Patents by Inventor Fumio Shibano

Fumio Shibano 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).

  • Roller clamp type wheel examining apparatus
    Patent number: 4962664
    Abstract: A roller clamp type wheel examining apparatus includes a support for supporting thereon a wheel of a vehicle to be examined, a plurality of rollers for clamping the wheel supported on the support from both sides thereof and an angle detector for detecting the angle of orientation of the wheel when clamped by the plurality of rollers. The wheel of a vehicle clamped by the rollers on both sides thereof may be driven to rotate around its own rotating axis to thereby examine dynamic characteristics of the wheel. In this case, the support structure should, for example, include a pair of support rollers for supporting thereon the wheel to be examined in a rotatable manner. The support may include a floating table having a flat top support surface and movable in a horizontal plane translationally as well as rotationally, in which case only the dynamic characteristics of the wheel may be examined since the wheel is not rotatable around its rotating axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1990
    Assignees: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Anzen Motor Car Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Hirano, Shinichi Watanabe, Yutaka Fukuda, Yukio Higuchi, Fumio Shibano, Hiroshi Sekino, Hiroichi Nabeshima, Yukimasa Nishizawa
  • Roller clamp type wheel examining apparatus
    Patent number: 4901560
    Abstract: A roller clamp type wheel examining apparatus includes a support for supporting thereon a wheel of a vehicle to be examined, a plurality of rollers for clamping the wheel supported on the support from both sides thereof and an angle detector for detecting the angle of orientation of the wheel when clamped by the plurality of rollers. The wheel of a vehicle clamped by the rollers on both sides thereof may be driven to rotate around its own rotating axis to thereby examine dynamic characteristics of the wheel. In this case, the support structure should, for example, include a pair of support rollers for supporting thereon the wheel to be examined in a rotatable manner. The support may include a floating table having a flat top support surface and movable in a horizontal plane translationally as well as rotationally, in which case only the dynamic characteristics of the wheel may be examined since the wheel is not rotatable around its rotating axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1990
    Assignees: Honda Giken Kogyo K.K., Anzen Motor Car Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Hirano, Shinichi Watanabe, Yutaka Fukuda, Yukio Higuchi, Fumio Shibano, Hiroshi Sekino, Hiroichi Nabeshima, Yukimasa Nishizawa