Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Kurokawa

Hiroyuki Kurokawa 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: 10745053
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicle body upper section structure including: a pair of roof side rails that are spaced apart in a vehicle width direction and that extend along a vehicle front-rear direction; a roof reinforcement that extends along the vehicle width direction between the pair of roof side rails; extensions that each join a vehicle vertical direction lower side of a respective one of the pair of roof side rails to a respective vehicle width direction inward side of the roof reinforcement; and a beaded section that is provided at each extension, the beaded section projecting toward a lower side in the vehicle vertical direction and extending in the vehicle width direction such that a projection depth of the beaded section toward the lower side becomes deeper on progression from an inner side toward an outer side in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin Terada, Hiroyuki Kurokawa
  • Publication number: 20200101858
    Abstract: Provided is a capacitor state display device for a vehicle displaying a capacitor state in the vehicle. The vehicle includes a capacitor to which electric power is supplied from an external charging facility, and a power consumption section consuming electric power supplied from the external charging facility or the capacitor. The capacitor state display device includes a display control section acquiring the capacitor state and a display section displaying images based on a command of the display control section. The display control section displays that electric power supplied from the external charging facility is being consumed by the power consumption section if electric power supplied from the external charging facility is being supplied to the power consumption section in a state that electric power is being supplied to the vehicle from the external charging facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazufumi Kuroda, Hiroyuki Kurokawa, Kotaro Higuchi, Masaru Aoki, Eiichi Hoshino, Keisuke Kato
  • Publication number: 20200105073
    Abstract: Provided is an information display device for a vehicle having a display control section acquiring information of the vehicle and a display section displaying an image selected by the display control section. The vehicle includes a shift lever that can select at least a parking range and a driving range, and an in displayed on the display section includes either a first vehicle image or a second vehicle that are images of the vehicle viewed from mutually different directions. On the display section, the display control section displays the first vehicle image when the shift lever selects the parking range and the second vehicle image when the shift lever selects at least the driving range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazufumi Kuroda, Hiroyuki Kurokawa, Kotaro Higuchi, Masaru Aoki, Eiichi Hoshino, Keisuke Kato
  • Patent number: 10604382
    Abstract: A work machine provided with a lifting magnet includes the lifting magnet, an arm that supports the lifting magnet, a boom that supports the arm, an upper turning body that supports the boom, an engine, a selective catalytic reduction system, and a controller that controls attraction and release by the lifting magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO(S.H.I.) CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takaaki Morimoto, Yoshimitsu Yuzawa, Hiroyuki Kurokawa
  • Publication number: 20200032789
    Abstract: An oil pump includes: a pump housing having a rotor accommodation space in an inner portion of the pump housing; a rotor accommodated in the rotor accommodation space; a shaft portion disposed inside the rotor; and a passage which is provided to straddle at least one of the pump housing and the rotor and the shaft portion and which communicates a pump chamber which is formed by the rotor inside the pump housing with an outside of the pump housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KUROKAWA, Mitsuru TERADA, Yoshito UNO
  • Publication number: 20200018440
    Abstract: A shovel includes a lower traveling body, an upper turning body turnably attached to the lower traveling body, an automatic greasing device mounted on the upper turning body, and a control device configured to control the automatic greasing device. The control device is configured to control timing to start greasing by the automatic greasing device based on the past operating condition of the shovel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Ryuji SHIRATANI, Hiroyuki KUROKAWA, Hajime ARAGAKI
  • Patent number: 10464120
    Abstract: A method for producing a forged crankshaft includes a die forging step of forming a forged blank having a crankshaft shape by die forging, and a pressing step of pressing the forged blank by a first dies. The forged blank includes first excess portions attached to some or all of crank arms each incorporating a counterweight, each of the first excess portions protrudes from a side portion of the crank arm, in a region near a journal. In the pressing step, the first excess portions are deformed by the first dies such that each of the first excess portions bulges toward a pin. This facilitates the production of a forged crankshaft with a reduced weight and assured stiffness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Tamura, Junichi Okubo, Ken Yoshino, Kunihiro Yabuno, Hiroyuki Kurokawa, Tomohisa Yamashita, Sho Takamoto, Koichiro Ishihara
  • Patent number: 10441995
    Abstract: The disclosed production method includes a die forging step of obtaining a forged blank with flash having a crankshaft shape, and a trimming step of removing the flash from the forged blank while nipping the forged blank with a pair of holding dies. In the forged blank, at least one of the rough crank arms have, in a region near an adjacent rough pin, a first excess portion protruding from an outer periphery of a side portion of the rough crank arm. When the forged blank is nipped with the pair of holding dies, the first excess portion is deformed by the pair of holding dies to bulge toward an adjacent rough journal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sho Takamoto, Kenji Tamura, Tomohisa Yamashita, Kunihiro Yabuno, Ken Yoshino, Hiroyuki Kurokawa, Junichi Okubo, Koichiro Ishihara
  • Publication number: 20190283805
    Abstract: A vehicle frame structure includes: an adhesive member that is superimposed on and adhered to a plate shaped vehicle frame member extending in one direction such that the adhesive member is superimposed in a thickness direction of the vehicle frame member; a first fiber reinforced plastic member that includes plural first fibers oriented in different directions to each other, and that is disposed spaced apart from the vehicle frame member in the thickness direction; and a second fiber reinforced plastic member that includes plural second fibers oriented in an orientation direction of an intersecting direction intersecting the thickness direction, that has a thinner thickness in the thickness direction than a thickness of the first fiber reinforced plastic member, and that is sandwiched between the adhesive member and the first fiber reinforced plastic member in the thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroyuki KUROKAWA
  • Patent number: 10413965
    Abstract: The disclosed production method includes a rough forging step of performing die forging to obtain a rough forged blank with flash having a crankshaft shape, and a finish forging step of applying die forging by use of a first pair of dies to the rough forged blank to obtain a finish forged blank with flash. In the rough forged blank, at least one of the rough crank arms have, in a region near an adjacent rough pin, a first excess portion protruding from an outer periphery of a side portion of the rough crank arm. During the die forging in the finish forging step, the first excess portion is deformed by the first pair of dies to bulge toward an adjacent rough journal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sho Takamoto, Kenji Tamura, Tomohisa Yamashita, Kunihiro Yabuno, Ken Yoshino, Hiroyuki Kurokawa, Junichi Okubo, Koichiro Ishihara
  • Publication number: 20190226508
    Abstract: There is provided a component joining structure that includes: a resin component; a metal tip that is provided in the resin component by insert molding, and that includes protruding portions that protrude from the resin component; and a metal component that is spot welded to the protruding portions, and that is joined to the resin component by an adhesive agent that is provided in gaps formed, by the protruding portions, between the resin component and the metal component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroyuki KUROKAWA
  • Patent number: 10350671
    Abstract: A method for producing a forged crankshaft includes: a preforming step of forming a preformed blank with no flash, the preformed blank including a shape of the crankshaft, wherein the crank arm have excess projecting portions at an outer peripheries of side portions of the crank arm near the crank pin; a die forging step of forming a forged blank with flash by pressing the preformed blank with a pair of first dies; and a trimming step of removing the flash from the forged blank. In the die forging step, while a second die is abutted against a journal-side surface of the crank arm and holds the surface, the excess projecting portions of the crank arm are deformed by the first dies so as to increase the side portions of the crank arm in thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Tamura, Junichi Okubo, Koichiro Ishihara, Ken Yoshino, Kunihiro Yabuno, Hiroyuki Kurokawa, Tomohisa Yamashita, Sho Takamoto
  • Publication number: 20190047627
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicle body upper section structure including: a pair of roof side rails that are spaced apart in a vehicle width direction and that extend along a vehicle front-rear direction; a roof reinforcement that extends along the vehicle width direction between the pair of roof side rails; extensions that each join a vehicle vertical direction lower side of a respective one of the pair of roof side rails to a respective vehicle width direction inward side of the roof reinforcement; and a beaded section that is provided at each extension, the beaded section projecting toward a lower side in the vehicle vertical direction and extending in the vehicle width direction such that a projection depth of the beaded section toward the lower side becomes deeper on progression from an inner side toward an outer side in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin TERADA, Hiroyuki KUROKAWA
  • Patent number: 10124398
    Abstract: A method for producing a forged crankshaft includes a die forging step, a trimming step, and an excess projecting portion bending step. The die forging step forms a finish forged blank with flash, the finish forged blank including a shape of the crankshaft, in which crank arms have excess projecting portions at outer peripheries of side portions thereof near a crank pin, the excess projecting portions projecting from the outer peripheries. The trimming step removes the flash from the finish forged blank formed in the die forging step. The excess projecting portion bending step bends the excess projecting portions of the crank arms toward a journal-side surface of the crank arm by pressing the crankshaft using a pair of first dies, the crankshaft being obtained by removing the flash in the trimming step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Tamura, Junichi Okubo, Koichiro Ishihara, Ken Yoshino, Kunihiro Yabuno, Hiroyuki Kurokawa, Tomohisa Yamashita, Sho Takamoto
  • Patent number: 10086425
    Abstract: A method for producing a forged crankshaft includes a die forging step, a trimming step, and an excess projecting portion crushing step. The die forging step forms a finish forged blank with flash, the finish forged blank including a shape of the crankshaft, in which crank arms have excess projecting portions at outer peripheries of side portions thereof near a crank pin, the excess projecting portions projecting from the outer peripheries. The trimming step removes the flash from the finish forged blank formed in the die forging step. The excess projecting portion crushing step crushes the excess projecting portions of the crank arms by pressing the crankshaft using a pair of first dies, the crankshaft being obtained by removing the flash in the trimming step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Tamura, Junichi Okubo, Koichiro Ishihara, Ken Yoshino, Kunihiro Yabuno, Hiroyuki Kurokawa, Tomohisa Yamashita, Sho Takamoto
  • Patent number: 10058912
    Abstract: A method for producing a forged crankshaft includes a die forging step, a trimming step, and an excess projecting portion bending step. The die forging step forms a finish forged blank with flash, the finish forged blank including a shape of the crankshaft, in which crank arms have excess projecting portions at outer peripheries of side portions thereof near a crank pin, the excess projecting portions projecting from the outer peripheries. The trimming step removes the flash from the finish forged blank formed in the die forging step. The excess projecting portion bending step bends the excess projecting portions of the crank arms toward a journal-side surface of the crank arm by inserting a first die having a U-shape from a direction of eccentricity of the crank pin to the crankshaft obtained by removing the flash in the trimming step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Tamura, Junichi Okubo, Koichiro Ishihara, Ken Yoshino, Kunihiro Yabuno, Hiroyuki Kurokawa, Tomohisa Yamashita, Sho Takamoto
  • Publication number: 20180169742
    Abstract: A forged crankshaft manufacturing apparatus processes a forged blank with no flash. The forged blank includes at least one rough crank arm having an excess portion protruding from an outer periphery of a side portion thereof. The manufacturing apparatus includes a first die and a second die paired with each other, a retaining device, and a moving device. The first die and the second die bend or crash the excess portion. The retaining device retains at least one of the rough journals or at least one of the rough pins such that a rough pin decentering direction is perpendicular to a reducing direction in which the first die and the second die apply force for reduction. The moving device supports the retaining device such that the retaining device is movable in the reducing direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Tomohisa YAMASHITA, Kunihiro YABUNO, Ken YOSHINO, Sho TAKAMOTO, Hiroyuki KUROKAWA, Kenji TAMURA, Junichi OKUBO, Kiyoshi NAKAYAMA, Toru HORIUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180170451
    Abstract: A vehicular panel structure includes a panel, a reinforcement disposed inward of the panel in a vehicle, and mastic that bonds the panel and the reinforcement to each other. The reinforcement is provided with a body portion constituting a middle portion in a longitudinal direction and having a linear expansion coefficient smaller than the linear expansion coefficient of the panel, a connection portion constituting an end portion in the longitudinal direction, and a joining portion allowing the body portion and the connection portion to be joined to each other by a thermosetting adhesive and a fastener. A long hole portion is disposed in the reinforcement and is formed in either the connection portion or the body portion. The fastener is inserted into the long hole portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin TERADA, Hiroyuki KUROKAWA
  • Publication number: 20180147621
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a forged crankshaft includes a pair of upper and lower dies and a first tool. The pair of dies deforms first excess portions and thereby thickens both side portions of a rough crank arm, in a region near a rough pin adjacent thereto. The first tool is fitted in an open space made in the pair of dies, and is capable of coming into contact with a rough-journal-facing surface of the rough crank arm, except the side portions in the region near the adjacent rough pin. The first pair of dies and the first tool have first guides to guide the first tool from a retracting position to a contacting position. The first guides include a first guide disposed on at least one of an upper surface and a lower surface of the first tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Tomohisa YAMASHITA, Sho TAKAMOTO, Hiroyuki KUROKAWA, Kunihiro YABUNO, Ken YOSHINO, Kenji TAMURA, Junichi OKUBO
  • Patent number: 9969440
    Abstract: A joining structure of vehicle framework members includes: a first vehicle framework member formed by a lightweight metal material having a rectangular closed cross section shape in a sectional view orthogonal to an extension direction of the first vehicle framework member; a second vehicle framework member formed by a lightweight metal material having a hat shape in the sectional view orthogonal to the extension direction, the second vehicle framework member covering the first vehicle framework member; an offset flange portion that is a portion of a flange portion formed at an end portion at the opening side of the second vehicle framework member, and that protrudes to an opposite side of the flange portion from the opening side; and a protrusion portion that protrudes from an end portion of the offset flange portion at the opening side, and that is joined to the first vehicle framework member by heat-welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kurokawa