Patents by Inventor Mitsuharu Shirahama

Mitsuharu Shirahama 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).

  • Reinforced construction for rear wheel housing in automobile, and restraint device for use in same
    Patent number: 6145922
    Abstract: A reinforcing construction for rear wheel housings in automobiles, provided on the right and left sides of a car body, which comprises a connection member (24) having engagement portions at two axial ends thereof, respectively, and extending between right and left suspension towers, a first restraint device (26) mounted on one of the right and left rear wheel housings for restraining one of the two engagement portions on the connection member, and structures mounted on the other of the right and left rear where housings for restraining the other of the two engagement portions. The first restraint device comprises two lock levers (32, 34) supported independently of each other and swingably on the rear where housings to be capable of releasing and restraining one of the two engagement portions on the connection member, each of the lock levers having an inclined surface (33, 35) which is adapted to come into frictional contact with one of the engagement portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Gifu Shatai Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mitsuharu Shirahama, Kenji Isaka, Junji Kitagawa, Takuo Yanagihara, Yasuhiko Mori, Kazuhiro Narusaka