Patents by Inventor Toshihiro Yonemura

Toshihiro Yonemura 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: 7322218
    Abstract: A tank cap for closing a fuel supply port of a fuel tank is provided on its upper surface with a key hole and a cover for covering the key hole. The cover opens and closes the key hole by making the cover swing via a support shaft. Finger catch concave portions are formed at least on both sides of the cover in an axial direction of the support shaft, and each of the finger catch concave portions is structured such that it is possible to insert a finger thereinto and to pinch both side edges in the axial direction of the cover by the inserted finger. Further, a leading end portion of the cover is preferably formed in a tapered shape in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshihiro Yonemura, Hidetaka Kawamura, Yu Shibuta
  • Publication number: 20060288748
    Abstract: Disclosed is a tank cap of a fuel tank which can easily open a cover covering a key hole. A tank cap for closing a fuel supply port of a fuel tank is provided on an upper surface of the tank cap with a key hole and a cover covering the key hole. The cover opens and closes the key hole by making the cover swing via a support shaft. Finger catch concave portions are formed at least on both sides of the cover in an axial direction of the support shaft, and each of the finger catch concave portions is structured such that it is possible to insert a finger thereinto and to pinch both side edges in the axial direction of the cover by the inserted finger. Further, a leading end portion of the cover is preferably formed in a tapered shape in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Inventors: Toshihiro Yonemura, Hidetaka Kawamura, Yu Shibuta