Patents by Inventor Kouji Furudate

Kouji Furudate 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).

  • Welding arrangement for vehicle body panels
    Patent number: 7828357
    Abstract: An aluminum roof outer panel (2) is spot welded to a roof side rail (3) consisting of galvanized steel sheet. The outer panel (4) of the roof side rail is made of galvannealed steel sheet that has a favorable property but cannot be favorably welded to the aluminum roof outer panel, but the inner panel (5, 6) of the roof side rail is made of non-galvannealed steel sheet that can be favorably welded to the aluminum roof outer panel. Flanges of the outer panel (4) and inner panel (5, 6) overlap each other, and the flange of the outer panel is provided with a plurality of notches (11) along an edge of the outer panel. A corresponding flange of the roof outer panel is welded to the parts of the inner panel exposed by the notches of the outer panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noboru Hayashi, Kazuyoshi Doira, Masaaki Fujimoto, Takayuki Yamada, Mitsuhiko Ueki, Kouji Furudate, Takuji Ishimoto
  • WELDING ARRANGEMENT FOR VEHICLE BODY PANELS
    Publication number: 20080178467
    Abstract: An aluminum roof outer panel (2) is spot welded to a roof side rail (3) consisting of galvanized steel sheet. The outer panel (4) of the roof side rail is made of galvannealed steel sheet that has a favorable property but cannot be favorably welded to the aluminum roof outer panel, but the inner panel (5, 6) of the roof side rail is made of non-galvannealed steel sheet that can be favorably welded to the aluminum roof outer panel. Flanges of the outer panel (4) and inner panel (5, 6) overlap each other, and the flange of the outer panel is provided with a plurality of notches (11) along an edge of the outer panel. A corresponding flange of the roof outer panel is welded to the parts of the inner panel exposed by the notches of the outer panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noboru Hayashi, Kazuyoshi Doira, Masaaki Fujimoto, Takayuki Yamada, Mitsuhiko Ueki, Kouji Furudate, Takuji Ishimoto