Patents by Inventor Shunichi Shibasaki

Shunichi Shibasaki 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: 10293684
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: a vehicle body; a gas tank having a tank main body that includes a cylindrical barrel part and a cap that is provided at one end of the tank main body in a longitudinal direction; a bracket fixing the cap to the vehicle body; and a band surrounding an outer circumferential surface of the barrel part and fixing the barrel part to the vehicle body, wherein the gas tank is arranged such that the longitudinal direction extends along a front-rear direction of the vehicle, the bracket includes an engaging part that restrict movement of the gas tank in the longitudinal direction by engaging with an engaged part provided in the cap, and movement of the gas tank in the longitudinal direction is restricted by the engaging part only at the one end, and not at the other end, of the gas tank in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigeru Sasaki, Manabu Fujii, Shunichi Shibasaki, Norihide Hakamata, Shinsuke Yano
  • Patent number: 9895967
    Abstract: A piping member that is used for a moving body equipped with a fuel cell and that is configured to suppress potential troubles caused by drainage water of the fuel cell. A fuel cell vehicle includes an exhaust pipe that is a piping member configured to discharge drainage water and exhaust gas of a fuel cell. The exhaust pipe includes an extended portion, a curved portion and an opening end portion and is mounted such that the exhaust pipe opens downward on the rear side of the fuel cell vehicle. The exhaust pipe is configured such that an inner wall surface of a wall portion of the opening end portion located on the front side of the vehicle is inclined from the rear side toward the front side of the fuel cell vehicle to be extended to an opening, in the state that the exhaust pipe is mounted to the fuel cell vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryota Akaboshi, Yasuki Otake, Shunichi Shibasaki, Yasuhiko Ohashi, Shigeyuki Terada
  • Publication number: 20170282709
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: a vehicle body; a gas tank having a tank main body that includes a cylindrical barrel part and a cap that is provided at one end of the tank main body in a longitudinal direction; a bracket fixing the cap to the vehicle body; and a band surrounding an outer circumferential surface of the barrel part and fixing the barrel part to the vehicle body, wherein the gas tank is arranged such that the longitudinal direction extends along a front-rear direction of the vehicle, the bracket includes an engaging part that restrict movement of the gas tank in the longitudinal direction by engaging with an engaged part provided in the cap, and movement of the gas tank in the longitudinal direction is restricted by the engaging part only at the one end, and not at the other end, of the gas tank in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigeru SASAKI, Manabu FUJII, Shunichi SHIBASAKI, Norihide HAKAMATA, Shinsuke YANO
  • Publication number: 20160221433
    Abstract: There is provided a piping member that is used for a moving body equipped with a fuel cell and that is configured to suppress potential troubles caused by drainage water of the fuel cell. A fuel cell vehicle 1 includes an exhaust pipe 100 that is a piping member configured to discharge drainage water and exhaust gas of a fuel cell 10. The exhaust pipe 100 includes an extended portion 111, a curved portion 112 and an opening end portion 113 and is mounted such that the exhaust pipe 100 opens downward on the rear side of the fuel cell vehicle 1. The exhaust pipe 100 is configured such that an inner wall surface 121 of a wall portion 113f of the opening end portion 113 located on the front side of the vehicle is inclined from the rear side toward the front side of the fuel cell vehicle 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryota AKABOSHI, Yasuki OTAKE, Shunichi SHIBASAKI, Yasuhiko OHASHI, Shigeyuki TERADA
  • Patent number: 6803142
    Abstract: A housing case that houses a fuel cell is provided with mounts for fixing two ends of a lower surface of an end plate that retains stacked unit cells of the fuel cell, and a mount for fixing a central portion of a lower surface of another end plate. Using these three mounts, the fuel cell is fixed to the housing case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideyuki Tanaka, Toru Bisaka, Akira Aoto, Hiroaki Nishiumi, Yutaka Hotta, Shunichi Shibasaki, Susumu Oda
  • Publication number: 20020187380
    Abstract: A housing case that houses a fuel cell is provided with mounts for fixing two ends of a lower surface of an end plate that retains stacked unit cells of the fuel cell, and a mount for fixing a central portion of a lower surface of another end plate. Using these three mounts, the fuel cell is fixed to the housing case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2002
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Inventors: Hideyuki Tanaka, Toru Bisaka, Akira Aoto, Hiroaki Nishiumi, Yutaka Hotta, Shunichi Shibasaki, Susumu Oda
  • Patent number: 5684698
    Abstract: An attitude control apparatus, for a vehicle having a body and a plurality of wheels, has an actuator operated by a fluid for expanding each suspension of the vehicle to control the stroke of each wheel. A first detecting device detects a variation of incline of the body of the vehicle when the body inclines from a horizontal position. A second detecting device detects the vertical position of each wheel relative to the body. A third detecting device detects the load applied to each wheel. A first control device controls the volume and direction of the fluid to be supplied to the actuator. A calculating device calculates the vertical displacement of each wheel, the current average height of the body, and the variation of the load on the wheel based on the variation of the inclined angle of the body, the vertical position of each wheel, and the load on each wheel. A setting device sets a target value for the average height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1997
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho
    Inventors: Kazushi Fujii, Hisashi Kuriya, Kazuo Ishikawa, Yoshitaka Kouketsu, Shunichi Shibasaki
  • Patent number: RE42720
    Abstract: A housing case that houses a fuel cell is provided with mounts for fixing two ends of a lower surface of an end plate that retains stacked unit cells of the fuel cell, and a mount for fixing a central portion of a lower surface of another end plate. Using these three mounts, the fuel cell is fixed to the housing case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideyuki Tanaka, Toru Bisaka, Akira Aoto, Hiroaki Nishiumi, Yutaka Hotta, Shunichi Shibasaki, Susumu Oda