Patents by Inventor Masaru Abe
Masaru Abe 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: 4836577Abstract: An automobile suspension includes a suspension member coupled to a vehicle body, a disc-shaped actuator mechanism detachably supported on the suspension member, and a knuckle having a swingable support shaft swingably supported for swinging movement about a central pivot through which the axis of the disc-shaped actuator mechanism passes, the knuckle being adapted to support a wheel rotatably. The disc-shaped actuator mechanism includes a pair of actuators disposed thereon at respective positions spaced substantially equally from the central pivot and located on at least one straight line passing through the central pivot, the actuators pivotally supporting the knuckle, respectively, for causing the knuckle to be angularly moved about the central pivot.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 1987Date of Patent: June 6, 1989Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masaru Abe, Takashi Kohata, Yoshimichi Kawamoto
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Patent number: 4828695Abstract: A novel packing material suitable for high pressure liquid chromatography comprising the chemically bonded, crosslinked reaction product of porous inorganic particles, with an organic silane compound having epoxy groups on the surface of the particles, and then with polyvinyl alcohol, in which the hydroxyl groups of the polyvinyl alcohol and the epoxy groups on the silane moieties react to form ether bonds, which cover almost or almost completely the residual silica hydroxyl groups on the surface of the support.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 1988Date of Patent: May 9, 1989Assignee: Yamamura Chemical Laboratories, Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryuji Yamamura, Mikio Tsuboi, Keishi Kitagawa, Masaru Abe
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Patent number: 4828063Abstract: A steering gear box mount includes a resilient member interposed between a motor vehicle body and a steering gear box for allowing movement of the steering gear box. The mount also has a structure for limiting allowed movement of the steering gear box. The structure includes a mechanism for selectively rigidly fixing the steering gear box to a motor vehicle body, or a mechanism for continuously adjusting the allowed movement of the steering gear box.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 1987Date of Patent: May 9, 1989Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masami Ogura, Kazuhiro Seki, Masaru Abe, Mitsuya Serizawa, Yoshimichi Kawamoto, Toru Yasuda, Takashi Kohata
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Patent number: 4823898Abstract: A steering gear box mount includes a resilient member interposed between a motor vehicle body and a steering gear box for allowing movement of the steering gear box. The mount also has a structure for limiting allowed movement of the steering gear box. The structure includes a mechanism for selectively fixing the steering gear box to a motor vehicle body, or a mechanism for continuously adjusting the allowed movement of the steering gear box.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 1988Date of Patent: April 25, 1989Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masami Ogura, Kazuhiro Seki, Masaru Abe, Mitsuya Serizawa, Yoshimichi Kawamoto, Toru Yasuda, Takashi Kohata
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Patent number: 4792007Abstract: A mechanism for steering the front and rear wheels of a four-wheel-steerable vehicle includes a front wheel steering device operatively coupled to a steering wheel and having at least a rack-and-pinion gear mechanism having a nonlinear gear ratio, a rear wheel steering device, a linkage shaft operatively connecting the front wheel steering device and the rear wheel steering device to each other, and at least one steering force assisting device disposed in a steering force transmitting path comprising the front wheel steering device, the rear wheel steering device, and the linkage shaft.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 1987Date of Patent: December 20, 1988Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masaru Abe, Masami Ogura, Tsuyoshi Sato
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Patent number: 4772036Abstract: A steering system for the front and rear wheels of an automotive vehicle comprises a front wheel steering mechanism having an output shaft, a rear wheel steering mechanism having an input shaft coupled to the output shaft, an output member for steering the rear wheels, and a motion converting mechanism for converting rotation of the input shaft to movement of the output member, a vehicle speed sensor, and a control unit connected to the vehicle speed sensor for controlling operation of the motion converting mechanism dependent on the vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed sensor.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 1987Date of Patent: September 20, 1988Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shoichi Sano, Yoshimi Furukawa, Masami Ogura, Masaru Abe, Yasuharu Oyama
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Patent number: 4758012Abstract: A steering system for a vehicle having a steering wheel, steerable front wheels and steerable rear wheels. The system comprises a linkage arrangement operatively interconnecting the steering wheel with the front and rear wheels for steering the front and rear wheels in response to operation of the steering wheel. The linkage arrangement includes a mechanical linkage mechanically connected with the steering wheel so as to transmit steering effort. The mechanical linkage is provided with a restoring mechanism for exerting restoring force to said mechanical linkage so as to urge the steering wheel toward a neutral position thereof. Favorable returnability of the steering system is achieved in this arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 1987Date of Patent: July 19, 1988Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masami Ogura, Yasuharu Oyama, Toru Yasuda, Masaru Abe, Yoshimichi Kawamoto, Tsuyoshi Sato
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Patent number: 4748206Abstract: A polyolefin composition and the same especially used for producing vehicle exterior members which is excellent in softness, impact resistance, moldability, appearance, restorable property and so forth. The composition comprises 20 to 70% by weight of a crystalline propylene polymer (a); 10 to 50% by weight of a substantially amorphous .alpha.-olefin copolymer (b); 5 to 50% by weight of an ethylene-.alpha.-olefin copolymer (c) which is 0.860 to 0.910 g/cm.sup.3 in density, 10% by weight or more in boiling n-hexane insoluble matter and 100.degree. C. or higher in the maximum peak temperature T.sub.m according to the differential scanning calorimetry (DSC); and 5 to 30% by weight of an ethylene polymer (d) of 0.910 to 0.965 g/cm.sup.3 in density, wherein the total of said components (a), (b), (c) and (d) is 100% by weight.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 1986Date of Patent: May 31, 1988Assignee: Nippon Petrochemicals Company, LimitedInventors: Motomi Nogiwa, Sachio Akai, Hiroshi Furuhashi, Kenji Tanaka, Toshimasa Takakusaki, Yoichi Kawai, Masaru Abe, Katsumi Sekiguchi
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Patent number: 4734450Abstract: A polypropylene-base resin composition comprising a polypropylene-base resin and carbon black in an amount of 0.01-0.6 wt. % based on the polypropylene-base resin and being suitable for use in the production of molded articles having excellent paintability.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 1986Date of Patent: March 29, 1988Assignee: Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, IncorporatedInventors: Yoichi Kawai, Masami Maki, Masaru Abe, Sachio Yokote, Katsumi Sekiguchi
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Patent number: 4724057Abstract: The surface of a product molded of polyolefin is washed with a fluorine-containing organic solvent such as CCl.sub.2 F--CCl.sub.2 F or CCl.sub.2 F--CClF.sub.2 and, thereafter, the product surface is treated with a plasma. Since the product surface is washed with an organic solvent containing fluorine, wastewater and process operation can be controlled with relative ease. A painted product pretreated by the process of the invention has a high peel strength and water resistance.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 1986Date of Patent: February 9, 1988Assignees: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals Inc.Inventors: Hiroo Ebisawa, Hiroyoshi Nozaki, Hirofumi Hara, Masaru Abe, Katsumi Sekiguchi
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Patent number: 4705818Abstract: Disclosed herein is a polypropylene-base resin composition obtained by heating at a temperature of 170.degree. C.-280.degree. C. a mixture containing a crystalline ethylene-propylene block copolymer having a specific composition, an ethylene-propylene copolymer rubber having a specific composition and viscosity, an inorganic filler having a specific particle size, and an organic peroxide, all in specified amounts. The thus-obtained polypropylene-base resin composition has high molding fluidity and are inexpensive and their moldings have excellent low-temperature impact resistance and paintability along with high stiffness. They are thus suitable for use in the production of large moldings such as automobile bumpers, fenders and body sidemembers.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 1986Date of Patent: November 10, 1987Assignee: Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, IncorporatedInventors: Yoichi Kawai, Masaru Abe, Akio Yoshihara, Shigeru Hayashi, Katsumi Sekiguchi
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Patent number: 4663369Abstract: A glass-fiber reinforced polypropylene composition having superior adhesion of glass fibers therein, stiffness, high-impact properties and molding properties is provided, which composition comprises a graft polypropylene resin obtained by graft-polymerizing a radically polymerizable unsaturated compound onto a crystalline polypropylene resin with an organic peroxide catalyst in a hydrocarbon solvent or a blend of the graft polypropylene with a crystalline polypropylene resin, glass fibers treated with an organic silane or titanium compound, Ca stearate and an alkaline earth metal compound, the respective quantities of the above components being specified.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 1986Date of Patent: May 5, 1987Assignee: Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Yoichi Kawai, Masaru Abe, Masami Maki, Koutarou Suzuki, Minoru Hoshino
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Patent number: 4626565Abstract: Disclosed herein is a preparation process for polypropylene-base resin compositions, which process comprises heating at a temperature of 170.degree.-280.degree. C. a mixture containing a crystalline ethylenepropylene block copolymer having a specific composition, an ethylene-propylene copolymer rubber having a specific composition and viscosity, an inorganic filler having a specific particle size, and an organic peroxide, all in specified amounts. The thus-obtained polypropylene-base resin compositions are suitable for use in the production of large moldings such as automobile bumpers, fenders and body sidemembers because of their excellent low-temperature impact resistance, high molding fluidity, good paintability and high stiffness as well as their low preparation cost.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 1985Date of Patent: December 2, 1986Assignee: Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, IncorporatedInventors: Yoichi Kawai, Masaru Abe, Katsumi Sekiguchi, Akio Yoshihara, Shigeru Hayashi
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Patent number: 4506718Abstract: A pneumatic tire for off-road vehicles, comprising a carcass body containing organic fiber cords and a breaker composed of at least one rubberized layer each containing reinforcing elements embedded therein and having an overall cut resistant property for all types of cuts together with an excellent separation resistant property and high abrasion resistant property is disclosed. The reinforcing element is composed of a bundle formed by merely assembling helically formed filaments together without twisting. The reinforcing element is formed of a material having a tensile strength of at least 140 Kg/mm.sup.2 and an elongation at breaking strength which is 0.15 to 1.7 times that of the organic fiber cord of the carcass body.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 1980Date of Patent: March 26, 1985Assignee: Bridgestone Tire Company LimitedInventors: Masaru Abe, Isao Miyoshi, Toshiro Tezuka, Toshio Yoshimoto
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Patent number: 4494026Abstract: A brush mounting structure of a miniature motor wherein brushes of the motor are fastened to bent end pieces of terminal plates, the terminal plates are fixed to a metallic bracket through a plastic film by means of insulating rivets, and the bracket is attached to an open surface of a case of the motor, whereby a soldering operation can be dispensed with.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 1983Date of Patent: January 15, 1985Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masaru Abe
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Patent number: 4438796Abstract: A pneumatic tire for off-road vehicles comprising a reinforcing element composed of helically formed filaments and having an excellent side-cut resistant property is disclosed. The tire is provided at its side portion with a side portion reinforcing layer composed of at least one rubberized layer containing a reinforcing element embedded therein and formed of a helically formed filament or a bundle of at least two helically formed filaments assembled together without twisting at random. The filament is formed of a material having a tensile breaking strength of at least 140 kg/mm.sup.2. The reinforcing filament has an elongation at tensile breaking strength which is 0.15 to 1.7 times that of organic cord of a ply of a carcass body. The rubberized layer containing said reinforcing element embedded therein as a whole is extensible.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 1979Date of Patent: March 27, 1984Assignee: Bridgestone Tire Company LimitedInventors: Masaru Abe, Isao Miyoshi, Toshiro Tezuka, Toshio Yoshimoto
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Patent number: 4436130Abstract: A pneumatic radial tire having an excellent side-cut resistant property is disclosed. The radial tire comprises at least one extensible and compressible rubberized side portion reinforcing layer arranged at that area of a side portion of the tire which is inclusive of at least maximum cross-section position of the carcass and each containing a reinforcing element embedded therein and composed of helically formed filaments or at least 2 bundles each formed by merely assembling together the helically formed filaments without twisting at random. The helically formed filament is formed of a material having a tensile breaking strength of at least 140 kg/mm.sup.2. The reinforcing element has an elongation at tensile breaking strength which is at least 1.2 times larger than that of a metal cord of a radial carcass.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 1982Date of Patent: March 13, 1984Assignee: Bridgestone Tire Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuo Suzuki, Masaru Abe, Toshiro Tezuka
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Patent number: 4412575Abstract: A heavy load pneumatic radial tire which has excellent wear resistance against heavy loads is herein disclosed. The radial tire has a tread portion which comprises long and short blocks for forming grooves which allow platforms to be disposed therein. Each of the platforms has predetermined height and length so that the total area of the grooves is decreased as the tread portion of the tire is worn.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 1981Date of Patent: November 1, 1983Assignee: Bridgestone Tire Company LimitedInventors: Muneyoshi Maeda, Masaru Abe
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Patent number: 4349062Abstract: A highly durable pneumatic tire comprising a bias laid carcass construction formed of superimposed stacked plies is disclosed. The tire comprises a carcass body composed of at least two kinds of ply groups including cords whose diameters are different from one another. The ply groups are arranged such that the cords of outer plies are smaller in diameter than those of inner plies.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 1980Date of Patent: September 14, 1982Assignee: Bridgestone Tire Company LimitedInventors: Yasuaki Tsurunaga, Masaru Abe, Hideaki Hashimoto, Junichi Tsuzura
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Patent number: D269337Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 1981Date of Patent: June 14, 1983Assignee: Bridgestone Tire Company LimitedInventors: Muneyoshi Maeda, Hiroshi Kojima, Masaru Abe