Patents by Inventor Ken Koganezawa

Ken Koganezawa 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).

  • Structure of a vehicular body
    Patent number: 7717496
    Abstract: A crash load absorption structure of a vehicular body having a side member at a bottom of the vehicular body extending in a forward-rearward direction and a pillar extending in an upward-downward direction. The structure of the vehicular body includes a side body bar located upward from the side member at a side portion of the vehicular body, the side body bar extending in the forward-rearward direction and being adapted to transfer a portion of the crash load to the pillar, and a connecting bar that connects the side member and the side body bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kara Ebina, Koumel Iwata, Ken Koganezawa, Takayoshi Nomura
  • Structure of a vehicular body
    Publication number: 20080061600
    Abstract: A crash load absorption structure of a vehicular body having a side member at a bottom of the vehicular body extending in a forward-rearward direction and a pillar extending in an upward-downward direction. The structure of the vehicular body includes a side body bar located upward from the side member at a side portion of the vehicular body, the side body bar extending in the forward-rearward direction and being adapted to transfer a portion of the crash load to the pillar, and a connecting bar that connects the side member and the side body bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventors: Kara Ebina, Koumel Iwata, Ken Koganezawa, Takayoshi Nomura