Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Sogabe
Hiroshi Sogabe 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).
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Patent number: 11535302Abstract: There are provided a cowl provided to support a front windshield in an inclined state where a rear side of the front windshield is located at a higher level than a front side of the front windshield and forming a lower edge of an opening portion for arranging the front windshield and a bonnet provided in front of and above the cowl. An upper portion of the cowl comprises a first face portion to which the front windshield adheres and an inclined second face portion which extends obliquely rearwardly-and-downwardly from the first face portion, and a front end of the first face portion is positioned on a rearward side, in a vehicle longitudinal direction, of a rear end of the bonnet.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Susumu Kuroda, Hiroshi Sogabe, Shunsuke Hirai, Kazuki Yamauchi, Minoru Sunada, Ryo Asahi
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Publication number: 20210309301Abstract: There are provided a cowl provided to support a front windshield in an inclined state where a rear side of the front windshield is located at a higher level than a front side of the front windshield and forming a lower edge of an opening portion for arranging the front windshield and a bonnet provided in front of and above the cowl. An upper portion of the cowl comprises a first face portion to which the front windshield adheres and an inclined second face portion which extends obliquely rearwardly-and-downwardly from the first face portion, and a front end of the first face portion is positioned on a rearward side, in a vehicle longitudinal direction, of a rear end of the bonnet.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2021Publication date: October 7, 2021Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Susumu KURODA, Hiroshi SOGABE, Shunsuke HIRAI, Kazuki YAMAUCHI, Minoru SUNADA, Ryo ASAHI
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Publication number: 20210283561Abstract: The sealing performance of a stirring device and the abrasion resistance of a seal are improved. A stirring device includes a stirring tank that defines a stirring chamber; a plurality of stirring blades that are disposed in the stirring chamber; a shear blade drive shaft that extends from a lower side of the stirring tank to the stirring chamber and rotationally drives at least one shear blade among the plurality of stirring blades; and a fixed ring and a rotating ring that is disposed radially outside the shear blade drive shaft and seals between the stirring tank and the shear blade drive shaft. A sealing surface of the mechanical seal structure is formed at the same height as or above a lowermost portion of the stirring chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2021Publication date: September 16, 2021Applicant: Sumitomo Heavy Industries Process Equipment Co.,Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi SOGABE, Yoriyuki KANEMORI
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Patent number: 10160418Abstract: An impact absorbing member is provided below a fascia upper member (upper-face forming member) which forms an upper face of a front end portion of a vehicle. The impact absorbing member comprises a front side part which includes a front wall portion, a top wall portion, and a rear wall portion so as to have a U-shaped cross section opening downward and a flat-plate shaped rear side part which extends rearward from a lower end of the rear wall portion. A rear end portion of the rear side part is held at a radiator shroud as a vehicle-body-side member, and the rear side part is configured to slant obliquely forward and downward.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2017Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Hideaki Onishi, Ryo Komuta, Kenji Ohtani, Hiroyuki Yoshimoto, Hiroshi Sogabe, Masatoki Kito, Kazuya Matsumoto
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Publication number: 20170349124Abstract: An impact absorbing member is provided below a fascia upper member (upper-face forming member) which forms an upper face of a front end portion of a vehicle. The impact absorbing member comprises a front side part which includes a front wall portion, a top wall portion, and a rear wall portion so as to have a U-shaped cross section opening downward and a flat-plate shaped rear side part which extends rearward from a lower end of the rear wall portion. A rear end portion of the rear side part is held at a radiator shroud as a vehicle-body-side member, and the rear side part is configured to slant obliquely forward and downward.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2017Publication date: December 7, 2017Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Hideaki ONISHI, Ryo KOMUTA, Kenji OHTANI, Hiroyuki YOSHIMOTO, Hiroshi SOGABE, Masatoki KITO, Kazuya MATSUMOTO
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Patent number: 9327675Abstract: A pair of right-and-left brackets which extend obliquely downward and forward from respective front portions of a pair of right-and-left side frames are provided. A stiffener which extends in a vehicle width direction below a bumper beam is attached to respective front ends of the pair of right-and-left brackets. The stiffener is configured such that its front end portion slants downward and forward and has an open cross section, and its rear end portion thereof has a closed cross section. An obstacle can be prevented from coming in below a vehicle-body front portion, and also the sufficient energy absorption in a collision and the prompt flicking-up of an obstacle can properly achieved.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2014Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Masatoki Kito, Hiroshi Sogabe, Hirofumi Takada, Tsutomu Watanabe, Arihiro Furumoto, Ryuma Murakami, Takayuki Nakamae
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Patent number: 9254801Abstract: A protecting member comprises a pair of right-and-left brackets extending obliquely downward and forward from front portions of a pair of right-and-left side frames and a stiffener extending in a vehicle width direction below a bumper beam and attached to front ends of the brackets. The stiffener has a closed cross section extending in the vehicle width direction, and an upper face of its central portion in the vehicle width direction has a concaved portion. A lower face of the stiffener extends horizontally substantially straightly. It is preferable that the closed cross section of the central portion of the stiffener be configured such that its vertical distance is relatively small and its longitudinal width is relatively large, compared with the other part of the stiffener.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2014Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Sogabe, Masatoki Kito, Hirofumi Takada, Tsutomu Watanabe, Arihiro Furumoto, Ryuma Murakami, Takayuki Nakamae
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Patent number: 9233662Abstract: A protecting member includes a pair of right-and-left brackets which extend obliquely downward and forward from front portions of a pair of right-and-left side frames and a stiffener which extends in a vehicle width direction below a bumper beam and attached to front ends of the pair of right-and-left brackets. The protecting member has a load/deformation characteristic including a first stage from a collision start, a second stage after the first stage, and a third stage after the second stage. Herein, the first stage is set so as to restrain the obstacle from coming in below a vehicle-body front portion, the second stage is set so as to absorb collision energy to restrain a local deformation of the obstacle, and the third stage is set so as to flick the obstacle up.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2014Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Masatoki Kito, Hiroshi Sogabe, Hirofumi Takada, Tsutomu Watanabe, Arihiro Furumoto, Ryuma Murakami, Takayuki Nakamae
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Publication number: 20150158445Abstract: A protecting member comprises a pair of right-and-left brackets extending obliquely downward and forward from front portions of a pair of right-and-left side frames and a stiffener extending in a vehicle width direction below a bumper beam and attached to front ends of the brackets. The stiffener has a closed cross section extending in the vehicle width direction, and an upper face of its central portion in the vehicle width direction has a concaved portion. A lower face of the stiffener extends horizontally substantially straightly. It is preferable that the closed cross section of the central portion of the stiffener be configured such that its vertical distance is relatively small and its longitudinal width is relatively large, compared with the other part of the stiffener.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2014Publication date: June 11, 2015Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi SOGABE, Masatoki KITO, Hirofumi TAKADA, Tsutomu WATANABE, Arihiro FURUMOTO, Ryuma MURAKAMI, Takayuki NAKAMAE
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Publication number: 20150054307Abstract: A protecting member includes a pair of right-and-left brackets which extend obliquely downward and forward from front portions of a pair of right-and-left side frames and a stiffener which extends in a vehicle width direction below a bumper beam and attached to front ends of the pair of right-and-left brackets. The protecting member has a load/deformation characteristic including a first stage from a collision start, a second stage after the first stage, and a third stage after the second stage. Herein, the first stage is set so as to restrain the obstacle from coming in below a vehicle-body front portion, the second stage is set so as to absorb collision energy to restrain a local deformation of the obstacle, and the third stage is set so as to flick the obstacle up.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Masatoki KITO, Hiroshi SOGABE, Hirofumi TAKADA, Tsutomu WATANABE, Arihiro FURUMOTO, Ryuma MURAKAMI, Takayuki NAKAMAE
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Publication number: 20150054306Abstract: A pair of right-and-left brackets which extend obliquely downward and forward from respective front portions of a pair of right-and-left side frames are provided. A stiffener which extends in a vehicle width direction below a bumper beam is attached to respective front ends of the pair of right-and-left brackets. The stiffener is configured such that its front end portion slants downward and forward and has an open cross section, and its rear end portion thereof has a closed cross section. An obstacle can be prevented from coming in below a vehicle-body front portion, and also the sufficient energy absorption in a collision and the prompt flicking-up of an obstacle can properly achieved.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Masatoki KITO, Hiroshi SOGABE, Hirofumi TAKADA, Tsutomu WATANABE, Arihiro FURUMOTO, Ryuma MURAKAMI, Takayuki NAKAMAE
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Patent number: 8651552Abstract: A support structure of a windshield of the present invention comprises a frame having an open section opening forward in a vehicle and a support member provided inside the frame and connecting an upper face portion and a lower face portion of the frame. The frame has a windshield support portion supporting a lower side portion of the windshield at part of the upper face portion. The support member includes a rear support portion attached to the upper face portion of the frame and a front support portion attached to a cowl panel at a specified location positioned in front of the rear support portion. The windshield support portion is positioned between the front and rear support portions in the vehicle longitudinal direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2011Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Nobuyuki Shibutake, Toshiharu Ikeda, Yoshikazu Ide, Hiroshi Sogabe, Yasuhiko Nishida, Naoki Shibata, Kohji Hashida, Toshinori Toyohara, Nobuhiko Yokoyama
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Patent number: 8403403Abstract: A pair of sub frames is provided on the outside of a heat exchanger in a vehicle width direction, there is provided a stiffener which interconnects front ends of the sub frames and projects forward, and the stiffener is connected to lower portions of the sub frames. Accordingly, the sufficient attachment rigidity of the stiffener can be secured in the normal state, whereas in the vehicle collision state the stiffener can be easily separated off the sub frames without resisting improperly, so that the safety of pedestrian can be secured.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2011Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Kuniyoshi Tashiro, Nobuyuki Nakayama, Yamato Matsuda, Hirofumi Miyamoto, Hiroshi Sogabe, Masatoki Kito
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Publication number: 20120032468Abstract: A support structure of a windshield of the present invention comprises a frame having an open section opening forward in a vehicle and a support member provided inside the frame and connecting an upper face portion and a lower face portion of the frame. The frame has a windshield support portion supporting a lower side portion of the windshield at part of the upper face portion. The support member includes a rear support portion attached to the upper face portion of the frame and a front support portion attached to a cowl panel at a specified location positioned in front of the rear support portion. The windshield support portion is positioned between the front and rear support portions in the vehicle longitudinal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2011Publication date: February 9, 2012Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Nobuyuki SHIBUTAKE, Toshiharu IKEDA, Yoshikazu IDE, Hiroshi SOGABE, Yasuhiko NISHIDA, Naoki SHIBATA, Kohji HASHIDA, Toshinori TOYOHARA, Nobuhiko YOKOYAMA
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Publication number: 20120019027Abstract: A pair of sub frames is provided on the outside of a heat exchanger in a vehicle width direction, there is provided a stiffener which interconnects front ends of the sub frames and projects forward, and the stiffener is connected to lower portions of the sub frames. Accordingly, the sufficient attachment rigidity of the stiffener can be secured in the normal state, whereas in the vehicle collision state the stiffener can be easily separated off the sub frames without resisting improperly, so that the safety of pedestrian can be secured.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2011Publication date: January 26, 2012Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Kuniyoshi TASHIRO, Nobuyuki NAKAYAMA, Yamato MATSUDA, Hirofumi MIYAMOTO, Hiroshi SOGABE, Masatoki KITO
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Patent number: 7851772Abstract: An ion implantation apparatus according to the invention includes a park electrode as a deflecting apparatus arranged at a section of a beam line from an outlet of a mass analysis magnet apparatus to a front side of a mass analysis slit for deflecting an ion beam in a predetermined direction of being deviated from a beam trajectory line by an operation of an electric field. When the ion beam does not satisfy a desired condition, a park voltage is applied to the park electrode, thereby, the ion beam is brought into an evacuated state by being deflected from the beam trajectory line. As a result, the ion beam cannot pass through the mass analysis slit, and therefore, the ion beam which does not arrive at a wafer to prevent the ion beam which does not satisfy the condition from being irradiated to the wafer.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2008Date of Patent: December 14, 2010Assignee: Sen Corporation an Shi and Axcelis CompanyInventors: Mitsukuni Tsukihara, Takanori Yagita, Hiroshi Sogabe, Toshio Yumiyama, Mitsuaki Kabasawa
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Patent number: 7517006Abstract: A bumper face is comprised of an upper portion and a lower portion. An opening portion is formed between the upper and lower portions. A bumper mesh is comprised of a mesh body located at the opening portion and a bumper face lower reinforcing portion that is located inside of the lower portion of the bumper face and connected to a lower end of the lower portion. The bumper mesh includes an extension portion that extends rearward from a lower end of the bumper face lower reinforcing portion and is connected to the lower portion of the shroud. Accordingly, the rearward movement of the bumper face lower reinforcing portion can be surely prevented, without increasing the number of parts, and thereby the prevention of dragging of a pedestrian can be improved.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2007Date of Patent: April 14, 2009Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Yasunori Kageyama, Takayuki Nakamae, Hiroshi Sogabe
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Patent number: 7488016Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle front structure, which comprises a synthetic resin shroud 3 formed to support a heat exchanger and mounted to a vehicle body in a front of an engine compartment, a bumper fascia disposed in a front end of the vehicle body, a plate member 20 which has a front end located adjacent to a rear surface of the bumper fascia and a rear end attached to a lower shroud section 5, and a connection member 30 which connects a lower end region of a lateral surface of a side shroud section 6 to a non-abutted portion 13c formed in a flange 13 of a bumper reinforcement 10. The vehicle front structure of the present invention can suppress displacement of the shroud during a frontal impact with a pedestrian or an obstacle such as a curb.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2007Date of Patent: February 10, 2009Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Takayuki Nakamae, Toshio Sakamoto, Yasunori Kageyama, Naoaki Yamamoto, Soukichi Kikuchi, Hiroshi Sogabe
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Publication number: 20080251713Abstract: An ion implantation apparatus according to the invention includes a park electrode as a deflecting apparatus arranged at a section of a beam line from an outlet of a mass analysis magnet apparatus to a front side of a mass analysis slit for deflecting an ion beam in a predetermined direction of being deviated from a beam trajectory line by an operation of an electric field. When the ion beam does not satisfy a desired condition, a park voltage is applied to the park electrode, thereby, the ion beam is brought into an evacuated state by being deflected from the beam trajectory line. As a result, the ion beam cannot pass through the mass analysis slit, and therefore, the ion beam which does not arrive at a wafer to prevent the ion beam which does not satisfy the condition from being irradiated to the wafer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2008Publication date: October 16, 2008Applicant: SEN Corporation, an SHI and Axcelis CompanyInventors: Mitsukuni Tsukihara, Takanori Yagita, Hiroshi Sogabe, Toshio Yumiyama, Mitsuaki Kabasawa
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Patent number: 7351987Abstract: An irradiation system comprises a beam generation source, a mass analysis device, a beam transformer, a deflector for scanning which swings the beam reciprocally, a beam parallelizing device, an acceleration/deceleration device, and an energy filtering device. According to this invention, a hybrid angular energy filter generating both electric and magnetic fields to bend trajectories is provided as the energy filtering device. A pair of multi-surface energy slit units each having a plurality of energy slits that are switchable therebetween depending on an ion species for irradiation are further provided on a downstream side of the hybrid angular energy filter. It is possible to selectively irradiate a target wafer with high-current beams from low energy to high energy in the conditions where contamination such as neutral particles, different kinds of dopants, ions with different energies, metal, and dust particles is extremely small in amount.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2005Date of Patent: April 1, 2008Assignee: SEN Corporation, An Shi and Axcelis CompanyInventors: Mitsuaki Kabasawa, Mitsukuni Tsukihara, Hiroshi Sogabe