Patents by Inventor Toshimitsu Kadoya

Toshimitsu Kadoya 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).

  • Body structure for vehicles employing floor, roof, pillar and side sill reinforcements
    Patent number: 6073992
    Abstract: The invention provides a body structure for vehicles which is capable of enhancing the passenger-protecting performance without much increasing the vehicle weight by enhancing the stiffness around the vehicle interior with high efficiency. A body roof is equipped with a closed-in-cross-section roof reinforcement extending widthwise of the vehicle body along a roof panel, right-and-left end portions of the roof reinforcement being coupled to upper end portions of a right-and-left pair of closed-in-cross-section center pillars extending in upper-and-lower direction in side portions of the vehicle body, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Yamauchi, Katsumi Ejima, Shuichi Nakagami, Toshimitsu Kadoya