Patents by Inventor Takeyoshi Fujimoto

Takeyoshi Fujimoto 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: 10998145
    Abstract: An object is to make it easy to specify, when a switch device for a vehicle gets wet, a path of liquid which attaches on the switch device. There are included: a switch member 13; a connector part 15 connected to the switch member 13; and a casing 14 enclosing the connector part 15, wherein in a state of being attached to a vehicle, an opening end part 14d of an outer circumferential part 14a of the casing 14 includes an end face 21 inclined relative to a direction of gravity G or a curved surface inclined relative to the direction of gravity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeyoshi Fujimoto, Kyoko Udo
  • Publication number: 20200312581
    Abstract: An object is to make it easy to specify, when a switch device for a vehicle gets wet, a path of liquid which attaches on the switch device. There are included: a switch member 13; a connector part 15 connected to the switch member 13; and a casing 14 enclosing the connector part 15, wherein in a state of being attached to a vehicle, an opening end part 14d of an outer circumferential part 14a of the casing 14 includes an end face 21 inclined relative to a direction of gravity G or a curved surface inclined relative to the direction of gravity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Takeyoshi Fujimoto, Kyoko Udo
  • Patent number: 8963031
    Abstract: A switch unit includes an upper case that has an operation portion attached therein; a circuit board that has a switch attached thereto that is able to switch contact points by operation of the operation portion; and a lower case that fits into the upper case such that the lower case is surrounded by the upper case, and that accommodates the circuit board between the upper case and the lower case. A draining portion is provided at a side surface of the upper case, and the draining portion is integrally formed with a sidewall forming the side surface and protrudes downward, and has a width that gradually narrows from the top to the bottom thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeyoshi Fujimoto, Yasuo Motohashi, Koji Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20130015047
    Abstract: A switch unit includes an upper case that has an operation portion attached therein; a circuit board that has a switch attached thereto that is able to switch contact points by operation of the operation portion; and a lower case that fits into the upper case such that the lower case is surrounded by the upper case, and that accommodates the circuit board between the upper case and the lower case. A draining portion is provided at a side surface of the upper case, and the draining portion is integrally formed with a sidewall forming the side surface and protrudes downward, and has a width that gradually narrows from the top to the bottom thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeyoshi Fujimoto, Yasuo Motohashi, Koji Hashimoto