Patents by Inventor Yukihiro Moriyama
Yukihiro Moriyama 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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Publication number: 20220001725Abstract: There are provided a hinge pillar having a closed-cross section extending in a vehicle vertical direction, a side door body comprising a door outer and a door inner, a door trim provided to cover the door inner from a cabin inside, and a stay damper arranged between the door inner and the door trim such that the stay damper extends rearwardly from a front end thereof which is attached to the hinge pillar and to a rear end thereof which is attached to the door inner.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2021Publication date: January 6, 2022Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventor: Yukihiro MORIYAMA
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Publication number: 20210387516Abstract: There are provided an outer member, an inner member including a front-side vertical wall portion and a rear-side vertical wall portion, an impact bar extending from front-side attachment portions of the front-side vertical wall portion to rear-side attachment portions of the rear-side vertical wall portion, a hinge-reinforcement member reinforcing a hinge attachment portion where a hinge is attached to the front-side vertical wall portion, and a latch-reinforcement member reinforcing a latch-attachment portion where a latch device is attached to the rear-side vertical wall portion. The front-side vertical wall portion and the rear-side vertical wall portion are made of casting or high-strength resin, and the hinge-reinforcement member and the latch-reinforcement member are configured to have higher ductility than the front-side vertical wall portion and the rear-side vertical wall portion and connected to the impact bar.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2021Publication date: December 16, 2021Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventor: Yukihiro MORIYAMA
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Publication number: 20210387517Abstract: There are provided an outer member, an inner member connected to the outer member, door components including a door glass provided between the outer member and the inner member, and a reinforcement outer member extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction at an upper end portion of the inner member which is positioned on an outward side, in a vehicle width direction, of the door glass. The outer member includes an outer panel and an annular frame member which is joined to an outer peripheral portion of the outer panel by a hemming method, the reinforcement outer member is connected to the inner member at its front and rear end portions, and a seal outer member to seal a gap between the outer member and the door glass is attached to an upper frame portion fastened to the reinforcement outer member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2021Publication date: December 16, 2021Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventor: Yukihiro MORIYAMA
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Patent number: 10350976Abstract: Guide rails with which a window regulator is provided are respectively fixed to a module plate. The guide rails are fixed, together with the module plate, to an edge of an opening portion provided at inward frames from an outward side in a vehicle width direction. Attachment portions which are capable of afterward attaching outward frames to the inward frames are provided, and attachment portions which are capable of afterward attaching a door outer panel to a door frame comprising the inward frames and the outward frames are provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventor: Yukihiro Moriyama
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Patent number: 10207569Abstract: Vertical frame portions provided at both side portions of a door frame are a light-metal casting, plural connecting frames, which are a light-meal hollow extrusion molding, connect the vertical frame portions, the vertical frame portions are provided with protrusion portions which engage with inward connecting frames in a longitudinal direction, plural attachment portions which attach the outward connecting frames and the vertical frame portion are provided at different points in the longitudinal direction, and an outward connecting frame is provided with an upper rib which engages with an engagement recess portion provided at an upper portion of a door outer panel formed in a non-planar shape.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2017Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventor: Yukihiro Moriyama
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Patent number: 9963924Abstract: A door hinge is provided to slant such that a free end of a door is rotated obliquely upward while the door is opened, and an energizing type balancer to assist an opening/closing operation of the door is provided. A hinge axis of the door hinge slants relative to a vertical line, having an upper side thereof being positioned on an inward side in a vehicle width direction and on a forward side in a vehicle longitudinal direction such that a locus of the free end of the door while the door is opened becomes substantially horizontal or lowers in an opening direction at a point before the door is opened to a maximum open position.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2017Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventor: Yukihiro Moriyama
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Patent number: 9783032Abstract: Front and rear support members which support a deflector plate configured to project upward above a front header when a roof is open include respective joint portions where respective lower portions thereof are joined to each other. The deflector plate includes deflector lower portions which project downward at respective positions where the deflector lower portions do not interfere with the joint portions of the front and rear support members when the deflector plate is located at a lowermost position. An elevating mechanism (springs, groove portions pins) which is configured to elevate or lower the deflector plate relative to the front and rear support members is provided between the deflector lower portions and the front or rear support members.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2016Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventor: Yukihiro Moriyama
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Publication number: 20170240029Abstract: Vertical frame portions provided at both side portions of a door frame are a light-metal casting, plural connecting frames, which are a light-meal hollow extrusion molding, connect the vertical frame portions, the vertical frame portions are provided with protrusion portions which engage with inward connecting frames in a longitudinal direction, plural attachment portions which attach the outward connecting frames and the vertical frame portion are provided at different points in the longitudinal direction, and an outward connecting frame is provided with an upper rib which engages with an engagement recess portion provided at an upper portion of a door outer panel formed in a non-planar shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventor: Yukihiro MORIYAMA
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Publication number: 20170241179Abstract: A door hinge is provided to slant such that a free end of a door is rotated obliquely upward while the door is opened, and an energizing type balancer to assist an opening/closing operation of the door is provided. A hinge axis of the door hinge slants relative to a vertical line, having an upper side thereof being positioned on an inward side in a vehicle width direction and on a forward side in a vehicle longitudinal direction such that a locus of the free end of the door while the door is opened becomes substantially horizontal or lowers in an opening direction at a point before the door is opened to a maximum open position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventor: Yukihiro MORIYAMA
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Publication number: 20170240031Abstract: Guide rails with which a window regulator is provided are respectively fixed to a module plate. The guide rails are fixed, together with the module plate, to an edge of an opening portion provided at inward frames from an outward side in a vehicle width direction. Attachment portions which are capable of afterward attaching outward frames to the inward frames are provided, and attachment portions which are capable of afterward attaching a door outer panel to a door frame comprising the inward frames and the outward frames are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventor: Yukihiro MORIYAMA
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Publication number: 20160368354Abstract: Front and rear support members which support a deflector plate configured to project upward above a front header when a roof is open include respective joint portions where respective lower portions thereof are joined to each other. The deflector plate includes deflector lower portions which project downward at respective positions where the deflector lower portions do not interfere with the joint portions of the front and rear support members when the deflector plate is located at a lowermost position. An elevating mechanism (springs, groove portions pins) which is configured to elevate or lower the deflector plate relative to the front and rear support members is provided between the deflector lower portions and the front or rear support members.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2016Publication date: December 22, 2016Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventor: Yukihiro MORIYAMA
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Patent number: 7775580Abstract: A door glass guiding structure is provided which can be constituted by using a glass guide member made from a low-priced material such as rolled sheet, and is capable of satisfactorily maintaining required functions. The door glass guiding structure 3 comprises the glass guide member 10 which is disposed between two door glasses supported side by side on a door for example, the side door 2) of the vehicle so as to guide the vertical movement of at least one of the door glasses, the core bracket 21 which is constituted of a member different from the glass guide member 10 and is mounted on top end of the glass guide member 10 so as to extend the length thereof upward, and the guide upper end seal member 13 attached to cover the external surface of the core bracket 21 so as to provide water-tight sealing on the top ends of the two door glasses.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2006Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignees: Mazda Motor Corporation, Ishizaki Honten Co., Ltd., Katayama Kogyo Co., Ltd., Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomomi Miyamoto, Norifumi Inoue, Yukihiro Moriyama, Yoshihiro Kinoshita, Tooru Waki, Kazuhiro Takagaki, Akio Okayama
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Publication number: 20080252097Abstract: A door glass guiding structure is provided which can be constituted by using a glass guide member made from a low-priced material such as rolled sheet, and is capable of satisfactorily maintaining required functions. The door glass guiding structure 3 comprises the glass guide member 10 which is disposed between two door glasses supported side by side on a door for example, the side door 2) of the vehicle so as to guide the vertical movement of at least one of the door glasses, the core bracket 21 which is constituted of a member different from the glass guide member 10 and is mounted on top end of the glass guide member 10 so as to extend the length thereof upward, and the guide upper end seal member 13 attached to cover the external surface of the core bracket 21 so as to provide water-tight sealing on the top ends of the two door glasses.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2006Publication date: October 16, 2008Applicant: Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomomi Miyamoto, Norifumi Inoue, Yukihiro Moriyama, Yoshihiro Kinoshita, Tooru Waki, Kazuhiro Takagaki, Akio Okayama
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Patent number: 7073294Abstract: There is provided a door weather strip attached to a door frame of an automobile provided with a latch. An automobile body is equipped with a door provided with a latch and a door not provided with a latch. The automobile body is not equipped with a center pillar. An opening for installing a latch is formed at an upper end of one side of a door frame of said door, where hinges are unprovided. An inner sidewall of a molded part of the door weather strip is attached to the upper end of the door frame. The inner sidewall is provided as the bottom end of the molded part and reaches right above the opening. A drainage rib is provided at a rear face of said sidewall for directing water into the opening.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2004Date of Patent: July 11, 2006Assignee: Nishikawa Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koso Yamaoka, Yukihiro Moriyama
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Patent number: 6979046Abstract: A two-way opening side door structure of a vehicle of which side openings are covered by a front door and a rear door includes a door hinge located at a front end of the front door for swingably supporting the front door, a door hinge located at a rear end of the rear door for swingably supporting the rear door, and an assisting device including a door checker for assisting a vehicle occupant in closing the rear door.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2003Date of Patent: December 27, 2005Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Yukihiro Moriyama, Minoru Matsui, Naoki Yamada, Hironobu Yonezawa, Seishi Nakamura
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Patent number: 6966600Abstract: A side door structure of a vehicle of which side openings are covered by a front door swingably supported by a door hinge located at the front of the front door and by a rear door swingably supported by a door hinge located at the rear of the rear door. The side door structure includes a door checker for holding the front door at an open position situated slightly on the outside of a swing trajectory of the rear door.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2003Date of Patent: November 22, 2005Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventor: Yukihiro Moriyama
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Patent number: 6926340Abstract: A vehicle side-door structure, in which a front door and a rear door cover a continuous opening with no partition in a side part of a vehicle so that the opening is opened and closed, the front door is pivotally attached on a hinge at its front part to a vehicle body so that the front door is opened and closed, and the rear door is pivotally attached on a hinge at its rear part to the vehicle body so that the rear door is opened and closed, includes: a front-door rear reinforcement, the front-door rear reinforcement being disposed at a rear end part of the front door and extending in the vertical direction along the rear end part.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2003Date of Patent: August 9, 2005Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventor: Yukihiro Moriyama
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Publication number: 20050156451Abstract: A two-way opening side door structure of a vehicle of which side openings are covered by a front door and a rear door includes a door hinge located at a front end of the front door for swingably supporting the front door, a door hinge located at a rear end of the rear door for swingably supporting the rear door, and an assisting device including a door checker for assisting a vehicle occupant in closing the rear door.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2003Publication date: July 21, 2005Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Yukihiro Moriyama, Minoru Matsui, Naoki Yamada, Horonobu Yonezawa, Seishi Nakamura
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Patent number: 6808225Abstract: A double door structure which has front and rear doors opening outward to form an uninterrupted opening to front and rear seats has an impact load carrying assembly for forming a side body reinforcing structure for protecting passengers against a side collision. The impact load carrying assembly includes an impact bar extending to and overlapping a side sill of a vehicle body, an upper bracket fixedly mounted to the impact bar and located to overlap a roof side rail of the vehicle body and a lower bracket fixedly mounted to the impact bar. The upper bracket mounts a latch and a belt anchor of a seatbelt system thereon and the lower bracket mounts catch pins forming part of a door catch mechanism operative to prevent movement of the door upon an occurrence of a side collision.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2003Date of Patent: October 26, 2004Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventor: Yukihiro Moriyama
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Publication number: 20040163321Abstract: There is provided a door weather strip attached to a door frame of an automobile provided with a latch. An automobile body is equipped with a door provided with a latch and a door unprovided with a latch. The automobile body is unequipped with a center pillar. An opening for installing a latch is formed at an upper end of one side of a door frame of said door, where hinges are unprovided. An inner sidewall of a molded part of the door weather strip is attached to the upper end of the door frame. The inner sidewall is provided as the bottom end thereof reaches right above the opening. A drainage rib is provided at a rear face of said sidewall for directing water into the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2004Publication date: August 26, 2004Inventors: Koso Yamaoka, Yukihiro Moriyama