Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Shimatani

Hiroyuki Shimatani 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: 7946602
    Abstract: A stabilizer configured to connect suspension devices situated right and left of an automobile, the stabilizer is characterized in that the stabilizer extends below a suspension member where a steering device of the automobile is fixed; at a side of the suspension member, the stabilizer extends above a lower arm and toward a front of the automobile; and the stabilizer is connected to the suspension devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Shimatani, Satoshi Murata, Seiji Sakai, Masao Tajima, Makoto Kobayashi, Keiichi Kondo, Shinji Iwasa, Kimihiro Kuji
  • Patent number: 6047978
    Abstract: In a wheel suspension of a vehicle such as an automobile assembled from a pair of trailing arms arranged to extend substantially longitudinally of the vehicle in a laterally symmetrical relationship thereto with each front end thereof being pivotably mounted to the vehicle body while each rear end thereof rotatably supporting a corresponding one of either a pair of front wheels or a pair of rear wheels, and a torsion beam arranged to extend substantially laterally of the vehicle between the pair of trailing arms with opposite ends thereof being firmly connected thereto by welding, so as to form a link assembly assembled by a weld seam formed therebetween, the link is formed with at least one notch adjacent to a weld seam for relieving a surface tensile stress exerted across the weld seam according to a force acting between the trailing arms and the torsion beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kei Watanabe, Satoshi Murata, Hiroyuki Shimatani
  • Patent number: 4720120
    Abstract: In a wheel suspension for a motor vehicle which comprises a subframe arranged transversely to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and having a pair of laterally spaced front end portions to be fastened to the vehicle chassis and a pair of laterally spaced rear end portions to be fastened to the vehicle chassis, and a pair of suspension arms each base portion of which has a front end articulated to the respective front end portions of the subframe and a rear end to be articulated to the respective rear end portions of the subframe, a pair of brackets each are preliminarily fastened at their base portions to the rear end portions of the subframe to support each rear end base portion of the suspension arms articulated thereto and fastened at their base portions to the vehicle chassis through the rear end portions of the subframe and at their end portions to the vehicle chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1988
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Shimatani, Yasuhiro Morita, Hidesi Komamizu