Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Hara

Yasuhiro Hara 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: 11498623
    Abstract: A vehicle lower part structure includes: center rail portions disposed at a central part in a front-rear direction of the vehicle; front rail portions disposed forward of the center rail portions in the front-rear direction of the vehicle; rear rail portions disposed rearward of the center rail portions in the front-rear direction of the vehicle; front connecting rail portions connecting the center rail portions and the front rail portions in the front-rear direction of the vehicle; rear connecting rail portions connecting the center rail portions and the rear rail portions in the front-rear direction of the vehicle; first mount portions supporting a vehicle body constituting a cabin; and second mount portions supporting the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jumpei Watanabe, Yasuhiro Hara, Norimasa Koreishi, Hirotaka Ishioka
  • Patent number: 11485420
    Abstract: A vehicle frame structure includes a front wall portion and a rear wall portion that are respectively provided in front and rear end portions of a vehicle, a side wall portion extending in the vehicle front-rear direction so as to separate the vehicle cabin from the exterior of the vehicle cabin, and a connecting portion that includes a first end portion and a second end portion, and has a closed section structure that is curved so as to protrude inward in the vehicle width and front-rear directions in a plan view. The first end portion is connected to an inner side of one of the front wall portion and the rear wall portion in the vehicle front-rear direction, and the second end portion is connected to an inner side of the side wall portion in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirotaka Ishioka, Yasuhiro Hara, Norimasa Koreishi, Jumpei Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11465544
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: a vehicle cabin having a flat floor surface and being configured such that a user can embark; an entrance through which the user can embark and can disembark; a ramp that, at the entrance, extends from the floor surface toward a vehicle exterior; and a turntable that is provided at the floor surface and configured to enable directional change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Hara
  • Patent number: 11453445
    Abstract: A structure of a vehicle cabin includes a vehicle seat arranged inside the vehicle cabin and above electronic equipment, a first panel unit composing a part of a floor panel, arranged to overlap the electronic equipment when viewed from a vehicle-height direction, and supporting the electronic equipment from a vehicle lower side directly or via a member, and a second panel unit composing a part of the floor panel and arranged in front of the electronic equipment in the vehicle front-rear direction to overlap the electronic equipment when viewed from the vehicle front-rear direction. The floor panel separates the inside of the vehicle cabin from the outside thereof and composes a lower part of the vehicle cabin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jumpei Watanabe, Yasuhiro Hara, Norimasa Koreishi, Hirotaka Ishioka
  • Patent number: 11440500
    Abstract: A partition portion that partitions a cabin in a front-rear direction of a vehicle is disposed on a vehicle rear side with respect to a seat. A restraint device is partially attached to the partition portion, and a webbing of the restraint device is withdrawn from a partition portion side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jumpei Watanabe, Yasuhiro Hara, Norimasa Koreishi, Hirotaka Ishioka
  • Patent number: 11433948
    Abstract: A vehicle pillar structure includes a vehicle pillar and a transparent window member. The vehicle pillar includes a first pillar extending along an outer end of a windshield glass in a width direction of a vehicle, and a second pillar disposed away from the first pillar by a predetermined distance in a substantial front-and-rear direction of the vehicle. An outside of the vehicle is viewable through the transparent window member. The transparent window member is interposed between the first pillar and the second pillar, and covers an opening defined by the first pillar and the second pillar. The vehicle pillar has a curved shape defined by a straight portion extending in a substantial vertical direction of the vehicle in side view, and a curved portion curved from an upper end of the straight portion and extending in the front-and-rear direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirotaka Ishioka, Yasuhiro Hara, Norimasa Koreishi, Jumpei Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20220118927
    Abstract: A compressor installation structure for a vehicle has: a battery that is disposed at a vehicle lower side of a floor portion of a vehicle cabin; a power unit that is disposed at one side in a vehicle front-rear direction with respect to the battery; and a compressor that is configured to be driven by electric power supplied thereto from the battery, and that is disposed at one side in the vehicle front-rear direction with respect to the battery, and that is disposed at another side in a vehicle front-rear direction with respect to the power unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Yasuhiro HARA, Jumpei WATANABE, Norimasa KOREISHI
  • Publication number: 20220118862
    Abstract: A vehicle lower portion structure includes: framework members including a pair of first framework members respectively disposed at a left side and a right side in a vehicle width direction, and extending in a vehicle front-rear direction; a battery pack disposed between the first framework members; a connecting member that extends from the battery pack to at least one side in the vehicle front-rear direction, the connecting member connecting the battery pack with the framework members at the one side in the vehicle front-rear direction relative to the battery pack; and an electronic device installed at the connecting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Yasuhiro HARA, Jumpei WATANABE, Norimasa KOREISHI
  • Publication number: 20220120276
    Abstract: A compressor installation structure for a vehicle has: a first compressor that is installed in a vehicle and that is driven by a first displacement body repeating a first movement at a predetermined cycle; and a second compressor that is installed in the vehicle and that is driven by a second displacement body repeating a second movement at the predetermined cycle, wherein, in a state in which the first compressor and the second compressor are installed in the vehicle, a first displacement direction of a first centroid of the first displacement body at a time at which the first displacement body performs the first movement is an opposite direction from a second displacement direction of a second centroid of the second displacement body at a time at which the second displacement body performs the second movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Yasuhiro HARA, Jumpei WATANABE, Norimasa KOREISHI
  • Publication number: 20210396065
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: a vehicle body including an entrance and exit opening that allows communication between inside and outside of a vehicle cabin; an incoming passenger detection unit mounted on a first side in a width direction of the entrance and exit opening outside the vehicle cabin of the vehicle body; and an outgoing passenger detection unit mounted on a second side in the width direction of the entrance and exit opening inside the vehicle cabin of the vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Hara, Jumpei Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11148738
    Abstract: A vehicle including: a pair of suspension towers, each of which houses, in an upright state, a suspension unit configured to provide suspension to a front wheel; a power unit compartment that is provided between the pair of suspension towers, and that houses at least a drive unit configured to drive the front wheels; at least one of a high voltage component or a low voltage component, configuring a sub unit disposed at a vehicle upper side of the suspension towers; and a driving seat that is disposed in a vehicle cabin at the vehicle upper side of the power unit compartment, and that is provided such that feet of a driver are positioned further toward a vehicle lower side than upper ends of the suspension towers and such that a head of the driver is positioned further toward the vehicle upper side than the sub unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Hara, Ayano Tsuruta
  • Publication number: 20210309299
    Abstract: A vehicle skeleton structure includes: a first front pillar portion provided at a first side portion of a vehicle body; a second front pillar portion provided at a second side portion of the vehicle body; a front upper cross portion coupled to upper portions of the first and second front pillar portions; a front lower cross portion coupled to lower portions of the first and second front pillar portions; a first rear pillar portion provided at the first side portion along a rear peripheral edge portion of the door opening portion; a second rear pillar portion provided at the second side portion; a rear upper cross portion coupled to upper portions of the first and second rear pillar portions; and a rear lower cross portion coupled to lower portions of the first and second rear pillar portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Yasuhiro HARA, Jumpei WATANABE, Hirotaka ISHIOKA, Norimasa KOREISHI
  • Publication number: 20210245815
    Abstract: A structure of a vehicle cabin includes a vehicle seat arranged inside the vehicle cabin and above electronic equipment, a first panel unit composing a part of a floor panel, arranged to overlap the electronic equipment when viewed from a vehicle-height direction, and supporting the electronic equipment from a vehicle lower side directly or via a member, and a second panel unit composing a part of the floor panel and arranged in front of the electronic equipment in the vehicle front-rear direction to overlap the electronic equipment when viewed from the vehicle front-rear direction. The floor panel separates the inside of the vehicle cabin from the outside thereof and composes a lower part of the vehicle cabin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Jumpei WATANABE, Yasuhiro HARA, Norimasa KOREISHI, Hirotaka ISHIOKA
  • Publication number: 20210245814
    Abstract: A vehicle pillar structure includes a vehicle pillar and a transparent window member. The vehicle pillar includes a first pillar extending along an outer end of a windshield glass in a width direction of a vehicle, and a second pillar disposed away from the first pillar by a predetermined distance in a substantial front-and-rear direction of the vehicle. An outside of the vehicle is viewable through the transparent window member. The transparent window member is interposed between the first pillar and the second pillar, and covers an opening defined by the first pillar and the second pillar. The vehicle pillar has a curved shape defined by a straight portion extending in a substantial vertical direction of the vehicle in side view, and a curved portion curved from an upper end of the straight portion and extending in the front-and-rear direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Hirotaka ISHIOKA, Yasuhiro HARA, Norimasa KOREISHI, Jumpei WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20210245702
    Abstract: A partition portion that partitions a cabin in a front-rear direction of a vehicle is disposed on a vehicle rear side with respect to a seat. A restraint device is partially attached to the partition portion, and a webbing of the restraint device is withdrawn from a partition portion side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Jumpei WATANABE, Yasuhiro HARA, Norimasa KOREISHI, Hirotaka ISHIOKA
  • Patent number: 11052773
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicle structure of an electric automobile including: a center module having a battery that is accommodated beneath a floor of a vehicle cabin; a front module that is joined to a vehicle front side of the center module; a rear module that is joined to a vehicle rear side of the center module; a driving unit that is provided at one of the front module or the rear module, and that is connected to the battery; and a control unit that is provided at another of the front module or the rear module, and that controls autonomous driving of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Hara, Ayano Tsuruta
  • Patent number: 11040609
    Abstract: An electric vehicle includes a vehicle cabin, a battery, a drive unit, and an end doorway. The vehicle cabin is provided with a floor having a flat floor surface, and configured such that an occupant is able to be in the vehicle cabin in any one of a seated position and a standing position. The battery is accommodated under the floor of the vehicle cabin. The drive unit is provided on one of a front side and a rear side with respect to the battery in a vehicle longitudinal direction. The end doorway is provided in a longitudinally-end wall of the vehicle cabin, and provided on the other one of the front side and the rear side with respect to the battery in the vehicle longitudinal direction. The end doorway is configured such that the occupant is able to get on and off the electric vehicle through the end doorway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Hara, Ayano Tsuruta
  • Patent number: 11007884
    Abstract: There is provided an electric automobile including: a battery installed beneath a floor of a vehicle cabin; a driving unit provided at either one side, in a vehicle longitudinal direction, with respect to the battery; a high-voltage part disposed at the one side with respect to the battery and further toward a vehicle longitudinal direction inner side than an end portion at the one side of the driving unit and electrically connected to the driving unit; a control unit disposed at the one side with respect to the battery and further toward the vehicle longitudinal direction inner side than the end portion of the driving unit, and that controls autonomous driving of the vehicle; and an accessory part disposed further toward a vehicle longitudinal direction outer side than the end portion of the driving unit and independent from a control system that relates to traveling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ayano Tsuruta, Yasuhiro Hara, Takahiro Muta
  • Publication number: 20210129914
    Abstract: A vehicle frame structure includes a front wall portion and a rear wall portion that are respectively provided in front and rear end portions of a vehicle, a side wall portion extending in the vehicle front-rear direction so as to separate the vehicle cabin from the exterior of the vehicle cabin, and a connecting portion that includes a first end portion and a second end portion, and has a closed section structure that is curved so as to protrude inward in the vehicle width and front-rear directions in a plan view. The first end portion is connected to an inner side of one of the front wall portion and the rear wall portion in the vehicle front-rear direction, and the second end portion is connected to an inner side of the side wall portion in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Hirotaka ISHIOKA, Yasuhiro HARA, Norimasa KOREISHI, Jumpei WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20210129916
    Abstract: A vehicle lower part structure includes: center rail portions disposed at a central part in a front-rear direction of the vehicle; front rail portions disposed forward of the center rail portions in the front-rear direction of the vehicle; rear rail portions disposed rearward of the center rail portions in the front-rear direction of the vehicle; front connecting rail portions connecting the center rail portions and the front rail portions in the front-rear direction of the vehicle; rear connecting rail portions connecting the center rail portions and the rear rail portions in the front-rear direction of the vehicle; first mount portions supporting a vehicle body constituting a cabin; and second mount portions supporting the vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Jumpei WATANABE, Yasuhiro HARA, Norimasa KOREISHI, Hirotaka ISHIOKA