Patents by Inventor Yasuo Saida

Yasuo Saida 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: 9889778
    Abstract: An armrest structure for door trim has an armrest lower, an armrest upper, and a joining component that joins the armrest upper and the armrest lower together, wherein the joining component is provided with a strap portion, and an anchor portion, and wherein the attachment hole has a wider portion through which the anchor portion can be inserted, and a narrower portion through which the anchor portion cannot be inserted, and during a process to assemble the armrest upper and the armrest lower together, the anchor portion is inserted through the wider portion, and once the armrest upper and the armrest lower are in an assembled state, the anchor portion is located at a position underneath the narrower portion of the attachment hole that is formed in the armrest lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignees: NIFCO INC., TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kanako Mizuno, Yuji Sasaki, Fumitaka Hirose, Kazumi Kojima, Hironori Akabane, Yasuo Saida, Yuji Ito, Iwao Udatsu
  • Publication number: 20160288674
    Abstract: An armrest structure for door trim has an armrest lower, an armrest upper, and a ioining component that loins the armrest upper and the armrest lower together, wherein the ioining component is provided with a strap portion, and an anchor portion, and wherein the attachment hole has a wider portion through which the anchor portion can be inserted, and a narrower portion through which the anchor portion cannot be inserted, and during a process to assemble the armrest upper and the armrest lower together, the anchor portion is inserted through the wider portion, and once the armrest upper and the armrest lower are in an assembled state, the anchor portion is located at a position underneath the narrower portion of the attachment hole that is formed in the armrest lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Kanako MIZUNO, Yuji SASAKI, Fumitaka HIROSE, Kazumi KOJIMA, Hironori AKABANE, Yasuo SAIDA, Yuji ITO, Iwao UDATSU
  • Patent number: 7794010
    Abstract: A door trim having rigidity as an armrest while is easily deformed in an event of side impact to a vehicle and thereby reduces impact to a person located in a compartment of the vehicle, can be provided with the present invention. The door trim 1 for use with the vehicle includes a body 10 and an armrest 20 that protrudes from the body 10. The armrest 20 includes resin foam molding. The armrest 20 is thinner than the body 10. The door trim 1 also includes a plurality of ribs 23 disposed on an inner surface of the armrest 20. The armrest 20 is pushed against the person to be deformed in the event of side impact to the vehicle, thereby reducing impact to the person. A position of a break line 21 is set by the plurality of ribs 23 arranged in a front-back direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuo Saida, Junichi Kawakami, Takuma Hiruta
  • Publication number: 20090179454
    Abstract: A door trim having rigidity as an armrest while is easily deformed in an event of side impact to a vehicle and thereby reduces impact to a person located in a compartment of the vehicle, can be provided with the present invention. The door trim 1 for use with the vehicle includes a body 10 and an armrest 20 that protrudes from the body 10. The armrest 20 includes resin foam molding. The armrest 20 is thinner than the body 10. The door trim 1 also includes a plurality of ribs 23 disposed on an inner surface of the armrest 20. The armrest 20 is pushed against the person to be deformed in the event of side impact to the vehicle, thereby reducing impact to the person. A position of a break line 21 is set by the plurality of ribs 23 arranged in a front-back direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuo SAIDA, Junichi KAWAKAMI, Takuma HIRUTA