Patents by Inventor Toshinori TOYOHARA

Toshinori TOYOHARA 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).

  • Support structure of windshield
    Patent number: 8651552
    Abstract: A support structure of a windshield of the present invention comprises a frame having an open section opening forward in a vehicle and a support member provided inside the frame and connecting an upper face portion and a lower face portion of the frame. The frame has a windshield support portion supporting a lower side portion of the windshield at part of the upper face portion. The support member includes a rear support portion attached to the upper face portion of the frame and a front support portion attached to a cowl panel at a specified location positioned in front of the rear support portion. The windshield support portion is positioned between the front and rear support portions in the vehicle longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Shibutake, Toshiharu Ikeda, Yoshikazu Ide, Hiroshi Sogabe, Yasuhiko Nishida, Naoki Shibata, Kohji Hashida, Toshinori Toyohara, Nobuhiko Yokoyama
  • SUPPORT STRUCTURE OF WINDSHIELD
    Publication number: 20120032468
    Abstract: A support structure of a windshield of the present invention comprises a frame having an open section opening forward in a vehicle and a support member provided inside the frame and connecting an upper face portion and a lower face portion of the frame. The frame has a windshield support portion supporting a lower side portion of the windshield at part of the upper face portion. The support member includes a rear support portion attached to the upper face portion of the frame and a front support portion attached to a cowl panel at a specified location positioned in front of the rear support portion. The windshield support portion is positioned between the front and rear support portions in the vehicle longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyuki SHIBUTAKE, Toshiharu IKEDA, Yoshikazu IDE, Hiroshi SOGABE, Yasuhiko NISHIDA, Naoki SHIBATA, Kohji HASHIDA, Toshinori TOYOHARA, Nobuhiko YOKOYAMA
  • INSTRUMENT PANEL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20090261612
    Abstract: An instrument panel device comprises an instrument panel body, a meter cluster portion, a display indication portion, an instrument-panel recess portion comprising a bottom face portion extending from a central portion of the recess portion to a driver's-seat-side end portion of the recess portion and a portion of difference in level which rises upward from a front end portion of the bottom face portion, a projection portion provided in front of the steering wheel, the projection portion being formed in such a manner that a specified portion of the bottom face portion of the recess portion which is located in front of the steering wheel projects upward. A meter-panel face portion of the meter cluster portion is provided at the projection portion. The display indication portion is provided at a central portion of the portion of difference in level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatoshi TAKAYAMA, Toshinori TOYOHARA, Kazuhiro TANAKA, Kazunori IKURA, Yasuaki OKAZAKI, Hitoshi OCHIMIZU