Patents by Inventor Makoto Nagayama
Makoto Nagayama 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).
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Patent number: 11541714Abstract: A vehicle disclosed herein may include: a vehicle body including a front compartment; a drive disposed in the front compartment and configured to drive a wheel; a plurality of brackets attaching the drive to the vehicle body; a stabilizer extending in a right-left direction of the vehicle in the front compartment and connecting a left front suspension and a right front suspension to each other; and a plurality of bushes attaching the stabilizer to the vehicle body, wherein the plurality of bushes may include a first bush located frontward of the drive, the plurality of brackets may include a first bracket located rearward of the first bush, and at least a part of the first bracket may be located above the first bush.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Makoto Nagayama, Shigenori Hashida, Masaki Yoshida, Masataka Tsukumo, Hideaki Yoshiba
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Patent number: 11465489Abstract: An in-wheel motor unit coupling structure includes an in-wheel motor unit and a shock absorber. The in-wheel motor unit is disposed inside a wheel of a vehicle. The in-wheel motor unit is configured to support the wheel such that the wheel is rotatable. The in-wheel motor unit includes an electric motor that serves as a rotational driving source of the wheel. The shock absorber is coupled to the in-wheel motor unit. The shock absorber is a component of a vehicle suspension. A lower end portion of the shock absorber is fastened to a vehicle center side, in a vehicle width direction, of a motor part so as to be pressed against the motor part outward from the vehicle in the vehicle width direction. The motor part is a part in which the electric motor of the in-wheel motor unit is built.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2020Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Makoto Nagayama
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Publication number: 20210291613Abstract: A vehicle disclosed herein may include: a vehicle body including a front compartment; a drive disposed in the front compartment and configured to drive a wheel; a plurality of brackets attaching the drive to the vehicle body; a stabilizer extending in a right-left direction of the vehicle in the front compartment and connecting a left front suspension and a right front suspension to each other; and a plurality of bushes attaching the stabilizer to the vehicle body, wherein the plurality of bushes may include a first bush located frontward of the drive, the plurality of brackets may include a first bracket located rearward of the first bush, and at least a part of the first bracket may be located above the first bush.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventors: Makoto NAGAYAMA, Shigenori HASHIDA, Masaki YOSHIDA, Masataka TSUKUMO, Hideaki YOSHIBA
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Publication number: 20200331339Abstract: An in-wheel motor unit coupling structure includes an in-wheel motor unit and a shock absorber. The in-wheel motor unit is disposed inside a wheel of a vehicle. The in-wheel motor unit is configured to support the wheel such that the wheel is rotatable. The in-wheel motor unit includes an electric motor that serves as a rotational driving source of the wheel. The shock absorber is coupled to the in-wheel motor unit. The shock absorber is a component of a vehicle suspension. A lower end portion of the shock absorber is fastened to a vehicle center side, in a vehicle width direction, of a motor part so as to be pressed against the motor part outward from the vehicle in the vehicle width direction. The motor part is a part in which the electric motor of the in-wheel motor unit is built.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2020Publication date: October 22, 2020Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Makoto NAGAYAMA
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Patent number: 8297396Abstract: To provide a vehicle body frame structure of a saddle-riding type vehicle that can increase the capacity of an air cleaner and enhance the bending stiffness of the vehicle body frame. The vehicle body frame structure includes a pair of left and right main frames that extend rearwardly from a head pipe, an engine disposed downwardly of the left and right main frames, a fuel tank disposed upwardly of the engine and between the left and right main frames, a pair of left and right engine hangers that extend downwardly from front portions of the left and right main frames and support the engine, and a cross member that connects the left and right engine hangers in a vehicle width direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2010Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeo Yokoyama, Yoshiyuki Kurayoshi, Masashi Hagimoto, Makoto Oono, Makoto Nagayama
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Patent number: 8205706Abstract: To provide a swing arm pivot structure for a motorcycle which can prevent rubbing between a swing arm and a body frame with a simple structure and can reduce a manufacturing cost for the motorcycle. The swing arm pivot structure includes a swing arm for supporting a rear wheel, a pivot shaft mounted to a body frame and inserted through a swing arm pivot of the swing arm, a first bearing located between one end portion of the swing arm pivot and the body frame for pivotably supporting the swing arm, a first collar located between the inner circumference of the first bearing and the pivot shaft, and a second collar located between the first collar and the body frame. The second collar has a rigidity different from the rigidity of the first collar and the body frame.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2010Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeo Yokoyama, Yoshiyuki Kurayoshi, Masashi Hagimoto, Makoto Oono, Makoto Nagayama
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Publication number: 20110073398Abstract: To provide a vehicle body frame structure of a saddle-riding type vehicle that can increase the capacity of an air cleaner and enhance the bending stiffness of the vehicle body frame. The vehicle body frame structure includes a pair of left and right main frames that extend rearwardly from a head pipe, an engine disposed downwardly of the left and right main frames, a fuel tank disposed upwardly of the engine and between the left and right main frames, a pair of left and right engine hangers that extend downwardly from front portions of the left and right main frames and support the engine, and a cross member that connects the left and right engine hangers in a vehicle width direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2010Publication date: March 31, 2011Inventors: Takeo Yokoyama, Yoshiyuki Kurayoshi, Masashi Hagimoto, Makoto Oono, Makoto Nagayama
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Publication number: 20110074129Abstract: To provide a swing arm pivot structure for a motorcycle which can prevent rubbing between a swing arm and a body frame with a simple structure and can reduce a manufacturing cost for the motorcycle. The swing arm pivot structure includes a swing arm for supporting a rear wheel, a pivot shaft mounted to a body frame and inserted through a swing arm pivot of the swing arm, a first bearing located between one end portion of the swing arm pivot and the body frame for pivotably supporting the swing arm, a first collar located between the inner circumference of the first bearing and the pivot shaft, and a second collar located between the first collar and the body frame. The second collar has a rigidity different from the rigidity of the first collar and the body frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2010Publication date: March 31, 2011Inventors: Takeo YOKOYAMA, Yoshiyuki KURAYOSHI, Masashi HAGIMOTO, Makoto OONO, Makoto NAGAYAMA
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Publication number: 20080186714Abstract: A light-emitting diode including a substrate provided with a pair of electrodes, a light-emitting element mounted on the substrate and electrically connected to the pair of electrodes, and a junction being in the light-emitting element, the substrate including a mirror surface on at least a position where the light-emitting element is mounted, the light-emitting element including an upper surface which acts as an emission surface, side surface and a lower surface, the lower surface of the light-emitting element being adhered to the mirror surface of the substrate by a light-transmitting adhesive, the side surfaces of the light-emitting element being covered by a resin having a diffusion-reflection effect, the emission surface of the light-emitting element, the junction and the mirror surface of the substrate being disposed in parallel with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2008Publication date: August 7, 2008Applicant: Citizen Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Makoto NAGAYAMA
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Patent number: 7334907Abstract: A light-emitting diode comprising a substrate having a surface on which connecting electrodes are formed and another surface on which terminal electrodes conducting with the connecting electrodes are provided, and an LED element mounted on the substrate, the LED element having an emission surface on one surface thereof, the emission surface being covered with a translucent resin containing fluorescent material, surfaces other than the emission surface being covered with a resin having a diffusion-reflection effect.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2005Date of Patent: February 26, 2008Assignee: Citizen Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Makoto Nagayama
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Publication number: 20050219835Abstract: A light-emitting diode comprising a substrate having a surface on which connecting electrodes are formed and another surface on which terminal electrodes conducting with the connecting electrodes are provided, and an LED element mounted on the substrate, the LED element having an emission surface on one surface thereof, the emission surface being covered with a translucent resin containing fluorescent material, surfaces other than the emission surface being covered with a resin having a diffusion-reflection effect.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2005Publication date: October 6, 2005Applicant: Citizen Electronics Co. Ltd.Inventor: Makoto Nagayama
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Patent number: 5090764Abstract: A hardtop convertible has a roof which is swingable rearward so as to be stored in a storage chamber. An opening through which the roof enters the storage chamber is covered and uncovered by a slide door.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 1990Date of Patent: February 25, 1992Assignees: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Johnan Seisakusho Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Kogawa, Hiroshi Imai, Masayuki Kikuchi, Minoru Shibata, Makoto Nagayama, Hiroshi Hasegawa