Patents by Inventor Toshinobu Saito

Toshinobu Saito 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: 11584159
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel has a Helmholtz resonator (sub-air chamber member) mounted thereon with an adhesive material, and a thickness of the adhesive material on a part (adhesive strength increasing part) of the Helmholtz resonator on which centrifugal force acts strongly during rotation of the wheel is set to be thicker than a thickness of the adhesive material on other parts (regular part) of the Helmholtz resonator. When the thickness of the adhesive material is increased, peel strength of the adhesive material is enhanced accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki Nishi, Youichi Kamiyama, Toshinobu Saito, Toshimitsu Maki
  • Patent number: 11554730
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel includes: a rim including a well portion with an outer circumferential surface, the well portion having a recessed portion formed on the outer circumferential surface; a sub-air chamber member serving as a Helmholtz resonator; and a joining member including a joining portion disposed in the recessed portion. The sub-air chamber member is attached to the outer circumferential surface of the well portion via the joining member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youichi Kamiyama, Toshinobu Saito, Yusuke Osawa
  • Patent number: 11548328
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel includes: a well portion having an outer peripheral surface on which a vertical wall extending in a circumferential direction of the vehicle wheel is formed; and a Helmholtz resonator attached to a side surface of the vertical wall and to the outer peripheral surface of the well portion with an adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki Nishi, Youichi Kamiyama, Toshinobu Saito
  • Patent number: 11505012
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel includes: a wheel body; a single Helmholtz resonator; and a suspension member slidably engaged with the wheel body and suspending the Helmholtz resonator inside a tire air chamber from the wheel body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshinobu Saito, Masaaki Nishi, Youichi Kamiyama
  • Patent number: 11298975
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel includes: a rim including a well portion and a guide member; and a sub-air chamber member serving as a Helmholtz resonator. The well portion has an outer circumferential surface extending in a wheel circumferential direction of the vehicle wheel. The guide member engages with the sub-air chamber member to guide the sub-air chamber member on the outer circumferential surface in the wheel circumferential direction, thereby to attach the sub-air chamber member to the rim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshinobu Saito, Yusuke Osawa, Youichi Kamiyama
  • Publication number: 20200164683
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle wheel including a sub air chamber member as a Helmholtz resonator which is mounted to a well portion. The sub air chamber member includes engaged portions, to be engaged with engaging portions (hooking portions) formed in the well portion, along both end edges in a wheel width direction, and each of the engaged portions of the sub air chamber member includes a folded claw to engage with the engaging portion (hooking portion) of the well portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Toshinobu SAITO, Yusuke OSAWA, Youichi KAMIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200070572
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel includes: a rim including a well portion and a guide member; and a sub-air chamber member serving as a Helmholtz resonator. The well portion has an outer circumferential surface extending in a wheel circumferential direction of the vehicle wheel. The guide member engages with the sub-air chamber member to guide the sub-air chamber member on the outer circumferential surface in the wheel circumferential direction, thereby to attach the sub-air chamber member to the rim.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Toshinobu SAITO, Yusuke OSAWA, Youichi KAMIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200070571
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel includes: a rim including a well portion and a guide member, and a sub-air chamber member serving as a Helmholtz resonator. The well portion has an outer circumferential surface extending in a wheel circumferential direction of the vehicle wheel. The guide member has a rail-like shape and extends in the wheel circumferential direction along the outer circumferential surface. The guide member engages with the sub-air chamber member to guide the sub-air chamber member in the wheel circumferential direction, thereby to attach the sub-air chamber member to the rim.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Yusuke OSAWA, Toshinobu SAITO, Youichi KAMIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200023683
    Abstract: In a vehicle wheel including a sub-air chamber member serving as a Helmholtz resonator, the sub-air chamber member is disposed in a tire air chamber with being supported by an air valve. The sub-air chamber member is connected to the air valve via a bracket, and the bracket is insert-molded in the sub-air chamber member. Alternatively, the sub-air chamber member is supported by the air valve via a support member. In this structure, the support member supports the sub-air chamber member so as to surround circumference of the sub-air chamber member, or has a gripping part nearly of a channel shape that grips the sub-air chamber member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Youichi KAMIYAMA, Toshinobu SAITO, Yusuke OSAWA
  • Publication number: 20200023684
    Abstract: In a vehicle wheel including a rim, a sub-air chamber member serving as a Helmholtz resonator, and a tire pressure sensor unit, the sub-air chamber member and the tire pressure sensor unit are integrated with each other to be mounted on the rim via an air valve. The tire pressure sensor unit is preferably integrated with the air valve. The vehicle wheel may be configured such that the sub-air chamber member is connected to the tire pressure sensor unit via a bracket, and the bracket is insert-molded in the sub-air chamber member. Moreover, an edge of the sub-air chamber member may be locked to a well part at an opposite side in a wheel width direction to the tire pressure sensor unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Yusuke OSAWA, Toshinobu SAITO, Youichi KAMIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200009923
    Abstract: In a vehicle wheel of the present invention, a sub-air chamber member functioning as a Helmholtz resonator includes a main body section forming a sub-air chamber in a space surrounded by a bottom plate adjoined to the outer circumferential surface of a well section and extending in a wheel width direction, an upper plate opposed to the bottom plate at a predetermined interval on an outer side in a wheel radial direction of the bottom plate, and a pair of side plates standing outward in the wheel radial direction from both ends in the wheel width direction of the bottom plate, and a pair of edge sections which extend outward in the wheel width direction from respective joining sections of the bottom plate and the pair of side plates, and which are locked to the well section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Youichi KAMIYAMA, Toshinobu SAITO, Yusuke OSAWA
  • Publication number: 20200009922
    Abstract: A tire-wheel assembly includes: a wheel having a pair of bead seats and a well portion; a tire having a pair of tire beads seated on the pair of bead seats; a lid body having two edge portions located opposite each other in a wheel width direction; and a sub-air chamber member disposed on the lid body. Each of the two edge portions is sandwiched between corresponding one of the pair of bead seats and corresponding one of the pair of tire beads so that the lid body is arranged above the well portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Yusuke OSAWA, Toshinobu SAITO, Youichi KAMIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20200010029
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel includes: a rim including a well portion with an outer circumferential surface, the well portion having a recessed portion formed on the outer circumferential surface; a sub-air chamber member serving as a Helmholtz resonator; and a joining member including a joining portion disposed in the recessed portion. The sub-air chamber member is attached to the outer circumferential surface of the well portion via the joining member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Youichi KAMIYAMA, Toshinobu SAITO, Yusuke OSAWA
  • Publication number: 20200010030
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle wheel with a sub-air chamber member as a Helmholtz resonator attached to a rim. The sub-air chamber member includes a main body having a sub-air chamber therein, a tubular body providing communication between the sub-air chamber and a tire air chamber, and a cover member covering the main body. The main body is disposed on a rim inner circumferential surface portion of the rim present on an inner side of the rim in a wheel radial direction and extending in a wheel width direction. The tubular body is disposed in a through-hole provided in the rim so as to provide communication between the inner side of the rim in the wheel radial direction and the tire air chamber side. The cover member covers the main body from an inner side in the wheel radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Youichi KAMIYAMA, Toshinobu SAITO, Yusuke OSAWA
  • Publication number: 20200009905
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel includes: a wheel having a rim; a sub-air chamber member serving as a Helmholtz resonator; and a support member integrated with the sub-air chamber member and joined to the rim. The sub-air chamber member is made of a synthetic resin. The support member is made of a metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Youichi KAMIYAMA, Toshinobu SAITO, Yusuke OSAWA
  • Publication number: 20190389247
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle wheel to have a Helmholtz resonator mounted to a rim with an old structure, without circumferential grooves cut in the rim so as to have the Helmholtz resonator mounted therein. A vehicle wheel (1) includes a rim (11) formed by joining an inner rim (14a) and an outer rim (14b), and a sub air-chamber member (10) as a Helmholtz resonator, wherein the sub air-chamber member (10) is mounted to the rim (11) via a support member (20) held between the inner rim (14a) and the outer rim (14b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Yusuke OSAWA, Toshinobu SAITO, Youichi KAMIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20190366763
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel includes a Helmholtz resonator (sub-air chamber member) adhered on a rim, and the Helmholtz resonator (sub-air chamber member) includes a bottom plate and a side plate that rises from one edge of both edges of the bottom plate, and the bottom plate and the side plate are adhered on the rim. In the vehicle wheel, the Helmholtz resonator further includes an upper plate that is opposed to the bottom plate, and the upper plate is connected to the side plate at an opposite side of the one edge and inclined so as to come near the bottom plate at greater distances from the side plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Masaaki NISHI, Toshinobu SAITO, Yusuke OSAWA, Youichi KAMIYAMA, Kaito YOSHIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20190344627
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel includes: a wheel body; a single Helmholtz resonator; and a suspension member slidably engaged with the wheel body and suspending the Helmholtz resonator inside a tire air chamber from the wheel body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Toshinobu SAITO, Masaaki NISHI, Youichi KAMIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20190299707
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel includes a Helmholtz resonator adhered on a wheel, and a stopper supported on the wheel and configured to limit displacement of the Helmholtz resonator toward outside in a wheel radial direction. The stopper is disposed on the outside of the Helmholtz resonator in the wheel radial direction and adhered on the wheel. The stopper integral with the Helmholtz resonator forms an annular body that extends in a wheel circumferential direction on an outer circumferential surface of a well part. Moreover, a gap is formed between the Helmholtz resonator and the stopper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Toshinobu SAITO, Masaaki NISHI, Youichi KAMIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20190299708
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel has a Helmholtz resonator (sub-air chamber member) mounted thereon with an adhesive material, and a thickness of the adhesive material on a part (adhesive strength increasing part) of the Helmholtz resonator on which centrifugal force acts strongly during rotation of the wheel is set to be thicker than a thickness of the adhesive material on other parts (regular part) of the Helmholtz resonator. When the thickness of the adhesive material is increased, peel strength of the adhesive material is enhanced accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Masaaki NISHI, Youichi KAMIYAMA, Toshinobu SAITO, Toshimitsu MAKI