Patents by Inventor Takehide Matsubara

Takehide Matsubara 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: 9475380
    Abstract: An air guide structure has a bumper fascia extended in a vehicle width direction at a front end part of a vehicle and having an opening capable of collecting wind generated while the vehicle is running, a radiator arranged behind the bumper fascia, a bumper reinforce arranged between the bumper fascia and the radiator and forming an air passage in the vehicle width direction, and a closed space defined with a rear shield plate arranged on a rear side, side shield plates forwardly extended from left and right sides of the rear shield plate, respectively, a bottom shield plate arranged at lower parts of the rear shield plate and side shield plates, a ceiling shield plate arranged at an upper part opposite to the bottom shield plate, and a front shield plate spaced away from and faced toward the rear shield plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takehide Matsubara
  • Publication number: 20150298540
    Abstract: An air guide structure according to the present invention includes a bumper fascia (1) that is extended in a vehicle width direction at a front end part of a vehicle and has an opening (5) capable of collecting wind (A) generated while the vehicle is running, a radiator (21) that is arranged behind the bumper fascia (1), a bumper reinforce (3) that is arranged between the bumper fascia (1) and the radiator (21) and forms an air passage (15) in the vehicle width direction, and a closed space (31). The closed space (31) communicates with the air passage (15) of the bumper reinforce (3) and a primary opening (73) of an inlet duct (71) of an engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takehide MATSUBARA
  • Patent number: 8608235
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle body structure of an automobile in which a front edge portion of a front windshield glass is supported by an air box including a vertical wall surface portion facing an inner side of a vehicle compartment. In the vehicle structure, the front edge portion of the glass is connected to the air box in such a way that when glass membrane vibrations of the glass in surface inward-outward directions are in a phase shifting in an inward direction to the vehicle compartment, the vertical wall surface portion of the air box shifts in an outward direction from the vehicle compartment, and when the glass membrane vibrations of the glass in the surface inward-outward directions are in a phase shifting in an outward direction from the vehicle compartment, the vertical wall surface portion of the air box shifts in an inward direction to the vehicle compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takehide Matsubara
  • Publication number: 20130057027
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle body structure of an automobile in which a front edge portion of a front windshield glass is supported by an air box including a vertical wall surface portion facing an inner side of a vehicle compartment. In the vehicle structure, the front edge portion of the glass is connected to the air box in such a way that when glass membrane vibrations of the glass in surface inward-outward directions are in a phase shifting in an inward direction to the vehicle compartment, the vertical wall surface portion of the air box shifts in an outward direction from the vehicle compartment, and when the glass membrane vibrations of the glass in the surface inward-outward directions are in a phase shifting in an outward direction from the vehicle compartment, the vertical wall surface portion of the air box shifts in an inward direction to the vehicle compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD
    Inventor: Takehide Matsubara