Patents by Inventor Akira Sabu

Akira Sabu 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: 10875580
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a front side member disposed on each of opposite lateral sides in a front portion of a vehicle, and a crash box disposed forward of the front side member. The crash box extends further outward in a vehicle width direction with respect to the front side member. The motor vehicle further includes a triangular gusset attached to the front side member and the crash box. The triangular gusset includes an oblique portion extending diagonally forward from where the triangular gusset is joined to the front side member. A reinforcing patch is further disposed close to the triangular gusset along the oblique portion of the triangular gusset. This vehicle structure enables transmission to the front side member of a load input to the gusset, which is greater than an assumed load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiharu Shinya, Yoshinori Domon, Haruhiko Yamamoto, Akira Sabu
  • Patent number: 10703416
    Abstract: A vehicle front portion structure includes a pair of front side members arranged at a distance from each other in a vehicle width direction, each of the front side members extending in a vehicle front-rear direction, a gusset attached to a vehicle width direction outside surface of each of the front side members, protruding outwards in the vehicle width direction beyond the front side member, and having a vehicle width direction dimension decreasing toward a rear of a vehicle, and an MC cross member stretching between the front side members, in which the MC cross member and the front side member face each other in a state where the MC cross member and the front side member are apart from each other in the vehicle width direction at the same vehicle front-rear direction position as a rear end of the gusset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daiki Okura, Yoshihito Tomizawa, Yoshinori Domon, Akira Sabu
  • Publication number: 20190315410
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a front side member disposed on each of opposite lateral sides in a front portion of a vehicle, and a crash box disposed forward of the front side member. The crash box extends further outward in a vehicle width direction with respect to the front side member. The motor vehicle further includes a triangular gusset attached to the front side member and the crash box. The triangular gusset includes an oblique portion extending diagonally forward from where the triangular gusset is joined to the front side member. A reinforcing patch is further disposed close to the triangular gusset along the oblique portion of the triangular gusset. This vehicle structure enables transmission to the front side member of a load input to the gusset, which is greater than an assumed load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiharu SHINYA, Yoshinori DOMON, Haruhiko YAMAMOTO, Akira SABU
  • Patent number: 10421424
    Abstract: A vehicle front structure includes a crash box having a shape of a rectangular tube extending in the vehicle front-rear direction. The crash box extends farther outward in the vehicle width direction than a front side member, and is provided between the front side member and a bumper reinforcement. The crash box has an upper plate and a lower plate. Each of the upper plate and the lower plate has bead rows disposed in the vehicle width direction. Each of the bead rows is formed by beads extending in the vehicle width direction and arranged at predetermined intervals in the vehicle front-rear direction. The bead rows include a first bead row composed of first beads, and a second bead row composed of second beads longer than the first beads and disposed inward of the first bead row in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira Sabu, Haruhiko Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20190126983
    Abstract: A vehicle front portion structure includes a pair of front side members arranged at a distance from each other in a vehicle width direction, each of the front side members extending in a vehicle front-rear direction, a gusset attached to a vehicle width direction outside surface of each of the front side members, protruding outwards in the vehicle width direction beyond the front side member, and having a vehicle width direction dimension decreasing toward a rear of a vehicle, and an MC cross member stretching between the front side members, in which the MC cross member and the front side member face each other in a state where the MC cross member and the front side member are apart from each other in the vehicle width direction at the same vehicle front-rear direction position as a rear end of the gusset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Daiki OKURA, Yoshihito TOMIZAWA, Yoshinori DOMON, Akira SABU
  • Publication number: 20180334121
    Abstract: A vehicle front structure includes a crash box having a shape of a rectangular tube extending in the vehicle front-rear direction. The crash box extends farther outward in the vehicle width direction than a front side member, and is provided between the front side member and a bumper reinforcement. The crash box has an upper plate and a lower plate. Each of the upper plate and the lower plate has bead rows disposed in the vehicle width direction. Each of the bead rows is formed by beads extending in the vehicle width direction and arranged at predetermined intervals in the vehicle front-rear direction. The bead rows include a first bead row composed of first beads, and a second bead row composed of second beads longer than the first beads and disposed inward of the first bead row in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira Sabu, Haruhiko Yamamoto