Patents by Inventor Hiroto Sugai

Hiroto Sugai 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: 7273128
    Abstract: A vibration proofing heat shield plate fixed such as to cover at least a part of a heat source while forming a gap with respect to a surface of the heat source is provided with a vibration proofing heat shield plate main body portion, a collar member positioned at an open hole of the vibration proofing heat shield plate main body portion and provided with a pair of locking pieces fastened by bolt to the heat source, a washer member in which a portion interposed between a pair of locking pieces of the collar member is formed in an approximately C-shaped cross section, and a joint member joining the washer member and the vibration proofing heat shield plate main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignees: Nichias Corporation, Sanwa Packing Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Niwa, Shuichi Ishiwa, Hiroto Sugai, Kazuyo Akimoto, Kazuaki Mishima
  • Publication number: 20050139416
    Abstract: A vibration proofing heat shield plate (10) fixed such as to cover at least a part of a heat source (20) while forming a gap with respect to a surface of the heat source is provided with a vibration proofing heat shield plate main body portion (14), a collar member (11) positioned at an open hole (141) of the vibration proofing heat shield plate main body portion and provided with a pair of locking pieces (12, 13) fastened by bolt (17) to the heat source (20), a washer member (15) in which a portion interposed between a pair of locking pieces (12, 13) of the collar member (11) is formed in an approximately C-shaped cross section, and a joint member (16) joining the washer member (15) and the vibration proofing heat shield plate main body (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2004
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Applicants: NICHIAS Corporation, SANWA PACKING INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Niwa, Shuichi Ishiwa, Hiroto Sugai, Kazuyo Akimoto, Kazuaki Mishima
  • Patent number: 6720069
    Abstract: A sound absorbing structure comprising at least one porous member including a plurality of holes, and the holes are at least one kind of through holes and non-through holes. It is preferable that a plurality of porous members are stacked. It is also preferable that the holes of porous members are formed as diameter-varied holes, and an area of opening of each diameter-varied hole formed in the surface opposite to a sound source is largest and the area of opening of each the diameter-varied hole is reduced in a direction of the thickness of the porous member. Moreover, it is also preferable that the sound absorbing structure further comprises a coating film formed on at least a surface of the porous member which is opposite to a sound source wherein the holes penetrates the coating film and the porous member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: Nichias Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Murakami, Shuuchirou Wada, Kazuo Nishimoto, Takahiro Niwa, Hiroto Sugai, Haruko Sasaki
  • Patent number: 6328513
    Abstract: A method of attaching a vibration floating washer with a sleeve to a heat insulating plate including an attaching-bolt insertion hole. The method comprises: disposing the metallic damping element on an inner side and a peripheral edge portion of the attaching-bolt insertion hole; inserting a male sleeve of a male washer and a female sleeve of a female washer respectively into the bolt insertion hole from both sides of the heat insulating plate; and fitting and fixing the male washer and the female washers to each other with a fitting portion provided on at least one of the male sleeve and the female sleeve so that the heat insulating plate is maintained in a state of noncontact with both the male washer and the female washer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Nichias Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Niwa, Masafumi Tanaka, Hiroto Sugai