Patents by Inventor Nobuyuki Nakayama
Nobuyuki Nakayama 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: 10486751Abstract: A side vehicle body structure prevents a fastening bolt of a cowl member from being loosened while suppressing production cost. The structure includes a pair of left and right suspension towers each formed so as to expand into an engine room and supporting a buffer device of a front suspension, and a cowl member extending forward from an upper end portion of a dash panel separating the engine room from a vehicle interior. Left and right end portions of the cowl member are coupled to respective top portions of the suspension towers by a pair of fastening portions using bolts, and each fastening portion includes a first bolt fastening portion arranged inward of a corresponding center of the top portion and at least partially overlapping a line connecting the centers, and a second bolt fastening portion arranged at a front side of the first bolt fastening portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2016Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Shigeru Nakauchi, Nobuyuki Nakayama, Takayuki Nakamae, Kazuya Ochi
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Patent number: 10358175Abstract: A deflector structure of an automobile includes: a liner extended portion covering a lower-surface opening located at a front side of a wheel housing; and a deflector attached to the liner extended portion. The deflector is integrally configured by: a deflector base portion attached to the liner extended portion through a bolt and a resin clip; and a plate-shaped deflector main body extending from a rear end of the deflector base portion to a vehicle lower side and having flexibility and a thickness in a forward/rearward direction. A plurality of rear-surface ribs each extending in an upward/downward direction are formed on a rear surface of the deflector main body at predetermined intervals in a width direction, upper ends of the rear-surface ribs being in contact with a lower surface of the liner extended portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2016Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Nobuyuki Shibutake, Koji Yoshitake, Nobuyuki Nakayama, Takashi Fukumaru
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Patent number: 10350991Abstract: A grille shutter unit which is provided with shutters and a frame which pivotally supports shutter shafts provided at the shutters is attached to a frame-shaped shroud which supports heat exchangers. The grille shutter unit is configured to be attached to the shroud from a back-face side of the shroud at a position located in front of the heat exchangers.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2018Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Shunsuke Fujitani, Daisuke Sakagami, Haruo Etchu, Nobuyuki Nakayama, Yuhki Takanaga, Takeshi Yamada, Masahide Kanemori
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Patent number: 10293322Abstract: A compact desktop continuous stirred tank reactor easily used on a magnetic stirrer is provided. A desktop continuous stirred tank reactor used on a magnetic stirrer includes a plurality of containers, each of the plurality of containers having a bottom and a shape capable of containing a stir bar, the plurality of containers being configured as a single unit member. The plurality of containers is arranged on the circumference of a circle of rotation of a pair of magnets of the magnetic stirrer or inside the circumference, and adjacent containers communicate through communication holes.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2018Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignees: MAK ENGINEERING CORPORATION, RIGAKU KOBO, LLCInventors: Isao Kotani, Nobuyuki Nakayama
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Patent number: 10173731Abstract: Present application discloses side chassis structure. Side chassis structure includes: apron reinforcement member; fender panel covering outside of the apron reinforcement member; and brackets connected to the fender panel. At least one of the brackets includes: main body including support portion supporting fender panel; front leg portion extending downward from front end of inner portion of main body in vehicle width direction, front leg portion being attached to apron reinforcement member; and rear leg portion which extends downward from rear end of the main body, rear leg portion being attached to apron reinforcement member. Front leg portion has inner slotted hole having long axis extending in vehicle width direction, and outer slotted hole which is formed outside inner slotted hole in vehicle width direction, outer slotted hole having long axis longer than long axis of inner slotted hole.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2016Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Shigeru Nakauchi, Nobuyuki Nakayama, Takayuki Nakamae
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Publication number: 20190001810Abstract: A grille shutter unit which is provided with shutters and a frame which pivotally supports shutter shafts provided at the shutters is attached to a frame-shaped shroud which supports heat exchangers. The grille shutter unit is configured to be attached to the shroud from a back-face side of the shroud at a position located in front of the heat exchangers.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2018Publication date: January 3, 2019Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Shunsuke FUJITANI, Daisuke SAKAGAMI, Haruo ETCHU, Nobuyuki NAKAYAMA, Yuhki TAKANAGA, Takeshi YAMADA, Masahide KANEMORI
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Publication number: 20190001809Abstract: A grille shutter unit which is provided with plural shutters extending in a vehicle width direction is attached to a frame-shaped shroud, a center stay is provided to extend in a vertical direction and connect a central portion, in a width direction, of a shroud upper and a central portion, in the width direction, of a shroud lower, the grille shutter unit is attached to a back-face side of the shroud, and an actuator (driving actuator) for opening/closing the shutters is arranged at a back-face side of the center stay.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2018Publication date: January 3, 2019Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Shunsuke FUJITANI, Daisuke SAKAGAMI, Haruo ETCHU, Nobuyuki NAKAYAMA, Yuhki TAKANAGA, Takeshi YAMADA, Masahide KANEMORI
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Publication number: 20180354559Abstract: A side vehicle body structure prevents a fastening bolt of a cowl member from being loosened while suppressing production cost. The structure includes a pair of left and right suspension towers each formed so as to expand into an engine room and supporting a buffer device of a front suspension, and a cowl member extending forward from an upper end portion of a dash panel separating the engine room from a vehicle interior. Left and right end portions of the cowl member are coupled to respective top portions of the suspension towers by a pair of fastening portions using bolts, and each fastening portion includes a first bolt fastening portion arranged inward of a corresponding center of the top portion and at least partially overlapping a line connecting the centers, and a second bolt fastening portion arranged at a front side of the first bolt fastening portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2016Publication date: December 13, 2018Inventors: Shigeru Nakauchi, Nobuyuki Nakayama, Takayuki Nakamae, Kazuya Ochi
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Publication number: 20180326383Abstract: A compact desktop continuous stirred tank reactor easily used on a magnetic stirrer is provided. A desktop continuous stirred tank reactor used on a magnetic stirrer includes a plurality of containers, each of the plurality of containers having a bottom and a shape capable of containing a stir bar, the plurality of containers being configured as a single unit member. The plurality of containers is arranged on the circumference of a circle of rotation of a pair of magnets of the magnetic stirrer or inside the circumference, and adjacent containers communicate through communication holes.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventors: Isao Kotani, Nobuyuki Nakayama
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Patent number: 10124838Abstract: A deflector comprises a protrusion portion which protrudes downward, including a slant face portion slanting obliquely rearward and downward, and a vertical wall portion which is provided in back of the protrusion portion to extend in a vehicle width direction. A lower end portion of the vertical wall portion is positioned at a lower level than a rear end portion of the slant face portion. The lower end portion of part of the vertical wall portion located inward from the other part of the vertical wall portion located so as to overlap the front wheel in a front view is positioned at a higher level than the lower end portion of the other part of the vertical wall portion located so as to overlap the front wheel in the front view.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2016Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Nobuyuki Shibutake, Nobuyuki Nakayama, Koji Yoshitake, Akihiro Kawano, Masafumi Aburame
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Publication number: 20180251165Abstract: A deflector structure of an automobile includes: a liner extended portion covering a lower-surface opening located at a front side of a wheel housing; and a deflector attached to the liner extended portion. The deflector is integrally configured by: a deflector base portion attached to the liner extended portion through a bolt and a resin clip; and a plate-shaped deflector main body extending from a rear end of the deflector base portion to a vehicle lower side and having flexibility and a thickness in a forward/rearward direction. A plurality of rear-surface ribs each extending in an upward/downward direction are formed on a rear surface of the deflector main body at predetermined intervals in a width direction, upper ends of the rear-surface ribs being in contact with a lower surface of the liner extended portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2016Publication date: September 6, 2018Inventors: Nobuyuki Shibutake, Koji Yoshitake, Nobuyuki Nakayama, Takashi Fukumaru
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Publication number: 20180244317Abstract: Provided is an automobile front body structure configured such that a reinforcement member is joined to a cowl panel. The cowl panel includes an upper surface portion, a forwardly bulging portion, a rearwardly bulging portion, and a lower surface portion. The reinforcement member includes a reinforcement member body which has a substantially squared U-shaped section which is bent and extends along the cowl panel, a first joint portion and a second joint portion. The reinforcement member body includes a wide portion of a substantially squared U-shaped section which is wide in the vehicle width direction and extending along the forwardly bulging portion, and a narrow portion such that a substantially squared U-shaped section is narrowed in the vehicle width direction toward the vehicle lower side. A sectional depth of the narrow portion is larger than a sectional depth of the wide portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2016Publication date: August 30, 2018Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Shigeru NAKAUCHI, Nobuyuki NAKAYAMA, Takayuki NAKAMAE
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Patent number: 9884655Abstract: Disclosed herein is a structure for mounting a heat exchanger in a vehicle. The structure includes a shroud, and a mount supporting a supported portion and allowing vertical vibrations of the supported portion with respect to each side of the shroud in a vehicle width direction. The supported portion is provided on each side of the heat exchanger in the vehicle width direction. The mount body of the mount is mounted in a mounting portion located higher than a fixed portion on the side of the shroud in the vehicle width direction. The fixed portion is fixed to a body member of the vehicle. A receiver supporting a lower surface of the mount body serves as the mounting portion. A fixing bracket for fixing the mount body to the side of the shroud is provided in front of or behind the mount body of the mount in the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2017Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Masayuki Nagayoshi, Naoki Nagano, Megumi Toyota, Nobuyuki Nakayama, Masahide Kanemori, Haruo Etchu
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Publication number: 20180015958Abstract: Disclosed herein is a structure for mounting a heat exchanger in a vehicle. The structure includes a shroud, and a mount supporting a supported portion and allowing vertical vibrations of the supported portion with respect to each side of the shroud in a vehicle width direction. The supported portion is provided on each side of the heat exchanger in the vehicle width direction. The mount body of the mount is mounted in a mounting portion located higher than a fixed portion on the side of the shroud in the vehicle width direction. The fixed portion is fixed to a body member of the vehicle. A receiver supporting a lower surface of the mount body serves as the mounting portion. A fixing bracket for fixing the mount body to the side of the shroud is provided in front of or behind the mount body of the mount in the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2017Publication date: January 18, 2018Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Masayuki NAGAYOSHI, Naoki NAGANO, Megumi TOYOTA, Nobuyuki NAKAYAMA, Masahide KANEMORI, Haruo ETCHU
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Publication number: 20170282975Abstract: Present application discloses side chassis structure. Side chassis structure includes: apron reinforcement member; fender panel covering outside of the apron reinforcement member; and brackets connected to the fender panel. At least one of the brackets includes: main body including support portion supporting fender panel; front leg portion extending downward from front end of inner portion of main body in vehicle width direction, front leg portion being attached to apron reinforcement member; and rear leg portion which extends downward from rear end of the main body, rear leg portion being attached to apron reinforcement member. Front leg portion has inner slotted hole having long axis extending in vehicle width direction, and outer slotted hole which is formed outside inner slotted hole in vehicle width direction, outer slotted hole having long axis longer than long axis of inner slotted hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2016Publication date: October 5, 2017Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Shigeru NAKAUCHI, Nobuyuki NAKAYAMA, Takayuki NAKAMAE
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Patent number: 9701345Abstract: A reinforcement is configured to have a corner portion corresponding to a corner portion of a side sill inner. Herein, the corner portion of the reinforcement forms a reinforcement ridgeline extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction. The reinforcement is provided such that the reinforcement ridgeline and a side-sill-inner upper ridgeline formed at a corner portion of the side sill inner overlap with each other over a range from a specified area where a wheel outward displaced in a vehicle collision is capable of contacting a side sill to a connection portion where a cross member connects to the side sill inner.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2016Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Masahide Kanemori, Nobuyuki Nakayama, Akihiro Kawano, Hideyuki Tsukamoto, Soukichi Kikuchi, Takashi Hamada
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Patent number: 9610980Abstract: There are provided a pair of right-and-left front side frames which extend in a vehicle longitudinal direction, a pair of right-and-left apron reinforcements which extend straightly in the vehicle longitudinal direction above and outward, in a vehicle width direction, of the pair of front side frames, a pair of right-and-left fender panels which cover respective outward sides, in the vehicle width direction, of the pair of apron reinforcements, a pair of right-and-left connecting frames which connect respective front end portions of the pair of apron reinforcements to the front side frames, and a pair of right-and-left connecting brackets which connect respective front-end side portions of the pair of fender panels to the pair of apron reinforcements. The connecting bracket is arranged substantially at the same longitudinal position as a connection portion of the apron reinforcement and the connecting frame in a plan view.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2015Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Shigeru Nakauchi, Takayuki Nakamae, Nobuyuki Nakayama
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Publication number: 20160339970Abstract: A deflector comprises a protrusion portion which protrudes downward, including a slant face portion slating obliquely rearward and downward, and a vertical wall portion which is provided in back of the protrusion portion to extend in a vehicle width direction. A lower end portion of the vertical wall portion is positioned at a lower level than a rear end portion of the slant face portion. The lower end portion of part of the vertical wall portion located inward from the other part of the vertical wall portion located so as to overlap the front wheel in a front view is positioned at a higher level than the lower end portion of the other part of the vertical wall portion located so as to overlap the front wheel in the front view.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2016Publication date: November 24, 2016Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Nobuyuki SHIBUTAKE, Nobuyuki NAKAYAMA, Koji YOSHITAKE, Akihiro KAWANO, Masafumi ABURAME
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Patent number: 9446797Abstract: There are provided a cowl panel provided above a dash panel partitioning an engine room from a vehicle compartment and extending in a vehicle width direction, a suspension tower protruding toward an inside of the engine room and supporting a front suspension, and a connecting bracket connecting the suspension tower and the cowl panel and configured to slant rearward and upward, wherein the connecting bracket comprises a front-end flange portion and a rear-end flange portion, the front-end flange portion is joined to a slant portion formed at a rear portion of a top of the suspension tower which is configured to slant rearward and downward, and the rear-end flange portion is configured to rise upward via a bending portion and joined to a vertical wall portion of the cowl panel.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2015Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Shigeru Nakauchi, Nobuyuki Nakayama, Masahide Kanemori
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Publication number: 20160244098Abstract: A reinforcement is configured to have a corner portion corresponding to a corner portion of a side sill inner. Herein, the corner portion of the reinforcement forms a reinforcement ridgeline extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction. The reinforcement is provided such that the reinforcement ridgeline and a side-sill-inner upper ridgeline formed at a corner portion of the side sill inner overlap with each other over a range from a specified area where a wheel outward displaced in a vehicle collision is capable of contacting a side sill to a connection portion where a cross member connects to the side sill inner.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2016Publication date: August 25, 2016Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Masahide KANEMORI, Nobuyuki NAKAYAMA, Akihiro KAWANO, Hideyuki TSUKAMOTO, Soukichi KIKUCHI, Takashi HAMADA