Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Shodo

Hiroshi Shodo 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).

  • Paint baking oven and paint baking method
    Patent number: 10267562
    Abstract: A paint baking oven bakes a wet coating film applied to a vehicle body while conveying the vehicle body. The vehicle body has a main shell body to which side doors are attached via hinges. The topcoat paint baking oven includes a oven body and a hot air supplier that supplies hot air into the oven body. The oven body is configured to include a first oven body and a second oven body. The first oven body has a side-to-side width corresponding to a body width of the vehicle body in a state of closing the side doors. The second oven body has a width wider than the side-to-side width of the first oven body. The width of the second oven body corresponds to a body width of the vehicle body in a state of opening the side doors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Natsume, Hiroshi Shodo
  • Paint Baking Oven and Paint Baking Method
    Publication number: 20180010849
    Abstract: A paint baking oven bakes a wet coating film applied to a vehicle body while conveying the vehicle body. The vehicle body has a main shell body to which side doors are attached via hinges. The topcoat paint baking oven includes a oven body and a hot air supplier that supplies hot air into the oven body. The oven body is configured to include a first oven body and a second oven body. The first oven body has a side-to-side width corresponding to a body width of the vehicle body in a state of closing the side doors. The second oven body has a width wider than the side-to-side width of the first oven body. The width of the second oven body corresponds to a body width of the vehicle body in a state of opening the side doors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Natsume, Hiroshi Shodo