Patents by Inventor Taishi HASHIMOTO

Taishi HASHIMOTO 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).

  • Movable spoiler device
    Patent number: 11155312
    Abstract: A movable spoiler device provided in a front part of a vehicle body, the movable spoiler device includes: a link mechanism in which a plurality of links are coupled and configured to operate by driving the links by an actuator; a spoiler member connected with one of the plurality of links and being deployable and retractable with respect to the vehicle body by operation of the link mechanism; and a clutch mechanism provided on a driving force transmission path between the actuator and the spoiler member, and configured to block transmission of a driving force when an external force equal to or greater than a predetermined value is applied to the spoiler member with the spoiler member being in a deployed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tokuhiro Shiga, Taishi Hashimoto, Yukihide Shibutani, Hideki Mizuno
  • MOVABLE SPOILER DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200164934
    Abstract: A movable spoiler device provided in a front part of a vehicle body, the movable spoiler device includes: a link mechanism in which a plurality of links are coupled and configured to operate by driving the links by an actuator; a spoiler member connected with one of the plurality of links and being deployable and retractable with respect to the vehicle body by operation of the link mechanism; and a clutch mechanism provided on a driving force transmission path between the actuator and the spoiler member, and configured to block transmission of a driving force when an external force equal to or greater than a predetermined value is applied to the spoiler member with the spoiler member being in a deployed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tokuhiro SHIGA, Taishi HASHIMOTO, Yukihide SHIBUTANI, Hideki MIZUNO