Patents by Inventor Takami Kirita

Takami Kirita 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: 6318782
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide an opening/closing rear component structure of a vehicle, comprising a luggage space being divided into a upper luggage space and a lower luggage space, a openable/closable door being provided to the upper luggage space and the lower luggage space respectively, and the door for the upper luggage space and the door for the lower luggage space being adapted to selectively adopt either a mode of opening/closing the door for the upper luggage space and the door for the lower luggage space integrally so that the upper luggage space and the lower luggage space may be opened/closed at the same time, or a mode of, opening/closing the door independently so that the upper luggage space and/or the lower luggage space may be opened/closed, whereby it becomes possible to selectively adopt an independent luggage space separated from the compartment (such a luggage space as a sedan-type vehicle has) or a large luggage space in which large luggage can be loaded and unloaded easily
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Toshifumi Suzuki, Reiji Kikuchi, Masaya Watanabe, Takami Kirita