Patents by Inventor Toshinobu Miyazaki

Toshinobu Miyazaki 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).

  • Vehicle cooling mechanism
    Patent number: 11407285
    Abstract: A vehicle cooling mechanism includes a first radiator configured to cool a battery of a vehicle, a second radiator configured to cool a power conversion device that converts electric power supplied from the battery and electric power supplied to the battery, and an air guide duct portion configured to guide outside air from an opening portion provided in a front end portion of the vehicle to the first radiator and the second radiator. The first radiator is arranged above the second radiator. At least a part of the second radiator is arranged so as to overlap the opening portion as viewed from a front side of the vehicle. An upper end portion of the second radiator is positioned above an upper end portion of the opening portion. A lower end portion of the second radiator is positioned below the upper end portion of the opening portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshinobu Miyazaki, Satoko Ito, Seiji Isotani
  • VEHICLE COOLING MECHANISM
    Publication number: 20200398643
    Abstract: A vehicle cooling mechanism includes a first radiator configured to cool a battery of a vehicle, a second radiator configured to cool a power conversion device that converts electric power supplied from the battery and electric power supplied to the battery, and an air guide duct portion configured to guide outside air from an opening portion provided in a front end portion of the vehicle to the first radiator and the second radiator. The first radiator is arranged above the second radiator. At least a part of the second radiator is arranged so as to overlap the opening portion as viewed from a front side of the vehicle. An upper end portion of the second radiator is positioned above an upper end portion of the opening portion. A lower end portion of the second radiator is positioned below the upper end portion of the opening portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshinobu MIYAZAKI, Satoko ITO, Seiji ISOTANI
  • Vehicle body structure
    Patent number: 10688857
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes a battery pack provided below a floor panel, a floor tunnel provided on the floor panel and protruding upward, and a reinforcement member fixed to a lower surface of the floor panel below an apex section of the floor tunnel and extending in a vehicle width direction, wherein a routing member is provided between the reinforcement member and the floor tunnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takumi Tsuyuzaki, Takashi Nitta, Yoshihiro Nakano, Toshinobu Miyazaki
  • VEHICLE BODY STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20190359046
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes a battery pack provided below a floor panel, a floor tunnel provided on the floor panel and protruding upward, and a reinforcement member fixed to a lower surface of the floor panel below an apex section of the floor tunnel and extending in a vehicle width direction, wherein a routing member is provided between the reinforcement member and the floor tunnel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Takumi Tsuyuzaki, Takashi Nitta, Yoshihiro Nakano, Toshinobu Miyazaki