Patents by Inventor Kuniyoshi Tashiro
Kuniyoshi Tashiro 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).
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Patent number: 10730558Abstract: A front vehicle-body structure of a vehicle, comprising a dash panel, a pair of right-and-left hinge pillars, a suspension tower, and a heat-insulating inner upper portion connecting the suspension tower and the dash panel, wherein the dash panel comprises a dash panel body, a dash cross member interconnecting respective lower portions of the hinge pillars, and a dash-panel reinforcing member joined to a portion which is positioned above the dash cross member, the heat-insulating inner upper portion is connected to the dash panel body via the dash-panel reinforcing member, and the dash-panel reinforcing member comprises a leg portion which connects the heat-insulating inner upper portion and the dash cross member and a bridge portion which interconnects respective rear ends of the heat-insulating inner upper portions.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2019Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuki Yamauchi, Hidenori Matsuoka, Kuniyoshi Tashiro
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Publication number: 20200086927Abstract: A suspension having a first link member that is coupled to a front wheel and a second link member that is located on a rear side of the first link member is mounted to a suspension housing. The suspension housing has a first supporting part that supports the first link member and a second supporting part that is provided on a rear side of the first supporting part and supports the second link member. The front frame has a first fixing portion to which the first supporting part is fixed and a second fixing portion to which the second supporting part is fixed, and the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion are provided at positions different from each other in a vehicle width direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2019Publication date: March 19, 2020Inventors: Shigeaki Watanabe, Kuniyoshi Tashiro, Hiroki Matsuoka
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Publication number: 20200062313Abstract: A front body structure of the vehicle includes a pair of left and right apron reinforcements, a pair of left and right front side frames, a pair of left and right suspension housings, and a sub-frame. The front body structure of the vehicle further includes a shroud upper that joins the front ends of the apron reinforcements, a pair of left and right shroud members that join the shroud upper and the front ends of the front side frames, and a pair of left and right front joint members that join the front ends of the front side frames and the sub-frame, in which the shroud members are joined to the upper surfaces and the side surfaces of the front side frames.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2019Publication date: February 27, 2020Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Kuniyoshi TASHIRO, Shigeaki WATANABE, Hidenori MATSUOKA
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Publication number: 20200062309Abstract: A front body structure of the vehicle has a pair of left and right suspension housings provided in desired positions separated from the dash panel toward the vehicle front side. The front body structure of the vehicle further includes a first ring-shaped structural frame that passes through shroud members and is substantially ring-shaped in front view, a second ring-shaped structural frame that passes through the suspension housings and is substantially ring-shaped in front view, and a third ring-shaped structural frame that passes through hinge pillars and is substantially ring-shaped in front view, in which these ring-shaped structural frames are joined to each other by apron reinforcements, front side frames, and side members of the sub-frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2019Publication date: February 27, 2020Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Shigeaki WATANABE, Kuniyoshi TASHIRO, Kazuki YAMAUCHI, Hidenori MATSUOKA
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Publication number: 20190300056Abstract: A front vehicle-body structure of a vehicle comprises a dash panel, a pair of right-and-left hinge pillars, and a suspension tower, wherein the dash panel comprises a dash panel body which constitutes a partition wall positioned at a front side of a cabin portion and a dash cross member which is joined to a front face of a lower portion of the dash panel body and interconnects respective lower portions of the right-and-left hinge pillars in a vehicle width direction, and there are provided a pair of right-and-left heat-insulating inner lower portion, each of which connects the suspension tower and the dash cross member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuki YAMAUCHI, Hidenori MATSUOKA, Kuniyoshi TASHIRO
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Publication number: 20190300055Abstract: A front vehicle-body structure of a vehicle, comprising a dash panel, a pair of right-and-left hinge pillars, a suspension tower, and a heat-insulating inner upper portion connecting the suspension tower and the dash panel, wherein the dash panel comprises a dash panel body, a dash cross member interconnecting respective lower portions of the hinge pillars, and a dash-panel reinforcing member joined to a portion which is positioned above the dash cross member, the heat-insulating inner upper portion is connected to the dash panel body via the dash-panel reinforcing member, and the dash-panel reinforcing member comprises a leg portion which connects the heat-insulating inner upper portion and the dash cross member and a bridge portion which interconnects respective rear ends of the heat-insulating inner upper portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuki YAMAUCHI, Hidenori MATSUOKA, Kuniyoshi TASHIRO
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Publication number: 20190283697Abstract: When viewed from the vehicle front and rear direction, the front end portions of the upper plate part 21, the lower plate part 22, the left plate part 23, and the right plate part 24 of the left front side frame 2 and the rear end portions of the upper wall part 41, the lower wall part 42, the left wall part 43, and the right wall part 44 of the left crush can 4 overlap each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2017Publication date: September 19, 2019Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Kuniyoshi TASHIRO, Ippei KURODA, Satoshi NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20190270421Abstract: The crush can 4 is provided therein with the ribs 46 and 47. The front side frame 2 has the inner plate part 24 and the outer plate part 23 in the vehicle width direction. The inner plate part 24 and the outer plate part 23 are provided with recessed linear portions 23a and 24a recessed toward an inner side of the front side frame 2 and extending in the vehicle front and rear direction, respectively. The recessed linear portions 23a and 24a and the ribs 46 and 47 of the crush can 4 are disposed at approximately the same heights, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2017Publication date: September 5, 2019Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Kuniyoshi TASHIRO, Ippei KURODA, Satoshi NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20190256023Abstract: The crush can 4 is provided therein with the ribs 46 and 47 extending in the vehicle front and rear direction. The bumper beam 6 is provided therein with the ribs 66 and 67 extending in the vehicle front and rear direction. The rib 46 of the crush can 4 and the rib 66 of the bumper beam 6 are disposed at approximately the same height, and the rib 47 of the crush can 4 and the rib 67 of the bumper beam 6 are disposed at approximately the same height.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2017Publication date: August 22, 2019Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Kuniyoshi TASHIRO, Ippei KURODA, Satoshi NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20190256022Abstract: The inner side of the crush can 4 in the vehicle width direction extends forward relative to the outer side. The inner side of the crush can 4 in the vehicle width direction is formed with the cutout portions 70 to 73 by cutting off a part of a material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2017Publication date: August 22, 2019Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Kuniyoshi TASHIRO, Ippei KURODA, Satoshi NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 9254812Abstract: A vehicle comprises a bumper reinforcement extending in a vehicle width direction and a shock absorbing member fixed to a front face of the bumper reinforcement and extending in the vehicle width direction along the bumper reinforcement. The shock absorbing member comprises a base portion extending vertically along the front face of the bumper reinforcement and a projection portion extending forward from a lower end portion of the base portion and being resiliently-downward deformable relative to the base portion. Thus, the vehicle comprising the shock absorbing member provided in front of the bumper reinforcement with the leg-flicking function for the pedestrian protection can be provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2014Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Kuniyoshi Tashiro, Arihiro Furumoto, Ryo Ando, Masayuki Furutani, Masaru Chikita, Koji Miyamoto
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Patent number: 9132862Abstract: A vehicle front body structure comprises: a hood for covering a top of an engine compartment provided in a front section of a vehicle; an engagement element provided at a front section of the hood; a radiator shroud provided at a front section of the engine compartment; an engagement counterpart element provided in front of the radiator shroud and engageable with the engagement element; a wire arranged to extend from a lateral side of the radiator shroud and pass through a position in front of the radiator shroud, and coupled to the engagement counterpart element; and a support supporting the engagement counterpart element with respect to the radiator shroud. The support has a protruding portion which protrudes toward a position capable of hindering at least a part of the wire from being visually seen from a front side of the vehicle body.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2012Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Kazuhiro Kageyama, Nobuyuki Nakayama, Kuniyoshi Tashiro
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Publication number: 20150136512Abstract: A vehicle comprises a bumper reinforcement extending in a vehicle width direction and a shock absorbing member fixed to a front face of the bumper reinforcement and extending in the vehicle width direction along the bumper reinforcement. The shock absorbing member comprises a base portion extending vertically along the front face of the bumper reinforcement and a projection portion extending forward from a lower end portion of the base portion and being resiliently-downward deformable relative to the base portion. Thus, the vehicle comprising the shock absorbing member provided in front of the bumper reinforcement with the leg-flicking function for the pedestrian protection can be provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2014Publication date: May 21, 2015Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Kuniyoshi TASHIRO, Arihiro FURUMOTO, Ryo ANDO, Masayuki FURUTANI, Masaru CHIKITA, Koji MIYAMOTO
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Patent number: 8985651Abstract: A panel member having a U-shaped cross section includes step portions at an upper face portion and a lower face portion, and a distance, in a vehicle longitudinal direction, of the step potions from a panel member formed substantially in a flat-plate shape, is configured such that the distance at a central portion, in the vehicle width direction, of a bumper reinforcement is the maximum and the distance decreases gradually toward an outward direction of the vehicle. Accordingly, the vehicle-body structure which can properly ensure the bending strength and also attain the light weight of the bumper reinforcement, improving the load transmission from the bumper reinforcement to crash cans, can be provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2013Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Masanori Honda, Kuniyoshi Tashiro, Shunsuke Kanemoto, Satoshi Nakamura
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Publication number: 20140117685Abstract: A panel member having a U-shaped cross section includes step portions at an upper face portion and a lower face portion, and a distance, in a vehicle longitudinal direction, of the step potions from a panel member formed substantially in a flat-plate shape, is configured such that the distance at a central portion, in the vehicle width direction, of a bumper reinforcement is the maximum and the distance decreases gradually toward an outward direction of the vehicle. Accordingly, the vehicle-body structure which can properly ensure the bending strength and also attain the light weight of the bumper reinforcement, improving the load transmission from the bumper reinforcement to crash cans, can be provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2013Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Masanori HONDA, Kuniyoshi TASHIRO, Shunsuke KANEMOTO, Satoshi NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20140084632Abstract: A vehicle front body structure comprises: a hood for covering a top of an engine compartment provided in a front section of a vehicle; an engagement element provided at a front section of the hood; a radiator shroud provided at a front section of the engine compartment; an engagement counterpart element provided in front of the radiator shroud and engageable with the engagement element; a wire arranged to extend from a lateral side of the radiator shroud and pass through a position in front of the radiator shroud, and coupled to the engagement counterpart element; and a support supporting the engagement counterpart element with respect to the radiator shroud. The support has a protruding portion which protrudes toward a position capable of hindering at least a part of the wire from being visually seen from a front side of the vehicle body.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2012Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuhiro Kageyama, Nobuyuki Nakayama, Kuniyoshi Tashiro
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Patent number: 8403403Abstract: A pair of sub frames is provided on the outside of a heat exchanger in a vehicle width direction, there is provided a stiffener which interconnects front ends of the sub frames and projects forward, and the stiffener is connected to lower portions of the sub frames. Accordingly, the sufficient attachment rigidity of the stiffener can be secured in the normal state, whereas in the vehicle collision state the stiffener can be easily separated off the sub frames without resisting improperly, so that the safety of pedestrian can be secured.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2011Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Kuniyoshi Tashiro, Nobuyuki Nakayama, Yamato Matsuda, Hirofumi Miyamoto, Hiroshi Sogabe, Masatoki Kito
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Publication number: 20120019027Abstract: A pair of sub frames is provided on the outside of a heat exchanger in a vehicle width direction, there is provided a stiffener which interconnects front ends of the sub frames and projects forward, and the stiffener is connected to lower portions of the sub frames. Accordingly, the sufficient attachment rigidity of the stiffener can be secured in the normal state, whereas in the vehicle collision state the stiffener can be easily separated off the sub frames without resisting improperly, so that the safety of pedestrian can be secured.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2011Publication date: January 26, 2012Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Kuniyoshi TASHIRO, Nobuyuki NAKAYAMA, Yamato MATSUDA, Hirofumi MIYAMOTO, Hiroshi SOGABE, Masatoki KITO