Patents by Inventor Takao Toyama

Takao Toyama 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).

  • Publication number: 20170002589
    Abstract: A door handle for a vehicle, which is mounted on a door of the vehicle and is handled when the door is operated to open or close, the door handle is provided with a handle main body, a decoration member that is disposed on a surface of the handle main body. An operation opening to a cylinder lock which is fixed to the door is opened in the handle main body. The decoration member blocks the operation opening in a blocking posture. Mounting of the decoration member to the handle main body is released or the decoration member is operated to transit to a non-blocking posture, so as to release the blocking of the operation opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventor: Takao TOYAMA
  • Patent number: 9193309
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicular handle having good characteristics in attachment of a decorative cover and also eliminating the likelihood of the occurrence of a failure in the attachment. Provided is a vehicular handle including: a handle body 1 attached to a vehicle; and a decorative cover 5 including a main body portion 2 which is long in a longitudinal direction of the handle body 1, and lock portions 3, 4 formed on both ends of the main body portion 2, the decorative cover 5 attached to a surface of the handle body 1 with the locking portions 3, 4 locked to the handle body 1, in which the decorative cover 5 is attached by turning the main body portion 2 with one of the locking portions 3, 4 acting as a turning fulcrum, and thereby resiliently locking the other locking portion 3, 4 to the handle body 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Alpha Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Toyama, Naoki Sato, Shuichi Kudoh
  • Publication number: 20150074943
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicular handle having good characteristics in attachment of a decorative cover and also eliminating the likelihood of the occurrence of a failure in the attachment. Provided is a vehicular handle including: a handle body 1 attached to a vehicle; and a decorative cover 5 including a main body portion 2 which is long in a longitudinal direction of the handle body 1, and lock portions 3, 4 formed on both ends of the main body portion 2, the decorative cover 5 attached to a surface of the handle body 1 with the locking portions 3, 4 locked to the handle body 1, in which the decorative cover 5 is attached by turning the main body portion 2 with one of the locking portions 3, 4 acting as a turning fulcrum, and thereby resiliently locking the other locking portion 3, 4 to the handle body 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: Alpha Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Toyama, Naoki Sato, Shuichi Kudoh