Patents by Inventor Joshua LAWN

Joshua LAWN 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).

  • Publication number: 20250110014
    Abstract: A measuring device according to the present invention is used for wind-tunnel testing of a vehicle having a plurality of wheels, and comprises a plurality of measurement modules in which the respective wheels are disposed, wherein: each measurement module comprises a housing having an opening in an upper portion, a load cell accommodated inside the housing, a movement mechanism for moving the load cell inside the housing, and a lid for blocking the opening in the housing; the lid is provided with a wheel-supporting member for supporting the wheel; the wheel-supporting member is configured to be capable of being disposed in any position in the lid; and the load cell is configured to measure a force acting on the wheel supporting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicants: JAPAN WIND TUNNEL MANUFACTURING INC., NISHIYAMA CORPORATION, Yamato Scale Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joshua LAWN, Hideaki NAKAHORA, Norimichi UEMURA, Shinichi MIYAZAKI, Shota HATTORI, Masashi FUKUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20250076150
    Abstract: A measuring device according to the present invention is for a vehicle arranged downstream of air blown from a blower for a wind tunnel test, the measuring device comprising: a measuring device main body configured to enable the arrangement of the vehicle and movement thereof relative to the blower; and a splitter connected to an end of the measuring device main body facing the blower side, wherein the splitter has: a main body portion having an upper surface continuous with the upper surface of the measuring device main body and a lower surface having a surface extending downward as the distance from the blower side increases; and a plate-shaped tip member extending from the tip of the main body portion toward the blower side, the upper surface of the tip member is formed to be continuous with the upper surface of the main body portion, an edge of the lower surface of the tip member on the blower side is positioned closer to the main body portion than an edge of the upper surface of the tip member on the blo
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicants: JAPAN WIND TUNNEL MANUFACTURING Inc., NISHIYAMA CORPORATION, Yamato Scale Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joshua LAWN, Hideaki NAKAHORA, Norimichi UEMURA, Shinichi MIYAZAKI, Shota HATTORI, Masashi FUKUSHIMA
  • Patent number: 10876516
    Abstract: A fluid machine including a rotating shaft that extends parallel to a power generation shaft of a power generation unit, and that has an end coupled to the power generation shaft; a multiple rotors that are provided on the rotating shaft so as to be able to rotate in a circumferential direction of the rotating shaft, and that are arranged so as to be spaced in a rotational axis direction parallel to the axis of the rotating shaft; and a differential mechanism that is provided between a pair of rotors lying adjacent to each other in the rotational axis direction, and that combines the rotational force from each of the pair of rotors and transmits the rotational force to the rotating shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Fudo Industry Inc.
    Inventor: Joshua Lawn
  • Publication number: 20190293047
    Abstract: A fluid machine including a rotating shaft that extends parallel to a power generation shaft of a power generation unit, and that has an end coupled to the power generation shaft; a multiple rotors that are provided on the rotating shaft so as to be able to rotate in a circumferential direction of the rotating shaft, and that are arranged so as to be spaced in a rotational axis direction parallel to the axis of the rotating shaft; and a differential mechanism that is provided between a pair of rotors lying adjacent to each other in the rotational axis direction, and that combines the rotational force from each of the pair of rotors and transmits the rotational force to the rotating shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventor: Joshua LAWN
  • Patent number: D1034251
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignees: Japan Wind Tunnel Manufacturing, Inc., NISHIYAMA Corporation, Yamato Scale Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joshua Lawn, Shinichi Miyazaki, Shota Hattori, Masashi Fukushima, Norimichi Uemura, Hideaki Nakahora