Patents by Inventor Sohei MIURA

Sohei MIURA 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: 9850933
    Abstract: A clip includes a grommet having a projecting portion and a plurality of leg portions extending from the projecting portion, and a shaft member including a head portion, and a shaft portion extending from the head portion, and inserted into an inside of the leg portions to laterally expand the leg portions. The clip is switchable between a lock position to expand the leg portions laterally, and an unlock position where the shaft member is further pushed to return the leg portions to an original condition. Each leg portion includes a leg-side convex portion, a convex-portion wall face, and a guide portion. The shaft portion includes a shaft-side convex portion engaging the leg-side convex portion, a concave portion provided between the shaft-side convex portion and the head portion, and engaging the leg-side convex portion to return the leg portion to the original condition, an abutment portion, and a release portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: NIFCO INC.
    Inventor: Sohei Miura
  • Publication number: 20160311353
    Abstract: A clip has: a clip main body; a holding portion that is provided at the clip main body, and that has a caught-on portion on which a protruding portion, that protrudes-out from an outer periphery of a linear member, a fastening rubber as an example, is caught, and the holding portion holds the protruding portion that is caught on the caught-on portion; an insert portion that is provided at the clip main body, and that is inserted into an insert hole formed in a mounted-to member, a lower panel as an example; and an anchor portion, a hook portion as an example, that is provided at the clip main body, and that is caught on an upper end portion of the lower panel from a same direction as a direction in which the protruding portion is caught on the caught-on portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Takahiro YASUDA, Sohei MIURA
  • Publication number: 20160223003
    Abstract: A clip includes a grommet having a projecting portion and a plurality of leg portions extending from the projecting portion, and a shaft member including a head portion, and a shaft portion extending from the head portion, and inserted into an inside of the leg portions to laterally expand the leg portions. The clip is switchable between a lock position to expand the leg portions laterally, and an unlock position where the shaft member is further pushed to return the leg portions to an original condition. Each leg portion includes a leg-side convex portion, a convex-portion wall face, and a guide portion. The shaft portion includes a shaft-side convex portion engaging the leg-side convex portion, a concave portion provided between the shaft-side convex portion and the head portion, and engaging the leg-side convex portion to return the leg portion to the original condition, an abutment portion, and a release portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventor: Sohei MIURA