Patents by Inventor Koji Makino

Koji Makino 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: 6883628
    Abstract: A structure in which a plurality of electrical equipments are arranged in a motor vehicle is provided in which electrical equipments, such as an engine control computer, a relay block, a junction box, an ABS actuator, and a meter unit, which were conventionally arranged apart from each other in an engine room and cabin of the vehicle, are concentrated in a generally central region of the vehicle as viewed in the vehicle width direction, namely, on a centerline that extends in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body and in the vicinity thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kouichi Mizukami, Koji Tamakoshi, Koji Makino
  • Patent number: 5842735
    Abstract: A door hinge is provided for a side-door of a vehicle whereby an impact applied to the side door in a direction transverse to the vehicle is absorbed at a connecting portion for connecting the side door to the body of the vehicle. The door hinge is comprised of a female and a male, and a connecting portion is provided uprightly on the male. Bearing portions are provided uprightly on the female, and the connecting portion and the bearing portions rotate relatively to each other with a shaft as a center of rotation. The connecting portion of the male is curved in such a manner as to protrude in the forward direction of the vehicle, and a point of application of a load and a support point in the male are offset from each other in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1998
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koji Makino, Junji Okumura, Hiroki Nasuda