Patents by Inventor Kanako Takikawa

Kanako Takikawa 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: 8523264
    Abstract: A windshield glass support structure includes a windshield glass (1), a lower end support member (3) supporting a lower end portion of the windshield glass, and a dynamic damper (7) provided at a position corresponding to a resonance antinode of the lower end support member. The dynamic damper is an additional vibration system including an additional spring and an additional mass with respect to a main vibration system in which a glass support rigidity of the lower end support member is a main spring and the windshield glass is a main mass. A resonance frequency of the dynamic damper is set in a frequency band in which the additional mass vibrates in an antiphase with respect to a vibration phase in which the lower end portion of the windshield glass vibrates in a resonance node in a front-back direction of the vehicle caused by a vibration input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Kuroki, Kanako Takikawa
  • Publication number: 20130026779
    Abstract: A windshield glass support structure includes a windshield glass (1), a lower end support member (3) supporting a lower end portion of the windshield glass, and a dynamic damper (7) provided at a position corresponding to a resonance antinode of the lower end support member. The dynamic damper is an additional vibration system including an additional spring and an additional mass with respect to a main vibration system in which a glass support rigidity of the lower end support member is a main spring and the windshield glass is a main mass. A resonance frequency of the dynamic damper is set in a frequency band in which the additional mass vibrates in an antiphase with respect to a vibration phase in which the lower end portion of the windshield glass vibrates in a resonance node in a front-back direction of the vehicle caused by a vibration input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Inventors: Yusuke Kuroki, Kanako Takikawa