Patents by Inventor Shunji Nishihara

Shunji Nishihara 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).

  • Grommet and method of mounting thereof
    Patent number: 8835778
    Abstract: A grommet (10) according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a wire harness connecting part (11) which is liquid-tightly connected to a wire harness (20), a panel connecting part (13) which can be liquid-tightly connected to a panel opening (31), an extending part (12) shape-changeably extending between the wire harness connecting part (11) and the panel connecting part (13), and an extending-part-shape maintaining part (12a) which maintains a shape of the extending part (12) in a state where a distance between the wire harness connecting part (11) and the panel connecting part (13) in a length direction of the wire harness (20) is shorter than that of the case where the panel connecting part (13) is liquid-tightly connected to the panel opening (31).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Manabu Matsumoto, Yoshitsuna Sugiura, Shunji Nishihara
  • GROMMET AND METHOD OF MOUNTING THEREOF
    Publication number: 20130292158
    Abstract: A grommet (10) according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a wire harness connecting part (11) which is liquid-tightly connected to a wire harness (20), a panel connecting part (13) which can be liquid-tightly connected to a panel opening (31), an extending part (12) shape-changeably extending between the wire harness connecting part (11) and the panel connecting part (13), and an extending-part-shape maintaining part (12a) which maintains a shape of the extending part (12) in a state where a distance between the wire harness connecting part (11) and the panel connecting part (13) in a length direction of the wire harness (20) is shorter than that of the case where the panel connecting part (13) is liquid-tightly connected to the panel opening (31).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Manabu Matsumoto, Yoshitsuna Sugura, Shunji Nishihara