Patents by Inventor Hirobumi Niibori

Hirobumi Niibori 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).

  • Disc brake caliper and manufacturing method of disc brake caliper
    Patent number: 7677366
    Abstract: After chemical nickel plating has been applied onto a rotor-side surface 10 of a caliper 5a made of aluminum alloy and an opposite surface 11 disposed in an opposite side of the rotor-side surface, nickel-tungsten alloy plating is applied onto these both surfaces 10, 11. Then, gold plating is applied onto only the rotor-side surface 10. As a result, a reflectance to incident light on the rotor-side surface 10 is made higher than a reflectance to incident light on the opposite surface 11.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignees: Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Negishi, Hirobumi Niibori, Masao Sugaya, Takayuki Ichige, Tetsuya Noguchi, Tetsuya Ogawa
  • Disc Brake Caliper and Manufacturing Method of Disc Brake Caliper
    Publication number: 20080169162
    Abstract: After chemical nickel plating has been applied onto a rotor-side surface 10 of a caliper 5a made of aluminum alloy and an opposite surface 11 disposed in an opposite side of the rotor-side surface, nickel-tungsten alloy plating is applied onto these both surfaces 10, 11. Then, gold plating is applied onto only the rotor-side surface 10. As a result, a reflectance to incident light on the rotor-side surface 10 is made higher than a reflectance to incident light on the opposite surface 11.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Negishi, Hirobumi Niibori, Masao Sugaya, Takayuki Ichige, Tetsuya Noguchi, Tetsuya Ogawa