Patents by Inventor Satoru Funabashi

Satoru Funabashi 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).

  • Vehicle pedal displacement control structure
    Patent number: 8100033
    Abstract: A vehicle pedal displacement control structure, which is capable of causing a vehicle pedal to displace so as to turn aside from driver's lower extremities and of reducing load on a steering support member in the event of an external force being applied to the front of the vehicle, is provided. A protrusion and a slide member are provided between the steering support member and a pedal bracket for suspending the vehicle pedal. When the pedal bracket moves backward with a toe board due to the external force from the front of the vehicle, the vehicle pedal and the pedal bracket are guided to turn aside from driver's lower extremities in a width direction of vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuma Hasegawa, Takashi Ikeda, Takeshi Tomomitsu, Satoru Funabashi, Toyohiko Mouri, Yoshitaka Fukushima
  • Vehicle pedal displacement control structure
    Publication number: 20070175692
    Abstract: A vehicle pedal displacement control structure, which is capable of causing a vehicle pedal to displace so as to turn aside from driver's lower extremities and of reducing load on a steering support member in the event of an external force being applied to the front of the vehicle, is provided. A protrusion and a slide member are provided between the steering support member and a pedal bracket for suspending the vehicle pedal. When the pedal bracket moves backward with a toe board due to the external force from the front of the vehicle, the vehicle pedal and the pedal bracket are guided to turn aside from driver's lower extremities in a width direction of vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Kazuma Hasegawa, Takashi Ikeda, Takeshi Tomomitsu, Satoru Funabashi, Toyohiko Mouri, Yoshitaka Fukushima