Patents by Inventor Tomohiro Takahira

Tomohiro Takahira 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: 20200072343
    Abstract: A gearshift lever device includes: a gearshift lever including an operation portion (knob) formed on an upper end portion and a shaft support portion formed on a lower end portion; and a select lever including a holding portion that holds the shaft support portion of the gearshift lever. The select lever further includes a pair of shift direction side wall portions which are disposed across the holding portion with a distance from each other in a shift direction of the gearshift lever, and engage portions which are disposed on the shift direction side wall portions and are to be engaged with the gearshift lever.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Akio MATSUMOTO, Tomohiro TAKAHIRA, Katsushi KUBOTA, Yukihiro SATO, Takumi HAKAMATA
  • Patent number: 7891267
    Abstract: An AT selector cover is disclosed having a base member having a select gate for an automatic mode and a manual mode gate formed along a vehicle's longitudinal direction, a first slide plate slidably held on the base member for sliding capability in the vehicle's longitudinal direction, and a second slide plate held on the first slide plate for sliding capability in a vehicle's lateral direction, wherein the second slide plate has a guide member protruding toward the base member, which has a guide recess for guiding the guide member, movable with the shift lever, which is inserted to the guide recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignees: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Fuji Kiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Aso, Tomohiro Takahira
  • Patent number: 7650849
    Abstract: An indicator for an AT vehicle is disclosed wherein even when a shift lever boot is greatly flexed downward during shift operation of a shift lever, boot penetration restricting device, provided inside an open window of an indicator, prevents the shift lever boot from flexing and penetrating into a lower area of the open window portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignees: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Fuji Kiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Aso, Tomohiro Takahira
  • Patent number: 7536972
    Abstract: Shift lever apparatus includes: a shift lever adapted to be shifted in a longitudinal direction to select one of ranges in an automatic mode and to be inclined in a lateral direction to select a range in a manual mode; a frame member; a longitudinal slide plate slidable in the frame member in the longitudinal direction together with the shift lever; and a lateral slide plate slidable in the lateral direction relative to the longitudinal slide plate in accordance with a shift operation of the shift lever. The lateral slide plate includes a current shift position indicator to indicate a current shift position of the shift lever. The lateral slide plate further includes a buffer portion to mitigate impact at an end of a stroke of the lateral slide plate in the lateral direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Fuji Kiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Suzuki, Tomohiro Takahira
  • Publication number: 20090086464
    Abstract: A shift lever position indicator includes a light transmission plate and a light source which illuminates the inside of the light transmission plate. The light transmission plate is formed by a single plate and has a character indicating portion which is provided on a bottom surface of the light transmission plate and indicates a shift lever position, a protruding portion which is provided in a position corresponding to the character indicating portion on a top surface of the light transmission plate and through which a light from an inside of the light transmission plate passes, and a reflection part which is set inside the light transmission plate so that an incoming light to the inside of the light transmission plate is irregularly reflected and further reflected by the character indicating portion then comes out of the light transmission plate from the protruding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Inventor: Tomohiro TAKAHIRA
  • Publication number: 20070137363
    Abstract: An AT selector cover is disclosed having a base member having a select gate for an automatic mode and a manual mode gate formed along a vehicle's longitudinal direction, a first slide plate slidably held on the base member for sliding capability in the vehicle's longitudinal direction, and a second slide plate held on the first slide plate for sliding capability in a vehicle's lateral direction, wherein the second slide plate has a guide member protruding toward the base member, which has a guide recess for guiding the guide member, movable with the shift lever, which is inserted to the guide recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: Yusuke Aso, Tomohiro Takahira
  • Publication number: 20070119360
    Abstract: An indicator for an AT vehicle is disclosed wherein even when a shift lever boot is greatly flexed downward during shift operation of a shift lever, boot penetration restricting device, provided inside an open window of an indicator, prevents the shift lever boot from flexing and penetrating into a lower area of the open window portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Inventors: Yusuke ASO, Tomohiro Takahira
  • Publication number: 20070074597
    Abstract: Shift lever apparatus includes: a shift lever adapted to be shifted in a longitudinal direction to select one of ranges in an automatic mode and to be inclined in a lateral direction to select a range in a manual mode; a frame member; a longitudinal slide plate slidable in the frame member in the longitudinal direction together with the shift lever; and a lateral slide plate slidable in the lateral direction relative to the longitudinal slide plate in accordance with a shift operation of the shift lever. The lateral slide plate includes a current shift position indicator to indicate a current shift position of the shift lever. The lateral slide plate further includes a buffer portion to mitigate impact at an end of a stroke of the lateral slide plate in the lateral direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Inventors: Takayoshi Suzuki, Tomohiro Takahira