Patents by Inventor Shoji Nobumoto

Shoji Nobumoto 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).

  • Rear body structure of automotive vehicle
    Patent number: 5195780
    Abstract: A rear body structure of a vehicle is provided with a space, defined under a floor panel between a passenger room and a trunk room, in which a fuel tank is received. The structure includes support beams for supporting the fuel tank from an underside, in a fuel tank space. The space is formed by bending up and down a floor panel in a lengthwise direction of the car body, such as the rear floor panel of the passenger room and the trunk floor panel of the trunk room. The support beams include a pair of support beams, disposed in parallel and extending in a lengthwise direction of the car body, and a pair of connecting beams, extending in a transverse direction of the car body between and connected to the supporting beams, which are assembled as parallel crosses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1993
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Michitaka Inoue, Kazuo Ikeda, Wataru Tsutagawa, Yoshia Oda, Shoji Nobumoto