Patents by Inventor Yohei Inai

Yohei Inai 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: 10202788
    Abstract: A door outer handle which can be easily attached to an outer panel from the outside and in which the size of a counter weight is sufficiently ensured is provided. A door outer handle has an elongated shape. A hinge portion provided at one end of the door outer handle is inserted into a first attachment hole, and a counter weight provided at the other end of the door outer handle is inserted into a second attachment hole. An outer circumferential surface of the counter weight, which is located farthest from a contact point, is formed in an arc shape with a first radius, centered at the contact point. Furthermore, an inner circumferential surface of the counter weight, which is located closer to the contact point than the outer circumferential surface, is also formed in an arc shape with a second radius, centered at the contact point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei Inai, Jun Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9902248
    Abstract: A vehicle-use seal structure is provided with a seal member which is attached to a door opening part. The seal member has the following: a seal base part which is attached to a seal attachment wall by a plurality of clips; a first seal lip provided to a connection part of the seal base part; and a second lip seal provided to the connection part. The first lip seal abuts a flange part of a front side door. The second lip seal abuts an orthogonal part that is substantially orthogonal to the flange part and extends in the vehicle interior direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei Inai, Hiroshi Tokuyama, Jun Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9724987
    Abstract: Seal sections of a weather strip comprise: an upper edge section seal which is in contact with the upper edge section of a door; a side edge section seal which is in contact with a side edge section of the door; and a connecting section seal which connects the upper edge section seal to the side edge section seal. The seal sections comprise first drip channels which are capable of connecting water from the exterior of a vehicle. Second drip channels, which are capable of collecting water that flows along the vehicle exterior sides of the seal sections, are formed between the seal sections and the drip lips. A communication section, which communicates between one first drip channel and one second drip channel, is formed in the connection section seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yohei Inai
  • Patent number: 9649915
    Abstract: A vehicle door is provided with: a main sash that is disposed above a door main body and that encircles a window opening; and an auxiliary sash of which the upper end abuts the main sash. The auxiliary sash is provided with: a second vehicle interior wall abutting a first vehicle interior wall of the main sash; a second vehicle exterior wall abutting a first vehicle exterior wall; and a second bottom wall coupling the second vehicle interior wall and the second vehicle exterior wall. A notch that is notched alongside the first vehicle exterior wall is formed solely at the second vehicle exterior wall. The bottom end of the notch is disposed below the tip side of the second bottom wall and the top side of the second vehicle interior wall formed contiguously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yohei Inai, Osamu Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9649921
    Abstract: An interior side wall part of a rear die-molded corner part of a run channel is provided with a plate-shaped protrusion abutting on an interior seal lip at the time of upward and downward movement of a window pane, the protrusion extending in a direction from a base end side toward a distal end side of the interior side wall part along a wall surface of the interior side wall part. Accordingly, a force by which the interior seal lip presses the window pane to a vehicle exterior can be increased to increase a seal pressure. Also, the protrusion is formed so as to protrude obliquely from the wall surface of the interior side wall part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignees: TOKAI KOGYO CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eiichi Bessho, Yohei Inai, Katsuyoshi Sugawara
  • Patent number: 9566850
    Abstract: An exterior member-equipped sealing structure includes: a vertical seal extending downward from a portion above a door opening toward a front of a vehicle body; a front corner pane located forward of the door opening in the vehicle body; and a decorative member for sealing a gap between a lower end of the front corner pane and a front side door. The decorative member includes: a decorative portion for sealing a gap between the lower end of the front corner pane and the front side door; and a receiver extending from the decorative portion to a space under the lower end of the vertical seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yohei Inai
  • Publication number: 20160214469
    Abstract: A vehicle door is provided with: a main sash that is disposed above a door main body and that encircles a window opening; and an auxiliary sash of which the upper end abuts the main sash. The auxiliary sash is provided with: a second vehicle interior wall abutting a first vehicle interior wall of the main sash; a second vehicle exterior wall abutting a first vehicle exterior wall; and a second bottom wall coupling the second vehicle interior wall and the second vehicle exterior wall. A notch that is notched alongside the first vehicle exterior wall is formed solely at the second vehicle exterior wall. The bottom end of the notch is disposed below the tip side of the second bottom wall and the top side of the second vehicle interior wall formed contiguously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei INAI, Osamu KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20160214471
    Abstract: An interior side wall part of a rear die-molded corner part of a run channel is provided with a plate-shaped protrusion abutting on an interior seal lip at the time of upward and downward movement of a window pane, the protrusion extending in a direction from a base end side toward a distal end side of the interior side wall part along a wall surface of the interior side wall part. Accordingly, a force by which the interior seal lip presses the window pane to a vehicle exterior can be increased to increase a seal pressure. Also, the protrusion is formed so as to protrude obliquely from the wall surface of the interior side wall part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicants: TOKAI KOGYO CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eiichi BESSHO, Yohei INAI, Katsuyoshi SUGAWARA
  • Publication number: 20160200184
    Abstract: Seal sections of a weather strip comprise: an upper edge section seal which is in contact with the upper edge section of a door; a side edge section seal which is in contact with a side edge section of the door; and a connecting section seal which connects the upper edge section seal to the side edge section seal. The seal sections comprise first drip channels which are capable of connecting water from the exterior of a vehicle. Second drip channels, which are capable of collecting water that flows along the vehicle exterior sides of the seal sections, are formed between the seal sections and the drip lips. A communication section, which communicates between one first drip channel and one second drip channel, is formed in the connection section seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yohei INAI
  • Publication number: 20160144698
    Abstract: A vehicle-use seal structure is provided with a seal member which is attached to a door opening part. The seal member has the following: a seal base part which is attached to a seal attachment wall by a plurality of clips; a first seal lip provided to a connection part of the seal base part; and a second lip seal provided to the connection part. The first lip seal abuts a flange part of a front side door. The second lip seal abuts an orthogonal part that is substantially orthogonal to the flange part and extends in the vehicle interior direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei Inai, Hiroshi Tokuyama, Jun Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9180815
    Abstract: In a vehicle door, a door panel is formed by joining an inner panel and an outer panel together, and the door panel is provided with a front door sash. The vehicle door includes a door front edge of the door panel, a sash front edge at a front end of the front door sash, and a step extending from the sash front edge to an upper end of the door front edge. In the step, an inner step portion of the inner panel and an outer step portion of the outer panel are joined together by hemming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei Inai, Osamu Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20150061305
    Abstract: A door outer handle which can be easily attached to an outer panel from the outside and in which the size of a counter weight is sufficiently ensured is provided. A door outer handle has an elongated shape. A hinge portion provided at one end of the door outer handle is inserted into a first attachment hole, and a counter weight provided at the other end of the door outer handle is inserted into a second attachment hole. An outer circumferential surface of the counter weight, which is located farthest from a contact point, is formed in an arc shape with a first radius, centered at the contact point. Furthermore, an inner circumferential surface of the counter weight, which is located closer to the contact point than the outer circumferential surface, is also formed in an arc shape with a second radius, centered at the contact point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei Inai, Jun Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20150007504
    Abstract: An exterior member-equipped sealing structure includes: a vertical seal extending downward from a portion above a door opening toward a front of a vehicle body; a front corner pane located forward of the door opening in the vehicle body; and a decorative member for sealing a gap between a lower end of the front corner pane and a front side door. The decorative member includes: a decorative portion for sealing a gap between the lower end of the front corner pane and the front side door; and a receiver extending from the decorative portion to a space under the lower end of the vertical seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yohei Inai
  • Publication number: 20150008697
    Abstract: In a vehicle door, a door panel is formed by joining an inner panel and an outer panel together, and the door panel is provided with a front door sash. The vehicle door includes a door front edge of the door panel, a sash front edge at a front end of the front door sash, and a step extending from the sash front edge to an upper end of the door front edge. In the step, an inner step portion of the inner panel and an outer step portion of the outer panel are joined together by hemming.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei Inai, Osamu Kobayashi