Patents by Inventor Kengo Kishimoto

Kengo Kishimoto 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: 10974655
    Abstract: An automotive rear console includes a rear console body fixed to a bracket provided on a floor between a driver's seat and a passenger seat inside a cabin of an automobile, wherein: the rear console body has a rectangular shape having a bottom portion; the rear console body includes fragile portions provided in a rear side of the bottom portion in a vehicle front-rear direction, in one side of the bottom portion in a vehicle width direction, and in the other side of the bottom portion in the vehicle width direction; and the fragile portions are configured to be broken when impact load is applied from above the rear console body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kengo Kishimoto
  • Publication number: 20190366934
    Abstract: An automotive rear console includes a rear console body fixed to a bracket provided on a floor between a driver's seat and a passenger seat inside a cabin of an automobile, wherein: the rear console body has a rectangular shape having a bottom portion; the rear console body includes fragile portions provided in a rear side of the bottom portion in a vehicle front-rear direction, in one side of the bottom portion in a vehicle width direction, and in the other side of the bottom portion in the vehicle width direction; and the fragile portions are configured to be broken when impact load is applied from above the rear console body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kengo Kishimoto
  • Patent number: 10358166
    Abstract: A vehicle front section structure includes: a suspension tower to which an upper end portion of a strut of a suspension is attached; a dash panel that demarcates an engine compartment from a cabin; an instrument panel reinforcement that bridges a right and left pair of front pillars; an intervening member that is disposed between the suspension tower and the dash panel; a connecting portion that is disposed on the instrument panel reinforcement and that is configured to be connected with a steering support member for supporting, via a steering column, a steering wheel in which an airbag is stored; a brace that couples the dash panel and the steering support member to each other; and a weak portion that is formed in the instrument panel reinforcement on the vehicle front side thereof and at a vicinity of a vehicle width direction inner side of the connecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masakazu Shirooka, Kengo Kishimoto
  • Publication number: 20180148098
    Abstract: A vehicle front section structure includes: a suspension tower to which an upper end portion of a strut of a suspension is attached; a dash panel that demarcates an engine compartment from a cabin; an instrument panel reinforcement that bridges a right and left pair of front pillars; an intervening member that is disposed between the suspension tower and the dash panel; a connecting portion that is disposed on the instrument panel reinforcement and that is configured to be connected with a steering support member for supporting, via a steering column, a steering wheel in which an airbag is stored; a brace that couples the dash panel and the steering support member to each other; and a weak portion that is formed in the instrument panel reinforcement on the vehicle front side thereof and at a vicinity of a vehicle width direction inner side of the connecting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masakazu SHIROOKA, Kengo KISHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 8310404
    Abstract: A lamp apparatus 1 includes an optical unit 2 and a patch antenna 4. The optical unit 2 includes an LED 7 and a substrate 8 having the LED 7 mounted at the front face, and a cover member 9 having visible-light transmittance, spread over the LED 7 at the front. In this optical unit 2 are stored the patch antenna 4 including a patch element 11 and a ground element 12 located at the rear of the patch element 11.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kengo Kishimoto, Suguru Yamagishi
  • Publication number: 20100188301
    Abstract: A lamp apparatus 1 includes an optical unit 2 and a patch antenna 4. The optical unit 2 includes an LED 7 and a substrate 8 having the LED 7 mounted at the front face, and a cover member 9 having visible-light transmittance, spread over the LED 7 at the front. In this optical unit 2 are stored the patch antenna 4 including a patch element 11 and a ground element 12 located at the rear of the patch element 11.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventors: Kengo Kishimoto, Suguru Yamagishi