Patents by Inventor Ayano Tsuruta

Ayano Tsuruta 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: 11514390
    Abstract: A delivery system including a vehicle in which a package addressed to a specific user is stored, and a moving body deployed at a delivery site of the package: the moving body including: a first memory, and a first processor that is connected to the first memory; and the first processor being configured to: transmit and receive predetermined information, and perform control, in a case in which the vehicle is proximate to the delivery site, to move the moving body from the delivery site toward the vehicle, to retrieve the package, and then to move the moving body back to the delivery site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ayano Tsuruta, Yasuhiro Hara, Junya Watanabe, Kenta Miyahara, Nana Kikuire
  • Patent number: 11148738
    Abstract: A vehicle including: a pair of suspension towers, each of which houses, in an upright state, a suspension unit configured to provide suspension to a front wheel; a power unit compartment that is provided between the pair of suspension towers, and that houses at least a drive unit configured to drive the front wheels; at least one of a high voltage component or a low voltage component, configuring a sub unit disposed at a vehicle upper side of the suspension towers; and a driving seat that is disposed in a vehicle cabin at the vehicle upper side of the power unit compartment, and that is provided such that feet of a driver are positioned further toward a vehicle lower side than upper ends of the suspension towers and such that a head of the driver is positioned further toward the vehicle upper side than the sub unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Hara, Ayano Tsuruta
  • Patent number: 11052773
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicle structure of an electric automobile including: a center module having a battery that is accommodated beneath a floor of a vehicle cabin; a front module that is joined to a vehicle front side of the center module; a rear module that is joined to a vehicle rear side of the center module; a driving unit that is provided at one of the front module or the rear module, and that is connected to the battery; and a control unit that is provided at another of the front module or the rear module, and that controls autonomous driving of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Hara, Ayano Tsuruta
  • Patent number: 11040609
    Abstract: An electric vehicle includes a vehicle cabin, a battery, a drive unit, and an end doorway. The vehicle cabin is provided with a floor having a flat floor surface, and configured such that an occupant is able to be in the vehicle cabin in any one of a seated position and a standing position. The battery is accommodated under the floor of the vehicle cabin. The drive unit is provided on one of a front side and a rear side with respect to the battery in a vehicle longitudinal direction. The end doorway is provided in a longitudinally-end wall of the vehicle cabin, and provided on the other one of the front side and the rear side with respect to the battery in the vehicle longitudinal direction. The end doorway is configured such that the occupant is able to get on and off the electric vehicle through the end doorway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Hara, Ayano Tsuruta
  • Patent number: 11007884
    Abstract: There is provided an electric automobile including: a battery installed beneath a floor of a vehicle cabin; a driving unit provided at either one side, in a vehicle longitudinal direction, with respect to the battery; a high-voltage part disposed at the one side with respect to the battery and further toward a vehicle longitudinal direction inner side than an end portion at the one side of the driving unit and electrically connected to the driving unit; a control unit disposed at the one side with respect to the battery and further toward the vehicle longitudinal direction inner side than the end portion of the driving unit, and that controls autonomous driving of the vehicle; and an accessory part disposed further toward a vehicle longitudinal direction outer side than the end portion of the driving unit and independent from a control system that relates to traveling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ayano Tsuruta, Yasuhiro Hara, Takahiro Muta
  • Publication number: 20200265382
    Abstract: A delivery system includes: a judging section that, after a package is primarily moved to a vicinity of a delivery destination by a vehicle in which the package is accommodated, and the package is to be secondarily moved from the vehicle to the delivery destination by a moving body, judges whether or not there is a moving body that is available for secondary movement of the package among a first moving body that is loaded in the vehicle and a second moving body that is stationed at the delivery destination or a vicinity thereof; and a control section that, in a case in which it is judged by the judging section that there is a moving body that is available for the secondary movement of the package, causes the moving body that is available for the secondary movement of the package to carry out the secondary movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Ayano TSURUTA, Yasuhiro HARA, Junya WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20200262500
    Abstract: A vehicle including: a pair of suspension towers, each of which houses, in an upright state, a suspension unit configured to provide suspension to a front wheel; a power unit compartment that is provided between the pair of suspension towers, and that houses at least a drive unit configured to drive the front wheels; at least one of a high voltage component or a low voltage component, configuring a sub unit disposed at a vehicle upper side of the suspension towers; and a driving seat that is disposed in a vehicle cabin at the vehicle upper side of the power unit compartment, and that is provided such that feet of a driver are positioned further toward a vehicle lower side than upper ends of the suspension towers and such that a head of the driver is positioned further toward the vehicle upper side than the sub unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Yasuhiro HARA, Ayano TSURUTA
  • Publication number: 20200175471
    Abstract: A vehicle including: a first bay configured to accommodate a ground-based moving body; a second bay configured to accommodate a flying moving body; a cargo hold connected to both the first bay and the second bay, and configured to store a package to be moved to either the ground-based moving body or the flying moving body; a first memory; and a first processor connected to the first memory, the first processor being configured to select whether to move the package in the cargo hold to the ground-based moving body or the flying moving body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ayano TSURUTA, Yasuhiro HARA, Junya WATANABE, Kenta MIYAHARA, Nana KIKUIRE
  • Publication number: 20200175468
    Abstract: A delivery system including a vehicle in which a package addressed to a specific user is stored, and a moving body deployed at a delivery site of the package: the moving body including: a first memory, and a first processor that is connected to the first memory; and the first processor being configured to: transmit and receive predetermined information, and perform control, in a case in which the vehicle is proximate to the delivery site, to move the moving body from the delivery site toward the vehicle, to retrieve the package, and then to move the moving body back to the delivery site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ayano Tsuruta, Yasuhiro Hara, Junya Watanabe, Kenta Miyahara, Nana Kikuire
  • Publication number: 20200062097
    Abstract: An electric vehicle includes a vehicle cabin, a battery, a drive unit, and an end doorway. The vehicle cabin is provided with a floor having a flat floor surface, and configured such that an occupant is able to be in the vehicle cabin in any one of a seated position and a standing position. The battery is accommodated under the floor of the vehicle cabin. The drive unit is provided on one of a front side and a rear side with respect to the battery in a vehicle longitudinal direction. The end doorway is provided in a longitudinally-end wall of the vehicle cabin, and provided on the other one of the front side and the rear side with respect to the battery in the vehicle longitudinal direction. The end doorway is configured such that the occupant is able to get on and off the electric vehicle through the end doorway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Hara, Ayano Tsuruta
  • Publication number: 20200062133
    Abstract: There is provided an electric automobile including: a battery installed beneath a floor of a vehicle cabin; a driving unit provided at either one side, in a vehicle longitudinal direction, with respect to the battery; a high-voltage part disposed at the one side with respect to the battery and further toward a vehicle longitudinal direction inner side than an end portion at the one side of the driving unit and electrically connected to the driving unit; a control unit disposed at the one side with respect to the battery and further toward the vehicle longitudinal direction inner side than the end portion of the driving unit, and that controls autonomous driving of the vehicle; and an accessory part disposed further toward a vehicle longitudinal direction outer side than the end portion of the driving unit and independent from a control system that relates to traveling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Ayano Tsuruta, Yasuhiro Hara, Takahiro Muta
  • Publication number: 20200062131
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicle structure of an electric automobile including: a center module having a battery that is accommodated beneath a floor of a vehicle cabin; a front module that is joined to a vehicle front side of the center module; a rear module that is joined to a vehicle rear side of the center module; a driving unit that is provided at one of the front module or the rear module, and that is connected to the battery; and a control unit that is provided at another of the front module or the rear module, and that controls autonomous driving of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Hara, Ayano Tsuruta