Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Akaki
Hiroyuki Akaki 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).
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Patent number: 11932506Abstract: The present invention provides a sheet stacking device, a counter-ejector, and a carton former and is provided with: a hopper unit that stacks cardboard boxes; feed rollers that feed a cardboard box to the hopper unit; a first blower device that blows air from above the hopper unit toward the cardboard box fed by the feed rollers; and a second blower device that blows air between the cardboard box stacked in the hopper unit and the cardboard box fed by the feed roller.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2019Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Kanazawa, Yoshitomo Noda, Tomohiro Akaki, Koshi Tanimoto, Hideaki Nagai, Makoto Shimohatsubo
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Publication number: 20150266352Abstract: A torsion beam is configured in an arch shape and comprised of an open cross-section member including an arch lower-half portion and an arch upper-half portion. A sectional shape of the arch lower-half portion in a cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the arch lower-half portion is configured to be substantially horizontal when a vehicle is in a standard state, and a central portion, in the vehicle width direction, of the torsion beam is configured such that a front edge portion of the arch lower-half portion and a front edge portion of the arch upper-half portion are located substantially at the same position in a vehicle longitudinal direction when the vehicle is in a full-rebound state. Thereby, the rigidity and the productivity can be endured, attaining low floor-level of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2015Publication date: September 24, 2015Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki AKAKI, Takashi NISHI, Yuki KUSAKA, Hiroshi TANAKA, Toshiyuki MANABE
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Patent number: 9132713Abstract: A torsion beam is configured in an arch shape and comprised of an open cross-section member including an arch lower-half portion and an arch upper-half portion. A sectional shape of the arch lower-half portion in a cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the arch lower-half portion is configured to be substantially horizontal when a vehicle is in a standard state, and a central portion, in the vehicle width direction, of the torsion beam is configured such that a front edge portion of the arch lower-half portion and a front edge portion of the arch upper-half portion are located substantially at the same position in a vehicle longitudinal direction when the vehicle is in a full-rebound state. Thereby, the rigidity and the productivity can be endured, attaining low floor-level of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2015Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Akaki, Takashi Nishi, Yuki Kusaka, Hiroshi Tanaka, Toshiyuki Manabe
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Patent number: 8882150Abstract: In a bump stopper (115) attached to a main frame (10) of a chassis frame (9) of a vehicle (1), a stopper body (116) is a panel which is, as viewed in a cross section along a horizontal direction, formed in a bag shape having an opening on an inner side in a vehicle width direction and formed so as to have openings at upper and lower ends. The stopper body (116) is attached to an outer surface of the main frame (10) at front and rear attachment parts (116c, 116d) which are end parts of the panel positioned at sides of the opening on the inner side in the vehicle width direction. A contact member (118) contacting an arm (92) is attached to the stopper body (116) so as to be positioned in the vicinity of a lower opening (116) of the stopper body (116).Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2010Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignees: Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Hideto Yamada, Hiroyuki Akaki, Soukichi Kikuchi
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Patent number: 8807597Abstract: In a frontal collision energy absorption structure for a vehicle (1) including a chassis frame (9), an engine mount bracket (27) is attached to a main frame (10) of the chassis frame (9) extending in a vehicle length direction, and is, in the vehicle length direction, apart from a connection part of the main frame (10) and a suspension tower (101), a connection part of the main frame (10) and a second cross-member (12) arranged apart from the suspension tower (101) in front thereof, and a connection part of the main frame (10) and a third cross-member (13) arranged apart from the suspension tower (101) in rear thereof.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2010Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignees: Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Akaki, Hideto Yamada, Soukichi Kikuchi, Osami Ohno
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Patent number: 8727380Abstract: In a suspension tower structure for a vehicle (1) including a chassis frame (9) to which suspension towers (101) are attached, a front leg part (101a) and a rear leg part (101b) branched to be separated from each other in a vehicle length direction are provided in a lower part of the suspension tower (101), and lower parts of the front leg part (101a) and the rear leg part (101b) are attached to a main frame (10) of the chassis frame (9) extending in the vehicle length direction so as to be separated from each other in the vehicle length direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2010Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignees: Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Akaki, Hideto Yamada, Soukichi Kikuchi
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Patent number: 8657060Abstract: A support mount bracket (57) provided on a vehicle frame (9) and configured to support a mount part (53) of a front differential gear unit (36) is arranged on part of a cross-member (12) connecting a pair of right and left main frames (10) so as to be, in a vehicle width direction, displaced from the center of a vehicle (1) in a width direction thereof. The support mount bracket (57) includes a base part (57d, 57e) to be connected to the cross-member (12), and a pair of fixing parts (57b, 57c) protruding from the base part (57d, 57c) and sandwiching the mount part (53) from sides thereof in the vehicle width direction. One (57b) of the fixing parts (57b, 57c) on a side closer to the center of the vehicle (1) in the width direction thereof is detachably attached to the base part (57d).Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2010Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignees: Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Osami Ohno, Osamu Kurogi, Noritaka Sakiyama, Hiroyuki Akaki, Hideto Yamada, Osamu Kishi
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Patent number: 8657059Abstract: An attachment structure of a propeller shaft to a cross-member in a vehicle includes a pair of main frames (10) extending in a vehicle length direction; the cross-member (15) connecting the main frames (10) together; the propeller shaft (37) arranged between the main frames (10) and including a front shaft (37a) and a rear shaft (37b) connected together through a joint (65); a center bearing (67) fixed to the cross-member (15) and configured to rotatably support the front shaft (37a); a fuel tank (83) arranged between the center bearing (67) and one of the main frames (10); and a flexible connection body (170) configured to connect the center bearing (67) and part of the cross-member (15) on a side opposite to the fuel tank (83) and having a length which is substantially non-extendable.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2010Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignees: Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Hideto Yamada, Hiroyuki Akaki, Soukichi Kikuchi
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Publication number: 20130127146Abstract: A support mount bracket (57) provided on a vehicle frame (9) and configured to support a mount part (53) of a front differential gear unit (36) is arranged on part of a cross-member (12) connecting a pair of right and left main frames (10) so as to be, in a vehicle width direction, displaced from the center of a vehicle (1) in a width direction thereof. The support mount bracket (57) includes a base part (57d, 57e) to be connected to the cross-member (12), and a pair of fixing parts (57b, 57c) protruding from the base part (57d, 57c) and sandwiching the mount part (53) from sides thereof in the vehicle width direction. One (57b) of the fixing parts (57b, 57c) on a side closer to the center of the vehicle (1) in the width direction thereof is detachably attached to the base part (57d).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2010Publication date: May 23, 2013Applicants: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Osami Ohno, Osamu Kurogi, Noritaka Sakiyama, Hiroyuki Akaki, Hideto Yamada, Osamu Kishi
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Publication number: 20130011092Abstract: An attachment structure of a propeller shaft to a cross-member in a vehicle includes a pair of main frames (10) extending in a vehicle length direction; the cross-member (15) connecting the main frames (10) together; the propeller shaft (37) arranged between the main frames (10) and including a front shaft (37a) and a rear shaft (37b) connected together through a joint (65); a center bearing (67) fixed to the cross-member (15) and configured to rotatably support the front shaft (37a); a fuel tank (83) arranged between the center bearing (67) and one of the main frames (10); and a flexible connection body (170) configured to connect the center bearing (67) and part of the cross-member (15) on a side opposite to the fuel tank (83) and having a length which is substantially non-extendable.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2010Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicants: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Hideto Yamada, Hiroyuki Akaki, Soukichi Kikuchi
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Publication number: 20120319336Abstract: In a bump stopper (115) attached to a main frame (10) of a chassis frame (9) of a vehicle (1), a stopper body (116) is a panel which is, as viewed in a cross section along a horizontal direction, formed in a bag shape having an opening on an inner side in a vehicle width direction and formed so as to have openings at upper and lower ends. The stopper body (116) is attached to an outer surface of the main frame (10) at front and rear attachment parts (116c, 116d) which are end parts of the panel positioned at sides of the opening on the inner side in the vehicle width direction. A contact member (118) contacting an arm (92) is attached to the stopper body (116) so as to be positioned in the vicinity of a lower opening (116) of the stopper body (116).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2010Publication date: December 20, 2012Applicants: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Hideto Yamada, Hiroyuki Akaki, Soukichi Kikuchi
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Publication number: 20120313360Abstract: In a frontal collision energy absorption structure for a vehicle (1) including a chassis frame (9), an engine mount bracket (27) is attached to a main frame (10) of the chassis frame (9) extending in a vehicle length direction, and is, in the vehicle length direction, apart from a connection part of the main frame (10) and a suspension tower (101), a connection part of the main frame (10) and a second cross-member (12) arranged apart from the suspension tower (101) in front thereof, and a connection part of the main frame (10) and a third cross-member (13) arranged apart from the suspension tower (101) in rear thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2010Publication date: December 13, 2012Applicants: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Hiroyuki Akaki, Hideto Yamada, Soukichi Kikuchi, Osami Ohno
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Publication number: 20120306234Abstract: In a suspension tower structure for a vehicle (1) including a chassis frame (9) to which suspension towers (101) are attached, a front leg part (101a) and a rear leg part (101b) branched to be separated from each other in a vehicle length direction are provided in a lower part of the suspension tower (101), and lower parts of the front leg part (101a) and the rear leg part (101b) are attached to a main frame (10) of the chassis frame (9) extending in the vehicle length direction so as to be separated from each other in the vehicle length direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2010Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicants: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION, FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Hiroyuki Akaki, Hideto Yamada, Soukichi Kikuchi
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Patent number: 8141904Abstract: A frontal collision energy absorbing structure includes a pair of left and right main frames. A front cross member and a rear cross member each connect the left and right main frames. A suspension tower and an engine mount bracket may each be attached to each main frame. Each front suspension tower is spaced out from the joint between the front cross member and the main frame. Each rear suspension tower is spaced out from the joint between the rear cross member and the main frame. Each of engine mount bracket is longitudinally spaced apart from the following joints: the front cross member and the main frame; the rear cross member and the main frame, and the suspension tower and the main frame.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2010Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Hiroyuki Akaki, Hideto Yamada, Soukichi Kikuchi, Osami Ohno
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Publication number: 20100194145Abstract: A frontal collision energy absorbing structure includes a pair of left and right main frames. A front cross member and a rear cross member each connect the left and right main frames. A suspension tower and an engine mount bracket may each be attached to each main frame. Each front suspension tower is spaced out from the joint between the front cross member and the main frame. Each rear suspension tower is spaced out from the joint between the rear cross member and the main frame. Each of engine mount bracket is longitudinally spaced apart from the following joints: the front cross member and the main frame; the rear cross member and the main frame, and the suspension tower and the main frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2010Publication date: August 5, 2010Inventors: Hiroyuki Akaki, Hideto Yamada, Soukichi Kikuchi, Osami Ohno