Patents by Inventor Akira Ohigashi

Akira Ohigashi 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).

  • Vehicle body front section structure
    Patent number: 9643659
    Abstract: A vehicle body front section structure has a floor tunnel that projects into a vehicle interior on an underfloor of a vehicle, that is formed in a vehicle longitudinal direction, and that has a floor tunnel front end part disposed at a vehicle front of the floor tunnel, and floor tunnel members, a front end ridge line part, a first vehicle body front section reinforcing member that covers, from an outside of the vehicle, a whole of the floor tunnel front end part, from a vehicle upper end to a root of each of the floor tunnel members, and that is provided in the vehicle longitudinal direction along the front end ridge line part, and front side members, each of which has a lower end root that is connected to a dash panel, and each of which extends forward from the lower end root.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Ohigashi, Tomoyuki Kaneda, Yukio Morita
  • VEHICLE BODY FRONT SECTION STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20170001669
    Abstract: A vehicle body front section structure has a floor tunnel that projects into a vehicle interior on an underfloor of a vehicle, that is formed in a vehicle longitudinal direction, and that has a floor tunnel front end part disposed at a vehicle front of the floor tunnel, and floor tunnel members, a front end ridge line part, a first vehicle body front section reinforcing member that covers, from an outside of the vehicle, a whole of the floor tunnel front end part, from a vehicle upper end to a root of each of the floor tunnel members, and that is provided in the vehicle longitudinal direction along the front end ridge line part, and front side members, each of which has a lower end root that is connected to a dash panel, and each of which extends forward from the lower end root.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Ohigashi, Tomoyuki Kaneda, Yukio Morita