Patents by Inventor Nobuhiro Ichimura

Nobuhiro Ichimura 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: 10882560
    Abstract: A vehicle-body lower structure includes: a side sill; and a cross member, wherein the side sill includes a side sill outer and a side sill inner, a bulk having a shape corresponding to the cross member is provided on the opposite side of the side sill inner from the cross member in a closed-section space formed by the side sill outer and the side sill inner, and the bulk includes a front wall portion, a rear wall portion placed behind the front wall portion in the vehicle-body front-rear direction, and a connecting wall portion connecting the front wall portion and the rear wall portion, the front wall portion and the connecting wall portion forming a first edge line extending in the vehicle width direction, and the rear wall portion and the connecting wall, portion forming a second edge line extending in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yukihiro Onishi, Nobuhiro Ichimura, Mikio Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20190276086
    Abstract: A vehicle-body lower structure includes: a side sill; and a cross member, wherein the side sill includes a side sill outer and a side sill inner, a bulk having a shape corresponding to the cross member is provided on the opposite side of the side sill inner from the cross member in a closed-section space formed by the side sill outer and the side sill inner, and the bulk includes a front wall portion, a rear wall portion placed behind the front wall portion in the vehicle-body front-rear direction, and a connecting wall portion connecting the front wall portion and the rear wall portion, the front wall portion and the connecting wall portion forming a first edge line extending in the vehicle width direction, and the rear wall portion and the connecting wall, portion forming a second edge line extending in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yukihiro Onishi, Nobuhiro Ichimura, Mikio Nakashima
  • Patent number: 8801511
    Abstract: An air-conditioning duct for vehicles with one duct mutually connected and fixed to the other duct is provided. One duct is formed by incorporating a first unit duct with a flange formed around an opening periphery thereof and a second unit duct with a flange formed around an opening periphery thereof in parallel. The other duct is formed by incorporating a third unit duct with a flange formed around an opening periphery thereof and a fourth unit duct with a flange formed around an opening periphery thereof in parallel. The flange formed on the boundary side of the second unit duct are fixed with one over another, and the flange formed on the boundary side of the third unit duct and the flange formed on the boundary side of the fourth unit duct are fixed with one over another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignees: Kyoraku Co., Ltd., Inoac Corporation, Toyota Shati Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoto Tani, Hidetoshi Matsumoto, Hayato Kamigashima, Nobuhiro Ichimura
  • Patent number: 8449359
    Abstract: A structure for connecting an air-conditioning duct to an air-conditioning unit; the air-conditioning unit 1 having a first air supply outlet 11 and a second air supply outlet 12 adjacent with each other, the air-conditioning duct having a first air passage and a second air passage adjacent with each other, wherein the first air supply outlet 11 and the second air supply outlet 12 include a U-shaped auxiliary wall 2 having a notched part K at one side therearound, a supply outlet boundary wall 130 separating the first air supply outlet 11 and the second air supply outlet 12, and a duct side step part Z is formed between an opening rim of a first duct 31 and an opening rim of a second duct 32, the duct side step part Z is contacted with is contacted with the supply outlet boundary wall 130 to install the air-conditioning duct 2 to the air-conditioning unit 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignees: Kyoraku Co., Ltd., Toyota Shatai Kabusiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoto Tani, Kouji Yamashita, Hayato Kamigashima, Nobuhiro Ichimura
  • Patent number: 8425285
    Abstract: A duct installation structure in which an air conditioning duct for sending warm air or cold air into a vehicle interior of an automobile is attached to a vehicle interior structure member and an outlet grill is attached to an outlet opening end portion of the air conditioning duct. A grill fixing portion to which the outlet grill is to be fixed is integrally molded with a duct main body portion at the outlet opening end portion of the air conditioning duct. The outlet grill is directly fixed to the grill fixing portion. The outlet opening end portion of the air conditioning duct including, at one point near its center in a width direction, a fastening fixing portion that is fastened and fixed to the vehicle interior structure member and including, at its opposite ends in the width direction, a pair of contact portions for coming in contact with the vehicle interior structure member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignees: Toyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha, Inoac Corporation
    Inventors: Hayato Kamigashima, Takahiro Mizuno, Nobuhiro Ichimura, Hidetoshi Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20100062703
    Abstract: A duct installation structure in which an air conditioning duct for sending warm air or cold air into a vehicle interior of an automobile is attached to a vehicle interior structure member and an outlet grill is attached to an outlet opening end portion of the air conditioning duct. A grill fixing portion to which the outlet grill is to be fixed is integrally molded with a duct main body portion at the outlet opening end portion of the air conditioning duct. The outlet grill is directly fixed to the grill fixing portion. The outlet opening end portion of the air conditioning duct including, at one point near its center in a width direction, a fastening fixing portion that is fastened and fixed to the vehicle interior structure member and including, at its opposite ends in the width direction, a pair of contact portions for coming in contact with the vehicle interior structure member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicants: Toyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha, INOAC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hayato Kamigashima, Takahiro Mizuno, Nobuhiro Ichimura, Hidetoshi Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20090042506
    Abstract: A structure for connecting an air-conditioning duct to an air-conditioning unit; the air-conditioning unit 1 having a first air supply outlet and a second air supply outlet 12 adjacent with each other, the air-conditioning duct having a first air passage and a second air passage adjacent with each other, wherein the first air supply outlet 11 and the second air supply outlet 12 include a U-shaped auxiliary wall 2 having a notched part K at one side therearound, a supply outlet boundary wall 130 separating the first air supply outlet 11 and the second air supply outlet 12, and a duct side step part Z is formed between an opening rim of a first duct 31 and an opening rim of a second duct 32, the duct side step part Z is contacted with is contacted with the supply outlet boundary wall 130 to install the air-conditioning duct 2 to the air-conditioning unit 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Naoto Tani, Kouji Yamashita, Hayato Kamigashima, Nobuhiro Ichimura
  • Publication number: 20090042503
    Abstract: An air-conditioning duct for vehicles with one duct mutually connected and fixed to other duct, wherein one duct is formed by incorporating a first unit duct with a flange formed around an opening periphery thereof and a second unit duct with a flange formed around an opening periphery thereof in parallel, other duct is formed by incorporating a third unit duct with a flange formed around an opening periphery thereof and a fourth unit duct with a flange formed around an opening periphery thereof in parallel, the flange formed on the a boundary side of the first unit duct and the flange formed on the boundary side of the second unit duct are fixed with one over another, and the flange formed on the boundary side of the third unit duct and the flange formed on the boundary side of the fourth unit duct are fixed with one over another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Naoto Tani, Hidetoshi Matsumoto, Hayato Kamigashima, Nobuhiro Ichimura