Patents by Inventor Isao Sekimoto

Isao Sekimoto 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: 4977667
    Abstract: A vehicle suspension having a shock absorber and a coil spring is assembled while the parts of the suspension such as the shock absorber and the coil spring are placed on a pallet and conveyed by a conveyor line. The pallet is provided with a shock absorber holding mechanism which holds the shock absorber in an upstanding state, compressing claws which are engaged with an upper end portion of a coil spring and a feed mechanism which moves up and down the compressing claws and holds it in a desired position. The conveyor line is provided with a driving mechanism which drives the feed mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1990
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Isao Sekimoto, Shinichi Yasui
  • Patent number: 4805299
    Abstract: A working apparatus for applying a working to a work placed on a pallet conveyed by a conveyer by staking a part of the work or fitting an element to work. The apparatus includes a working head vertically moved between a raised working position where the working head applies the working upon the work from beneath and a lowered rest position. A lifting device disposed beside the working head in the lowered rest position moves the working head up and down. An operating device is also disposed beside the working head in the lowered rest position. The operating device is displaced sideways to be brought into cooperation with the working head in the working position and operates the working head to apply the working to the work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1989
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Isao Sekimoto, Isoroku Mihara, Shigeo Ueda, Shinichi Yasui, Shunso Wakaoka, Kyoji Hida