Patents by Inventor Michikazu J. Tao

Michikazu J. Tao 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: 4957322
    Abstract: A truck including a cab having a front windshield and opposite driver and passenger doors, for example a cab-over engine type of truck, is disclosed herein. This truck includes a cab roof, a roof fairing disengageably mounted on the cab roof, and a sunvisor disengageably connected to the cab roof in front of and below the roof fairing. All three of these components of the truck cab are configured so that they present substantially smooth outer front and side joints between adjacent outer surfaces of adjacent components, whereby to enhance the aerodynamic qualities of the cab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 18, 1990
    Assignee: Paccar Inc.
    Inventors: Huston Marlowe, Michikazu J. Tao, Virgil Pound
  • Patent number: 4867468
    Abstract: A technique especially suitable for delivering trucks from their manufacturing site to a common delivery site. Each of these trucks includes a decking bar mounted to and extending across the truck main chassis in front of and above the axle of its front wheels and a saddle arrangement connected with the chassis adjacent the truck's back end. One of the truck's is selected as the lead, towing truck and the decking bar of a second truck is supported on the saddle arrangement of the lead truck such that the second truck can be towed by the lead truck from the manufacturing site to the delivery site. This technique can also be used to transport an additional truck or trucks between these points and it can be used for towing generally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1989
    Assignee: PACCAR Inc
    Inventors: Jeff Paul, Michikazu J. Tao