Patents by Inventor Masaya Kunitomo

Masaya Kunitomo 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).

  • Suspension device and method for supporting a wheel
    Patent number: 8342542
    Abstract: A suspension device includes a wheel supporting member configured to rotatably support a wheel. Two links respectively link the wheel supporting member and a vehicle-body side member and are disposed substantially in parallel in a vehicle width direction. At least one projecting portion extends from at least one of the two links towards the other link, and an elastic linking portion links the projecting portion of one of the links to at least one of the other link and the projecting portion of the other link. A toe angle adjusting device is configured to input a force in a direction oriented backward in the vehicle forward-backward direction to the wheel supporting member to adjust a toe-in angle of the wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Sagara, Yusuke Kageyama, Yoshihiro Kawabe, Masahiko Nishida, Isao Watanabe, Masaya Kunitomo, Masaki Ohta
  • SUSPENSION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING A WHEEL
    Publication number: 20100201086
    Abstract: A suspension device includes a wheel supporting member configured to rotatably support a wheel. Two links respectively link the wheel supporting member and a vehicle-body side member and are disposed substantially in parallel in a vehicle width direction. At least one projecting portion extends from at least one of the two links towards the other link, and an elastic linking portion links the projecting portion of one of the links to at least one of the other link and the projecting portion of the other link. A toe angle adjusting device is configured to input a force in a direction oriented backward in the vehicle forward-backward direction to the wheel supporting member to adjust a toe-in angle of the wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Sagara, Yusuke Kageyama, Yoshihiro Kawabe, Masahiko Nishida, Isao Watanabe, Masaya Kunitomo, Masaki Ohta