Patents by Inventor Fernando T. Mitsuyassu

Fernando T. Mitsuyassu 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).

  • Fabricated vehicle wheel with wheel disc having lightener pockets
    Patent number: 11987075
    Abstract: A fabricated vehicle wheel comprises a wheel disc and a wheel rim. The wheel disc has an annular hub portion, a center hub hole in the hub portion, opposite inboard and outboard faces of the hub portion, a plurality of circumferentially spaced lug bolt holes in the hub portion, a plurality of lightener pockets in the hub portion, and an extension portion. The lug bolt holes and the lightener pockets alternate around a circumference of the hub portion. An axis extends through the hub hole. The inboard face is planar and configured to mount to a vehicle. The inboard face is perpendicular to the axis and the extension portion extends from the hub portion along the axis. The wheel rim is secured to the extension portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Maxion Wheels Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Joseph W. Wolf, Fernando T. Mitsuyassu
  • Overmolding steel wheel
    Patent number: 8926025
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel includes a rim having an inner peripheral surface, and a center disc portion spaced radially inwardly from the inner peripheral surface. The center disc portion includes a body having a plurality of protruding portions separated from each other by curved recesses. The wheel further includes a plurality of structural arms with each structural arm having a first arm end attached to the inner peripheral surface of the rim at a first weld attachment interface and a second arm end received within one of the curved recesses of the body. Each of the second arm ends is attached to the center disc portion at a second weld attachment interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Iochpe-Maxion S.A.
    Inventors: Andre Fior, Marcio Aparecido de Oliveira, Fernando T. Mitsuyassu
  • Overmolding Steel Wheel
    Publication number: 20110043029
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel includes a rim having an inner peripheral surface, and a center disc portion spaced radially inwardly from the inner peripheral surface. The center disc portion includes a body having a plurality of protruding portions separated from each other by curved recesses. The wheel further includes a plurality of structural arms with each structural arm having a first arm end attached to the inner peripheral surface of the rim at a first weld attachment interface and a second arm end received within one of the curved recesses of the body. Each of the second arm ends is attached to the center disc portion at a second weld attachment interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventors: Andre Fior, Marcio Aparecido de Oliveira, Fernando T. Mitsuyassu