Patents by Inventor Taro Shimokobe

Taro Shimokobe 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: 7194087
    Abstract: A phone holding assembly adapted to hold a mobile telephone and including an outer member and an inner member. The outer member includes a series of mounting tabs that are adapted to releasably secure the phone holding assembly to a panel. The inner member includes mounting ears that extend through openings in the outer member to releasably secure the inner member to the outer member. When the inner member is secured within the outer member, a phone of a first size can be received therein, while when the inner member is removed from the outer member, a phone of a second, larger size can be held.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Neal W. Luginbill, Taro Shimokobe, Yuri Starik, Marek Myszkowski
  • Patent number: 6616206
    Abstract: A center console assembly including a rear wall and a pair of sidewalls, the sidewalls being interconnected at a forward end thereof by a bar member assembly. The bar member assembly includes an upper bar member and a lower bar member. The upper bar member defines a first catch that a latch of an upper lid is releasably secured thereto. The lower bar member defines a second catch that a latch of a front panel assembly is secured thereto. The front panel assembly and sidewalls cooperate to releasably retain the front panel assembly in a partially open position or a full open position. The front panel assembly holds a mobile telephone and other small items, such stored items being accessible when the front panel assembly is in one of the open positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Neal W. Luginbill, Frank Paluch, Michael Tsay, Chad Harrison, Doug Fischer, Taro Shimokobe
  • Publication number: 20030128840
    Abstract: A phone holding assembly adapted to hold a mobile telephone and including an outer member and an inner member. The outer member includes a series of mounting tabs that are adapted to releasably secure the phone holding assembly to a panel. The inner member includes mounting ears that extend through openings in the outer member to releasably secure the inner member to the outer member. When the inner member is secured within the outer member, a phone of a first size can be received therein, while when the inner member is removed from the outer member, a phone of a second, larger size can be held.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Applicant: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Neal W. Luginbill, Taro Shimokobe, Yuri Starik, Marek Myszkowski
  • Publication number: 20030127877
    Abstract: A center console assembly including a rear wall and a pair of sidewalls, the sidewalls being interconnected at a forward end thereof by a bar member assembly. The bar member assembly includes an upper bar member and a lower bar member. The upper bar member defines a first catch that a latch of an upper lid is releasably secured thereto. The lower bar member defines a second catch that a latch of a front panel assembly is secured thereto. The front panel assembly and sidewalls cooperate to releasably retain the front panel assembly in a partially open position or a full open position. The front panel assembly holds a mobile telephone and other small items, such stored items being accessible when the front panel assembly is in one of the open positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Applicant: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Neal W. Luginbill, Frank Paluch, Michael Tsay, Chad Harrison, Doug Fischer, Taro Shimokobe