Patents by Inventor Yorisuke Matsufuji

Yorisuke Matsufuji 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: 6702387
    Abstract: The purpose of this invention is to simplify the structure for softening the shock of a rear-end collision. The lower portion of each of its right-side and left-side members 3, which are made of sheet steel, include a plurality of holes 7 and 8 in which fastening bolts 11 and 12 are inserted so as to connect the side members 3 with an external member. The fastening bolt 11 is capable of contacting the hole brim of a hole, and by installing such a fastening bolt 11 in all of the holes, or in all of the holes but one, the shock of a rear-end collision is softened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nozomu Munemura, Yorisuke Matsufuji, Tomiteru Masuda
  • Publication number: 20020063464
    Abstract: The purpose of this invention is to simplify the structure for softening the shock of a rear-end collision. The lower portion of each of its right-side and left-side members 3, which are made of sheet steel, include a plurality of holes 7 and 8 in which fastening bolts 11 and 12 are inserted so as to connect the side members 3 with an external member. The fastening bolt 11 is capable of contacting the hole brim of a hole, and by installing such a fastening bolt 11 in all of the holes, or in all of the holes but one, the shock of a rear-end collision is softened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Applicant: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nozomu Munemura, Yorisuke Matsufuji, Tomiteru Masuda
  • Patent number: 5988726
    Abstract: A simple-structure vehicular rear seat wherein an upstanding seat cushion reliably receives and stops a luggage piece placed on a luggage supportive floor surface if the piece moves for any reason. When a seat back is laid down forward, the reverse surface of the seat back can be used as a luggage supportive floor surface. A seat cushion is supported on an elevated step portion of a stepped floor, and made up of a lower cushion and an upper cushion. The upper cushion is connected to the elevated step portion by a link-type connection mechanism that allows the upper cushion to be moved between a normal position where the upper cushion is supported on the lower cushion and an upstanding position where the reverse surface of the upper cushion abuts against and is supported by a front wall surface of the elevated step portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Takashimaya Nippatsy Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keisuke Onoda, Kazunori Hashimoto, Yorisuke Matsufuji