Patents by Inventor Kazunari Sano

Kazunari Sano 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).

  • Vehicle wheel disk and a manufacturing method thereof
    Patent number: 9511623
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel disk and a manufacturing method thereof is provided. The vehicle wheel disk is manufactured from a disk material of a flat plate. The vehicle wheel disk includes a hub coupling portion, a disk flange and a hat. The hat includes a hat top protruding outwardly in an axial direction of the disk, a radially inner hat portion connecting the hat top and the hub coupling portion, and a radially outer hat portion connecting the hat top and the disk flange. In the vehicle wheel disk, a first thickness-reduced portion is smaller in thickness than the disk material that is formed at the radially outer hat portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: TOPY KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kishiro Abe, Ryo Nishibayashi, Takamitsu Takano, Kazunari Sano, Yuta Isomura
  • VEHICLE WHEEL DISK AND A MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20150001913
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel disk and a manufacturing method thereof is provided. The vehicle wheel disk is manufactured from a disk material of a flat plate. The vehicle wheel disk includes a hub coupling portion, a disk flange and a hat. The hat includes a hat top protruding outwardly in an axial direction of the disk, a radially inner hat portion connecting the hat top and the hub coupling portion, and a radially outer hat portion connecting the hat top and the disk flange. In the vehicle wheel disk, a first thickness-reduced portion is smaller in thickness than the disk material that is formed at the radially outer hat portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: TOPY KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kishiro Abe, Ryo Nishibayashi, Takamitsu Takano, Kazunari Sano, Yuta Isomura