Patents by Inventor Ichiro AOI

Ichiro AOI 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).

  • Vehicular structural element and vehicle body front section structure
    Patent number: 10647360
    Abstract: A vehicular structural element that includes: a plurality of elongated tube-shaped members; and a retaining member that retains the plurality of elongated tube-shaped members, such that they are disposed alongside each other in a circumferential direction with respect to a predetermined central axis. A tubular assembly configured by an assembly of the plurality of elongated tube-shaped members has inner locations disposed at an inner region viewed along an axial direction set with a lower rigidity in the axial direction than outer locations disposed at an outer region viewed along the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO
    Inventors: Hidekazu Nishigaki, Yasuo Asaga, Ichiro Aoi
  • VEHICULAR STRUCTURAL ELEMENT AND VEHICLE BODY FRONT SECTION STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20180281864
    Abstract: A vehicular structural element that includes: a plurality of elongated tube-shaped members; and a retaining member that retains the plurality of elongated tube-shaped members, such that they are disposed alongside each other in a circumferential direction with respect to a predetermined central axis. A tubular assembly configured by an assembly of the plurality of elongated tube-shaped members has inner locations disposed at an inner region viewed along an axial direction set with a lower rigidity in the axial direction than outer locations disposed at an outer region viewed along the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO
    Inventors: Hidekazu NISHIGAKI, Yasuo ASAGA, Ichiro AOI