Patents by Inventor Akira Nishino
Akira Nishino 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).
-
Publication number: 20240121637Abstract: A wireless communication monitoring system for monitoring a hardware failure of a wireless communication unit of a wireless communication device using a remote monitoring control device, in which the wireless communication device transmits or receives a predetermined radio signal to or from a monitoring device added or attached to the host device to perform a life and death check for checking an operation, and the remote monitoring control device detects a hardware failure of the wireless communication unit of the wireless communication device on the basis of a result of the life and death check received from the wireless communication device. This makes it possible to detect a failure that cannot be detected from information obtained from a device state request to a wireless communication device of the related art.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2021Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Akira MATSUSHITA, Mitsuru NISHINO, Munehiro MATSUI, Masaki SHIMA, Koichi HARADA, Hiroki SHIBAYAMA, Fumihiro YAMASHITA
-
Patent number: 11345412Abstract: In a vehicle bottom structure, a floor panel to which a cross member is fixed is connected to a rocker inner which is a skeleton member. The floor panel and the rocker inner are sealed from a lower side by a lower seal member, but a region near the reinforcement member is a lower non-sealed part which cannot be sealed. Further, the floor panel and the rocker inner are sealed from an upper side by an upper seal member, but a region near the cross member is an upper non-sealed part which cannot be sealed. On respective sides of the upper non-sealed part, connecting seal members are provided, so that the lower seal member and the upper seal member are connected and a waterproof line is formed.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshinori Domon, Akira Nishino, Hideki Kanki
-
Patent number: 11279219Abstract: A battery frame that supports a bottom of a battery pack mounted under a floor panel includes a plurality of first cross members extending along the vehicle width and having opposite ends coupled to the floor side members to thereby support the bottom of the battery pack, a second rear cross member coupled with a rear cross member and extending along the vehicle width to support the bottom of the battery pack, and first side members and second side members extending along the vehicle length and coupled with the first cross members and the second rear cross member. The first side members and the second side members are disposed such that their edge lines are connected along the vehicle length.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuma Otoguro, Akira Nishino
-
Patent number: 11273871Abstract: A vehicle side structure includes a pillar which extends vertically at a side of a vehicle, a service hole which is provided at a lower portion of the pillar, a cover that closes the service hole, and a seal which is provided around the full periphery of the cover to seal between a perimeter of the cover and a perimeter of the service hole.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2020Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoki Taira, Akira Nishino
-
Patent number: 10988179Abstract: A suspension member is mounted on the side members of an underbody. On the rear portion of the suspension member, spacers are provided between the suspension member and the underbody. Each spacer includes a bracket. The front end surface of the bracket is opposed to the rear wall surface of a main suspension body. During a frontal collision, the rear wall surface of the suspension member abuts against the bracket, whereby retreat of the suspension member is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2019Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshihito Tomizawa, Yoshinori Domon, Akira Nishino
-
Publication number: 20210101442Abstract: A vehicle air conditioning duct for introducing air from an air conditioner to a rear seat includes: an air intake section; a curved section arranged on a side face of a floor tunnel and connected to a lower part of the air intake section; a main body section connected to a rear part of the curved section and extending toward the vehicle rear along the floor tunnel; and an air discharge section, which is connected to a lower part of a rear end portion of the main body section, and which, at a location under a rear end of a front seat, extends outward in the vehicle width direction, the air discharge section having a blowing outlet for blowing air toward the rear seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2020Publication date: April 8, 2021Inventors: Akira Nishino, Tomoki Taira
-
Publication number: 20210086838Abstract: A vehicle side structure includes a pillar which extends vertically at a side of a vehicle, a service hole which is provided at a lower portion of the pillar, a cover that closes the service hole, and a seal which is provided around the full periphery of the cover to seal between a perimeter of the cover and a perimeter of the service hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2020Publication date: March 25, 2021Inventors: Tomoki Taira, Akira Nishino
-
Publication number: 20210070374Abstract: In a vehicle bottom structure, a floor panel to which a cross member is fixed is connected to a rocker inner which is a skeleton member. The floor panel and the rocker inner are sealed from a lower side by a lower seal member, but a region near the reinforcement member is a lower non-sealed part which cannot be sealed. Further, the floor panel and the rocker inner are sealed from an upper side by an upper seal member, but a region near the cross member is an upper non-sealed part which cannot be sealed. On respective sides of the upper non-sealed part, connecting seal members are provided, so that the lower seal member and the upper seal member are connected and a waterproof line is formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Inventors: Yoshinori Domon, Akira Nishino, Hideki Kanki
-
Publication number: 20210061080Abstract: A battery frame that supports a bottom of a battery pack mounted under a floor panel includes a plurality of first cross members extending along the vehicle width and having opposite ends coupled to the floor side members to thereby support the bottom of the battery pack, a second rear cross member coupled with a rear cross member and extending along the vehicle width to support the bottom of the battery pack, and first side members and second side members extending along the vehicle length and coupled with the first cross members and the second rear cross member. The first side members and the second side members are disposed such that their edge lines are connected along the vehicle length.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: Kazuma Otoguro, Akira Nishino
-
Patent number: 10654431Abstract: An in-vehicle device fixing structure includes: a base member including a bottom wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall; a box-shaped in-vehicle device including a first side face opposed to the first side wall, a second side face opposed to the second side wall, a third side face provided on a side opposite to the first side face, and a fourth side face provided on a side opposite to the second side face; a holding member including a third-side-face holding portion opposed to the third side face, a fourth-side-face holding portion opposed to the fourth side face, and a fastening portion attached to the bottom wall via a fastener and having a plate shape; and an in-vehicle device locking portion provided in at least the base member and the holding member, and configured to restrain a movement of the in-vehicle device toward the vehicle upper side.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2017Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Keita Ito, Yasuhiro Kondo, Akira Nishino
-
Patent number: 10639981Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes: a floor panel of a floor of a vehicle interior; a left floor member having a left inclined portion inclined toward the outer side of a vehicle from the front of the vehicle toward the rear of the vehicle when viewed from the top, and a right floor member having a right inclined portion inclined toward the outer side of the vehicle from the front of the vehicle toward the rear of the vehicle when viewed from the top; a battery support frame closer to the lower side of the vehicle than the left and right floor members; and a fastening unit for fixing the battery support frame to the floor panel through the left and right floor members. The battery support frame is fastened to the floor panel at the left inclined portion and the right inclined portion through the fastening unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2019Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Satoshi Kasai, Akihiro Yamada, Kazuma Otoguro, Akira Nishino
-
Publication number: 20200017146Abstract: A suspension member is mounted on the side members of an underbody. On the rear portion of the suspension member, spacers are provided between the suspension member and the underbody. Each spacer includes a bracket. The front end surface of the bracket is opposed to the rear wall surface of a main suspension body. During a frontal collision, the rear wall surface of the suspension member abuts against the bracket, whereby retreat of the suspension member is reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2019Publication date: January 16, 2020Inventors: Yoshihito Tomizawa, Yoshinori Domon, Akira Nishino
-
Patent number: 10422270Abstract: In an engine room, heat insulators are provided on the rear side in the forth and back direction of a vehicle with respect to an engine and on the front side in the forth and back direction of the vehicle with respect to a dash panel arranged on a back side of the vehicle with respect to the engine. A top flange portion is formed at a top of a first heat insulator. The top flange portion is extending in a direction obliquely upward and backward of the vehicle to guide air heated by an exhaust system from the engine in an upward direction of the vehicle. A top bent portion is formed at a top of a second heat insulator such that the top bent portion is arranged in the vicinity of the cowling panel in order to guide the heated air in an upward direction of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2014Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masahiro Tanno, Yuto Korogi, Kazuyoshi Ogata, Akira Nishino
-
Publication number: 20190275873Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes: a floor panel of a floor of a vehicle interior; a left floor member having a left inclined portion inclined toward the outer side of a vehicle from the front of the vehicle toward the rear of the vehicle when viewed from the top, and a right floor member having a right inclined portion inclined toward the outer side of the vehicle from the front of the vehicle toward the rear of the vehicle when viewed from the top; a battery support frame closer to the lower side of the vehicle than the left and right floor members; and a fastening unit for fixing the battery support frame to the floor panel through the left and right floor members. The battery support frame is fastened to the floor panel at the left inclined portion and the right inclined portion through the fastening unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2019Publication date: September 12, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Satoshi KASAI, Akihiro YAMADA, Kazuma OTOGURO, Akira NISHINO
-
Publication number: 20180015893Abstract: An in-vehicle device fixing structure includes: a base member including a bottom wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall; a box-shaped in-vehicle device including a first side face opposed to the first side wall, a second side face opposed to the second side wall, a third side face provided on a side opposite to the first side face, and a fourth side face provided on a side opposite to the second side face; a holding member including a third-side-face holding portion opposed to the third side face, a fourth-side-face holding portion opposed to the fourth side face, and a fastening portion attached to the bottom wall via a fastener and having a plate shape; and an in-vehicle device locking portion provided in at least the base member and the holding member, and configured to restrain a movement of the in-vehicle device toward the vehicle upper side.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2017Publication date: January 18, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Keita ITO, Yasuhiro KONDO, Akira NISHINO
-
Patent number: 9589410Abstract: Provided is a paper money handling apparatus of which the security of a paper money process unit is improved, the jam is easily removed, and the layout is easily changed while the operability thereof is ensured. The paper money handling apparatus includes a repository, a temporary storage container, and a money deposit/withdrawal slot. The repository is provided inside a safe so as to store paper money therein. The temporary storage container is provided inside the safe so as to temporarily store deposited paper money therein during a transaction. The money deposit/withdrawal slot serves as an entry/exit opening of a paper money passageway provided at the upper part of the safe so as to communicate with the repository and the temporary storage container.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2013Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Hitachi-Omron Terminal Solutions, Corp.Inventors: Akira Nishino, Masayasu Ueno, Takeshi Kanagawa, Yukihiro Mabuchi
-
Publication number: 20160063793Abstract: Provided is a paper money handling apparatus of which the security of a paper money process unit is improved, the jam is easily removed, and the layout is easily changed while the operability thereof is ensured. The paper money handling apparatus includes a repository, a temporary storage container, and a money deposit/withdrawal slot. The repository is provided inside a safe so as to store paper money therein. The temporary storage container is provided inside the safe so as to temporarily store deposited paper money therein during a transaction. The money deposit/withdrawal slot serves as an entry/exit opening of a paper money passageway provided at the upper part of the safe so as to communicate with the repository and the temporary storage container.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2013Publication date: March 3, 2016Applicant: Hitachi-Omron Terminal Solutions, Corp.Inventors: AKIRA NISHINO, Masayasu UENO, Takeshi KANAGAWA, Yukihiro MABUCHI
-
Patent number: 9266568Abstract: A vehicle body lower section structure has a rocker that extends in a vehicle body front-rear direction at an outside in a vehicle width direction of a floor panel; and a dashboard cross member that extends in the vehicle width direction at a lower side of a dashboard panel, and an outside end portion of the dashboard cross member in the vehicle width direction is superimposed on and connected to an upper face of the rocker.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2014Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Akira Nishino, Gen Nishida, Hideyuki Takahashi, Satoshi Kasai, Daisuke Noguchi
-
Patent number: 9245401Abstract: Provided is a technique for improving banknote manageability in a banknote handling device. This banknote handling device is provided with multiple banknote storage compartments where banknotes are stored, and a banknote loading compartment where banknotes are stored that are to be loaded in each of the banknote storage compartments. This banknote handling device is provided with a banknote determination unit which obtains the serial numbers of banknotes in conveyance between the banknote storage compartments and the banknote loading compartment, and a conveyance path which conveys banknotes from the banknote loading compartment to the banknote storage compartments via the banknote determination unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2013Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: HITACHI-OMRON TERMINAL SOLUTIONS, CORP.Inventors: Akira Nishino, Yukihiro Mabuchi, Takeshi Kanagawa, Riichi Katou
-
Patent number: 9180916Abstract: A vehicle body lower section structure comprises a rocker that extends in a vehicle body front-rear direction at a vehicle width direction outside of a floor panel; a first cross member that extends in the vehicle width direction at a lower side of a dashboard panel and includes an outside end portion in the vehicle width direction coupled to the rocker; a second cross member that extends in the vehicle width direction at the vehicle body front side of the first cross member; and a coupling member that couples the first cross member and the second cross member together, and configures a closed cross-section structure with the dashboard panel and/or the floor panel.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2014Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Gen Nishida, Akira Nishino, Hideyuki Takahashi, Satoshi Kasai, Daisuke Noguchi