Patents by Inventor Tadatomo Toda

Tadatomo Toda 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: 10094512
    Abstract: An accessory support structure for a vehicle engine includes a pair of accessory-side supports provided on the engine accessory, and a pair of engine-side supports provided on the engine body. The engine-side supports each have a shaft hole into which a bolt is inserted, a slot closer to the engine body than the shaft hole is, and extending substantially horizontally, and an intermediate portion interposed between the shaft hole and the slot to restrict movement of the bolt. The engine-side supports each remove a restriction imposed by the intermediate portion and guide the bolt from the shaft hole to the slot if an external force acting on the alternator toward the engine body exceeds a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadatomo Toda, Seiji Namba, Masayuki Furutani, Keiichi Kamimura
  • Publication number: 20180066577
    Abstract: An accessory support structure for a vehicle engine includes a pair of accessory-side supports provided on the engine accessory, and a pair of engine-side supports provided on the engine body. The engine-side supports each have a shaft hole into which a bolt is inserted, a slot closer to the engine body than the shaft hole is, and extending substantially horizontally, and an intermediate portion interposed between the shaft hole and the slot to restrict movement of the bolt. The engine-side supports each remove a restriction imposed by the intermediate portion and guide the bolt from the shaft hole to the slot if an external force acting on the alternator toward the engine body exceeds a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadatomo TODA, Seiji NAMBA, Masayuki FURUTANI, Keiichi KAMIMURA
  • Patent number: 9267421
    Abstract: The axial line of an intake valve is inclined, and a gap between a piston crown surface and a valve head of the intake valve expands in accordance with the approach of the crankshaft axis. A relationship of G2>G1 is fulfilled, where G1 stands for a minimum gap between the lower surface of the cylinder head that is positioned between the intake valve and the exhaust valve facing the intake valve, with the crankshaft axis being interposed therebetween, and the piston crown surface in a top dead center, and G2 stands for a gap at a position that is the closest to the crankshaft axis, from among the gaps between the lower surface of the valve head of the intake valve and the piston crown surface at a center timing of a valve overlap period in which the intake valve and the exhaust valve are both open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Tadatomo Toda, Mitsunori Wasada, Tadasu Hashiguchi, Takashi Youso, Kazuhiro Nagatsu
  • Publication number: 20150167536
    Abstract: The axial line of an intake valve is inclined, and a gap between a piston crown surface and a valve head of the intake valve expands in accordance with the approach of the crankshaft axis. A relationship of G2>G1 is fulfilled, where G1 stands for a minimum gap between the lower surface of the cylinder head that is positioned between the intake valve and the exhaust valve facing the intake valve, with the crankshaft axis being interposed therebetween, and the piston crown surface in a top dead center, and G2 stands for a gap at a position that is the closest to the crankshaft axis, from among the gaps between the lower surface of the valve head of the intake valve and the piston crown surface at a center timing of a valve overlap period in which the intake valve and the exhaust valve are both open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadatomo Toda, Mitsunori Wasada, Tadasu Hashiguchi, Takashi Youso, Kazuhiro Nagatsu