Patents by Inventor Masaru Tsuruta

Masaru Tsuruta 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).

  • Vehicle bumper
    Patent number: 8939479
    Abstract: A bumper absorber (9) has a squared U-shaped cross section formed of: a vertical face (11) extending in a top-bottom direction and a vehicle width direction, and a top face (12) and a bottom face (13) respectively extending rearward from a top end and a bottom end of the vertical face (11). The bumper absorber (9) is configured such that the top face (12) and the bottom face (13) thereof are supported by the bumper reinforcement (10) via multiple attachment members (23 to 27), and an interval between the attachment members adjacent to each other in the vehicle width direction is set to decrease from end portions (9b) in the vehicle width direction toward a central portion (9a) in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hotaka Ashiya, Kazumi Hisajima, Teruaki Aoki, Takuji Kugaya, Takahide Ishida, Kunji Nagae, Daisuke Oiki, Tarou Ikeda, Masaru Tsuruta, Yasuo Yotsunaga, Shunsuke Ehara, Norimasa Mizutani, Sylvain David, Nobuhiro Iwai
  • VEHICLE BUMPER
    Publication number: 20130168982
    Abstract: A bumper absorber (9) has a squared U-shaped cross section formed of: a vertical face (11) extending in a top-bottom direction and a vehicle width direction, and a top face (12) and a bottom face (13) respectively extending rearward from a top end and a bottom end of the vertical face (11). The bumper absorber (9) is configured such that the top face (12) and the bottom face (13) thereof are supported by the bumper reinforcement (10) via multiple attachment members (23 to 27), and an interval between the attachment members adjacent to each other in the vehicle width direction is set to decrease from end portions (9b) in the vehicle width direction toward a central portion (9a) in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Inventors: Hotaka Ashiya, Kazumi Hisajima, Teruaki Aoki, Takuji Kugaya, Takahide Ishida, Kunji Nagae, Daisuke Oiki, Tarou Ikeda, Masaru Tsuruta, Yasuo Yotsunaga, Shunsuke Ehara, Norimasa Mizutani, Sylvain David, Nobuhiro Iwai
  • Push button-type switch
    Patent number: 3946181
    Abstract: A push button-type switch comprising a rectangular casing having parallel end walls, parallel side walls and a bottom wall and opening at the top, said end walls, side walls and bottom wall defining a switching chamber therebetween, a key stem extending vertically within and projecting upwardly of said switching chamber for upward and downward movement; a return spring disposed about said key stem for normally urging the key stem upwardly, a movable spring contact carried by said key stem within said switching chamber for movement between engaging and disengaging positions; and stationary contact means on said side walls to be engaged by said movable spring contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1974
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1976
    Inventors: Koji Takamizawa, Shitiro Shimizuhata, Akinori Shinonaga, Masaru Tsuruta