Patents by Inventor Akio Shimazaki

Akio Shimazaki 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).

  • Industrial vehicle frame with internal, structurally reinforcing fuel and hydraulic fluid tanks
    Patent number: 4087101
    Abstract: A frame assembly for a tractor shovel or the like includes a front frame and a rear frame having generally U-shaped cross-sections. The frames are pivotally joined by a vertical shaft. A rectangular parallelopiped hydraulic fluid tank is internally mounted in the front frame, and its side and front edges are secured by welding or the like to the front frame plates. Similarly, a rectangular parallelopiped fuel tank is internally mounted in the rear frame, and its side and rear edges are welded or the like to the rear frame plates. The arrangement offers increased frame strength and rigidity with no increase in weight, and the tanks are better protected by reason of their internal mountings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1978
    Assignee: Toyo Umpanki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Shimazaki, Osamu Kambe