Patents by Inventor Yasuo Yotsunaga

Yasuo Yotsunaga 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: 9981634
    Abstract: A support panel adjacent to the windshield opening has an upper surface and a lower surface with a first shaft opening. A wiper drive mechanism is supported to the vehicle body structure and extends along the lower surface of the support panel. The wiper drive mechanism includes a shaft housing and a wiper shaft pivotally supported within the shaft housing. A water diverting panel at least partially covers the wiper drive mechanism and is attached thereto and has a cylindrically shaped portion extending upward therefrom. The cylindrically shaped portion defines a second shaft opening with the shaft housing and wiper shaft extending upward through the second shaft opening and further extending upward through the first shaft opening. A filter member is mounted to the cylindrically shaped portion above the water diverting panel and below the support panel encircling the shaft housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuo Yotsunaga, Kyle Happy, Kathryn Templeton
  • Publication number: 20170174184
    Abstract: A support panel adjacent to the windshield opening has an upper surface and a lower surface with a first shaft opening. A wiper drive mechanism is supported to the vehicle body structure and extends along the lower surface of the support panel. The wiper drive mechanism includes a shaft housing and a wiper shaft pivotally supported within the shaft housing. A water diverting panel at least partially covers the wiper drive mechanism and is attached thereto and has a cylindrically shaped portion extending upward therefrom. The cylindrically shaped portion defines a second shaft opening with the shaft housing and wiper shaft extending upward through the second shaft opening and further extending upward through the first shaft opening. A filter member is mounted to the cylindrically shaped portion above the water diverting panel and below the support panel encircling the shaft housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Yasuo YOTSUNAGA, Kyle HAPPY, Kathryn TEMPLETON
  • Patent number: 9156419
    Abstract: A bumper attachment structure includes a flange of a bumper fascia provided with a guide portion protruding therefrom and a flange of a fender panel having an insertion hole into which the guide portion can be inserted. The bumper attachment structure also includes an attachment bracket having a groove in which the guide portion can be housed and an insertion fitting portion in which a tip portion of the attachment bracket can fit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuo Yotsunaga, Tomoaki Matsuoka
  • Publication number: 20150102616
    Abstract: A bumper attachment structure includes a flange of a bumper fascia provided with a guide portion protruding therefrom and a flange of a fender panel having an insertion hole into which the guide portion can be inserted. The bumper attachment structure also includes an attachment bracket having a groove in which the guide portion can be housed and an insertion fitting portion in which a tip portion of the attachment bracket can fit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuo Yotsunaga, Tomoaki Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 8939479
    Abstract: A bumper absorber (9) has a squared U-shaped cross section formed of: a vertical face (11) extending in a top-bottom direction and a vehicle width direction, and a top face (12) and a bottom face (13) respectively extending rearward from a top end and a bottom end of the vertical face (11). The bumper absorber (9) is configured such that the top face (12) and the bottom face (13) thereof are supported by the bumper reinforcement (10) via multiple attachment members (23 to 27), and an interval between the attachment members adjacent to each other in the vehicle width direction is set to decrease from end portions (9b) in the vehicle width direction toward a central portion (9a) in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hotaka Ashiya, Kazumi Hisajima, Teruaki Aoki, Takuji Kugaya, Takahide Ishida, Kunji Nagae, Daisuke Oiki, Tarou Ikeda, Masaru Tsuruta, Yasuo Yotsunaga, Shunsuke Ehara, Norimasa Mizutani, Sylvain David, Nobuhiro Iwai
  • Publication number: 20130168982
    Abstract: A bumper absorber (9) has a squared U-shaped cross section formed of: a vertical face (11) extending in a top-bottom direction and a vehicle width direction, and a top face (12) and a bottom face (13) respectively extending rearward from a top end and a bottom end of the vertical face (11). The bumper absorber (9) is configured such that the top face (12) and the bottom face (13) thereof are supported by the bumper reinforcement (10) via multiple attachment members (23 to 27), and an interval between the attachment members adjacent to each other in the vehicle width direction is set to decrease from end portions (9b) in the vehicle width direction toward a central portion (9a) in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Inventors: Hotaka Ashiya, Kazumi Hisajima, Teruaki Aoki, Takuji Kugaya, Takahide Ishida, Kunji Nagae, Daisuke Oiki, Tarou Ikeda, Masaru Tsuruta, Yasuo Yotsunaga, Shunsuke Ehara, Norimasa Mizutani, Sylvain David, Nobuhiro Iwai