Patents by Inventor Mutsuru Ozaki

Mutsuru Ozaki 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: 7562737
    Abstract: A vehicle power unit supporting apparatus supports a transversely-mounted power unit having a power source and a speed reduction gear connected to each other. The power unit is supported on a vehicle body by at least a power-source-side mount and a speed-reduction-gear side mount on both of the left and right sides in the vehicle width direction. These mounts are disposed at a position higher than a position of the center of gravity of the power unit. Spring axis lines of the power-source side mount and the speed-reduction-gear side mount are inclined to intersect with each other at a position higher than the position of the center of gravity of the power unit when the vehicle is viewed from the front. An elastic center of the entire power unit supporting apparatus is located at a position lower than the position of the center of gravity of the power unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Tetsuya Miyahara, Tatsuhide Sakai, Masafumi Kyuse, Mutsuru Ozaki
  • Publication number: 20070260377
    Abstract: A vehicle power unit supporting apparatus 60 is configured so that a transversely-mounted power unit 50 of a configuration in which a power source 51 and a speed reduction gear 52 are arranged in a vehicle width direction and are connected to each other, is accommodated in a power unit accommodating chamber, and that the power unit 50 is supported on a vehicle body by at least a power-source-side mount 64 and a speed-reduction-gear side mount 65 respectively disposed on both of left and right sides in the vehicle width direction of the power unit 50. The left and right side mounts 64 and 65 are disposed at a position higher than a position of the center Gc of gravity of the power unit. A spring axis line Vr1 of the power-source side mount 64 and a spring axis line Vr2 of the speed-reduction-gear side mount 65 are inclined to intersect with each other at a position higher than the position of the center Gc of gravity of the power unit when the vehicle is viewed from front.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2007
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Miyahara, Tatsuhide Sakai, Masafumi Kyuse, Mutsuru Ozaki