Patents by Inventor Masashi Kodan

Masashi Kodan 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: 8794607
    Abstract: A supporting device supports an in-vehicle mounted object on a vehicle body. The supporting device includes a bracket and an elastic member. The bracket has a side-plate part having an opening part. The elastic member is engaged with the first opening part so as to be provided between the bracket and the in-vehicle mounted object. The side-plate part includes a notch having one end connected to the opening part and the other end open outward. The notch does not intersect with a plane containing a line passing substantially a center of the opening part and extending in a main vibrating direction of the in-vehicle mounted object, the plane being substantially perpendicular to the side-plate part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Advics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohnosuke Sobajima, Yoshihiro Nakagiri, Toshiyuki Tetsuda, Hiroshi Shimofukasako, Katsuyuki Furuhata, Nobuhiko Yoshioka, Masashi Kodan
  • Patent number: 8235350
    Abstract: A hydraulic unit support structure includes a bracket (40) having a slot (50) and seat surfaces formed around the slot, and a shock-absorbing member (70) attached to the hydraulic unit (10). The shock-absorbing member (70) is fitted into the slot (50) of the bracket so that the hydraulic unit is supported on the bracket by the shock-absorbing member. The shock-absorbing member has a small-diameter portion (74) inserted into the slot of the bracket and large-diameter portions (76, 78) making contact with the seat surfaces of the bracket around the slot. The slot of the bracket has an insertion-fit region (52) formed at one end of the slot in the long-axis direction and a reduced width region formed at a position spaced apart from the one end in the long-axis direction by a distance substantially equal to the diameter of the small-diameter portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Advics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Tetsuda, Masashi Kodan, Katsuyuki Furuhata
  • Publication number: 20090302189
    Abstract: A hydraulic unit support structure includes a bracket (40) having a slot (50) and seat surfaces formed around the slot, and a shock-absorbing member (70) attached to the hydraulic unit (10). The shock-absorbing member (70) is fitted into the slot (50) of the bracket so that the hydraulic unit is supported on the bracket by the shock-absorbing member. The shock-absorbing member has a small-diameter portion (74) inserted into the slot of the bracket and large-diameter portions (76, 78) making contact with the seat surfaces of the bracket around the slot. The slot of the bracket has an insertion-fit region (52) formed at one end of the slot in the long-axis direction and a reduced width region formed at a position spaced apart from the one end in the long-axis direction by a distance substantially equal to the diameter of the small-diameter portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, ADVICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Tetsuda, Masashi Kodan, Katsuyuki Furuhata
  • Publication number: 20080157447
    Abstract: A supporting device supports an in-vehicle mounted object on a vehicle body. The supporting device includes a bracket and an elastic member. The bracket has a side-plate part having an opening part. The elastic member is engaged with the first opening part so as to be provided between the bracket and the in-vehicle mounted object. The side-plate part includes a notch having one end connected to the opening part and the other end open outward. The notch does not intersect with a plane containing a line passing substantially a center of the opening part and extending in a main vibrating direction of the in-vehicle mounted object, the plane being substantially perpendicular to the side-plate part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Advices Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Kohnosuke Sobajima, Yoshihiro Nakagiri, Toshiyuki Tetsuda, Hiroshi Shimofukasako, Katsuyuki Furuhata, Nobuhiko Yoshioka, Masashi Kodan