Patents by Inventor Kazuo Toyoshima

Kazuo Toyoshima 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: 20010009321
    Abstract: Disclosed is a mounting structure for a suspension V-rod which can establish firm connection of a V-rod to an axle by fastening with unexcessive proper torque. Ends of an oscillating pin carried by a central bent end of the V-rod are aligned with brackets on a center of the axle and are fastened to the latter by a plurality of pairs of bolts and nuts. At least one pair of bolt and nut among the bolt and nut pairs and a bolt hole mating with the one pair are tapered such that a bold head of the bolt and the nut have tapered portions formed on opposed end faces thereof and gradually decreasing in diameter toward each other and that the mating bolt hole is complementarily tapered to snugly receive the tapered bolt head and the tapered nut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Publication date: July 26, 2001
    Applicant: HINO MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuo Toyoshima, Yoshiyuki Koga