Patents by Inventor Yoshiharu Murakami

Yoshiharu Murakami 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).

  • Packaging element of tire wheel
    Patent number: 6484877
    Abstract: A packaging assembly for efficiently packaging wheels includes multiple sheets of supporting and fixing members. A first set of wheels, each wheel having a and engaging a hub hole of one of the sheets, is located between two of the sheets. A first sheet supports a first set of wheels, and a second sheet is supported by the first set of wheels. A second set of wheels is located between the second sheet and a third sheet, each wheel of the second set including a hub engaged with a hub hole of the third sheet or of one of the first two sheets. The hub engagement of each wheel is laterally offset from the perimeter of all of the wheels of adjacent sets of wheels. The packaging includes means for preventing lateral movement of the wheels in each set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, LTD
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Murakami, Akira Kurebayashi, Shigeki Urai, So Kawamura, Kunihiko Iwahara