Patents by Inventor Yoshihiko Hiraiwa

Yoshihiko Hiraiwa 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: 6673296
    Abstract: A production apparatus of an interior trim component covered with a surface skin material having a plurality of different portions in such a manner that each boundary line of the different portions is hidden in a groove or valley provided in the substrate of the trim component, which includes a pair of confronted molding dies, a carrying-in device for introducing the surface skin material into a space between the confronted molding dies in such a manner that the boundary line of the surface skin material is positioned in engagement with the corresponding internal projection formed on a molding surface of either one of molding dies, a thrust mechanism including a thrust member assembled within the other molding die to be projected from its molding surface toward the internal projection of the confronted molding die and retractable therefrom and an actuator mounted to the other molding die for forwarding the thrust member toward the internal projection so that a distal end of the thrust member is brought into e
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignees: Johnson Controls Technology Company, Araco Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Hiraiwa, Michael J. VonHoltz, Raul Gerhardus, Michael T. McCully, Dean D. Petrick, John P. Maurer
  • Publication number: 20020017360
    Abstract: A production apparatus of an interior trim component covered with a surface skin material having a plurality of different portions in such a manner that each boundary line of the different portions is hidden in a groove or valley provided in the substrate of the trim component, which includes a pair of confronted molding dies, a carrying-in device for introducing the surface skin material into a space between the confronted molding dies in such a manner that the boundary line of the surface skin material is positioned in engagement with the corresponding internal projection formed on a molding surface of either one of molding dies, a thrust mechanism including a thrust member assembled within the other molding die to be projected from its molding surface toward the internal projection of the confronted molding die and retractable therefrom and an actuator mounted to the other molding die for forwarding the thrust member toward the internal projection so that a distal end of the thrust member is brought into e
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Hiraiwa, Michael J. VonHoltz, Raul Gerhardus, Michael T. McCully, Dean D. Petrick, John P. Maurer
  • Patent number: 5804292
    Abstract: The invention provides a laminated article such as a door trim board capable of maintaining a bonding effect for a long period of time by integrally forming a base member and a skin member without forming the skin member in the shape of a sheet and without using an adhesive, and a manufacturing method of the laminated article by which reduction in the quantity of materials to be used and simplification of manufacturing steps are achieved. A porous base member (11) molded in the shape of a door trim board and a molten resin (12melt) supplied on the surface of the porous base member are pressed between a pair of molds (31, 32) so that the molten resin (12melt) is impregnated into the porous base member at least at the front surface thereof and hardened to form a skin member (12) on the porous base member (11). In the door trim board thus obtained, the resin forming the skin member (12) and the porous base member (11) are integrated by an anchor effect of resin with a reliable strength thereof retained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: Araco Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsunori Ishitoya, Hiroyuki Kato, Yukio Ishihara, Kazunori Kuze, Yoshihiko Hiraiwa, Makoto Horiba