Patents by Inventor Masahiro Kawazu
Masahiro Kawazu 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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Publication number: 20230202573Abstract: A bonding structure includes a flange bonding portion formed by bonding flanges of a front pillar inner member made of iron and of a front pillar stiffener made of iron to each other, and a dissimilar material bonding portion formed by bonding the front pillar stiffener to a front pillar outer member being an aluminum external plate. The dissimilar material bonding portion is disposed at an adjacent wall located away from the flange bonding portion of the front pillar stiffener and the front pillar inner member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2022Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Masaaki FUJIMOTO, Masahiro KAWAZU, Seiya OKAMURA
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Patent number: 11634180Abstract: The disclosure provides a vehicle body rear part structure. The vehicle body rear part structure includes a load support part on a quarter pillar. The load support part includes a side sill stiffener, a quarter pillar stiffener and a damper stiffener. The side sill stiffener reinforces a side sill and forms a part of the quarter pillar. The quarter pillar stiffener is provided continuously with the side sill stiffener and reinforces the quarter pillar. The damper stiffener is provided above a rear wheel house and joined to the quarter pillar stiffener and a roof side rail.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahiro Kawazu, Hiroyuki Yasuda, Kei Ichikawa, Hitomi Ezura
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Publication number: 20220111907Abstract: The disclosure provides a vehicle body rear part structure. The vehicle body rear part structure includes a load support part on a quarter pillar. The load support part includes a side sill stiffener, a quarter pillar stiffener and a damper stiffener. The side sill stiffener reinforces a side sill and forms a part of the quarter pillar. The quarter pillar stiffener is provided continuously with the side sill stiffener and reinforces the quarter pillar. The damper stiffener is provided above a rear wheel house and joined to the quarter pillar stiffener and a roof side rail.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masahiro KAWAZU, Hiroyuki YASUDA, Kei ICHIKAWA, Hitomi EZURA
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Patent number: 7721626Abstract: A fuse puller is provided with a base component, and extracts a first fuse that is fitted in a first housing portion of a fuse box. The base component includes a first holding portion that is provided on one side of the base component and holds the first fuse inside the first housing portion, a gripping portion that is provided on the other side of the base component, and a second holding portion that holds a second fuse.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2008Date of Patent: May 25, 2010Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Yazaki CorporationInventors: Norihiro Obama, Hiroyasu Furuya, Tatsuya Inaba, Masahiro Kawazu, Junpei Kitagawa, Toshihisa Yagi
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Publication number: 20090088026Abstract: A fuse puller includes a body, and a first fuse that is permanently engaged with the body in fixed relation thereto. A electric junction box includes the fuse puller and a fuse mounting surface to which a plurality of fuses including the first fuse are mounted so as to be arranged in parallel to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2008Publication date: April 2, 2009Applicants: YAZAKI CORPORATION, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyasu FURUYA, Tatsuya INABA, Masahiro KAWAZU, Junpei KITAGAWA, Toshihisa YAGI, Norihiro OBAMA
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Publication number: 20090019971Abstract: A fuse puller is provided with a base component, and extracts a first fuse that is fitted in a first housing portion of a fuse box. The base component includes a first holding portion that is provided on one side of the base component and holds the first fuse inside the first housing portion, a gripping portion that is provided on the other side of the base component, and a second holding portion that holds a second fuse.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2008Publication date: January 22, 2009Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Yazaki CorporationInventors: Norihiro OBAMA, Hiroyasu Furuya, Tatsuya Inaba, Masahiro Kawazu, Junpei Kitagawa, Toshihisa Yagi
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Patent number: 7344415Abstract: There is provided a fuse block 3 having an insertion port 7 into which a dark current fuse 11 is inserted and adapted to hold the dark current fuse 11 in a mount position, and the fuse block includes a guide surface 8 which is formed within the insertion port 7 in such a manner as to continue from the mount position for the dark current fuse 11 for contact with the dark current fuse 11 and arms formed at positions lying at lateral sides of the dark current fuse 11 in such a manner as to face the insertion port 7 so as to be able to hold the dark current fuse 11 therein when the dark current fuse 11 is in contact with the guide surface 8.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2006Date of Patent: March 18, 2008Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Tatsuya Inaba, Yuichiro Goto, Masahiro Kawazu
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Publication number: 20060258223Abstract: There is provided a fuse block 3 having an insertion port 7 into which a dark current fuse 11 is inserted and adapted to hold the dark current fuse 11 in a mount position, and the fuse block includes a guide surface 8 which is formed within the insertion port 7 in such a manner as to continue from the mount position for the dark current fuse 11 for contact with the dark current fuse 11 and arms formed at positions lying at lateral sides of the dark current fuse 11 in such a manner as to face the insertion port 7 so as to be able to hold the dark current fuse 11 therein when the dark current fuse 11 is in contact with the guide surface 8.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2006Publication date: November 16, 2006Inventors: Tatsuya Inaba, Yuichiro Goto, Masahiro Kawazu
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Patent number: 6834688Abstract: A fuel gas filling system for a vehicle having a supply section and a fuel lid, which includes an opening operation section to which an opening operation for the fuel lid is applied, an operation wire, which is provided between the opening operation section and the fuel lid, for making the fuel lid respond to the opening operation applied to the opening operation section, and a locking device having a movable element, a fixed element, a lock pin, and an actuator. The actuator is adapted to make the lock pin to be engaged with the fixed element and the movable element when the vehicle is not in a stationary state.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2003Date of Patent: December 28, 2004Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tohru Ono, Masahiro Kawazu, Masami Ogura, Hiroyuki Abe, Kimiaki Yamada, Ken Kumagai, Katsumi Saito, Masanori Hayashi, Masaru Shibasawa
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Patent number: 6824168Abstract: A vehicle body rear part structure includes a rectangular support frame carrying thereon a cylindrical fuel tank and attached to left and right rear frames from below via left and right front brackets and left and right rear brackets so as to define therebetween a pair of laterally spaced openings generally corresponding in position to the axis of the fuel tank and receiving therein a pipe system of the fuel tank.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2002Date of Patent: November 30, 2004Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masahiro Kawazu, Hiroshi Osato, Toshiaki Shimizu, Yoshitaka Sekiguchi, Tohru Ono, Masaru Shibasawa
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Publication number: 20040094230Abstract: A fuel gas filling system for a vehicle having a supply section and a fuel lid, which includes an opening operation section to which an opening operation for the fuel lid is applied, an operation wire, which is provided between the opening operation section and the fuel lid, for making the fuel lid respond to the opening operation applied to the opening operation section, and a locking device having a movable element, a fixed element, a lock pin, and an actuator. The actuator is adapted to make the lock pin to be engaged with the fixed element and the movable element when the vehicle is not in a stationary state.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2003Publication date: May 20, 2004Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tohru Ono, Masahiro Kawazu, Masami Ogura, Hiroyuki Abe, Kimiaki Yamada, Ken Kumagai, Katsumi Saito, Masanori Hayashi, Masaru Shibasawa
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Patent number: 6672620Abstract: A vehicle body rear part structure includes left and right rear frames extending longitudinally of the vehicle body, a plurality of parallel spaced cylindrical fuel tanks disposed horizontally between the left and right rear frames with the axes of the fuel tanks extending normal to the left and right rear frames and disposed below the center of a height of the rear frames, and a cross member disposed between two adjacent ones of the fuel tanks and extending between the left and right rear frames. The cross member reinforces the rear frames to such an extent that fuel tanks of larger capacity can be carried on the vehicle body rear part structure.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2002Date of Patent: January 6, 2004Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masahiro Kawazu, Hiroshi Osato, Yoshihiro Shimizu, Tohru Ono, Masanobu Yamashiro, Masaru Shibasawa
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Patent number: 6655424Abstract: An inexpensive fuel gas filler structure for a gas-fueled vehicle enables the connection between a ground line and a ground connection portion of the vehicle before the insertion of a fuel gas filler nozzle into a fuel gas filler receptacle. The fuel gas filler structure for a gas-fueled vehicle comprises a fuel gas filler receptacle to which a fuel gas filler nozzle of an external fuel gas filling station is to be connected, a fuel filler lid which is opened or closed, by a fuel filler lid opener, for selectively covering the fuel gas filler receptacle, a ground connection portion to which a ground line of the fuel gas filling station is to be connected, and a ground connection lid which is opened or closed for selectively covering the ground connection portion, wherein an operating section of the fuel filler lid opener is disposed in a region which is covered by the ground connection lid in a closed state.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2003Date of Patent: December 2, 2003Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masahiro Kawazu, Yoshihiro Shimizu, Tohru Ono, Seiji Ohgami
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Publication number: 20030188798Abstract: An inexpensive fuel gas filler structure for a gas-fueled vehicle enables the connection between a ground line and a ground connection portion of the vehicle before the insertion of a fuel gas filler nozzle into a fuel gas filler receptacle. The fuel gas filler structure for a gas-fueled vehicle comprises a fuel gas filler receptacle to which a fuel gas filler nozzle of an external fuel gas filling station is to be connected, a fuel filler lid which is opened or closed, by a fuel filler lid opener, for selectively covering the fuel gas filler receptacle, a ground connection portion to which a ground line of the fuel gas filling station is to be connected, and a ground connection lid which is opened or closed for selectively covering the ground connection portion, wherein an operating section of the fuel filler lid opener is disposed in a region which is covered by the ground connection lid in a closed state.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2003Publication date: October 9, 2003Applicant: HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masahiro Kawazu, Yoshihiro Shimizu, Tohru Ono, Seiji Ohgami
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Publication number: 20030047932Abstract: A vehicle body rear part structure includes a rectangular support frame carrying thereon a cylindrical fuel tank and attached to left and right rear frames from below via left and right front brackets and left and right rear brackets so as to define therebetween a pair of laterally spaced openings generally corresponding in position to the axis of the fuel tank and receiving therein a pipe system of the fuel tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2002Publication date: March 13, 2003Applicant: HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masahiro Kawazu, Hiroshi Osato, Toshiaki Shimizu, Yoshitaka Sekiguchi, Tohru Ono, Masaru Shibasawa
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Publication number: 20030042057Abstract: A vehicle body rear part structure includes left and right rear frames extending longitudinally of the vehicle body, a plurality of parallel spaced cylindrical fuel tanks disposed horizontally between the left and right rear frames with the axes of the fuel tanks extending normal to the left and right rear frames and disposed below the center of a height of the rear frames, and a cross member disposed between two adjacent ones of the fuel tanks and extending between the left and right rear frames. The cross member reinforces the rear frames to such an extent that fuel tanks of larger capacity can be carried on the vehicle body rear part structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2002Publication date: March 6, 2003Applicant: HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masahiro Kawazu, Hiroshi Osato, Yoshihiro Shimizu, Tohru Ono, Masanobu Yamashiro, Masaru Shibasawa