Patents by Inventor Shinya Kamimura

Shinya Kamimura 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: 9533631
    Abstract: A corrugated plate portion of a core panel is sandwiched between an upper panel and a lower panel, and is formed in a shape in which upwardly-facing concave portions, that open toward a side of the upper panel and extend in a vehicle transverse direction, and downwardly-facing concave portions, that open toward a side of the lower panel and extend in the vehicle transverse direction, are lined-up alternately. A sum of contact surface areas of the upper panel and bottom wall portion sides of the downwardly-facing concave portions at the corrugated plate portion is smaller than a sum of contact surface areas of the lower panel and bottom wall portion sides of the upwardly-facing concave portions at the corrugated plate portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinya Kamimura, Koki Ikeda, Kiyoshi Hokazono
  • Publication number: 20160375750
    Abstract: A battery frame including: a battery frame main body made of resin that is disposed at a vehicle body lower side of a floor panel and that supports a battery; and a ductile member made of metal that is integrally provided to the battery frame main body, that is fastened and fixed to a lower face side of the floor panel, and to which the battery is fastened and fixed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kiyoshi HOKAZONO, Koki IKEDA, Shinya KAMIMURA
  • Patent number: 9487242
    Abstract: A vehicle body lower portion structure that may prevent or suppress an occurrence of cracks in a support plate even if a load from an obstacle on a road surface is inputted at an end portion of the support plate. Support portions are configured at a stack frame. Lower faces of flange portions of a metal plate member are fixed to the support portions via adhesive layers. Extended end portions are formed extending from the support portions at a front end portion and a rear end portion of the stack frame. At each extended end portion of the stack frame, an inclined portion is formed. The inclined portion is inflected toward a vehicle body upper side from a projected portion of the support portion, and is inclined to a side away from the flange portion of the metal plate member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin Terada, Kentaro Nakamura, Koki Ikeda, Shinya Kamimura
  • Publication number: 20160318556
    Abstract: In a battery frame, an upper panel is made of carbon fiber reinforced plastic, and first reinforcements are made of sheet metal. Head portions of rivets are disposed at the upper panel side, and a diameter dimension of the head portions is set larger than that of caulking portions of the rivets. This enables a contact surface area between the rivets and the upper panel to be larger than in cases in which the caulking portions are disposed at the upper panel side. This enables peripheral edge portions of first joint holes in the upper panel to be supported by the head portions of the rivets over a large surface area. The peripheral edge portions of the first joint holes in the upper panel are thereby suppressed from breaking and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koki IKEDA, Kiyoshi HOKAZONO, Shinya KAMIMURA, Kentaro NAKAMURA, Shin TERADA, Tomohiro SAKURAI
  • Publication number: 20160311301
    Abstract: A vehicle battery mounting structure includes: an energy absorption member that is provided at a vehicle body lower side of a floor panel, and that includes a first side wall portion sloping toward a vehicle body upper outside at a vehicle width direction inside of the energy absorption member, as viewed from a vehicle body longitudinal direction; and a battery frame made of resin that is disposed at the vehicle width direction inside of the first side wall portion, that supports a battery, and that includes a second side wall portion sloping toward the vehicle body upper outside at the vehicle width direction outside of the battery frame, as viewed from the vehicle body longitudinal direction, and facing the first side wall portion in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koki IKEDA, Kiyoshi HOKAZONO, Shinya KAMIMURA, Kentaro NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20160305466
    Abstract: A sealing rubber 24 is integrally molded to an outer peripheral face 20B and a lower face 20C of a flange portion 20 of a collar 16, and a protruding portion 28 is continuously formed along the circumferential direction around a through-hole 14A in an upper face 14B of a resin member 14.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mutsumi KAWASHIMA, Miho MIZUKOSHI, Hidetoshi HAYASHI, Shinya KAMIMURA, Koki IKEDA
  • Patent number: 9469180
    Abstract: A vehicular resin back door includes: an inner panel made of resin, the inner panel including: a front edge portion that extends in a vehicle width direction, and right and left edge portions that extend in a vehicle body front-rear direction, the front, right and left edge portions configuring an opening. The vehicular resin back door also includes: (i) a front portion outer panel that extends in the vehicle width direction and is attached to the front edge portion to form a first chamber; (ii) right and left side portion outer panels that extend in the vehicle body front-rear direction and are respectively attached to the right and left edge portions to form second chambers; and (iii) front joint portions at which vehicle width direction outside end portions of the front portion outer panel and front end portions of the side portion outer panels overlap and are joined together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shinya Kamimura
  • Publication number: 20160288636
    Abstract: A vehicle battery mounting structure has: a battery frame lower member that is made of resin, and that is disposed at vehicle transverse direction inner sides of energy absorbing members provided at a lower side of a floor panel, and that, together with a battery frame upper member, structures a battery frame that supports a battery; a lower ductile member having a lower main body portion that is joined to vehicle transverse direction outer side end portions of the battery frame lower member, and lower flange portions that are fixed to a bottom surface side of the floor panel; and inclined walls that are formed at vehicle transverse direction outer side end portions of the battery frame lower member, and that are inclined from vehicle transverse direction outer upper sides toward vehicle transverse direction inner lower sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinya KAMIMURA, Kiyoshi HOKAZONO, Shin TERADA, Tatsuo HIRAMATSU, Shingo HIRATA
  • Publication number: 20160288737
    Abstract: A corrugated plate portion of a core panel is sandwiched between an upper panel and a lower panel, and is formed in a shape in which upwardly-facing concave portions, that open toward a side of the upper panel and extend in a vehicle transverse direction, and downwardly-facing concave portions, that open toward a side of the lower panel and extend in the vehicle transverse direction, are lined-up alternately. A sum of contact surface areas of the upper panel and bottom wall portion sides of the downwardly-facing concave portions at the corrugated plate portion is smaller than a sum of contact surface areas of the lower panel and bottom wall portion sides of the upwardly-facing concave portions at the corrugated plate portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinya KAMIMURA, Koki IKEDA, Kiyoshi HOKAZONO
  • Publication number: 20160185193
    Abstract: A vehicular resin back door includes: an inner panel made of resin, the inner panel including: a front edge portion that extends in a vehicle width direction, and right and left edge portions that extend in a vehicle body front-rear direction, the front, right and left edge portions configuring an opening. The vehicular resin back door also includes: (i) a front portion outer panel that extends in the vehicle width direction and is attached to the front edge portion to form a first chamber; (ii) right and left side portion outer panels that extend in the vehicle body front-rear direction and are respectively attached to the right and left edge portions to form second chambers; and (iii) front joint portions at which vehicle width direction outside end portions of the front portion outer panel and front end portions of the side portion outer panels overlap and are joined together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shinya KAMIMURA
  • Publication number: 20160167495
    Abstract: A panel structure includes a first panel that is made of resin and has a first flange portion, and a second panel that is made of resin and has a second flange portion that overlaps the first flange portion and is joined to the first flange portion by an adhesive, and an abutting portion that abuts against a tip end portion of the first flange portion. The second panel forms a closed sectional shape (a hollow chamber) with the first panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shinya KAMIMURA
  • Publication number: 20160114667
    Abstract: A vehicle battery mounting structure includes i) a battery frame that includes a battery upper frame made of fiber-reinforced resin and a battery lower frame made of fiber-reinforced resin, and that is arranged on a vehicle body lower side of a floor panel and supports a battery; and ii) a ductile member that has an upper main body portion joined to the battery upper frame, an upper flange portion continuously provided on a vehicle width direction outside end portion of the upper main body portion, a lower main body portion joined to the battery lower frame, and a lower flange portion continuously provided on a vehicle width direction outside end portion of the lower main body portion, in which the upper flange portion and the lower flange portion are overlapped and fixed to a lower surface side of the floor panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Koki IKEDA, Kiyoshi HOKAZONO, Shinya KAMIMURA, Kentaro NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20160107704
    Abstract: A vehicle body lower portion structure that may prevent or suppress an occurrence of cracks in a support plate even if a load from an obstacle on a road surface is inputted at an end portion of the support plate. Support portions are configured at a stack frame. Lower faces of flange portions of a metal plate member are fixed to the support portions via adhesive layers. Extended end portions are formed extending from the support portions at a front end portion and a rear end portion of the stack frame. At each extended end portion of the stack frame, an inclined portion is formed. The inclined portion is inflected toward a vehicle body upper side from a projected portion of the support portion, and is inclined to a side away from the flange portion of the metal plate member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Shin TERADA, Kentaro NAKAMURA, Koki IKEDA, Shinya KAMIMURA
  • Publication number: 20160075216
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes a frame structure portion configured to define an opening; the frame structure portion including a first panel having a first joint portion, a second panel having a second joint portion, and a first adhesive portion that adheres to the first joint portion and the second joint portion; a windowpane that is provided on a vehicle outside of the opening and that covers the opening; and a second adhesive portion that adheres to the first panel, the second panel, and the windowpane, wherein at least one of the first panel and the second panel is made of resin, the second adhesive portion is arranged closing off or covering an open end of a gap in a joint between the first panel and the second panel, and the first adhesive portion is arranged within the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Shinya KAMIMURA, Tatsuya AYUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20150174996
    Abstract: A vehicle battery mounting structure includes a battery frame that is disposed at a vehicle lower side of a floor panel, and is made from resin; a ductile member that includes a main body joined to the battery frame and a flange contiguously formed at a vehicle width direction outside end of the main body, the flange having a hole, and the ductile member being fastened to a lower face of the floor panel using a fastener inserted through the hole; and a fastening portion that is formed in a region including the hole, having a substantially hat shaped cross-section profile projecting toward a vehicle upper side and having ridge lines on vehicle front-rear direction sides of the region, and the ridge lines being formed with curved or bent shape toward directions heading away from the hole on progression toward a vehicle width direction inside in plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Koki IKEDA, Kiyoshi HOKAZONO, Shinya KAMIMURA, Kentaro NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 7403228
    Abstract: The present invention provides a solid-state camera device which can improve both the shading caused by the eclipse of the incident light and the shading cased by the rim darkening. The present solid-state camera device comprises a plurality of light-receiving parts 1 arranged at a constant interval on a substrate, and a plurality of light-focusing parts 2 disposed corresponding to each of the light-receiving parts on the substrate surface so that the incident light is focused on the light-receiving parts. Further, the position of each of the light-focusing parts is shifted gradually larger toward the center of the camera region O based on the corresponding light-receiving parts and the size along the substrate surface of each of the light-focusing parts 2, W1?, . . .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinya Kamimura, Masashi Inoue
  • Patent number: 6892765
    Abstract: An accumulator with a bellows dividing the accumulator into a pressure sealing chamber and a fluid flow-in chamber. A fluid inlet introduces fluid into the flow-in chamber. A bellows cap is attached to a movable end of the bellows and contains a throttling mechanism and chamber room for dampening sounds generated by pulsating waves. The throttling mechanism is positioned to oppose the fluid inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: NOK Corporation
    Inventor: Shinya Kamimura
  • Publication number: 20050035377
    Abstract: The present invention provides a solid-state camera device which can improve both the shading caused by the eclipse of the incident light and the shading cased by the rim darkening. The present solid-state camera device comprises a plurality of light-receiving parts 1 arranged at a constant interval on a substrate, and a plurality of light-focusing parts 2 disposed corresponding to each of the light-receiving parts on the substrate surface so that the incident light is focused on the light-receiving parts. Further, the position of each of the light-focusing parts is shifted gradually larger toward the center of the camera region O based on the corresponding light-receiving parts and the size along the substrate surface of each of the light-focusing parts 2, W1?, . . .
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2004
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinya Kamimura, Masashi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20040003854
    Abstract: An accumulator (1) having a housing (2) the interior of which is partitioned into a pressure sealing chamber (8) and a fluid flow-in chamber (9) by disposing an operating member (5) including a bellows (6) in the housing (2), and which is provided with a liquid inlet (14) for introducing fluid to the fluid flow-in chamber (9) from a fluid pipeline, wherein noise due to pulsation wave can be attenuated. A restriction mechanism (20) and a chamber (22) for attenuating noise generated by plusation wave are provided at the idling end of the operating member (5) or at the bellows cap (7) mounted to the end of the bellows (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Inventor: Shinya Kamimura
  • Patent number: 6545301
    Abstract: A horizontal transfer section is formed on a P-type semiconductor substrate. A floating diffusion layer for receiving signal charges from the horizontal transfer section and a detector MOSFET for detecting any potential change of the floating diffusion layer are further formed. This detector MOSFET has a gate electrode in which an opening is formed. The gate electrode extends toward the floating diffusion layer and the opening is positioned above the floating diffusion layer. As a result, a solid-state image sensor constituted as above, can reduce the area of the floating diffusion layer and can detect signal charges at high sensitivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shinya Kamimura