Patents by Inventor Shigenori Inaba

Shigenori Inaba 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: 7775138
    Abstract: A Bowden wire is positioned at two points, that is, at a wire guide bracket and at a through-hole in a back plate between which a notch of an end edge of a plate-shaped trailing arm is interposed. A predetermined preset load is applied to and curves the Bowden wire, wherein the curved Bowden wire is pressed against and fixed to a groove-shaped recess provided in the notch of the trailing arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kimio Okamoto, Masahiko Hirata, Shigenori Inaba
  • Patent number: 7530587
    Abstract: A vehicle suspension system connects a swing member to a vehicle body. The vehicle suspension system includes a bump stopper, which is provided on one of the swing member and the vehicle body and includes an axis, a substantially cylindrical tip end which abuts an abutment surface provided on the other one of the swing member and the vehicle body, and an apex formed at the tip end. Abutment is initiated, in a circumferential direction of the tip end, in a state wherein the abutment surface inclines relative to the axis of the bump stopper. The apex at the tip end of the bump stopper first abuts the abutment surface and is located at an intermediate portion of the bump stopper in a direction of a wall thickness (t) of the bump stopper. A plurality of projections may also be formed on the tip end of the bump stopper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kimio Okamoto, Kazutaka Suzuki, Shigenori Inaba
  • Publication number: 20060053947
    Abstract: A Bowden wire is positioned at two points, that is, at a wire guide bracket and at a through-hole in a back plate between which a notch of an end edge of a plate-shaped trailing arm is interposed. A predetermined preset load is applied to and curves the Bowden wire, wherein the curved Bowden wire is pressed against and fixed to a groove-shaped recess provided in the notch of the trailing arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2005
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventors: Kimio Okamoto, Masahiko Hirata, Shigenori Inaba
  • Publication number: 20060049604
    Abstract: A vehicle suspension system connects a swing member to a vehicle body. The vehicle suspension system includes a bump stopper, which is provided on one of the swing member and the vehicle body and includes an axis, a substantially cylindrical tip end which abuts an abutment surface provided on the other one of the swing member and the vehicle body, and an apex formed at the tip end. Abutment is initiated, in a circumferential direction of the tip end, in a state wherein the abutment surface inclines relative to the axis of the bump stopper. The apex at the tip end of the bump stopper first abuts the abutment surface and is located at an intermediate portion of the bump stopper in a direction of a wall thickness (t) of the bump stopper. A plurality of projections may also be formed on the tip end of the bump stopper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2005
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Inventors: Kimio Okamoto, Kazutaka Suzuki, Shigenori Inaba
  • Patent number: 6749047
    Abstract: In a dust cover mounting structure of a hydraulic shock absorber (10), a spring seat (15) is formed in a non-annular outer shape, a standing-up rib (34) is provided in an outer edge thereof, and a mounting portion (51) of a dust cover (50) is formed in a non-annular outer shape profiling an inner periphery of the rib (34) of the spring seat (15) and is received in the inner periphery of the rib (34).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Showa Corporation Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hidehiko Koyano, Takeshi Murata, Jiro Segawa, Shuichi Kato, Keiichi Sunami, Toshiya Hasegawa, Shigenori Inaba
  • Publication number: 20030057041
    Abstract: In a dust cover mounting structure of a hydraulic shock absorber (10), a spring seat (15) is formed in a non-annular outer shape, a standing-up rib (34) is provided in an outer edge thereof, and a mounting portion (51) of a dust cover (50) is formed in a non-annular outer shape profiling an inner periphery of the rib (34) of the spring seat (15) and is received in the inner periphery of the rib (34).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Inventors: Hidehiko Koyano, Takeshi Murata, Jiro Segawa, Shuichi Kato, Keiichi Sunami, Toshiya Hasegawa, Shigenori Inaba