Patents by Inventor Teruhisa Katoh

Teruhisa Katoh 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: 6926845
    Abstract: A roof opening and closing device includes a roof panel for opening and closing a roof of a vehicle body and disposed over the vehicle for closing the roof at its mounting position, a back window having a back window frame and a back window glass and disposed rearwards of the roof panel at its mounting position, a first displacement mechanism for displacing the roof panel and the back window from their mounting position to their storage position being stowed in a luggage room in order to open the roof and a second displacement mechanism for contacting a front end portion and a rear end portion of the back window glass in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body to the back window frame at the mounting position of the roof panel and the back window and for displacing the front end portion and the rear end portion of the back window glass upwards in relation to the back window frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Sasaki, Kenichiroh Hayashi, Teruhisa Katoh
  • Publication number: 20030230907
    Abstract: A roof opening and closing device includes a roof panel for opening and closing a roof of a vehicle body and disposed over the vehicle for closing the roof at its mounting position, a back window having a back window flame and a back window glass and disposed rearwards of the roof panel at its mounting position, a first displacement mechanism for displacing the roof panel and the back window from their mounting position to their storage position being stowed in a luggage room in order to open the roof and a second displacement mechanism for contacting a front end portion and a rear end portion of the back window glass in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body to the back window flame at the mounting position of the roof panel and the back window and for displacing the front end portion and the rear end portion of the back window glass upwards in relation to the back window flame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Publication date: December 18, 2003
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Sasaki, Kenichiroh Hayashi, Teruhisa Katoh