Patents by Inventor Arata Mikami

Arata Mikami 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).

  • Stabilizer and method of manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 10486487
    Abstract: A stabilizer having a tubular shape is provided so as to extend in a widthwise direction of a vehicle and coupled to a suspension arm at opposite end portions of the stabilizer. Each of the opposite end portions includes: a first large-diameter bar portion having an outside diameter greater than an outside diameter of an intermediate portion of the stabilizer; and a second large-diameter bar portion having an outside diameter greater than the outside diameter of the first large-diameter bar portion and having a wall thickness greater than a wall thickness of the intermediate portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Kyoei Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuzo Nagano, Yoshiyuki Mori, Arata Mikami, Nobuaki Taguchi, Koji Yamaguchi
  • STABILIZER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20180029435
    Abstract: A stabilizer having a tubular shape is provided so as to extend in a widthwise direction of a vehicle and coupled to a suspension arm at opposite end portions of the stabilizer. Each of the opposite end portions includes: a first large-diameter bar portion having an outside diameter greater than an outside diameter of an intermediate portion of the stabilizer; and a second large-diameter bar portion having an outside diameter greater than the outside diameter of the first large-diameter bar portion and having a wall thickness greater than a wall thickness of the intermediate portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Shuzo Nagano, Yoshiyuki Mori, Arata Mikami, Nobuaki Taguchi, Koji Yamaguchi