Patents by Inventor Masatoshi Shirotori

Masatoshi Shirotori 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: 6285968
    Abstract: An initial object shape is set in a first process, a numeric fluid dynamic grid is generated on the surface of the object shape in a second process, and Navier-Stokes equations are numerically solved by numerical fluid dynamics based on the object and the grid generated with the object shape and an object surface pressure is determined in a third process. The noise generated by the object is a determined in a fourth process, by solving Curle's formula based on the object surface pressure, and noises are again determined in a fifth process by updating the object shape and repeating the first through fourth processes. By determining an object shape based on a shape which generates the smallest noise from among the noises determined by the fifth process, it becomes possible to determine a shape of the object as a shape capable of minimizing aerodynamic noise generated upon movement of the object through a fluid medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keiichi Motoyama, Toshiyuki Arima, Masatoshi Shirotori