Patents by Inventor Toshiyuki Imaizumi
Toshiyuki Imaizumi 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: 6712346Abstract: The present invention is directed to a helical compression spring which is mounted on a vehicle body to be compressed between an upper seat and a lower seat. The spring is formed to provide a coil axis to be substantially curved at a predetermined radius of curvature in an unloaded state of the spring. A pitch of a lower end coil of the spring is set to tilt a lower end plane of the spring at a first angle to the lower seat in a direction for shortening the longitudinal length of the spring at the inside of the curvature in the unloaded state of the spring, and/or a pitch of an upper end coil of the spring is set to tilt an upper end plane of the spring at a second angle in a direction for shortening the longitudinal length of the spring at the outside of the curvature in the unloaded state.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2002Date of Patent: March 30, 2004Assignee: Chuo Hatsujo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Toshiyuki Imaizumi
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Patent number: 6616131Abstract: The present invention is directed to a helical compression spring for a vehicle suspension to be compressed between an upper seat and a lower seat. The spring is formed to provide an end coil center line connecting the centers of an upper end coil and a lower end coil to be offset to a coil axis of a body portion of the spring. A pitch of the lower end coil is set to tilt a lower end plane of the spring at a first predetermined angle to the lower seat in a direction for shortening the longitudinal length of one side of the spring closer to the end coil center line than the coil axis, in an unloaded state of the spring, and/or a pitch of the upper end coil is set to tilt an upper end plane of the spring at a second predetermined angle in a direction for shortening the longitudinal length of the other side of the spring closer to the coil axis than the end coil center line, in the unloaded state of the spring.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2001Date of Patent: September 9, 2003Assignee: Chuo Hatsujo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Toshiyuki Imaizumi
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Patent number: 6583812Abstract: A cathode ray tube phosphor screen inspecting method includes the steps of illuminating a panel of a cathode ray tube, in which a phosphor screen having a regular pattern is formed the inner surface of a face, from the inner surface of the face, imaging the face inner surface, and specifying a defect on the phosphor screen from data obtained by the imaging. The panel, an illuminating unit for illumination, and an image unit for performing the imaging are moved relative to each other. The amount of light from the illuminating unit is changed in accordance with this relative movement.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 1998Date of Patent: June 24, 2003Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Tatsuya Yamazaki, Toshiyuki Imaizumi, Katsumi Omote, Kazumasa Hirayama
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Publication number: 20030111781Abstract: The present invention is directed to a helical compression spring for a vehicle suspension to be compressed between an upper seat and a lower seat. The spring is formed to provide an end coil center line connecting the centers of an upper end coil and a lower end coil to be offset to a coil axis of a body portion of the spring. A pitch of the lower end coil is set to tilt a lower end plane of the spring at a first predetermined angle to the lower seat in a direction for shortening the longitudinal length of one side of the spring closer to the end coil center line than the coil axis, in an unloaded state of the spring, and/or a pitch of the upper end coil is set to tilt an upper end plane of the spring at a second predetermined angle in a direction for shortening the longitudinal length of the other side of the spring closer to the coil axis than the end coil center line, in the unloaded state of the spring.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2001Publication date: June 19, 2003Inventor: Toshiyuki Imaizumi
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Patent number: 6543757Abstract: The present invention is directed to a helical compression spring which is mounted on a vehicle body to be compressed between an upper seat and a lower seat. The spring is formed to provide an end coil center line connecting the centers of an upper end coil and a lower end coil to be offset to a coil axis of a body portion of the spring. A pitch of the lower end coil is set to tilt a lower end plane of the spring at a first angle to the lower seat in a direction for shortening the longitudinal length of one side of the spring closer to the end coil center line than the coil axis, in an unloaded state of the spring, and/or a pitch of the upper end coil is set to tilt an upper end plane of the spring at a second angle in a direction for shortening the longitudinal length of the other side of the spring closer to the coil axis than the end coil center line, in the unloaded state.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2001Date of Patent: April 8, 2003Assignee: Chuo Hatsujo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Toshiyuki Imaizumi
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Patent number: 6460840Abstract: The present invention is directed to a helical compression spring which is mounted on a vehicle body to be compressed between an upper seat and a lower seat. The spring has a coil axis that is substantially curved at a predetermined radius of curvature in an unloaded state of the spring. A pitch of a lower end coil of the spring is set to tilt the end plane of the lower end coil at a first predetermined angle to the lower seat in the direction for shortening the longitudinal length of the spring at the inside of the curvature, and/or a pitch of an upper end coil is set to tilt the end plane of the upper end coil at a second predetermined angle to the upper seat in the direction for shortening the longitudinal length of the spring at the outside of the curvature. The coil axis of the spring may be substantially curved in accordance with at least two radius of curvature in the unloaded state of the spring.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2001Date of Patent: October 8, 2002Assignee: Cho Hatsujo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshiyuki Imaizumi, Toshiho Aoyama, Shuji Kamiya, Takashi Gotoh, Koichi Irie
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Publication number: 20020105127Abstract: The present invention is directed to a helical compression spring which is mounted on a vehicle body to be compressed between an upper seat and a lower seat. The spring is formed to provide a coil axis to be substantially curved at a predetermined radius of curvature in an unloaded state of the spring. A pitch of a lower end coil of the spring is set to tilt a lower end plane of the spring at a first angle to the lower seat in a direction for shortening the longitudinal length of the spring at the inside of the curvature in the unloaded state of the spring, and/or a pitch of an upper end coil of the spring is set to tilt an upper end plane of the spring at a second angle in a direction for shortening the longitudinal length of the spring at the outside of the curvature in the unloaded state.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2002Publication date: August 8, 2002Inventor: Toshiyuki Imaizumi
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Publication number: 20020089108Abstract: The present invention is directed to a helical compression spring which is mounted on a vehicle body to be compressed between an upper seat and a lower seat. The spring is formed to provide an end coil center line connecting the centers of an upper end coil and a lower end coil to be offset to a coil axis of a body portion of the spring. A pitch of the lower end coil is set to tilt a lower end plane of the spring at a first angle to the lower seat in a direction for shortening the longitudinal length of one side of the spring closer to the end coil center line than the coil axis, in an unloaded state of the spring, and/or a pitch of the upper end coil is set to tilt an upper end plane of the spring at a second angle in a direction for shortening the longitudinal length of the other side of the spring closer to the coil axis than the end coil center line, in the unloaded state.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2001Publication date: July 11, 2002Inventor: Toshiyuki Imaizumi
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Patent number: 6375174Abstract: The present invention is directed to a curved helical compression spring having a plurality of coils along a curved coil axis. Each coil constituting the helical compression spring is increased and decreased in diameter, and the order of the increased diameter and the decreased diameter of each coil is reversed at a predetermined position on the longitudinal axis of the helical compression spring, so as to provide the curved coil axis, such as the coil axis curved in C-shape. For example, one section of each coil having approximately a half of the circumference of each coil, which is divided by a plane including the coil axis, is increased in diameter, whereas the other one section of approximately a half of the circumference of each coil is decreased in diameter. The curved helical compression spring may be mounted on a vehicle suspension.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2001Date of Patent: April 23, 2002Assignee: Chuo Hatsujo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Keiji Hasegawa, Toshiyuki Imaizumi
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Patent number: 6328290Abstract: The present invention is directed to a helical compression spring which is mounted on a vehicle body to be compressed between an upper seat and a lower seat. The spring has a coil axis that is substantially curved at a predetermined radius of curvature in an unloaded state of the spring. A pitch of a lower end coil of the spring is set to tilt the end plane of the lower end coil at a first predetermined angle to the lower seat in the direction for shortening the longitudinal length of the spring at the inside of the curvature, and/or a pitch of an upper end coil is set to tilt the end plane of the upper end coil at a second predetermined angle to the upper seat in the direction for shortening the longitudinal length of the spring at the outside of the curvature. The coil axis of the spring may be substantially curved in accordance with at least two radiuses of curvature in the unloaded state of the spring.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 1999Date of Patent: December 11, 2001Assignee: Chuo Hatsujo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshiyuki Imaizumi, Toshiho Aoyama, Shuji Kamiya, Takashi Gotoh, Koichi Irie
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Publication number: 20010035601Abstract: The present invention is directed to a helical compression spring which is mounted on a vehicle body to be compressed between an upper seat and a lower seat. The spring has a coil axis that is substantially curved at a predetermined radius of curvature in an unloaded state of the spring. A pitch of a lower end coil of the spring is set to tilt the end plane of the lower end coil at a first predetermined angle to the lower seat in the direction for shortening the longitudinal length of the spring at the inside of the curvature, and/or a pitch of an upper end coil is set to tilt the end plane of the upper end coil at a second predetermined angle to the upper seat in the direction for shortening the longitudinal length of the spring at the outside of the curvature. The coil axis of the spring may be substantially curved in accordance with at least two radiuses of curvature in the unloaded state of the spring.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2001Publication date: November 1, 2001Applicant: CHUO HATSUJO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshiyuki Imaizumi, Toshiho Aoyama, Shuji Kamiya, Takashi Gotoh, Koichi Irie
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Publication number: 20010011791Abstract: The present invention is directed to a curved helical compression spring having a plurality of coils along a curved coil axis. Each coil constituting the helical compression spring is increased and decreased in diameter, and the order of the increased diameter and the decreased diameter of each coil is reversed at a predetermined position on the longitudinal axis of the helical compression spring, so as to provide the curved coil axis, such as the coil axis curved in C-shape. For example, one section of each coil having approximately a half of the circumference of each coil, which is divided by a plane including the coil axis, is increased in diameter, whereas the other one section of approximately a half of the circumference of each coil is decreased in diameter. The curved helical compression spring may be mounted on a vehicle suspension.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2001Publication date: August 9, 2001Inventors: Keiji Hasegawa, Toshiyuki Imaizumi
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Patent number: 6199882Abstract: The present invention is directed to a vehicle wheel suspension which includes a strut mounted at the upper end thereof on a vehicle body for supporting a wheel, a lower seat fixed to the strut, an upper seat mounted on the vehicle body, and a helical compression spring mounted between the lower seat and the upper seat, with the strut enclosed in the spring. The spring has a coil axis substantially curved at a predetermined radius of curvature in an unloaded state of the spring. The lower seat is tilted at a first predetermined angle in such a direction that the longitudinal length of the spring at the outside of the vehicle body is shortened when the spring is mounted between the upper seat and the lower seat, and/or the upper seat is tilted at a second predetermined angle in such a direction that the longitudinal length of the spring at the inside of the vehicle body is shortened when the spring is mounted between the upper seat and the lower seat.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 1999Date of Patent: March 13, 2001Assignee: Chuo Hatsujo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toshiyuki Imaizumi, Toshiho Aoyama, Shuji Kamiya, Takashi Gotoh, Koichi Irie