Patents by Inventor Hirochika Iyoda

Hirochika Iyoda 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: 7159922
    Abstract: There is provide a cover member which is pivotally connected to a vehicle floor near a rear end of a seat cushion at its lower end and to a seat back at its upper end. The seat back is supported by the cover member so as to move forward and be located in its rising position in front of the seat cushion and behind a front seat located before the rear seat according to a forward rotation of the cover member via the lower end pivotal connection to the vehicle floor. The cover member covers substantially an upper face of the seat cushion and provide a substantially flat and horizontal face at the vehicle rear in cooperation with a floor of the load compartment when the seat back has moved forward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Hirochika Iyoda, Shinya Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 6926326
    Abstract: In a rear bumper structure for a vehicle including a rear opening of a load compartment formed at a rear portion of a vehicle body, there are provided a bumper reinforcement fixed to a rear end of a vehicle body so as to define its fixed position with respect to the vehicle body and extend in a vehicle width direction, and a main body of bumper opening-and-closing portion located in front of the bumper reinforcement to selectively open or close a lower part of the rear opening, and a bumper facer attached to the main body to cover the bumper reinforcement from a vehicle rear side, wherein the main body is moved between the vehicle body and the bumper reinforcement such that the bumper reinforcement is always located between the main body and the bumper facer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Hirochika Iyoda, Harunori Nagao
  • Publication number: 20050067873
    Abstract: There is provide a cover member which is pivotally connected to a vehicle floor near a rear end of a seat cushion at its lower end and to a seat back at its upper end. The seat back is supported by the cover member so as to move forward and be located in its rising position in front of the seat cushion and behind a front seat located before the rear seat according to a forward rotation of the cover member via the lower end pivotal connection to the vehicle floor. The cover member covers substantially an upper face of the seat cushion and provide a substantially flat and horizontal face at the vehicle rear in cooperation with a floor of the load compartment when the seat back has moved forward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2004
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirochika Iyoda, Shinya Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20040189025
    Abstract: In a rear bumper structure for a vehicle including a rear opening of a load compartment formed at a rear portion of a vehicle body, there are provided a bumper reinforcement fixed to a rear end of a vehicle body so as to define its fixed position with respect to the vehicle body and extend in a vehicle width direction, and a main body of bumper opening-and-closing portion located in front of the bumper reinforcement to selectively open or close a lower part of the rear opening, and a bumper facer attached to the main body to cover the bumper reinforcement from a vehicle rear side, wherein the main body is moved between the vehicle body and the bumper reinforcement such that the bumper reinforcement is always located between the main body and the bumper facer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirochika Iyoda, Harunori Nagao