Patents by Inventor Masanori Minamisawa

Masanori Minamisawa 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).

  • Front air-flow streamlining structure of automotive vehicle
    Patent number: 9573634
    Abstract: In a front air-flow streamlining structure of an automotive vehicle comprising a cover front portion of an under cover of a vehicle front portion and an air dam provided at a front bumper, a deflector is provided between the air dam and a front wheel house to be spaced rearward apart from the air dam, to project downward, and to extend in a vehicle width direction, an outward end portion, in the vehicle width direction, of the air dam is provided substantially continuously to the deflector, a pocket portion enclosed by the cover front portion, the air dam, and the deflector is provided such that an inward side, in the vehicle width direction, thereof opens, and a traveling-air intake portion which opens so as to take in traveling air toward the pocket portion is provided at the air dam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Ohira, Masanori Minamisawa, Eiji Yoshimura, Toshio Sakamoto, Takanori Tsubaki
  • FRONT AIR-FLOW STREAMLINING STRUCTURE OF AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20150225026
    Abstract: In a front air-flow streamlining structure of an automotive vehicle comprising a cover front portion of an under cover of a vehicle front portion and an air dam provided at a front bumper, a deflector is provided between the air dam and a front wheel house to be spaced rearward apart from the air dam, to project downward, and to extend in a vehicle width direction, an outward end portion, in the vehicle width direction, of the air dam is provided substantially continuously to the deflector, a pocket portion enclosed by the cover front portion, the air dam, and the deflector is provided such that an inward side, in the vehicle width direction, thereof opens, and a traveling-air intake portion which opens so as to take in traveling air toward the pocket portion is provided at the air dam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki OHIRA, Masanori MINAMISAWA, Eiji YOSHIMURA, Toshio SAKAMOTO, Takanori TSUBAKI
  • Wheel cover
    Patent number: D453913
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventor: Masanori Minamisawa
  • Wheel for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: D457478
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventor: Masanori Minamisawa
  • Bumper of motor vehicle
    Patent number: D559743
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Yasushi Nakamuta, Yoshikazu Miyachi, Masanori Minamisawa, Ryousuke Nozaki
  • Bumper for motor vehicle
    Patent number: D596999
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Yasushi Nakamuta, Masanori Minamisawa, Dai Kimura, Takafumi Nishimura, Kenichi Kuwahara, Seiichi Soda, Yasunori Kawano
  • Bumper for motor vehicle
    Patent number: D688989
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Masanori Minamisawa, Takeshi Shinohara, Yukiharu Asano, Ryuji Kumagai
  • Bumper for motor vehicle
    Patent number: D690628
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Masanori Minamisawa, Hiroyuki Sato, Eijiro Mitsuyasu, Hitomaro Asano
  • Front fender for motor vehicle
    Patent number: D691529
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Masanori Minamisawa, Yoshito Iwauchi, Yuji Ishimoto
  • Motor vehicle
    Patent number: D693274
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Tamatani, Masanori Minamisawa, Takeshi Shinohara, Takanori Tsubaki, Yukiharu Asano, Tetsuji Kawakami
  • Headlight for a motor vehicle
    Patent number: D708366
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Masanori Minamisawa, Shimpei Fujikawa, Motoaki Takekura, Yasunori Kawano
  • Door mirror for motor vehicle
    Patent number: D710775
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Masanori Minamisawa, Shinya Mitsutake
  • Motor vehicle
    Patent number: D755678
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Nakayama, Kousuke Takahashi, Masanori Minamisawa, Takanori Tsubaki, Yukiharu Asano, Tetsuji Kawakami
  • Motor vehicle front bumper
    Patent number: D756276
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Masanori Minamisawa, Takanori Tsubaki, Shun Yamashita, Ryuji Kumagai
  • Motor vehicle
    Patent number: D792286
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Nakayama, Masanori Minamisawa, Masanori Ito
  • Motor vehicle
    Patent number: D792809
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Nakayama, Masanori Minamisawa, Takanori Tsubaki, Yuta Takanashi, Yasuyuki Murata, Masanori Ito