Patents by Inventor Haruo Shinohara

Haruo Shinohara 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).

  • Wheel assembly for vehicle
    Patent number: 4679860
    Abstract: A wheel assembly for a vehicle includes a hub including a tubular body and a radial flange formed around an outer peripheral surface of the hub body and having opposite radial faces, and a separate rim including an annular body disposed coaxially with the hub body and a radial flange formed around an inner peripheral surface of the rim body and having opposite radial faces, the hub flange and the rim flange being mated together at their one radial faces and releasably fastened together by fastening means. A projection is provided on the hub flange and extends generally radially outwardly of that portion of the inner peripheral surface of the rim body disposed adjacent to the other radial face of the rim flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1987
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaru Koishi, Haruo Shinohara, Shinji Takayanagi