Patents by Inventor Kyosuke KAWASE

Kyosuke KAWASE 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: 11932124
    Abstract: An electrically driven vehicle includes at least one wheel driven by a motor, a vehicle body including a floor panel, a battery pack arranged on the lower side of the floor panel and configured to supply power to the motor, at least one wire harness extending in a front-rear direction of the electrically driven vehicle between the floor panel and the battery pack, and a harness cover extending in the front-rear direction of the electrically driven vehicle along the at least one wire harness and interposed between the at least one wire harness and the battery pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyosuke Kawase, Ryo Kimura, Kazuya Kushibiki
  • Patent number: 11584447
    Abstract: An electric vehicle structure may include a floor panel; a center tunnel disposed at a center of the floor panel in a vehicle width direction, extending along a vehicle front-rear direction, and projecting upward from the floor panel; a dash panel disposed at front ends of the floor panel and the center tunnel; and a front reinforcement attached to an inner surface of a peripheral wall of the center tunnel and extending rearward from the dash panel through the center tunnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kyosuke Kawase
  • Patent number: 11498622
    Abstract: An vehicle structure may include: a floor panel; a front crossmember disposed on the floor panel and below a front seat of a vehicle, and extending along a vehicle width direction; a rear crossmember disposed on the floor panel and rearward of the front crossmember, spaced apart from the front crossmember, and extending along the vehicle width direction; a center console disposed above the floor panel at a center of the floor panel in the vehicle width direction; and an air duct extending from the center console over the front crossmember and being open toward a position above the rear crossmember between the front seal and the floor panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kyosuke Kawase
  • Publication number: 20220315112
    Abstract: A body includes a center tunnel that extends in a front-rear direction of a vehicle, a floor panel that extends from the center tunnel to both sides of the vehicle in a right-left direction, a floor cross member that is provided on an upper face of the floor panel and that extends in the right-left direction of the vehicle, straddling the center tunnel, and a reinforcing member joined to an upper face of the center tunnel and to a front face of the floor cross member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Kyosuke Kawase, Satoshi Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20220080840
    Abstract: An electrically driven vehicle includes at least one wheel driven by a motor, a vehicle body including a floor panel, a battery pack arranged on the lower side of the floor panel and configured to supply power to the motor, at least one wire harness extending in a front-rear direction of the electrically driven vehicle between the floor panel and the battery pack, and a harness cover extending in the front-rear direction of the electrically driven vehicle along the at least one wire harness and interposed between the at least one wire harness and the battery pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyosuke Kawase, Ryo Kimura, Kazuya Kushibiki
  • Patent number: 11208152
    Abstract: Floor cross members provided above a floor panel are disposed so as to form a gap between each of the floor cross members and rockers. A floor cross extension that is set with a lower withstand strength than the floor cross members connects between each of the floor cross members and the corresponding rocker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kyosuke Kawase
  • Publication number: 20210237550
    Abstract: A vehicle body lower structure of an electric vehicle may include: a floor panel of a vehicle body; a battery pack arranged under the floor panel and including a plurality of battery cells; a spacer arranged between and in contact with a top plate and a bottom plate of the battery pack; and a vibration-isolating material arranged between and in contact with the floor panel and the top plate. The spacer may be positioned under the vibration-isolating material, and a space may be provided between the floor panel and the top plate above the plurality of the battery cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Kyosuke KAWASE, Katsuya OOSHIMA, Tatsuya MORINAGA
  • Publication number: 20210237806
    Abstract: An electric vehicle structure may include a floor panel; a center tunnel disposed at a center of the floor panel in a vehicle width direction, extending along a vehicle front-rear direction, and projecting upward from the floor panel; a dash panel disposed at front ends of the floor panel and the center tunnel; and a front reinforcement attached to an inner surface of a peripheral wall of the center tunnel and extending rearward from the dash panel through the center tunnel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventor: Kyosuke KAWASE
  • Publication number: 20210237805
    Abstract: An vehicle structure may include: a floor panel; a front crossmember disposed on the floor panel and below a front seat of a vehicle, and extending along a vehicle width direction; a rear crossmember disposed on the floor panel and rearward of the front crossmember, spaced apart from the front crossmember, and extending along the vehicle width direction; a center console disposed above the floor panel at a center of the floor panel in the vehicle width direction; and an air duct extending from the center console over the front crossmember and being open toward a position above the rear crossmember between the front seal and the floor panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventor: Kyosuke KAWASE
  • Publication number: 20210221239
    Abstract: An electric vehicle structure may include: a floor panel; a center tunnel extending along a vehicle front-rear direction at a center of the floor panel in a vehicle width direction, and projecting upward from the floor panel; a pair of rockers, the rockers respectively disposed on both ends of the floor panel in the vehicle width direction; a crossmember extending from one of the pair of rockers to another of the pair of rockers on the floor panel and the center tunnel; a battery pack disposed below the floor panel and the center tunnel; and an electric cable arranged in the center tunnel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventor: Kyosuke KAWASE
  • Patent number: 10974767
    Abstract: Joining members 56 are provided that permit a rocker lower 22 moving toward a vehicle outer side at least along a direction of input of side collision load F when, at a time of a side collision of a vehicle 10, side collision load F? that is greater than or equal to a set load that is set in advance is inputted to a rocker 16. Namely, in a case in which the side collision load F? that is greater than or equal to the set load is transmitted from a battery pack 20 to the rocker 16, the rocker lower 22 moves toward the vehicle outer side. Therefore, reaction force that the battery pack 20 receives from the rocker 16 is reduced, and collision load that is inputted to the battery pack 20 side is decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kyosuke Kawase
  • Patent number: 10766537
    Abstract: A vehicle side portion structure that includes: a pair of rockers arranged at each of two outer sides of a vehicle width direction of a floor panel of a vehicle, the rockers extending in a vehicle front-and-rear direction; and a plurality of cross-members that are arranged with length directions thereof in the vehicle width direction, both length direction end portions of each cross-member being fixed to the pair of rockers, and the cross-members being disposed to be spaced in the vehicle front-and-rear direction. A separation distance between neighboring cross-members in the vehicle front-and-rear direction is specified such that a bending reaction force of the rockers in response to an impact load applied during a side collision of the vehicle is equal to or greater than the impact load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kyosuke Kawase
  • Patent number: 10752292
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicle lower section structure including a pair of rockers respectively provided at both vehicle width direction outer sides of a floor panel of a vehicle so as to extend in a vehicle front-rear direction, each of the rockers being configured including: an outer section that is positioned at the vehicle width direction outer side; an inner section that is integrally formed with the outer section, that is positioned at a vehicle width direction inner side, and that forms a closed cross-section section together with the outer section; and a first shock absorption section that is integrally formed with the outer section and the inner section, and that spans in the vehicle width direction between the outer section and the inner section within the closed cross-section section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kyosuke Kawase
  • Patent number: 10710638
    Abstract: A vehicle lower portion structure includes a pair of rocker panels and an electric power supply device. The rocker panel is configured to include an outer portion, an inner portion, and a first shock absorbing portion. The outer portion is positioned on an outer side in a vehicle width direction. The inner portion is formed integrally with the outer portion, is positioned inward of the outer portion in the vehicle width direction, and forms a closed sectional portion with the outer portion. The first shock absorbing portion extends in the vehicle width direction from the outer portion to the inner portion in the closed sectional portion and is disposed to overlap the electric power supply device in vehicle side view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kyosuke Kawase, Masaki Ito
  • Publication number: 20200062311
    Abstract: Joining members 56 are provided that permit a rocker lower 22 moving toward a vehicle outer side at least along a direction of input of side collision load F when, at a time of a side collision of a vehicle 10, side collision load F? that is greater than or equal to a set load that is set in advance is inputted to a rocker 16. Namely, in a case in which the side collision load F? that is greater than or equal to the set load is transmitted from a battery pack 20 to the rocker 16, the rocker lower 22 moves toward the vehicle outer side. Therefore, reaction force that the battery pack 20 receives from the rocker 16 is reduced, and collision load that is inputted to the battery pack 20 side is decreased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventor: Kyosuke Kawase
  • Publication number: 20200023905
    Abstract: Floor cross members provided above a floor panel are disposed so as to form a gap between each of the floor cross members and rockers. A floor cross extension that is set with a lower withstand strength than the floor cross members connects between each of the floor cross members and the corresponding rocker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventor: Kyosuke Kawase
  • Patent number: 10358168
    Abstract: A crossing member disposed along a vehicle width direction between inflected portions of side members is capable of transmitting load from one of the side members to the other of the side members when the one side member deforms toward a vehicle width direction inward. Accordingly, when collision load is input due to an offset collision or the like, the collision load is transmitted from the one side member input with the collision load to the other side member through the crossing member, and the collision load is supported by the other side member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hyuga Atsumi, Junichi Takayanagi, Kenichiro Yoshimoto, Daisuke Tanabe, Kyosuke Kawase
  • Publication number: 20190047628
    Abstract: A vehicle side portion structure that includes: a pair of rockers arranged at each of two outer sides of a vehicle width direction of a floor panel of a vehicle, the rockers extending in a vehicle front-and-rear direction; and a plurality of cross-members that are arranged with length directions thereof in the vehicle width direction, both length direction end portions of each cross-member being fixed to the pair of rockers, and the cross-members being disposed to be spaced in the vehicle front-and-rear direction. A separation distance between neighboring cross-members in the vehicle front-and-rear direction is specified such that a bending reaction force of the rockers in response to an impact load applied during a side collision of the vehicle is equal to or greater than the impact load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kyosuke KAWASE
  • Patent number: 10150435
    Abstract: A cross member is disposed inside a battery case. The cross member extends in the vehicle width direction at a location that overlaps with rockers as seen in the vehicle width direction. The cross member is more resistant to deformation by a load toward the battery case than a cover portion of the battery case. Therefore, when a load toward the battery case is applied, a transmission path for the load from the rocker at one vehicle width direction side to the rocker at the other vehicle width direction side may be formed by the cross member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kyosuke Kawase, Junichi Takayanagi, Kenichiro Yoshimoto, Daisuke Tanabe
  • Publication number: 20180312199
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicle lower section structure including a pair of rockers respectively provided at both vehicle width direction outer sides of a floor panel of a vehicle so as to extend in a vehicle front-rear direction, each of the rockers being configured including: an outer section that is positioned at the vehicle width direction outer side; an inner section that is integrally formed with the outer section, that is positioned at a vehicle width direction inner side, and that forms a closed cross-section section together with the outer section; and a first shock absorption section that is integrally formed with the outer section and the inner section, and that spans in the vehicle width direction between the outer section and the inner section within the closed cross-section section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kyosuke KAWASE