Patents by Inventor Go Aoyama

Go Aoyama 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: 7913790
    Abstract: A structure of a vehicle instrument panel area, which is capable of sufficiently ensuring a frontward displacement of a steering column adapted to be displaced frontwardly in response to an impact load applied thereto frontwardly, even under a condition that a column cover is disposed to overlap with a meter unit when viewed in an axial direction of the steering column. A meter unit 3 is attached to an instrument panel 1 through brittles portions 31g, 31g, 33g, 33g, in such a manner as to allow the attachment therebetween to be released when a column cover 5 is brought into contact with the meter unit 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignees: Mazda Motor Corporation, Daikyonishikawa Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Tanaka, Hitoshi Ochimizu, Shohei Kuroda, Go Aoyama, Hiroshi Kushida, Hideki Hayashi, Noriaki Igaki, Toshiteru Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20090085338
    Abstract: A structure of a vehicle instrument panel area, which is capable of sufficiently ensuring a frontward displacement of a steering column adapted to be displaced frontwardly in response to an impact load applied thereto frontwardly, even under a condition that a column cover is disposed to overlap with a meter unit when viewed in an axial direction of the steering column. A meter unit 3 is attached to an instrument panel 1 through brittles portions 31g, 31g, 33g, 33g, in such a manner as to allow the attachment therebetween to be released when a column cover 5 is brought into contact with the meter unit 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicants: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, DAIKYONISHIKAWA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Tanaka, Hitoshi Ochimizu, Shohei Kuroda, Go Aoyama, Hiroshi Kushida, Hideki Hayashi, Noriaki Igaki, Toshiteru Yoshimura