Patents by Inventor Toshio Matsuno

Toshio Matsuno 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: 11946858
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to allow a clean airflow around a substrate to reliably move downward of the substrate in an examination device in which clean air is supplied to an inspection chamber. This examination device is provided with a rectifying plate (see FIG. 4A) which covers a part of the upper surface of a stage for mounting a substrate, and is disposed between a gas supply unit and the stage to block an airflow toward the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Satou, Toshio Masuda, Hitoshi Matsuno, Kei Shibayama, Osamu Yoshimura, Yuichirou Iijima
  • Patent number: 6290015
    Abstract: To make a vehicle body frame welded with a rear cushion bracket as thin as possible and as light as possible. A vehicle body frame includes a bracket attached to a rear face of an upper portion of a center pipe. The bracket is attached with a rear wheel suspension and a cushion unit is supported thereon at an upper end portion thereof. The wall of the center pipe includes thick wall portions provided only at corner portions of left and right sides of a rear face wall thereof. Left and right end portions of a base portion of the bracket are welded at outer sides thereof to the thick portions of the center pipe. The wall thickness T1 and T3 of thick wall portions of the center pipe are made substantially equal to the wall thickness T2 and T4 of left and right end portions of the base portion of the bracket to be welded. Furthermore, the wall thickness of other portions of the center pipe is made thinner. The center pipe is formed by extrusion of an aluminum alloy or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: Honda, Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Horii, Toshio Matsuno
  • Patent number: 6253868
    Abstract: A pivot frame is formed as a casting of an aluminum alloy in a substantially U-shaped manner to be open toward a front side. Attaching bosses of a crankcase are placed between a left sidewall and a right sidewall of the pivot frame. Bearing portions of a rear swing arm are coaxially arranged on outer sides of the pivot frame. A pivot bolt is penetrated from one side and is fastened by a nut on the other side. An adjustment collar is interposed between the attaching boss and the right sidewall of the pivot frame. A side of a fixed portion of the adjustment collar is fixed to the right sidewall, and a side of a movable portion of the adjustment collar is pivoted by a tool. The adjustment collar allows the fastening torque of the nut to be constant, thereby preventing deformation from occurring in a fastening operation even when a pivot plate of an aluminum alloy is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Horii, Kenji Muto, Toshio Matsuno
  • Patent number: 6186550
    Abstract: A vehicle body frame is formed by a head portion, a main pipe, a center pipe, a pivot frame, lower pipes and a down pipe. The head portion is a casting integrally formed with a head pipe. An oil tank is formed by a main body portion of the head portion, the down pipe, and a joint piece which is connected at a lower end thereof to the lower pipes. A tank space is formed in the main body portion, and a seal wall is integrally formed in the tank space for prohibiting the tank space from communicating with the main pipe. A number of ribs are integrally installed at an inner wall face of the tank space. The oil tank built into the frame of the present invention reduces the number and lengths of welds requiring liquid-tight performance to be as small as possible and as short as possible, and eliminates the need to hermetically seal the main pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Horii, Toshio Matsuno