Patents by Inventor Sumito Ichinohe

Sumito Ichinohe 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: 6174477
    Abstract: A method for producing a window molding for an automotive vehicle having an upper molding including a leg portion, a glass limiting lip projecting from the leg portion, a head portion connected to the leg portion and the glass limiting lip and a side molding which includes the leg portion and the glass limiting lip, a strut portion connected to the leg portion, and a head portion connected to the strut portion; where a length of the strut portion and an angle between the head portion and the glass limiting lip are gradually increased from an end of said side molding connected to said upper molding to the other end is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignees: Kinugawa Rubber Ind. Co., Ltd., Tokiwa Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuuji Nagahashi, Sumito Ichinohe, Hiroyoshi Imura, Takashi Hirokawa
  • Patent number: 6106047
    Abstract: A window molding installed at a clearance between a front window and a window frame of an automotive vehicle has an upper molding and a side molding continuous in the longitudinal direction. The side molding has a strut portion which is formed between a head portion for covering the clearance and a leg portion inserted to the clearance so that a length of the strut portion and an angle between the head portion and a glass limiting lip connected to the leg portion are gradually increased from an end of the side molding connected to the upper molding to the other end. The window molding is produced by extrusion molding by means of an apparatus using a fixed die head and a movable die head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignees: Kinugawa Rubber Ind. Co., Ltd., Tokiwa Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuuji Nagahashi, Sumito Ichinohe, Hiroyoshi Imura, Takashi Hirokawa
  • Patent number: 5814352
    Abstract: For extruding an automotive weather strip which includes an elongate major portion and an elongate lip portion which is integrally formed on the major portion, an extruding device is provided, which comprises a material extruder for feeding a first material for the major portion; an additional material extruder for feeding a second material for the lip portion; a fixed shaping die formed with a main extruding opening from which the first material from the material extruder is extruded for formation of the major portion; a movable shaping die formed with an auxiliary extruding opening from which the second material from the additional material extruder is extruded for formation of the lip portion. The movable shaping die is movable relative to the fixed shaping die. The movable shaping die is located in front of the fixed shaping die and spaced from the same by a given distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Assignee: Kinugawa Rubber Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Imura, Sumito Ichinohe