Patents by Inventor Toshisuke Nakanishi

Toshisuke Nakanishi 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: 5466033
    Abstract: A front body structure of a vehicle capable of controlling a crashed mode of a front side frame at a collision with reduced weight. A rear frame of the front side frame has high rigidity by making the thickness thereof thicker than that of the front frame. The weight of the front body is reduced by lessening the thickness of the front frame. A crashed mode is controlled by adjusting the thickness of the front frame and the rear frame. The front and rear frames are joined by a butt joint to each other at a set angle with respect to a vertical direction of a car body, so that a joint part between both frames can be easily bent at a collision. A reinforcement and a engine mount are respectively disposed at the inside and the outside of the joint part to reinforce the joint part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1995
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Murakami, Masahiro Osumi, Toshisuke Nakanishi, Shigeaki Watanabe