Patents by Inventor Yukihihiko Yada

Yukihihiko Yada 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: 5507992
    Abstract: A production method for extruding molding sections to be fitted in a periphery of a windshield glass includes the steps of extruding the molding sections by using a die having an opening for extruding a support leg which is to be inserted into a space between the windshield glass and a window frame of a body panel and having an opening for extruding a decorative portion which covers the space from outside the molding sections, wherein the molding sections are extruded by keeping an area of the extrusion opening on the die for the decorative portion constant at all times. The method includes the step of increasing, during production of one of the molding sections, an area of extrusion opening on the die for extruding the support leg in order to provide an enlarged thickened section between an outer surface of the windshield glass and the decorative portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1996
    Assignee: Tokai Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yukihihiko Yada, Yoichi Hirai
  • Patent number: 5454614
    Abstract: A windshield molding which drains rainwater smoothly through the rainwater groove provided at necessary sections and having different depth in the longitudinal direction for better drainage can be produced simply and continuously as a single molding without the addition of cutting or other processes. The windshield molding includes a support leg, a decorative portion, an enlarged thick section provided in the support leg and a rainwater groove opening to the inner periphery of the windshield of the windshield molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1995
    Assignee: Tokai Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yukihihiko Yada, Yoichi Hirai