Patents by Inventor Kazumasa Kuze

Kazumasa Kuze 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: 6592110
    Abstract: A switchable liquid-filled vibration absorbing mount has a stopper device interposed between a first diaphragm and a bottom portion for regulating downward movement of pushing member when a vacuum is introduced into a switching chamber, so that a protrusion of a valve member does not come out of an inner orifice when a vacuum is applied to the switching chamber to move the first diaphragm to a first position opening the orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Takashima, Masashi Takaoka, Yosei Kodama, Nobuya Yoshida, Kazumasa Kuze
  • Publication number: 20010010413
    Abstract: A switchable liquid-filled vibration absorbing mount which is caused to cope with the shaking vibrations and the idle vibrations by opening/closing orifices and which is enabled to hold the stable characteristics for a long time without being troubled by the slackness of the closed state even after the opening/closing actions are repeated. For this vibration absorbing mount, a first mounting fixture (1) and a second mounting fixture (2) are jointed by a vibration absorbing base (3). In this internal space, there are arranged a partition member (4), a first diaphragm (5) and a second diaphragm (6). A main liquid chamber (7) and an auxiliary liquid chamber (8) are caused to communicate by two inner and outer orifices (14) and (13). A balance chamber (9) is defined between the first and second two diaphragms (5) and (6), and a switching chamber (10), into which the atmospheric pressure and a vacuum can be introduced, is defined between the second diaphragm (6) and the second mounting fixture (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Publication date: August 2, 2001
    Inventors: Yukio Takashima, Masashi Takaoka, Yosei Kodama, Nobuya Yoshida, Kazumasa Kuze
  • Patent number: 4756515
    Abstract: A fluid-damping vibration-isolating support device comprising a main support body having a rubber base member and a closed enclosure internally thereof; and a partition plate dividing the enclosure into two chambers which intercommunicate through an orifice and are filled with a liquid. The partition plate comprises a separator member and a stopper member. The separator member is formed of an outer peripheral thick wall portion having an orifice and an inner thin flat plate portion having at least one through-hole. The stopper member has two opposed plate sections provided so as to cover the through-hole and is captured to the separator member slightly movably to the degree that the plate sections are in contact with or separate from both faces of the flat plate portion. The stopper member serves to close upon low frequency vibration and open upon high frequency vibration, so that in the high frequency region rise of hydraulic pressure can be suppressed and dynamic spring rate can be lowered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1988
    Assignees: The Toyo Rubber Industry Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Osamu Kuroda, Kazumasa Kuze, Zenji Nakajima, Satoshi Itoh, Shuichi Okamoto, Motoo Kunihiro, Masahiro Ishigaki