Patents by Inventor Yoku Tahira

Yoku Tahira 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: 7938566
    Abstract: There is provided a cover panel including a lighting device which is attachable without a mounting seat. A cover panel 1 includes a panel main body 5 fixed on an instrument panel 3 in an interior of an automobile and a lighting device 6 provided inside the panel main body 5. The panel main body 5 comprises an opening 7 which forms a gap between itself and the instrument panel 3, and light emitted through the opening 7 from the lighting device 6 illuminates the interior of the automobile. The panel main body 5 and the lighting device 6 are integrated and are fixed on the instrument panel 3, so that the cover panel 1 including the lighting device 6 can be fixed on the instrument panel 3 without utilizing the mounting seat as was conventionally done.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Honda Access Corporation
    Inventors: Hirokazu Ishida, Tomoki Kawamura, Yoku Tahira
  • Publication number: 20090196058
    Abstract: There is provided a cover panel including a lighting device which is attachable without a mounting seat. A cover panel 1 includes a panel main body 5 fixed on an instrument panel 3 in an interior of an automobile and a lighting device 6 provided inside the panel main body 5. The panel main body 5 comprises an opening 7 which forms a gap between itself and the instrument panel 3, and light emitted through the opening 7 from the lighting device 6 illuminates the interior of the automobile. The panel main body 5 and the lighting device 6 are integrated and are fixed on the instrument panel 3, so that the cover panel 1 including the lighting device 6 can be fixed on the instrument panel 3 without utilizing the mounting seat as was conventionally done.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: HONDA ACCESS CORP.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Ishida, Tomoki Kawamura, Yoku Tahira
  • Patent number: 7114772
    Abstract: A console for vehicle capable of stably carrying goods during the travel of the vehicle, with improved convenience in accordance with sorts of goods to be carried. A console for vehicle 30 is detachably attached to a folding seat 10 in a manner covering a rear surface of a seat back 14 with a front surface of the seat back 14 being folded to face a seat portion 12. The console for vehicle 30 includes a first recess 36 for storage of goods with an opening on a top side; and a lid body 36 for opening and closing the first recess 36. The lid body 36 includes an upper lid portion and a lower lid portion, with the former being slidable relative to the latter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignees: Honda Access Corporation, TS Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Kobayashi, Yoku Tahira
  • Publication number: 20050225130
    Abstract: A console for vehicle capable of stably carrying goods during the travel of the vehicle, with improved convenience in accordance with sorts of goods to be carried. A console for vehicle 30 is detachably attached to a folding seat 10 in a manner covering a rear surface of a seat back 14 with a front surface of the seat back 14 being folded to face a seat portion 12. The console for vehicle 30 includes a first recess 36 for storage of goods with an opening on a top side; and a lid body 36 for opening and closing the first recess 36. The lid body 36 includes an upper lid portion and a lower lid portion, with the former being slidable relative to the latter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2004
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Inventors: Hideki Kobayashi, Yoku Tahira
  • Patent number: D514968
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Honda Access
    Inventors: Yoku Tahira, Hiroshi Ito
  • Patent number: D496896
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Honda Access
    Inventors: Yoku Tahira, Hiroshi Ito