Patents by Inventor Nobuhito Matoba

Nobuhito Matoba 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).

  • Automated multistory parking system
    Patent number: 5000642
    Abstract: A multistory parking garage has an elevator constrained to move vertically within a central core to reach a plurality of vertically stacked parking cells. A vehicle transport carriage mounted on the elevator rolls the vehicle from the elevator into an empty parking cell and returns to the elevator or rolls a vehicle from the parking cell onto the elevator. The carriage includes resilient members for engaging and disengaging the underside of the vehicle without damage thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1991
    Assignee: Matex Gear and Pump Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Nobuhito Matoba
  • Multistory parking garage
    Patent number: 4664580
    Abstract: A multistory parking garage has a central core defined by four vertical columns, and a plurality of pairs of columns, each pair defining a plane parallel to the plane defined by pairs of vertical columns, defined bays containing vertically spaced parking cells, each cell adapted to hold two vehicles. An elevator is contrained to move only vertically within the central core, is enterable from any of four directions, and is capable of carrying two vehicles at a time, preferably in a nose to tail orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1987
    Assignee: Matex Gear and Pump
    Inventor: Nobuhito Matoba