Patents by Inventor Tadatoshi Aoyama

Tadatoshi Aoyama 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).

  • Fitting structure of armor member for vehicle
    Patent number: 6267439
    Abstract: A spoiler is attached to a decorative covering member of a vehicle. The decorative covering member has a first C-shaped cross section opening toward a center of the vehicle. The covering member is located adjacent to a portion of a body of the vehicle and attached to the vehicle by a bracket. The spoiler has a second C-shaped cross section opening toward the center of the vehicle and sized to overlay the first C-shaped cross section of the covering member. A space is formed between the covering member and the portion of the body by inserting a portion of the spoiler into the space while deforming the bracket. The spoiler is attached to the covering member using double-sided adhesive tape and nut and bolt combinations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignee: Honda Access Sales Corp.
    Inventor: Tadatoshi Aoyama
  • Motor vehicle body structure employing sandwiched structural body
    Patent number: 5195779
    Abstract: A motor vehicle body structure has a pair of side frames each comprising a core layer having opposite surfaces and a pair of outer skin layers covering the opposite surfaces, a motor vehicle component, and joints disposed between the side frames and the motor vehicle component, for joining the motor vehicle component to the side frames through surface-to-surface contact therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1993
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tadatoshi Aoyama, Suguru Yoshida, Masanori Suganuma, Takashi Chirifu