Patents by Inventor Masahiko Higuchi

Masahiko Higuchi 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: 9963120
    Abstract: A washer nozzle device for spraying a washer fluid onto a front window panel is mounted to a vehicle body. The vehicle body includes a front hood disposed in front of the front window panel, and a hood garnish disposed on the front hood. The hood garnish is disposed over an upper surface of the front hood at an interval and extended along a rear end of the front hood in a vehicle width direction. The washer nozzle device is positioned between the upper surface of the front hood and a lower surface of the hood garnish.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidemasa Sugai, Matsuo Iwama, Tomohide Sawada, Masahiko Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20160207503
    Abstract: A washer nozzle device for spraying a washer fluid onto a front window panel is mounted to a vehicle body. The vehicle body includes a front hood disposed in front of the front window panel, and a hood garnish disposed on the front hood. The hood garnish is disposed over an upper surface of the front hood at an interval and extended along a rear end of the front hood in a vehicle width direction. The washee nozzle device is positioned between the upper surface of the front hood and a lower surface of the hood garnish.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidemasa Sugai, Matsuo Iwama, Tomohide Sawada, Masahiko Higuchi
  • Patent number: 8844579
    Abstract: A flexible tube includes a bellows tube, an interlock tube placed inside the bellows tube, and upstream-side and downstream-side joint pipes coupled to opposite ends of the bellows tube. Diameters of fixing end portions located at opposite ends of the interlock tube are made larger than a diameter at a middle portion of the interlock tube, extension portions of the upstream-side and downstream-side joint pipes are fitted and fixed to inner peripheral surfaces of the fixing end portions of the interlock tube, and a depth of each of valley portions of a bellows portion of the bellows tube located over the fixing end portions is smaller than a depth of other valley portions of the bellows portion. Accordingly, it is possible to achieve the downsizing of the flexible tube that is connected to an exhaust system being continuous with an engine to dampen vibrations in the axial direction of the exhaust system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Sankei Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Eguchi, Masahiko Higuchi, Kouji Harada, Yoshiyuki Gushiken, Jun Fukazawa
  • Publication number: 20110073209
    Abstract: A flexible tube includes a bellows tube, an interlock tube placed inside the bellows tube, and upstream-side and downstream-side joint pipes coupled to opposite ends of the bellows tube. Diameters of fixing end portions located at opposite ends of the interlock tube are made larger than a diameter at a middle portion of the interlock tube, extension portions of the upstream-side and downstream-side joint pipes are fitted and fixed to inner peripheral surfaces of the fixing end portions of the interlock tube, and a depth of each of valley portions of a bellows portion of the bellows tube located over the fixing end portions is smaller than a depth of other valley portions of the bellows portion. Accordingly, it is possible to achieve the downsizing of the flexible tube that is connected to an exhaust system being continuous with an engine to dampen vibrations in the axial direction of the exhaust system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., SANKEI GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiko EGUCHI, Masahiko HIGUCHI, Kouji HARADA, Yoshiyuki GUSHIKEN, Jun FUKAZAWA
  • Patent number: 7902919
    Abstract: A current amplifying element that operates at a higher speed than conventional semiconductor devices is provided. An input current flows through an input current path 60 in a direction X, and a magnetic field generated from a magnet 90 is applied in a direction Z which is perpendicular to the direction X. An output current path 70 is formed under the input current path 60 with an insulator 80 interposed therebetween. Since the direction in which an output current flows is perpendicular to both the input current and the magnetic field, the current is amplified by the galvanomagnetic effects produced by the input current and the magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignees: Hiroshima University, Shinshu University
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Higuchi, Masahiko Higuchi
  • Publication number: 20100001791
    Abstract: A current amplifying element that operates at a higher speed than conventional semiconductor devices is provided. An input current flows through an input current path 60 in a direction X, and a magnetic field generated from a magnet 90 is applied in a direction Z which is perpendicular to the direction X. An output current path 70 is formed under the input current path 60 with an insulator 80 interposed therebetween. Since the direction in which an output current flows is perpendicular to both the input current and the magnetic field, the current is amplified by the galvanomagnetic effects produced by the input current and the magnetic field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicants: Hiroshima University, Shinshu University
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Higuchi, Masahiko Higuchi
  • Patent number: 7392680
    Abstract: There is provided a rolling die and a method for forming a thread or worm and a spline having a small number of teeth whose number is thirteen or less simultaneously by rolling. By use of rolling dies, the formation of a worm by rolling by use of a thread rolling die starts, and after that, the formation of a spline having a small number of teeth by rolling starts by use of a spline rolling die while continuing the formation of the worm. Accordingly, a rolled material can be rolled forcibly by a driving source from the worm rolled using the thread rolling die. As a result, the spline having a small number of teeth whose number is thirteen or less can be formed by rolling onto the rolled material at the same time as the formation of the worm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Hayashi Precision Co. Ltd, OSG Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuo Kinoshita, Masahiko Higuchi, Yoshihiro Umebayashi
  • Publication number: 20070209419
    Abstract: There is provided a rolling die and a method for forming a thread or worm and a spline having a small number of teeth whose number is thirteen or less simultaneously by rolling. By use of rolling dies, the formation of a worm by rolling by use of a thread rolling die starts, and after that, the formation of a spline having a small number of teeth by rolling starts by use of a spline rolling die while continuing the formation of the worm. Accordingly, a rolled material can be rolled forcibly by a driving source from the worm rolled using the thread rolling die. As a result, the spline having a small number of teeth whose number is thirteen or less can be formed by rolling onto the rolled material at the same time as the formation of the worm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Inventors: Yasuo Kinoshita, Masahiko Higuchi, Yoshihiro Umebayashi
  • Patent number: 6863154
    Abstract: An exhaust manifold 14 extending downwardly is connected to a rear side of a transversely disposed engine E. A primary exhaust pipe portion 16 is connected to the exhaust manifold 14 via a spherical joint 18 provided close to the engine E. Furthermore, a secondary exhaust pipe portion 17 is connected to the primary exhaust pipe portion 16. In the primary exhaust pipe portion 17, a flexible tube 19 is disposed at a position upstream of a support portion to the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masayuki Uegane, Kenji Kozaki, Yoshihiko Eguchi, Masamichi Fujishiro, Masahiko Higuchi, Hidenori Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20030057013
    Abstract: An exhaust manifold 14 extending downwardly is connected to a rear side of a transversely disposed engine E. A primary exhaust pipe portion 16 is connected to the exhaust manifold 14 via a spherical joint 18 provided close to the engine E. Furthermore, a secondary exhaust pipe portion 17 is connected to the primary exhaust pipe portion 16. In the primary exhaust pipe portion 17, a flexible tube 19 is disposed at a position upstream of a support portion to the vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Applicant: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masayuki Uegane, Kenji Kozaki, Yoshihiko Eguchi, Masamichi Fujishiro, Masahiko Higuchi, Hidenori Suzuki