Patents by Inventor Masao Kiyota

Masao Kiyota 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: 5921569
    Abstract: A sleeve joined to a torsion bar passes through a through hole in a side wall plate fixed to a vehicle body. The sleeve comprises two projections. The shape and dimensions of the through hole are such that one of the projections can pass through the through hole at a predetermined rotation position. After this projection has passed through the through hole, the sleeve is rotated to a predetermined fixed angle. As the displacement of the sleeve in an axial direction is limited by the two projections the position of the sleeve in an axial direction is always constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Noutomi, Takashi Tsutsumi, Masao Kiyota
  • Patent number: 5901972
    Abstract: A link mechanism, such as a panhard rod or the like, has a rod section and a collar section at each of its two ends. One collar section is supported on the case side bracket through a bushing. The other collar section is supported on the body side bracket through a bushing. A mass is provided at each collar section for limiting vibrations. Each mass is configured so that its principal inertia axis coincides with the principal elastic axis of its bushing in at least one direction of the bending vibration mode of the rod section so that the nodes of the bending vibration mode of the panhard rod also coincide with the principal inertia axis of the mass and thus the principal elastic axis of the bushing. This significantly dampens the vibrations imparted to the link mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1999
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Watanabe, Masao Kiyota, Hiroshi Yamahata, Toshio Enomoto
  • Patent number: 4988529
    Abstract: The invention relates to milk shakes wherein ingredients of 45-70 weight % of water, 15.3-40 weight % of carbohydrates containing 15-35 weight % of sugar and 0.3-1.3 weight % of alcohol, and 1-7 weight % of protein and 1-25 weight % of oil/fat are mixed and ice cream obtained by filtering, homogenizing, sterilizing, cooling, aging, freezing at an overrun percentage of 10 to 100, kneading with tiny pieces of ice, filling in packing containers and hardened and the ice cream so obtained is shaken and mixed at a temperature in a range of -20.degree. C. to 8.degree. C. with or without addition of some syrup such as a fruit sauce or the like to make a milk shake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 29, 1991
    Assignee: Nissei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsunemoto Nakaya, Taizo Karasawa, Nobuyuki Kihara, Yukihiro Wada, Masao Kiyota