Patents by Inventor Yuka SOBAJIMA

Yuka SOBAJIMA 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).

  • Dolly for handling landing gear of aircraft, and method for attaching and detaching landing gear using the same
    Patent number: 10661888
    Abstract: The present invention has an objective to provide a dolly for handling a landing gear of an aircraft that enables, while being downsized, work of positioning the landing gear with respect to an attachment portion of an airframe of the aircraft to be performed efficiently, and a method for attaching or detaching a landing gear using the dolly. A dolly (10) for handling a landing gear (20) of an aircraft includes a base (11), an expandable boom (12) that rises from the base (11) and is expandable and contractible, a hoisting boom (13) that is interconnected to the expandable boom (12) in a raisable and lowerable manner, and a holding portion (15) that is suspended on the hoisting boom (13) and retains the landing gear (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuka Sobajima, Hideyuki Iwata
  • DOLLY FOR HANDLING LANDING GEAR OF AIRCRAFT, AND METHOD FOR ATTACHING AND DETACHING LANDING GEAR USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20170106972
    Abstract: The present invention has an objective to provide a dolly for handling a landing gear of an aircraft that enables, while being downsized, work of positioning the landing gear with respect to an attachment portion of an airframe of the aircraft to be performed efficiently, and a method for attaching or detaching a landing gear using the dolly. A dolly (10) for handling a landing gear (20) of an aircraft includes a base (11), an expandable boom (12) that rises from the base (11) and is expandable and contractible, a hoisting boom (13) that is interconnected to the expandable boom (12) in a raisable and lowerable manner, and a holding portion (15) that is suspended on the hoisting boom (13) and retains the landing gear (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Yuka SOBAJIMA, Hideyuki IWATA