition wall. The first cylindrical body and the first partition wall are deformed in a pulling direction of the wiring material in a loaded state. An end part of the projection part is disposed, to be opposed to an inner peripheral surface on an inner side in the radial direction with respect to a groove bottom of an engagement groove of the engagement body, and acts pressing force on an inner peripheral surface of the engagement body from an end part due to displacement caused by deformation from an inner peripheral part side of the first partition wall in the loaded state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicants: Yazaki Corporation, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KYUSHU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuya Yoshimura, Shohei Shirota
  • Patent number: 11104255
    Abstract: A structure 1 for an operational portion in a vehicle provided at a side of a driver seat in a vehicle, comprising: a touch pad 14 having a contacted operational surface 14a receiving contact as an input operation; a rest surface formation portion 15 including a palm rest portion 21 provided behind the touch pad 14 and used for operation of the touch pad 14 and an arm rest portion 22 forming a rest surface 15a continuous to the palm rest portion 21; and an audio switch 16 provided between the touch pad 14 and the arm rest portion 22 in a front and back direction of the vehicle, the audio switch 16 operating an audio device equipped in the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KYUSHU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shohei Shirota, Yoichi Urabe, Shinya Kimura
  • Publication number: 20180170227
    Abstract: A structure 1 for an operational portion in a vehicle provided at a side of a driver seat in a vehicle, comprising: a touch pad 14 having a contacted operational surface 14a receiving contact as an input operation; a rest surface formation portion 15 including a palm rest portion 21 provided behind the touch pad 14 and used for operation of the touch pad 14 and an arm rest portion 22 forming a rest surface 15a continuous to the palm rest portion 21; and an audio switch 16 provided between the touch pad 14 and the arm rest portion 22 in a front and back direction of the vehicle, the audio switch 16 operating an audio device equipped in the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KYUSHU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shohei Shirota, Yoichi Urabe, Shinya Kimura