Patents by Inventor Kaito NAKAMURA

Kaito NAKAMURA 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: 11845496
    Abstract: A vibration damping structure includes a panel which is a structure and a damping member joined to the panel. The damping member has a plurality of joined portions joined to a mating surface of the panel through respective joined surfaces in the X direction, and a plurality of spacing portions recessed toward the side opposite to the panel in the Z direction between adjacent joined portions. The damping member is formed such that the damping member is higher in damping than the panel and a resonance frequency of the damping member is formed such that it is substantially the same as a primary resonance frequency of the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaito Nakamura, Miho Kurata, Sakayu Terada, Shuhei Narita, Daisuke Yamada, Toshitaka Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 11485423
    Abstract: Floor panel vibration is reduced by suppressing a mode in which an entire region surrounded by a plurality of frame members in a floor panel vibrates. Vehicle-body framework members having closed cross-section structures, and a panel member to which vibration is transmitted from an engine or/and a suspension via the vehicle-body framework members are provided. The panel member includes a flange portion having a planar shape on its outer peripheral edge and to which the vehicle-body framework members are joined along the panel outer peripheral edge; a curved surface portion that is curved such that a place closer to a panel central side bulges out more to a lower side in a continuous manner from a panel-central-side edge portion of the flange portion; and a flat surface portion that extends to the panel central side from the panel-central-side edge portion of the curved surface portion in a continuous manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaito Nakamura, Miho Kurata, Sakayu Terada
  • Publication number: 20220324520
    Abstract: A vibration damping structure includes a panel which is a structure and a damping member joined to the panel. The damping member has a plurality of joined portions joined to a mating surface of the panel through respective joined surfaces in the X direction, and a plurality of spacing portions recessed toward the side opposite to the panel in the Z direction between adjacent joined portions. The damping member is formed such that the damping member is higher in damping than the panel and a resonance frequency of the damping member is formed such that it is substantially the same as a primary resonance frequency of the panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Kaito Nakamura, Miho Kurata, Sakayu Terada, Shuhei Narita, Daisuke Yamada, Toshitaka Miyoshi
  • Publication number: 20210261203
    Abstract: Floor panel vibration is reduced by suppressing a mode in which an entire region surrounded by a plurality of frame members in a floor panel vibrates. Vehicle-body framework members having closed cross-section structures, and a panel member to which vibration is transmitted from an engine or/and a suspension via the vehicle-body framework members are provided. The panel member includes a flange portion having a planar shape on its outer peripheral edge and to which the vehicle-body framework members are joined along the panel outer peripheral edge; a curved surface portion that is curved such that a place closer to a panel central side bulges out more to a lower side in a continuous manner from a panel-central-side edge portion of the flange portion; and a flat surface portion that extends to the panel central side from the panel-central-side edge portion of the curved surface portion in a continuous manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaito NAKAMURA, Miho KURATA, Sakayu TERADA