Patents by Inventor Masahiko Tabe

Masahiko Tabe 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: 7669688
    Abstract: A front structure for a vehicle comprises a power unit mounted at a front end of the vehicle, a steering gear box provided in front of or behind the power unit in the vehicle, and a suspension member supporting the steering gear box, the steering gear box being situated at a bottom surface of the suspension member so as to move beneath the power unit when the front end of the vehicle is deformed due to a frontal collision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Yamaguchi, Go Fujimaru, Masahiko Tabe, Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Gousuke Wakana
  • Publication number: 20080197672
    Abstract: A front structure for a vehicle comprises a power unit mounted at a front end of the vehicle, a steering gear box provided in front of or behind the power unit in the vehicle, and a suspension member supporting the steering gear box, the steering gear box being situated at a bottom surface of the suspension member so as to move beneath the power unit when the front end of the vehicle is deformed due to a frontal collision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2005
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Inventors: Akira Yamaguchi, Go Fujimaru, Masahiko Tabe, Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Gousuke Wakana
  • Patent number: 5286059
    Abstract: A vehicle height control system is provided which serves to adjust fluid pressures in actuators disposed between a vehicle body and suspension members supporting wheels respectively for leveling the vehicle body at a standard height. The height control system is operable to deactivate height level control when a vehicle is raised above a standard height level, with a jack for example, during parking for preventing a bottom of the vehicle body from contacting with any protrusions of a road surface by being subsequently jacked down with an extremely decreased height level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 15, 1994
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahiko Tabe
  • Patent number: 5228704
    Abstract: A vehicle height control system is provided. This height control system is directed to establish fluid communication between right and left suspension actuators or between front and rear suspension actuators, balancing fluid pressures in the actuators for leveling a vehicle body when height level difference between right and left wheels or between front and rear wheels is greater than a first threshold value within a given period of time after an ignition switch is turned off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1993
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masahiko Tabe