Patents by Inventor Taizo Shibata

Taizo Shibata 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: 10953736
    Abstract: A glass run includes: an extrusion molding part disposed along an upper side part of a vehicle door; a molded part connected and molded to the extrusion molding part, the molded part being disposed in a predetermined corner part and the vicinity of the corner part; a protruding piece part provided in a predetermined longitudinal section extending across a connecting part between the extrusion molding part and the molded part, the protruding piece part protruding from an upper surface of a base part and being provided integrally with the molded part; and a concave part provided from an upper surface of the protruding piece part to the upper surface of the base part, a bottom part of the concave part being a predetermined area of the upper surface of the base part including a part of the connecting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taizo Shibata, Naoto Nakanishi, Tomohiro Kudo
  • Patent number: 10603996
    Abstract: A glass run includes: a main body portion including a base portion, an inner side wall portion and an outer side wall portion; an inner side seal lip; and an outer side seal lip, wherein; the inner side seal lip includes a protruding portion on a rear surface so as to have a protruding surface; and in a case where the door glass inserted into the main body portion is displaced from a reference position to the inside of the vehicle, a state is changeable between a first support state where a tip end portion of a sub-lip and the protruding surface abut against each other and slide, and a second support state where the tip end portion is separated from the protruding surface and a part on a root side than the tip end portion abuts against the protruding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Mizutani, Yoshihiko Minagawa, Taizo Shibata
  • Publication number: 20190092153
    Abstract: A glass run includes: an extrusion molding part disposed along an upper side part of a vehicle door; a molded part connected and molded to the extrusion molding part, the molded part being disposed in a predetermined corner part and the vicinity of the corner part; a protruding piece part provided in a predetermined longitudinal section extending across a connecting part between the extrusion molding part and the molded part, the protruding piece part protruding from an upper surface of a base part and being provided integrally with the molded part; and a concave part provided from an upper surface of the protruding piece part to the upper surface of the base part, a bottom part of the concave part being a predetermined area of the upper surface of the base part including a part of the connecting part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Taizo SHIBATA, Naoto NAKANISHI, Tomohiro KUDO
  • Publication number: 20180266173
    Abstract: A glass run includes: a main body portion including a base portion, an inner side wall portion and an outer side wall portion; an inner side seal lip; and an outer side seal lip, wherein; the inner side seal lip includes a protruding portion on a rear surface so as to have a protruding surface; and in a case where the door glass inserted into the main body portion is displaced from a reference position to the inside of the vehicle, a state is changeable between a first support state where a tip end portion of a sub-lip and the protruding surface abut against each other and slide, and a second support state where the tip end portion is separated from the protruding surface and a part on a root side than the tip end portion abuts against the protruding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Hirofumi Mizutani, Yoshihiko Minagawa, Taizo Shibata
  • Patent number: 8854061
    Abstract: A linear sensor 21 includes an attachment base 22 attached to a metallic edge of a slide door 2 capable of opening and closing a platform 4, a skin cover part 23 which bulges from the attachment base 22 and has a hollow part 24 in the inside, an insulator 25 which has flexibility and also is embedded in the hollow part 24, and a plate-shaped electrode 26 opposed to the attachment base 22, at least a portion of the electrode being embedded in the insulator 25. In the hollow part 24, a gap 27 is disposed between the electrode 26 and the attachment base 22 and also, the electrode 26 is set in a plus pole and the attachment base 22 is set in a minus pole as the grounding, and proximity and/or contact between a foreign body and the skin cover part 23 is detected based on a change in capacitance between the electrode 26 and the grounding minus pole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Suhara, Satoshi Toki, Toshihiro Okamoto, Yuzo Tajima, Taizo Shibata, Noboru Sakakibara, Osamu Ito
  • Publication number: 20110241705
    Abstract: A linear sensor 21 includes an attachment base 22 attached to a metallic edge of a slide door 2 capable of opening and closing a platform 4, a skin cover part 23 which bulges from the attachment base 22 and has a hollow part 24 in the inside, an insulator 25 which has flexibility and also is embedded in the hollow part 24, and a plate-shaped electrode 26 opposed to the attachment base 22, at least a portion of the electrode being embedded in the insulator 25. In the hollow part 24, a gap 27 is disposed between the electrode 26 and the attachment base 22 and also, the electrode 26 is set in a plus pole and the attachment base 22 is set in a minus pole as the grounding, and proximity and/or contact between a foreign body and the skin cover part 23 is detected based on a change in capacitance between the electrode 26 and the grounding minus pole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Suhara, Satoshi Toki, Toshihiro Okamoto, Yuzo Tajima, Taizo Shibata, Noboru Sakakibara, Osamu Ito
  • Patent number: 8001728
    Abstract: A glass run includes a main body portion including a base bottom portion, a vehicle exterior side wall portion and a vehicle interior side wall portion attached along an inner periphery of a door frame and seal lips extended to an inner side of the main body portion and an entire region in a longitudinal direction thereof is formed by extrusion. The base bottom portion and the vehicle exterior side wall portion and the base bottom portion and the vehicle interior side wall portion are respectively connected by deformed connecting portions. The deformed connecting portion is thin-walled more than the base bottom portion and the two side wall portions and constitutes substantially a J-like shape in a section thereof to provide a predetermined length in a width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taizo Shibata, Hideaki Minoura, Kazuyuki Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20090241431
    Abstract: A glass run includes a base part, a body part having a substantially U-shape in cross section and provided with side wall portions extended from the base part, and seal lips extended from substantially tip ends of the respective side wall portions inward into the body part. An entire region of the glass run in a longitudinal direction is formed by extrusion molding. A part of the glass run corresponding to a frame positioned above a belt line is provided with design lips extended from the substantially tip ends of the respective side wall portions outward of the body part. Flange parts of a sash parts DS which is provided along an outer periphery of a window part are clamped between the respective design lips and the side wall portions whereby the glass run is mounted to the sash part. A distance of the glass run from an outer peripheral face of the base part to the tip ends of the side wall portions is 15 mm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD
    Inventors: Taizo Shibata, Hideaki Minoura
  • Publication number: 20080172948
    Abstract: A glass run includes a main body portion including a base bottom portion, a vehicle exterior side wall portion and a vehicle interior side wall portion attached along an inner periphery of a door frame and seal lips extended to an inner side of the main body portion and an entire region in a longitudinal direction thereof is formed by extrusion. The base bottom portion and the vehicle exterior side wall portion and the base bottom portion and the vehicle interior side wall portion are respectively connected by deformed connecting portions. The deformed connecting portion is thin-walled more than the base bottom portion and the two side wall portions and constitutes substantially a J-like shape in a section thereof to provide a predetermined length in a width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taizo Shibata, Hideaki Minoura, Kazuyuki Hayashi