Patents by Inventor Hiromune Ohhashi

Hiromune Ohhashi 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).

  • Front suspension device for automotive vehicle
    Patent number: 7219909
    Abstract: In a front suspension device for an automotive vehicle, in which wheel support members of right and left front wheels are coupled with each other via a steering unit, outer ends of two lower arms are pivotally attached to the wheel support members, and inner ends of two lower arms are pivotally attached to a vehicle body via a resilient member, there are provided a damping device equipped with a coil spring and attached to one of the two lower arms at its lower end and to the vehicle body at its upper end respectively, and a suppression (rotational torque absorption) device for suppressing a toe-change of the front wheels caused by a rotational torque applied according to extension and contraction of the coil spring of the damping device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki Furutani, Atsushi Tsuge, Naoki Ikeda, Yoshiharu Takahashi, Susumu Sano, Yoshitada Toyoshima, Hiromune Ohhashi, Toshiaki Aoki
  • Front suspension device for automotive vehicle
    Publication number: 20040178596
    Abstract: In a front suspension device for an automotive vehicle, in which wheel support members of right and left front wheels are coupled with each other via a steering unit, outer ends of two lower arms are pivotally attached to the wheel support members, and inner ends of two lower arms are pivotally attached to a vehicle body via a resilient member, there are provided a damping device equipped with a coil spring and attached to one of the two lower arms at its lower end and to the vehicle body at its upper end respectively, and a suppression (rotational torque absorption) device for suppressing a toe-change of the front wheels caused by a rotational torque applied according to extension and contraction of the coil spring of the damping device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeki Furutani, Atsushi Tsuge, Naoki Ikeda, Yoshiharu Tkahashi, Susumu Sano, Yoshitada Toyoshima, Hiromune Ohhashi, Toshiaki Aoki