Patents by Inventor Tohru Kimoto

Tohru Kimoto 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: 8042859
    Abstract: A car door is constituted by a main body which includes an outer panel and an inner panel combined together, a door lower half, and a rising part extending upward from the door lower half and facing with a side edge of a roof via an upper part thereof; and a bracket-shaped sash assembly constituted by a front vertical sash whose bottom edge is joined to a front upper end of the door lower half, and a roof-facing sash extending from an upper part of the front longitudinal sash and joined to an upper end of the rising part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tohru Kimoto
  • Patent number: 7874104
    Abstract: According to the invention, a car door has a window opening defined by an upward part extending from a rear upper end of a door panel and a sash assembly; a stationary panel fitted in a rear window opening defined by the sash assembly and a center sash; a curved edge of the upward part defines a bottom of the window opening; and a weather strip including a part engaging a periphery of the stationary panel, attached to the periphery of the window opening, serving as a seal, and having an inner lip extending from an inner edge of the part engaging the periphery of the stationary panel and an outer lip extending toward and being in contact with an external part of the curved edge of the outer panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki
    Inventors: Tohru Kimoto, Kenichi Sakanoue
  • Publication number: 20090064594
    Abstract: According to the invention, a car door has a window opening defined by an upward part extending from a rear upper end of a door panel and a sash assembly; a stationary panel fitted in a rear window opening defined by the sash assembly and a center sash; a curved edge of the upward part defines a bottom of the window opening; and a weather strip including a part engaging a periphery of the stationary panel, attached to the periphery of the window opening, serving as a seal, and having an inner lip extending from an inner edge of the part engaging the periphery of the stationary panel and an outer lip extending toward and being in contact with an external part of the curved edge of the outer panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2006
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tohru Kimoto, Kenichi Sakanoue
  • Publication number: 20090038232
    Abstract: A car door is constituted by a main body which includes an outer panel and an inner panel combined together, a door lower half, and a rising part extending upward from the door lower half and facing with a side edge of a roof via an upper part thereof, and a bracket-shaped sash assembly constituted by a front longitudinal sash whose bottom edge is joined to a front upper end of the door lower half, and a roof-facing sash extending from an upper part of the front longitudinal sash and joined to an upper end of the rising part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki kaisha
    Inventor: Tohru Kimoto