Patents by Inventor Tomohide Sawada

Tomohide Sawada 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: 9963120
    Abstract: A washer nozzle device for spraying a washer fluid onto a front window panel is mounted to a vehicle body. The vehicle body includes a front hood disposed in front of the front window panel, and a hood garnish disposed on the front hood. The hood garnish is disposed over an upper surface of the front hood at an interval and extended along a rear end of the front hood in a vehicle width direction. The washer nozzle device is positioned between the upper surface of the front hood and a lower surface of the hood garnish.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidemasa Sugai, Matsuo Iwama, Tomohide Sawada, Masahiko Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20160207503
    Abstract: A washer nozzle device for spraying a washer fluid onto a front window panel is mounted to a vehicle body. The vehicle body includes a front hood disposed in front of the front window panel, and a hood garnish disposed on the front hood. The hood garnish is disposed over an upper surface of the front hood at an interval and extended along a rear end of the front hood in a vehicle width direction. The washee nozzle device is positioned between the upper surface of the front hood and a lower surface of the hood garnish.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidemasa Sugai, Matsuo Iwama, Tomohide Sawada, Masahiko Higuchi
  • Patent number: 9168813
    Abstract: A door assembly (40) for a vehicle, including a vehicle door (12) for opening and closing a door opening in the vehicle body. The door comprises a door body (15), an outer cover member (27) which covers at least a part of the outer surface (53) of the door outer panel (21) of the door body, and a seal member (28). The outer cover member comprises an outer cover body (165) which covers the outer surface of the door outer panel, an extension section (164) which is extended further toward the outside than an edge (163) of the door body, and a closed cross-section section (166) which is formed in a closed cross-sectional shape on the rear surface (177) of the extension section. The seal member is attached to the closed cross-section section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Kasuya, Tomohide Sawada, Toshiya Ohba, Daisuke Tsuburaoka
  • Publication number: 20140049067
    Abstract: A door assembly (40) for a vehicle, including a vehicle door (12) for opening and closing a door opening in the vehicle body. The door comprises a door body (15), an outer cover member (27) which covers at least a part of the outer surface (53) of the door outer panel (21) of the door body, and a seal member (28). The outer cover member comprises an outer cover body (165) which covers the outer surface of the door outer panel, an extension section (164) which is extended further toward the outside than an edge (163) of the door body, and a closed cross-section section (166) which is formed in a closed cross-sectional shape on the rear surface (177) of the extension section. The seal member is attached to the closed cross-section section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Kasuya, Tomohide Sawada, Toshiya Ohba, Daisuke Tsuburaoka