Patents by Inventor Toshimitsu Matsuoka
Toshimitsu Matsuoka 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).
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Patent number: 8692545Abstract: A magnetostrictive stress sensor (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16) includes: a magnetic member {20, (107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112)} having a magnetostriction; a permanent magnet (30, 35, 113) adjacent to the magnetic member; a magnetic sensor (40, 104A, 104B) for detecting a leak magnetic flux on a side opposite to the permanent magnet with respect to the magnetic member, wherein the leak magnetic flux changes according to a stress acting on the magnetic member and the magnetic sensor detects the change of the leak magnetic flux, to thereby detect the stress acting on the magnetic member, and a direction (21, 108A, 109A) of the stress acting on the magnetic member is substantially orthogonal to a magnetizing direction (31, 31, 113A) of the permanent magnet.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2008Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Munekatsu Shimada, Hiroshi Sakurai, Yoshio Kawashita, Kiyohiro Uramoto, Toshimitsu Matsuoka, Masao Aihara, Mitsuaki Fujita, Masaharu Ooshima
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Patent number: 8091953Abstract: In a vehicle ceiling structure, a long reinforcing rib is attached to a ceiling member of the vehicle, the rib being made of a resin having a different coefficient of thermal expansion from that of the ceiling member. The reinforcing rib comprises a plurality of segmented ribs that are divided by a gap in a longitudinal direction. One segmented rib of adjoining segmented ribs and is formed, in upper and lower parts of a front end portion thereof, with an upper protrusion and a lower protrusion protruding in the longitudinal direction. One segmented rib and the other segmented rib fit with each other such that a lower face of the upper protrusion and an upper face of the lower protrusion of the one segmented rib respectively face a rear end portion of the other segmented rib in an up and down direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2009Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignees: Toyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha, Hayashi Telempu Co., Ltd., Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuo Fukui, Nobuhide Hashimoto, Teruji Kuroyanagi, Kenji Atarashi, Hiroyuki Ishida, Jun Isami, Toshimitsu Matsuoka
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Patent number: 8056967Abstract: There is provided a ceiling decorative panel that can be carried easily and reliably even if a dome lamp is disposed in an opening portion. The ceiling decorative panel of the present invention is disposed on an inside of a roof panel of a vehicle body. The ceiling decorative panel includes a recessed portion protruding toward a back face side of the ceiling decorative panel and having the opening portion at a bottom face. The recessed portion retains the dome lamp in itself. A grip that can be raised in a direction same as a protruding direction of the recessed portion so as to be gripped is disposed to be adjacent to the opening portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2009Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignees: Toyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha, Hayashi Telempu Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuo Fukui, Jun Isami, Toshimitsu Matsuoka, Kenji Atarashi
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Publication number: 20110187158Abstract: In a vehicle ceiling structure, a long reinforcing rib is attached to a ceiling member of the vehicle, the rib being made of a resin having a different coefficient of thermal expansion from that of the ceiling member. The reinforcing rib comprises a plurality of segmented ribs that are divided by a gap in a longitudinal direction. One segmented rib of adjoining segmented ribs and is formed, in upper and lower parts of a front end portion thereof, with an upper protrusion and a lower protrusion protruding in the longitudinal direction. One segmented rib and the other segmented rib fit with each other such that a lower face of the upper protrusion and an upper face of the lower protrusion of the one segmented rib respectively face a rear end portion of the other segmented rib in an up and down direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2009Publication date: August 4, 2011Applicants: Toyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha, HAYASHI TELEMPU CO., LTD, TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuo Fukui, Nobuhide Hashimoto, Teruji Kuroyanagi, Kenji Atarashi, Hiroyuki Ishida, Jun Isami, Toshimitsu Matsuoka
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Publication number: 20100127698Abstract: A magnetostrictive stress sensor (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16) includes: a magnetic member {20, (107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112)} having a magnetostriction; a permanent magnet (30, 35, 113) adjacent to the magnetic member; a magnetic sensor (40, 104A, 104B) for detecting a leak magnetic flux on a side opposite to the permanent magnet with respect to the magnetic member, wherein the leak magnetic flux changes according to a stress acting on the magnetic member and the magnetic sensor detects the change of the leak magnetic flux, to thereby detect the stress acting on the magnetic member, and a direction (21, 108A, 109A) of the stress acting on the magnetic member is substantially orthogonal to a magnetizing direction (31, 31, 113A) of the permanent magnet.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2008Publication date: May 27, 2010Inventors: Munekatsu Shimada, Hiroshi Sakurai, Yoshio Kawashita, Kiyohiro Uramoto, Toshimitsu Matsuoka, Masao Aihara, Mitsuaki Fujita, Masaharu Ooshima
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Publication number: 20090261624Abstract: There is provided a ceiling decorative panel that can be carried easily and reliably even if a dome lamp is disposed in an opening portion. The ceiling decorative panel of the present invention is disposed on an inside of a roof panel of a vehicle body. The ceiling decorative panel includes a recessed portion protruding toward a back face side of the ceiling decorative panel and having the opening portion at a bottom face. The recessed portion retains the dome lamp in itself. A grip that can be raised in a direction same as a protruding direction of the recessed portion so as to be gripped is disposed to be adjacent to the opening portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2009Publication date: October 22, 2009Applicants: Toyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha, TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, HAYASHI TELEMPU CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuo Fukui, Jun Isami, Toshimitsu Matsuoka, Kenji Atarashi
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Publication number: 20070108169Abstract: A laser peening apparatus for manufacturing a rotor using an electrical steel sheet with low iron loss for enabling high speed rotation of a motor. The laser peening apparatus includes a laser irradiating device for irradiating with a laser through a liquid the rotor made of an electrical steel sheet with low iron loss, and a drive device for moving the rotor relative to an irradiation spot of the laser so that the laser irradiates along a bridge side on an inner circumference of a magnet insertion window of the rotor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2004Publication date: May 17, 2007Inventors: Munekatsu Shimada, Hideaki Ono, Takae Ono, Tetsurou Tayu, Makoto Kano, Yu Owada, Naoshi Sakata, Kimihiro Shibata, Toshimitsu Matsuoka, Nobuhiko Tanaka, Yukio Watanabe, Yuji Sano, Hironobu Kimura
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Electrical-steel-sheet formed body for rotor core, rotor, rotary electric machine and related method
Patent number: 6891297Abstract: An electrical-steel-sheet formed body is provided with an opening portion into which a permanent magnet is inserted, and an outer-peripheral hardened portion formed on the electrical-steel-sheet formed body at an outer periphery side thereof for the opening portion and having a higher hardness than a remaining area of the electrical-steel-sheet formed body. The electrical-steel-sheet formed body can be used as the rotor of the built-in permanent magnet type rotary electric machine, and the built-in permanent magnet type rotary electric machine can be obtained.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2003Date of Patent: May 10, 2005Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Munekatsu Shimada, Hideaki Ono, Tetsurou Tayu, Makoto Kano, Yu Owada, Naoshi Sakata, Mitsuo Uchiyama, Toshimitsu Matsuoka, Kimihiro Shibata, Shinichiro Kitada -
Electrical-steel-sheet formed body for rotor core, rotor, rotary electric machine and related method
Publication number: 20030201685Abstract: An electrical-steel-sheet formed body is provided with an opening portion into which a permanent magnet is inserted, and an outer-peripheral hardened portion formed on the electrical-steel-sheet formed body at an outer periphery side thereof for the opening portion and having a higher hardness than a remaining area of the electrical-steel-sheet formed body. The electrical-steel-sheet formed body can be used as the rotor of the built-in permanent magnet type rotary electric machine, and the built-in permanent magnet type rotary electric machine can be obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2003Publication date: October 30, 2003Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Munekatsu Shimada, Hideaki Ono, Tetsurou Tayu, Makoto Kano, Yu Owada, Naoshi Sakata, Mitsuo Uchiyama, Toshimitsu Matsuoka, Kimihiro Shibata, Shinichiro Kitada -
Patent number: 6152090Abstract: In an engine cylinder block, a water jacket base wall is formed between a lower end of a water jacket outer wall and an intermediate part of a cylinder wall. A head bolt boss is formed in the water jacket outer wall for screwing in a head bolt. A thin part is formed in an intermediate part of the water jacket base wall. The rigidity of the water jacket base wall thereby falls, a force in the axial direction of the head bolt due to tightening of the head bolt or input of combustion pressure is absorbed by deformation of the water jacket base wall, and deformation of the cylinder wall is suppressed.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 1998Date of Patent: November 28, 2000Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroya Fujimoto, Toshimitsu Matsuoka
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Patent number: 4830416Abstract: A bumper structure of a type using a bumper facia. The bumper facia is integrally formed with a longitudinally extending sight shielding portion which is raised from an upper wall portion of the bumper facia. The sight shielding portion is arranged and constructed to conceal unsightly parts employed in the bumper structure.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 1987Date of Patent: May 16, 1989Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Toshimitsu Matsuoka
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Patent number: 4657296Abstract: A bumper main body has a pair of recesses into each of which a blank cap is disposed and fixedly and releasably held at its clipping portions by a first arm of a U-shaped leaf nut mounted on each of projections. The blank caps each have an outer surface flush with an outer surface of the bumper main body and a blind hole aligned with one of internally threaded flanged holes of the U-shaped leaf nut. The blind hole has a thin-walled closed end which is removed when a fastening bolt is screwed through the blind hole into one of the flanged holes to fasten a license plate to the bumper main body. The blind hole is alignable with the other of the flanged holes when the clipping portions are reversely attached to the leaf nut.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 1986Date of Patent: April 14, 1987Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigetoshi Nishii, Toshimitsu Matsuoka, Toshio Tsuchida, Atsushi Hosaka