Patents by Inventor Hiroaki ISHIZU

Hiroaki ISHIZU 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: 11679811
    Abstract: A front vehicle-body structure for reducing second-order vibration of a windshield, and improving NVH performance in a vehicle cabin. A tower bar coupling each of left and right front suspension housings with a region around a vehicle-width-direction center portion of a cowl forming a lower edge of an opening for a front windshield has a center portion extending in a vehicle width direction along the cowl. A bracket extending from the cowl toward a front of a vehicle is provided in a region including a vehicle-width-direction center portion of the front windshield in the lower edge of the opening. The center portion of the tower bar is fixed to the bracket from above, and a reinforcement member supporting the fixing region from below is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke Hirai, Hiroaki Ishizu, Hidekazu Shiraishi, Kyohei Hirata, Kazuki Yamauchi, Takumi Fukuda
  • Patent number: 11584446
    Abstract: A front vehicle-body structure which reduces third-order vibration of a windshield, and improves NVH performance in a vehicle cabin. A front windshield fixed to an edge portion of an opening formed in a vehicle body, a pair of left and right front suspension housings, a cowl forming a lower edge of the opening for the front windshield, and a tower bar coupling each of the left and right front suspension housings with a region around a vehicle-width-direction center portion of the cowl are provided. Node members, each of which locally improves bending rigidity of the cowl, are disposed in two positions in the cowl that divide a bonding surface to a windshield lower edge into generally three equal parts in the vehicle width direction, and the tower bar is fixed between respective positions of the two node members in the cowl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke Hirai, Hiroaki Ishizu, Hidekazu Shiraishi, Kyohei Hirata, Kazuki Yamauchi, Takumi Fukuda
  • Patent number: 11364957
    Abstract: Provided is a rear vehicle-body structure of a vehicle, capable of reducing vibrations transmitted from a rear wheel to a floor panel, while ensuring required performance for rear side frames and a cross member. The rear vehicle-body structure comprises a symmetric pair of frame members extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction along respective lateral sides of a rear of a vehicle body of the vehicle, and a rear-side rear cross member bridging the symmetric pair of frame members in a vehicle width direction, wherein an attachment portion between each of the frame members and the rear-side rear cross member provided with rigidity difference generation part to generate a rigidity difference between the frame member and the rear-side rear cross member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hajime Ito, Hiroaki Ishizu, Akiyoshi Masuda, Shunsuke Hirai, Yuuki Sano, Masashi Notomi, Takumi Fukuda, Hidemitsu Shinhara, Masahiro Awane, Hidekazu Shiraishi, Yasuhiko Nishida, Takanori Yoshida, Ken Yamada
  • Publication number: 20210309302
    Abstract: A front vehicle-body structure for reducing second-order vibration of a windshield, and improving NVH performance in a vehicle cabin. A tower bar coupling each of left and right front suspension housings with a region around a vehicle-width-direction center portion of a cowl forming a lower edge of an opening for a front windshield has a center portion extending in a vehicle width direction along the cowl. A bracket extending from the cowl toward a front of a vehicle is provided in a region including a vehicle-width-direction center portion of the front windshield in the lower edge of the opening. The center portion of the tower bar is fixed to the bracket from above, and a reinforcement member supporting the fixing region from below is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke HIRAI, Hiroaki ISHIZU, Hidekazu SHIRAISHI, Kyohei HIRATA, Kazuki YAMAUCHI, Takumi FUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20210309303
    Abstract: A front vehicle-body structure which reduces third-order vibration of a windshield, and improves NVH performance in a vehicle cabin. A front windshield fixed to an edge portion of an opening formed in a vehicle body, a pair of left and right front suspension housings, a cowl forming a lower edge of the opening for the front windshield, and a tower bar coupling each of the left and right front suspension housings with a region around a vehicle-width-direction center portion of the cowl are provided. Node members, each of which locally improves bending rigidity of the cowl, are disposed in two positions in the cowl that divide a bonding surface to a windshield lower edge into generally three equal parts in the vehicle width direction, and the tower bar is fixed between respective positions of the two node members in the cowl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke HIRAI, Hiroaki ISHIZU, Hidekazu SHIRAISHI, Kyohei HIRATA, Kazuki YAMAUCHI, Takumi FUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20210214016
    Abstract: Provided is a rear vehicle-body structure of a vehicle, capable of reducing vibrations transmitted from a rear wheel to a floor panel, while ensuring required performance for rear side frames and a cross member. The rear vehicle-body structure comprises a symmetric pair of frame members 6 extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction along respective lateral sides of a rear of a vehicle body of the vehicle, and a rear-side rear cross member 13 bridging the symmetric pair of frame members 6 in a vehicle width direction, wherein an attachment portion between each of the frame members 6 and the rear-side rear cross member 13 is provided with rigidity difference generation means 20 to generate a rigidity difference between the frame member 6 and the rear-side rear cross member 13.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hajime ITO, Hiroaki ISHIZU, Akiyoshi MASUDA, Shunsuke HIRAI, Yuuki SANO, Masashi NOTOMI, Takumi FUKUDA, Hidemitsu SHINHARA, Masahiro AWANE, Hidekazu SHIRAISHI, Yasuhiko NISHIDA, Takanori YOSHIDA, Ken YAMADA
  • Patent number: 10480610
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an damping structure including a vibration energy damping member absorbing, from a vibration energy path member, at least part of noise vibration energy transmitted through the vibration energy path member, wherein a length of the vibration energy damping member is equal to or more than a half of a wavelength of the vibration of the vibration energy path member, and at least one attachment part attaching the vibration energy damping member to the vibration energy path member is disposed in a position corresponding to an antinode of the vibration of the vibration energy path member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shintaro Shinbo, Seiji Nakano, Kohji Hashida, Jumpei Kawamoto, Hiroaki Ishizu, Masashi Notomi
  • Publication number: 20190040930
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an damping structure including a vibration energy damping member absorbing, from a vibration energy path member, at least part of noise vibration energy transmitted through the vibration energy path member, wherein a length of the vibration energy damping member is equal to or more than a half of a wavelength of the vibration of the vibration energy path member, and at least one attachment part attaching the vibration energy damping member to the vibration energy path member is disposed in a position corresponding to an antinode of the vibration of the vibration energy path member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shintaro SHINBO, Seiji NAKANO, Kohji HASHIDA, Jumpei KAWAMOTO, Hiroaki ISHIZU, Masashi NOTOMI