Patents by Inventor Kenichi Nasu

Kenichi Nasu 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: 11713072
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a steering knuckle, which has good rigidity and reliability. The steering knuckle includes: a wheel support portion for supporting a wheel; a damper support portion for supporting a damper; and an arm portion for connecting the wheel support portion and the damper support portion. The damper support portion is cylindrical and has a mounting hole through which the damper is inserted, and the arm portion includes a pair of side walls connecting the damper support portion and the wheel support portion and a bottom wall connected between the side walls, and the bottom wall is connected with the side walls at the middle portion in the vertical direction of the side walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Nasu, Koji Takami, Kenichi Hibino
  • Publication number: 20230067772
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a steering knuckle, which has good rigidity and reliability. The steering knuckle includes: a wheel support portion for supporting a wheel; a damper support portion for supporting a damper; and an arm portion for connecting the wheel support portion and the damper support portion. The damper support portion is cylindrical and has a mounting hole through which the damper is inserted, and the arm portion includes a pair of side walls connecting the damper support portion and the wheel support portion and a bottom wall connected between the side walls, and the bottom wall is connected with the side walls at the middle portion in the vertical direction of the side walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi NASU, Koji TAKAMI, Kenichi HIBINO
  • Patent number: 4831980
    Abstract: An oil cooler assembly with an integrated oil filter, comprises: (i) a casing in which an oil-cooling chamber is formed, the casing constituting an external component attached to an engine block; (ii) a cooler-element unit disposed in the oil-cooling chamber of the casing, the cooler-element unit being provided with a cooling-water passage having a cooling-water inlet portion and a cooling-water outlet portion both of which open into the exterior of the casing; (iii) an oil filter detachably mounted in the oil-cooling chamber of the casing so as to divide the oil-cooling chamber into two compartments, the oil filter being coaxially arranged with the cooler-element unit; and (iv) oil-communication passages by which the two compartments of the oil-cooling chamber are communicated with a lubricating-oil passage provided in the engine block, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1989
    Assignees: Toyo Radiator Co., Ltd., Honda Giken Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Nasu, Kazuo Kawai, Yoshihiro Matsuo