Patents by Inventor Toshimune Watanabe

Toshimune Watanabe 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: 8833808
    Abstract: It is an object to obtain a lock device for vehicle which ensures smooth rotation of a lock release lever by preventing the lock release lever from coming in contact with a cam member in a direction substantially parallel to the rotation axis of the lock release lever. The solution therefor is to provide one of a portion of a straddle portion 118 of a lock release lever 115 which is positioned beyond a cam member 104 and a support member 81 with a holding portion 95 which holds a cam follower 119 and a portion of a cam member other than a cam surface 110 thereof in a state of being spaced from each other in a direction parallel to a rotational support shaft 92 by being in slidable contact with the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Shiroki Corporation
    Inventor: Toshimune Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20120153641
    Abstract: It is an object to obtain a lock device for vehicle which ensures smooth rotation of a lock release lever by preventing the lock release lever from coming in contact with a cam member in a direction substantially parallel to the rotation axis of the lock release lever. The solution therefor is to provide one of a portion of a straddle portion 118 of a lock release lever 115 which is positioned beyond a cam member 104 and a support member 81 with a holding portion 95 which holds a cam follower 119 and a portion of a cam member other than a cam surface 110 thereof in a state of being spaced from each other in a direction parallel to a rotational support shaft 92 by being in slidable contact with the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshimune Watanabe