Patents by Inventor Noriyoshi Okii

Noriyoshi Okii 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: 10967815
    Abstract: A harness has a laterally extending portion disposed along a block rear surface of an engine and extending in a width direction of a vehicle within a predetermined height range in which a drive shaft is included. The engine has a projection disposed in at least one of a position above the laterally extending portion or a position below the laterally extending portion within the predetermined height range in a portion, of the engine, toward the rear of the vehicle, the projection projecting, toward the rear of the vehicle, further than the laterally extending portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Noriyoshi Okii, Kunihiro Nishi
  • Publication number: 20200189380
    Abstract: A harness has a laterally extending portion disposed along a block rear surface of an engine and extending in a width direction of a vehicle within a predetermined height range in which a drive shaft is included. The engine has a projection disposed in at least one of a position above the laterally extending portion or a position below the laterally extending portion within the predetermined height range in a portion, of the engine, toward the rear of the vehicle, the projection projecting, toward the rear of the vehicle, further than the laterally extending portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Noriyoshi Okii, Kunihiro Nishi
  • Patent number: 8256280
    Abstract: Disclosed is an arrangement structure for a sensor to be mounted to an engine of a vehicle, wherein the engine is arranged in an engine compartment 2 of the vehicle in a posture allowing a crankshaft 8 of the engine to be oriented in a widthwise direction of the vehicle. The arrangement structure comprises a driveshaft 50 arranged along a vehicle-rearward lateral surface of the engine 1 facing in a rearward direction of the vehicle, to rotatably drive a front wheel, and a flange section 28a provided as a joining section between two members (12, 15) constituting the engine 1, to protrude in the rearward direction of the vehicle and at a height position below that of the driveshaft 50, wherein the sensor 42 is mounted to the vehicle-rearward lateral surface of the engine 1 at a height position located above the flange section 28a and in overlapping relation with the driveshaft 50 when viewed from a rear side of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Akinobu Aoki, Masaaki Sato, Nobuhiro Fujii, Kenji Kashiyama, Noriyoshi Okii, Tomohiro Koguchi, Fumie Kitakaze, Atsushi Hisano
  • Publication number: 20100064787
    Abstract: Disclosed is an arrangement structure for a sensor to be mounted to an engine of a vehicle, wherein the engine is arranged in an engine compartment 2 of the vehicle in a posture allowing a crankshaft 8 of the engine to be oriented in a widthwise direction of the vehicle. The arrangement structure comprises a driveshaft 50 arranged along a vehicle-rearward lateral surface of the engine 1 facing in a rearward direction of the vehicle, to rotatably drive a front wheel, and a flange section 28a provided as a joining section between two members (12, 15) constituting the engine 1, to protrude in the rearward direction of the vehicle and at a height position below that of the driveshaft 50, wherein the sensor 42 is mounted to the vehicle-rearward lateral surface of the engine 1 at a height position located above the flange section 28a and in overlapping relation with the driveshaft 50 when viewed from a rear side of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinobu AOKI, Masaaki SATO, Nobuhiro FUJII, Kenji KASHIYAMA, Noriyoshi OKII, Tomohiro KOGUCHI, Fumie KITAKAZE, Atsushi HISANO