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: 10974582
    Abstract: There is provided an electric vehicle including: a battery that is accommodated beneath a floor of an in-vehicle space portion; a temperature-adjustable storage unit that is accommodated in the in-vehicle space portion; a driving unit that is provided at a vehicle longitudinal direction one side of the battery; an electric power converter for driving that is disposed, in a vehicle longitudinal direction, disposed within a range that extends from the battery to an end portion of a vehicle longitudinal direction outer side of the driving unit, and that is electrically connected to the battery and the driving unit; an electric power converter for the storage unit that is disposed within the range and that is electrically connected to the storage unit; and a control unit that controls autonomous driving of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Hara
  • Patent number: 10870361
    Abstract: A vehicle structure of a fuel cell vehicle including: hydrogen tanks; a set of cases that house the hydrogen tanks at a roof side and an underfloor side respectively, and that respectively have, in a vehicle longitudinal direction, mouthpieces of a connecting pipe that is connected to the hydrogen tanks; a center module in which the set of cases is provided; 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 fuel cell stack that is provided at the front module or the rear module, and to which the hydrogen is supplied from a pipe connected to the mouthpieces; a control unit that is provided at the front module or the rear module; and a driving unit that is provided at the front module or the rear module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Hara, Mikio Inoue
  • Publication number: 20200265382
    Abstract: A delivery system includes: a judging section that, after a package is primarily moved to a vicinity of a delivery destination by a vehicle in which the package is accommodated, and the package is to be secondarily moved from the vehicle to the delivery destination by a moving body, judges whether or not there is a moving body that is available for secondary movement of the package among a first moving body that is loaded in the vehicle and a second moving body that is stationed at the delivery destination or a vicinity thereof; and a control section that, in a case in which it is judged by the judging section that there is a moving body that is available for the secondary movement of the package, causes the moving body that is available for the secondary movement of the package to carry out the secondary movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Ayano TSURUTA, Yasuhiro HARA, Junya WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20200262500
    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: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Yasuhiro HARA, Ayano TSURUTA
  • Publication number: 20200223347
    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: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Hara
  • Publication number: 20200175468
    Abstract: A delivery system including a vehicle in which a package addressed to a specific user is stored, and a moving body deployed at a delivery site of the package: the moving body including: a first memory, and a first processor that is connected to the first memory; and the first processor being configured to: transmit and receive predetermined information, and perform control, in a case in which the vehicle is proximate to the delivery site, to move the moving body from the delivery site toward the vehicle, to retrieve the package, and then to move the moving body back to the delivery site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ayano Tsuruta, Yasuhiro Hara, Junya Watanabe, Kenta Miyahara, Nana Kikuire
  • Publication number: 20200175471
    Abstract: A vehicle including: a first bay configured to accommodate a ground-based moving body; a second bay configured to accommodate a flying moving body; a cargo hold connected to both the first bay and the second bay, and configured to store a package to be moved to either the ground-based moving body or the flying moving body; a first memory; and a first processor connected to the first memory, the first processor being configured to select whether to move the package in the cargo hold to the ground-based moving body or the flying moving body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ayano TSURUTA, Yasuhiro HARA, Junya WATANABE, Kenta MIYAHARA, Nana KIKUIRE
  • Patent number: 10625589
    Abstract: A battery mounting structure to enhance rigidity of a vehicle body without increasing a vehicle weight is provided. The battery mounting structure comprises a pair of frame members extending longitudinally and a battery pack an all-solid battery having a cell stack. The battery pack is disposed between the frame members. The battery pack is connected to the frame member through a connection member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Hara, Seigo Fujishima, Masayoshi Ishikawa, Masayuki Kitaura
  • Publication number: 20200086730
    Abstract: There is provided an electric vehicle including: a battery that is accommodated beneath a floor of an in-vehicle space portion; a temperature-adjustable storage unit that is accommodated in the in-vehicle space portion; a driving unit that is provided at a vehicle longitudinal direction one side of the battery; an electric power converter for driving that is disposed, in a vehicle longitudinal direction, disposed within a range that extends from the battery to an end portion of a vehicle longitudinal direction outer side of the driving unit, and that is electrically connected to the battery and the driving unit; an electric power converter for the storage unit that is disposed within the range and that is electrically connected to the storage unit; and a control unit that controls autonomous driving of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Hara
  • Publication number: 20200062131
    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: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Hara, Ayano Tsuruta
  • Publication number: 20200062135
    Abstract: A vehicle structure of a fuel cell vehicle including: hydrogen tanks; a set of cases that house the hydrogen tanks at a roof side and an underfloor side respectively, and that respectively have, in a vehicle longitudinal direction, mouthpieces of a connecting pipe that is connected to the hydrogen tanks; a center module in which the set of cases is provided; 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 fuel cell stack that is provided at the front module or the rear module, and to which the hydrogen is supplied from a pipe connected to the mouthpieces; a control unit that is provided at the front module or the rear module; and a driving unit that is provided at the front module or the rear module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Hara, Mikio Inoue
  • Publication number: 20200062133
    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: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Ayano Tsuruta, Yasuhiro Hara, Takahiro Muta
  • Publication number: 20200062097
    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: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Hara, Ayano Tsuruta
  • Patent number: 10569633
    Abstract: A battery mounting structure is provided to prevent water intrusion into a clearance between a battery pack and a floor panel of a vehicle. The battery mounting structure comprises: frame members extending longitudinally on both sides of the vehicle; a floor panel disposed between the frame members; and a battery pack situated underneath the floor panel. A sealing member is interposed between a periphery of the battery pack and a portion extending from a member opposed to the battery pack, and a drain hole is formed in the sealing member to connect an inner side and an outer side of the sealing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Hara
  • Patent number: 10232697
    Abstract: A battery mounting structure having an enhanced rigidity against an impact load applied from the side is provided. Battery modules are juxtaposed to form arrays of the battery pack in a battery pack and the battery pack is disposed between the frame members. A load transmission member is disposed in a clearance between the battery modules adjacent to each other in a width direction of the vehicle. The load transmission member is crushed in the width direction by an impact load applied from the side of the vehicle to absorb collision energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Hara, Seigo Fujishima, Masayoshi Ishikawa, Masayuki Kitaura
  • Patent number: 10207573
    Abstract: A battery mounting structure for maintaining a sufficient passenger compartment in vehicles is provided. The battery mounting structure comprises a pair of longitudinal side sills (11, 12), and a battery pack (7) disposed between the side sills (11, 12). A plurality of battery modules (9) are juxtaposed in a casing (8) of the battery pack (7). A linear depression (39) protrudes downwardly from a reinforcement member (15) situated underneath a floor panel (17) supported by the side sills (11, 12), and the battery pack (7) has a linear depression (38) hold the linear depression (39) therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Hara
  • Patent number: 10173511
    Abstract: A battery mounting structure is provided to prevent water intrusion into a clearance between a battery pack and a floor panel of a vehicle. The battery mounting structure comprises: frame members extending longitudinally on both sides of the vehicle; a floor panel disposed between the frame members; and a battery pack situated underneath the floor panel. A sealing member is interposed between a periphery of the battery pack and a portion extending from a member opposed to the battery pack, and a drain hole is formed in the sealing member to connect an inner side and an outer side of the sealing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Hara
  • Publication number: 20190001803
    Abstract: A battery mounting structure to enhance rigidity of a vehicle body without increasing a vehicle weight is provided. The battery mounting structure comprises a pair of frame members extending longitudinally and a battery pack an all-solid battery having a cell stack. The battery pack is disposed between the frame members. The battery pack is connected to the frame member through a connection member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Yasuhiro HARA, Seigo FUJISHIMA, Masayoshi ISHIKAWA, Masayuki KITAURA
  • Publication number: 20180370344
    Abstract: A battery mounting structure is provided to prevent water intrusion into a clearance between a battery pack and a floor panel of a vehicle. The battery mounting structure comprises: frame members extending longitudinally on both sides of the vehicle; a floor panel disposed between the frame members; and a battery pack situated underneath the floor panel. A sealing member is interposed between a periphery of the battery pack and a portion extending from a member opposed to the battery pack, and a drain hole is formed in the sealing member to connect an inner side and an outer side of the sealing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventor: Yasuhiro HARA
  • Patent number: 10144424
    Abstract: A sensor arrangement structure includes a vehicle framework member having a hollow cross-section, a vicinity information detection sensor and a cover. The vicinity information detection sensor is attached to the vehicle framework member. At least a portion of the vicinity information detection sensor is disposed inside the hollow cross-section of the vehicle framework member. A detection portion that detects vicinity information of a vehicle is oriented toward a vehicle outer side of the vehicle framework member. The cover is disposed to oppose the detection portion and allows transmission of a detection carrier that is detected by the detection portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Hara, Kazuki Sugie, Kosuke Sakakibara, Motoya Sakabe