Patents by Inventor Shuji Inui

Shuji Inui 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: 10421220
    Abstract: A foamed resin molded article having an integral section formed as a dense resin section, which has suppressed resin foaming. The mounting section has improved mounting strength. The foamed resin molded article has a base body and a mounting section, which is formed integrally with the base body and protrudes from the base body. The mounting section has a body section, which has a mounting hole allowing a counterpart member to be inserted therein, and a leg section, which has one end thereof continuous with the body section and the other end thereof continuous with the base body. A thickness of a portion at the base body side of the leg section is smaller than a thickness of the body section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Masatsugu, Hitoshi Fujisawa, Shuji Inui
  • Publication number: 20180272576
    Abstract: Provided is a foamed resin molded article integrally having a mounting section formed as a dense resin section having suppressed resin foaming, the mounting section having sufficiently improved mounting strength. A foamed resin molded article 1 including: a base body 2; and a mounting section 3 formed integrally with the base body 2 and protruding from the base body 2, wherein the mounting section 3 includes: a body section 31 having a mounting hole 31a allowing a counterpart member 9 to be inserted therein; and a leg section 32 having one end thereof continuous with the body section 31 and the other end thereof continuous with the base body 2, and a thickness of a portion 33 at the base body side of the leg section 32 is smaller than a thickness of the body section 31.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshinori Masatsugu, Hitoshi Fujisawa, Shuji Inui
  • Patent number: 7967495
    Abstract: Luminous surfaces 25 of a concave-convex shape are formed on a light guide member 2 of a scuff plate, and a screen member 4 made of a non-transparent material is disposed between the light guide member 2 and a wire harness 31 of the scuff plate. The light guide member 2 luminously displays a design in a three-dimensional manner, and also the wire harness 31 will not be visually recognized through the light guide member 2, and therefore the design is enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Kamiya, Yasuyuki Higuchi, Kazuo Takeda, Chiharu Totani, Tatsuya Oba, Shuji Inui
  • Patent number: 7931295
    Abstract: A garnish includes a garnish body which covers a folded air bag and a locking portion which is inserted to be locked in a mounting hole in a mounting base on a vehicle body. The locking portion holds the garnish body which is pressed by the air bag when the air bag is inflated to move so as to form a projecting space for the air bag. The locking portion includes a locking main body portion which is inserted to be locked in the mounting hole and a connecting piece portion. The connecting piece portion includes a locking base portion on which the locking main body portion is provided, connecting portions which are connected to a rear surface of the garnish body, and deformable portions lying between the locking base portion and the connecting portions and is molded integrally with the garnish body. The deformable portions deform to extend a distance between the locking base portion and the connecting portion when the garnish body moves towards a vehicle interior side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuji Inui, Yu Hishida, Yasuyuki Higuchi, Hikaru Ando
  • Publication number: 20100187855
    Abstract: A door trim includes a door pocket for containing a contained object. The door pocket is arranged to face a vehicle compartment and is formed between a trim main body having a port of taking in and out the contained object, and a box portion arranged on a vehicle exterior side of the trim main body. A vicinity of the access port of the box portion is provided with a rib structure member reinforced by a rib. A wall thickness of the trim main body is set to be smaller than a wall thickness of the box portion. The box portion includes a main body wall portion arranged at a portion remote from the trim main body to a vehicle exterior side, and a pair of end wall portions extended to a vicinity of the trim main body from end edges thereof opposed to each other in a front and rear direction by interposing the access port in the main body wall portion, and the rib structure member is hung between the two end wall portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Kitajima, Shuji Inui, Hikaru Ando
  • Publication number: 20100109300
    Abstract: A garnish includes a garnish body which covers a folded air bag and a locking portion which is inserted to be locked in a mounting hole in a mounting base on a vehicle body. The locking portion holds the garnish body which is pressed by the air bag when the air bag is inflated to move so as to form a projecting space for the air bag. The locking portion includes a locking main body portion which is inserted to be locked in the mounting hole and a connecting piece portion. The connecting piece portion includes a locking base portion on which the locking main body portion is provided, connecting portions which are connected to a rear surface of the garnish body, and deformable portions lying between the locking base portion and the connecting portions and is molded integrally with the garnish body. The deformable portions deform to extend a distance between the locking base portion and the connecting portion when the garnish body moves towards a vehicle interior side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuji Inui, Yu Hishida, Yasuyuki Higuchi, Hikaru Ando
  • Patent number: 7530146
    Abstract: A latitudinal division type assist grip having a sufficient load bearing capacity is provided. The assist grip includes an outer cylinder member, a first divisional body, a second divisional body, and an elastic reinforcement member. A first fitting end portion of the first divisional body and a second fitting end portion of the second divisional body are fitted to each other inside the outer cylinder member. The elastic reinforcement member is interposed between an inner peripheral surface of the outer cylinder member and the first fitting end portion, and presses the first fitting end portion toward the second fitting end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuji Inui, Minoru Toda, Takuji Nagata, Akiyoshi Nagano
  • Publication number: 20090019674
    Abstract: In a clip attaching seat 1 integrally provided to a vehicular interior molded product and attached with a clip having a locking head portion of a bulged shape above a neck portion, on a face of a seating portion 11 in a plate-like shape formed with a clip locking hole 12, ribs (14 through 16) having widths the same as a plate thickness thereof are formed. Thereby, a rigidity of the thin-walled seating portion 11 is ensured while making a wall thickness of a total of the clip attaching seat 1 constant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiko Sato, Shuji Inui, Shigeru Yabuya, Kiyoshi Suenaga
  • Publication number: 20080170405
    Abstract: Luminous surfaces 25 of a concave-convex shape are formed on a light guide member 2 of a scuff plate, and a screen member 4 made of a non-transparent material is disposed between the light guide member 2 and a wire harness 31 of the scuff plate. The light guide member 2 luminously displays a design in a three-dimensional manner, and also the wire harness 31 will not be visually recognized through the light guide member 2, and therefore the design is enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Applicant: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Kamiya, Yasuyuki Higuchi, Kazuo Takeda, Chiharu Totani, Tatsuya Oba, Shuji Inui
  • Patent number: 7390017
    Abstract: An occupant restraining device (S1) is provided with: a shielding member (41) to be let off from the peripheral edge (DW/VW) of a vehicle window (WF) arranged in a door of a vehicle, so as to shield the window; and a let-off means (81, 86, 87) for letting off the housed shielding member (41) so as to shield the window (WF). The shielding member (41) and the let-off means (81, 86, 87) are arranged in the door (FD). A garnish (21) is arranged on the peripheral edge of the door (FD) for covering the housed shielding member (41) so that the shielding member (41) is let off. An airbag device (ABM) can be arranged in the vehicle without any problem even if the occupant restraining device (S1) is mounted together with the airbag device (ABM) on the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michio Inoue, Chiharu Totani, Toshinori Tanase, Takuji Nagata, Shuji Inui, Shinji Oguchi
  • Publication number: 20080067824
    Abstract: A latitudinal division type assist grip having a sufficient load bearing capacity is provided. The assist grip includes an outer cylinder member, a first divisional body, a second divisional body, and an elastic reinforcement member. A first fitting end portion of the first divisional body and a second fitting end portion of the second divisional body are fitted to each other inside the outer cylinder member. The elastic reinforcement member is interposed between an inner peripheral surface of the outer cylinder member and the first fitting end portion, and presses the first fitting end portion toward the second fitting end portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuji Inui, Minoru Toda, Takuji Nagata, Akiyoshi Nagano
  • Publication number: 20080067788
    Abstract: A latitudinal division type assist grip having a sufficient load bearing capacity is provided. The assist grip includes an outer cylinder member, a first divisional body, and a second divisional body. A first fitting end portion of the first divisional body and a second fitting end portion of the second divisional body are fitted to each other inside the outer cylinder member. The first fitting end portion is provided with a first base portion which has a pole shape, and a first head portion which is formed at a distal end of the first base portion and protrudes toward both sides in a width direction of the first base portion. The second fitting end portion is provided with a second base portion which has a pole shape, and a second head portion which is formed at a distal end of the second base portion and protrudes toward one side in a thickness direction of the second base portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuji Inui, Minoru Toda, Akiyoshi Nagano
  • Patent number: 7234209
    Abstract: A clip engages an assist grip with an engaging portion of the clip engaged with a clip insertion hole of an attachment part. The assist grip is mounted to a body panel by engaging a first locking pawl of the clip with a rear surface of the body panel, and engaging a second locking pawl of the clip with a front surface of the body panel. A pressure plug is fitted into a rear end gap portion of the clip when a cap on the attachment part is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chiharu Totani, Shuji Inui, Hidenori Yokoyama, Hiroyuki Tajima, Takeshi Hosokawa, Hikaru Ando, Mitsuyoshi Ohno
  • Publication number: 20070001441
    Abstract: An occupant restraining device (S1) is provided with: a shielding member (41) to be let off from the peripheral edge (DW/VW) of a vehicle window (WF) arranged in a door of a vehicle, so as to shield the window; and a let-off means (81, 86, 87) for letting off the housed shielding member (41) so as to shield the window (WF). The shielding member (41) and the let-off means (81, 86, 87) are arranged in the door (FD). A garnish (21) is arranged on the peripheral edge of the door (FD) for covering the housed shielding member (41) so that the shielding member (41) is let off. An airbag device (ABM) can be arranged in the vehicle without any problem even if the occupant restraining device (S1) is mounted together with the airbag device (ABM) on the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Inventors: Michio Inoue, Chiharu Totani, Toshinori Tanase, Takuji Nagata, Shuji Inui, Shinji Oguchi
  • Patent number: 6986528
    Abstract: An occupant restraining device (S1) is provided with: a shielding member (41) to be let off from the peripheral edge (DW/VW) of a vehicle window (WF) arranged in a door of a vehicle, so as to shield the window; and a let-off means (81, 86, 87) for letting off the housed shielding member (41) so as to shield the window (WF). The shielding member (41) and the let-off means (81, 86, 87) are arranged in the door (FD). A garnish (21) is arranged on the peripheral edge of the door (FD) for covering the housed shielding member (41) so that the shielding member (41) is let off. An airbag device (ABM) can be arranged in the vehicle without any problem even if the occupant restraining device (S1) is mounted together with the airbag device (ABM) on the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michio Inoue, Chiharu Totani, Toshinori Tanase, Takuji Nagata, Shuji Inui, Shinji Oguchi
  • Patent number: 6971758
    Abstract: In the illumination device of the invention, an LED is oppose to a side surface of a flat light guide member. A light shield surface for shielding light from the LED and emitted toward the backside of the guide member in vicinity of the LED on the backside of the light guide member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuji Inui, Moriyuki Hashimoto, Osamu Yamanaka, Yoshio Sano, Mitsuhiro Nawashiro, Hiroshi Ito, Akihiro Misawa, Takayuki Kamiya
  • Patent number: 6969100
    Abstract: A clip engages an assist grip with an engaging portion of the clip engaged with a clip insertion hole of an attachment part. The assist grip is mounted to a body panel by engaging a first locking pawl of the clip with a rear surface of the body panel, and engaging a second locking pawl of the clip with a front surface of the body panel. A pressure plug is fitted into a rear end gap portion of the clip when a cap on the attachment part is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chiharu Totani, Shuji Inui, Hidenori Yokoyama, Hiroyuki Tajima, Takeshi Hosokawa, Hikaru Ando, Mitsuyoshi Ohno
  • Publication number: 20050248167
    Abstract: A clip engages an assist grip with an engaging portion of the clip engaged with a clip insertion hole of an attachment part. The assist grip is mounted to a body panel by engaging a first locking pawl of the clip with a rear surface of the body panel, and engaging a second locking pawl of the clip with a front surface of the body panel. A pressure plug is fitted into a rear end gap portion of the clip when a cap on the attachment part is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2005
    Publication date: November 10, 2005
    Inventors: Chiharu Totani, Shuji Inui, Hidenori Yokoyama, Hiroyuki Tajima, Takeshi Hosokawa, Hikaru Ando, Mitsuyoshi Ohno
  • Publication number: 20030234549
    Abstract: A clip engages an assist grip with an engaging portion of the clip engaged with a clip insertion hole of an attachment part. The assist grip is mounted to a body panel by engaging a first locking pawl of the clip with a rear surface of the body panel, and engaging a second locking pawl of the clip with a front surface of the body panel. A pressure plug is fitted into a rear end gap portion of the clip when a cap on the attachment part is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2003
    Publication date: December 25, 2003
    Inventors: Chiharu Totani, Shuji Inui, Hidenori Yokoyama, Hiroyuki Tajima, Takeshi Hosokawa, Hikaru Ando, Mitsuyoshi Ohno
  • Publication number: 20030141711
    Abstract: An occupant restraining device (S1) is provided with: a shielding member (41) to be let off from the peripheral edge (DW/VW) of a vehicle window (WF) arranged in a door of a vehicle, so as to shield the window; and a let-off means (81, 86, 87) for letting off the housed shielding member (41) so as to shield the window (WF). The shielding member (41) and the let-off means (81, 86, 87) are arranged in the door (FD). A garnish (21) is arranged on the peripheral edge of the door (FD) for covering the housed shielding member (41) so that the shielding member (41) is let off. An airbag device (ABM) can be arranged in the vehicle without any problem even if the occupant restraining device (S1) is mounted together with the airbag device (ABM) on the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventors: Michio Inoue, Chiharu Totani, Toshinori Tanase, Takuji Nagata, Shuji Inui, Shinji Oguchi