Patents by Inventor Tomohide Noba

Tomohide Noba 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: 20160340937
    Abstract: A striker is at a vehicle body. A door latch mechanism is at a back door and holds it in a closed state for the vehicle body by engaging the striker. The door latch mechanism has a latch, ratchet, latch base, latch shaft, ratchet shaft, latch spring and ratchet spring. The ratchet is formed by a latch locking part which locks the latch so that the latch holds the engagement state with the striker and at a position which waits ingress of the striker in a state that the striker does not engage the latch and a wall surface contact part which behaves as a rotation stopper of the ratchet by contacting to a wall surface of the latch base. The latch locking part and the wall surface contact part are provided so that positions of a center of rotation and a center of gravity of this ratchet correspond practically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR EAST JAPAN, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohide NOBA, Kouta OHARA, Yoshinori HITOMI
  • Patent number: 7748776
    Abstract: A storage structure for a cover member of a sliding roof type vehicle is equipped with a cover member (20) capable of open and close for covering the opening section formed in the roof of the vehicle, the first rails (13R, 13L) for guiding the opening or closing of the cover member (20) provided along the right and left sides of the opening section, a tray (30) for placing the cover member in folded state installed at the rear of the first rails, a holding means (50) for holding the tray (30) rotatably at a first position A, and a storage means (85) installed at the back of the last row of seat of the vehicle, wherein the storage means (85) is composed of a second rails (40) extending downward from the first position A and a storage box (80) provided on a vehicle deck connected to the second rails (40), and, with the folded cover member (20) placed on the tray (30), the tray (30) is rotated by the holding means (50), thereby the folded cover member (20) is stored by guiding the tray (30) to the second rails (
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Kanto Auto Works, Ltd.
    Inventors: Junpei Miyajima, Koji Yoshida, Tomohide Noba
  • Publication number: 20090096241
    Abstract: A storage structure for a cover member of a sliding roof type vehicle is equipped with a cover member (20) capable of open and close for covering the opening section formed in the roof of the vehicle, the first rails (13R, 13L) for guiding the opening or closing of the cover member (20) provided along the right and left sides of the opening section, a tray (30) for placing the cover member in folded state installed at the rear of the first rails, a holding means (50) for holding the tray (30) rotatably at a first position A, and a storage means (85) installed at the back of the last row of seat of the vehicle, wherein the storage means (85) is composed of a second rails (40) extending downward from the first position A and a storage box (80) provided on a vehicle deck connected to the second rails (40), and, with the folded cover member (20) placed on the tray (30), the tray (30) is rotated by the holding means (50), thereby the folded cover member (20) is stored by guiding the tray (30) to the second rails (
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: KANTO AUTO WORKS, LTD.
    Inventors: Junpei MIYAJIMA, Koji YOSHIDA, Tomohide NOBA