Patents by Inventor Yoneji Nakane

Yoneji Nakane 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).

  • Method of forming a seam in a body outer panel of a vehicle
    Patent number: 4004124
    Abstract: End portions of first and second panel plates to be joined together are displaced toward the inside and outside of the panel, respectively, by an amount substantially equal to the thickness of the panel plates adjacent a seam to be formed, whereupon, with a plate piece of a similar thickness being applied to the inside of said first panel plate adjacent its displaced end portion, transient portions of said first and second panel plates between their basic portions and displaced end portions as well as said plate piece are welded together by spot-welding, the displaced end portions of said second panel plate being thereafter substantially removed by grinding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1975
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1977
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoneji Nakane, Toshikazu Nakamura, Hiromichi Magota