Patents by Inventor Masashi IMOTO

Masashi IMOTO 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).

  • Suspension device
    Patent number: 9193388
    Abstract: A suspension device has longitudinal force compliance steer properties to steer a rear wheel to toe-in or toe-out according to increase in longitudinal force applied to wheel treads of a rear wheel. The suspension device includes: a hub bearing housing; suspension links having both edges pivotally attached to a vehicle body and a hub bearing respectively, to support the hub bearing housing; a suspension spring generating reaction force corresponding to relative displacement amount in the longitudinal direction of the hub bearing housing as to the vehicle body; a damper generating damping force corresponding to relative speed in the longitudinal direction of the hub bearing housing as to the vehicle body; and a toe change generating unit generating toe change in a direction where toe change due to longitudinal force compliance properties is temporarily cancelled out or suppressed at an early stage of turning of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaru Kogure, Yuichiro Tsukasaki, Masahiro Saito, Kazuya Morota, Kenji Watanuki, Toshiyuki Hyuga, Daisuke Yamada, Kensuke Ohshima, Yoshiaki Utsugi, Masato Nakatake, Takashi Kogure, Kazuya Ando, Hidehisa Tomizawa, Masashi Imoto, Toshi Ishida
  • SUSPENSION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140291944
    Abstract: A suspension device has longitudinal force compliance steer properties to steer a rear wheel to toe-in or toe-out according to increase in longitudinal force applied to wheel treads of a rear wheel. The suspension device includes: a hub bearing housing; suspension links having both edges pivotally attached to a vehicle body and a hub bearing respectively, to support the hub bearing housing; a suspension spring generating reaction force corresponding to relative displacement amount in the longitudinal direction of the hub bearing housing as to the vehicle body; a damper generating damping force corresponding to relative speed in the longitudinal direction of the hub bearing housing as to the vehicle body; and a toe change generating unit generating toe change in a direction where toe change due to longitudinal force compliance properties is temporarily cancelled out or suppressed at an early stage of turning of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaru KOGURE, Yuichiro TSUKASAKI, Masahiro SAITO, Kazuya MOROTA, Kenji WATANUKI, Toshiyuki HYUGA, Daisuke YAMADA, Kensuke OHSHIMA, Yoshiaki UTSUGI, Masato NAKATAKE, Takashi KOGURE, Kazuya ANDO, Hidehisa TOMIZAWA, Masashi IMOTO, Toshi ISHIDA