Patents by Inventor Yoshinobu Yamada
Yoshinobu Yamada 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).
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Publication number: 20240092337Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes front-wheel and rear-wheel driving systems, and a control system. The front-wheel driving system includes a first travel motor mechanically coupled to a front wheel of a vehicle and a first accumulator electrically coupled to the first travel motor. The rear-wheel driving system includes a second travel motor mechanically coupled to a rear wheel of the vehicle and a second accumulator electrically coupled to the second travel motor. The control system includes one or more processors and one or more memories communicably coupled to the one or more processors, and controls the first and second travel motors. When a difference between an SOC of the first accumulator and an SOC of the second accumulator is greater than a threshold value, the one or more processors change a torque distribution ratio between the first and second travel motors from a reference distribution ratio.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Hiroshi KUSANO, Yoshinobu YAMAZAKI, Masami OGURI, Akihiro NABESHIMA, Yoshiyuki JIN, Takeshi YONEDA, Fumiya SATO, Keigo YAMADA, Takumi ARAKI, Shuntaro MIURA
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Patent number: 11780309Abstract: A door weather strip includes at least an exterior installation base member installed on a door frame or a door molding, and a seal lip that is formed protruding and extending above and outside in a vehicle width direction from the exterior installation base member and elastically comes into contact with a vehicle body opening peripheral edge when a door is closed, in which a hard portion that is harder than a seal lip main body portion constituting the seal lip is formed between a tip of the seal lip and a root portion between the seal lip and the exterior installation base member and on the vehicle body opening peripheral edge side.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinnosuke Hamada, Yoshinobu Yamada, Kentaro Adachi, Yasuyuki Kinoshita
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Publication number: 20220297519Abstract: A door weather strip includes at least an exterior installation base member installed on a door frame or a door molding, and a seal lip that is formed protruding and extending above and outside in a vehicle width direction from the exterior installation base member and elastically comes into contact with a vehicle body opening peripheral edge when a door is closed, in which a hard portion that is harder than a seal lip main body portion constituting the seal lip is formed between a tip of the seal lip and a root portion between the seal lip and the exterior installation base member and on the vehicle body opening peripheral edge side.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventors: Shinnosuke HAMADA, Yoshinobu YAMADA, Kentaro ADACHI, Yasuyuki KINOSHITA
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Patent number: 10434856Abstract: A weather strip exhibiting excellent sealing properties is adapted to be attached after being divided into pieces. The weather strip has a seal member. The seal member includes an attaching base part, a window glass seal lip, a support member, a door seal lip extending from an attaching reference surface of the attaching base part, and an attaching engaging part for engagement with a division member such that when the window glass seal lip of the seal member contacts the interior surface of the window glass, the support member contacts the attaching base part to press the attaching base part.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2017Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomohiro Dosaki, Yoshinobu Yamada
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Patent number: 10167659Abstract: A structure configured to raise and lower vehicle glass door, the structure includes: a door glass; a raising-and-lowering guide tab that is disposed at a vehicle width direction inner side of a glass end section at one vehicle front-rear direction side of the door glass; a slider that includes a slide groove section open at the one vehicle front-rear direction side and into which the raising-and-lowering guide tab is inserted, that is fixed to an inner surface at the vehicle width direction inner side of the glass end section, and that is raised and lowered along the raising-and-lowering guide tab; and restricting sections that are respectively provided at an upper end portion and a lower end portion in a vehicle up-down direction of the slider, that project out from an inner side groove wall face at a vehicle width direction inner side of the slide groove section toward a vehicle width direction outer side, and that face the raising-and-lowering guide tab in a vehicle width direction further toward a vehiclType: GrantFiled: October 6, 2016Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takashi Sagisaka, Tomohiro Dosaki, Yoshinobu Yamada
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Patent number: 9944159Abstract: A holding structure of a glass run for an automobile is capable of holding the glass run with a lower channel with excellent insertion workability to hold a door glass securely. In the holding structure of the glass run with the lower channel, the glass run has a first side wall, a second side wall, a third side wall and a fourth side wall, and has a generally rectangular cross section. One part of the side walls is composed of a material with rigidity higher than those of remaining parts of the side walls. A glass slider is attached to an end edge of the door glass below the belt line, and a tip end part of the glass slider, which is continuous with a main part of the glass slider via an opening part of the glass run, is held with the glass run.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2016Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Tomohiro Dosaki, Yoshinobu Yamada
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Publication number: 20170246939Abstract: A weather strip exhibiting excellent sealing properties, which is adapted to be attached after being divided. The weather strip has a seal member. The seal member includes an attaching base part, a window glass seal lip, a support member, a door seal lip extending from an attaching reference surface of the attaching base part, and an attaching engaging part for engagement with a division member such that when the window glass seal lip of the seal member contacts the interior surface of the window glass, the support member contacts the attaching base part to press the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2017Publication date: August 31, 2017Inventors: Tomohiro DOSAKI, Yoshinobu YAMADA
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Publication number: 20170145723Abstract: A structure configured to raise and lower vehicle glass door, the structure includes: a door glass; a raising-and-lowering guide tab that is disposed at a vehicle width direction inner side of a glass end section at one vehicle front-rear direction side of the door glass; a slider that includes a slide groove section open at the one vehicle front-rear direction side and into which the raising-and-lowering guide tab is inserted, that is fixed to an inner surface at the vehicle width direction inner side of the glass end section, and that is raised and lowered along the raising-and-lowering guide tab; and restricting sections that are respectively provided at an upper end portion and a lower end portion in a vehicle up-down direction of the slider, that project out from an inner side groove wall face at a vehicle width direction inner side of the slide groove section toward a vehicle width direction outer side, and that face the raising-and-lowering guide tab in a vehicle width direction further toward a vehiclType: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2016Publication date: May 25, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takashi SAGISAKA, Tomohiro Dosaki, Yoshinobu Yamada
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Publication number: 20170129318Abstract: A side door for a vehicle, includes: a side door main body; a door glass; a raising-and-lowering guide rail; a slider; and a weatherstrip provided at the side door main body, the weatherstrip including: an attachment portion that extends along an aperture edge portion at the one vehicle front-rear direction side of a window aperture and is attached to the aperture edge portion, a lip portion that protrudes from the attachment portion and is pressed against a glass end portion of the door glass when the door glass is disposed at a closed position, and an outer face cover portion that is provided extending across the attachment portion and a guide portion and that covers an outer face of the guide portion at a vehicle width direction outer side of the guide portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2016Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Takuji Uemura, Yoshinobu Yamada, Tomohiro Dosaki
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Publication number: 20170087969Abstract: A holding structure of a glass run for an automobile, which is capable of holding the glass run with a lower channel with excellent insertion workability to hold a door glass securely. In the holding structure of the glass run with the lower channel, the glass run has a first side wall, a second side wall, a third side wall and a fourth side wall, and has a generally rectangular cross section. One part of the side walls is composed of a material with rigidity higher than those of remaining parts of the side walls. The lower channel has a first wall, a second wall, a third wall and a fourth wall, and has a generally rectangular cross section. A glass slider is attached to an end edge of the door glass below the belt line, and a tip end part of the glass slider, which is continuous with a main part of the glass slider via an opening part of the glass run, and is located within the glass run, is held with the glass run.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventors: Tomohiro DOSAKI, Yoshinobu YAMADA
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Publication number: 20140290143Abstract: An opening trim weatherstrip includes an attaching base portion that is attached to a flange formed on a vehicle body opening peripheral edge and a hollow seal portion that is provided integrally on the attaching base portion and is abutted to an outer periphery of a door frame or a door panel of a vehicle door to seal a gap between the vehicle door and the vehicle body opening peripheral edge. The hollow seal portion includes a proximal hollow portion and a distal hollow portion. The distal hollow portion includes a first distal hollow seal wall and a second distal hollow seal wall. The first distal hollow seal wall is formed in a curved surface with a curvature radius of 20 to 80 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshinobu YAMADA, Yasuhiro SHIMIZU, Mitsunobu TERAMOTO, Daisuke SAKAI, Hirofumi OTSUKA
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Patent number: 7682135Abstract: In a variable displacement pump, a first groove always connected to a second hydraulic chamber is provided in a slide surface of a cam ring facing to an end surface of a side plate, and a second groove always connected to a suction port is provided in the end surface of the side plate, whereby when the cam ring is moved to a moving end side in which a volumetric capacity of a pump chamber is reduced, the first groove and the second groove are connected, and the second hydraulic chamber can be connected to the suction port by the grooves.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2006Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: Showa CorporationInventors: Takeshi Ueki, Shingo Ishige, Yoshinobu Yamada
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Patent number: 7581354Abstract: A glass run is fixed on a channel of a doorframe, which includes a garnish for decorating a vehicle interior. The glass run includes an extruded portion and a molded corner portion. The molded corner portion connects two extruded portions. The molded corner portion includes a cover lip, which covers a gap between the garnish and the doorframe, and an insert lip, which is inserted into the gap. The cover lip is discontinuously formed with the insert lip.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2006Date of Patent: September 1, 2009Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yoshinobu Yamada
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Patent number: 7384096Abstract: An extruded portion of a roof weather strip includes a base portion fixed to a frame base portion and a seal portion projecting upward from the base portion. The seal portion is provided with a front side portion extending toward an outer periphery of the opening from the base portion and a rear side portion connecting a distal end of the front side portion with the base portion. A first boundary portion between the front side portion and the rear side portion is located on an outer peripheral side of the opening with respect to a connecting portion between the rear side portion and the base portion, so that the rear side portion is made to be deformed toward the outer peripheral side of the opening when the roof panel is closed.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2006Date of Patent: June 10, 2008Assignees: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd, Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshinobu Yamada, Kazuki Sawada
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Publication number: 20070280842Abstract: In a variable displacement pump, a first groove always connected to a second hydraulic chamber is provided in a slide surface of a cam ring facing to an end surface of a side plate, and a second a groove always connected to a suction port is provided in the end surface of the side plate, whereby when the cam ring is moved to a moving end side in which a volumetric capacity of a pump chamber is reduced, the first groove and the second groove are connected, and the second hydraulic chamber can be connected to the suction port by the grooves.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2006Publication date: December 6, 2007Applicant: SHOWA CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Ueki, Shingo Ishige, Yoshinobu Yamada
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Patent number: 7252294Abstract: A weather strip has a trim part adapted to be mounted on a flange, a seal part having a hollow portion and a cover lip. The trim part has a bottom wall portion, and an interior and an exterior side wall portions which constitute a pair of side wall portions and is formed into a shape, as a whole, having a substantially U-shaped cross section, and an insert of a center bonded type is embedded in the interior of the trim part so constructed. In a skeletal piece of the insert, an angle ?a formed by a bottom wall part embedded in the bottom wall portion and an internal part embedded in the interior side wall portion and an angle ?b formed by the bottom wall part and an external part embedded in the exterior side wall portion are made to form acute angles.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2005Date of Patent: August 7, 2007Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshinobu Yamada, Satoshi Inagaki, Hiroshi Kuzuya
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Publication number: 20070069553Abstract: An extruded portion of a roof weather strip includes a base portion fixed to a frame base portion and a seal portion projecting upward from the base portion. The seal portion is provided with a front side portion extending toward an outer periphery of the opening from the base portion and a rear side portion connecting a distal end of the front side portion with the base portion. A first boundary portion between the front side portion and the rear side portion is located on an outer peripheral side of the opening with respect to a connecting portion between the rear side portion and the base portion, so that the rear side portion is made to be deformed toward the outer peripheral side of the opening when the roof panel is closed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2006Publication date: March 29, 2007Applicants: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD., AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshinobu Yamada, Kazuki Sawada
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Publication number: 20060265995Abstract: A glass run is fixed on a channel of a doorframe, which includes a garnish for decorating a vehicle interior. The glass run includes an extruded portion and a molded corner portion. The molded corner portion connects two extruded portions. The molded corner portion includes a cover lip, which covers a gap between the garnish and the doorframe, and an insert lip, which is inserted into the gap. The cover lip is discontinuously formed with the insert lip.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2006Publication date: November 30, 2006Applicant: TOYODA GOSEI Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yoshinobu Yamada
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Patent number: 6988766Abstract: A sealing structure for providing a seal between panels composing a roof panel with excellent sealing properties and good appearance therearound. The roof panel includes at least one sliding panel and non-sliding panels arranged adjacent to the sliding panel in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle roof, and a weather strip is attached to provide a seal between the sliding panel and the non-sliding panels. The weather strip has a base portion for attachment to a frame member, and a tubular seal portion formed integrally with the base portion on the upper side thereof. The tubular seal portion has a bridge part in an interior space thereof to support the tubular seal portion against the sliding panel which is in its closed position.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2004Date of Patent: January 24, 2006Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yoshinobu Yamada
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Publication number: 20060005471Abstract: A weather strip has a trim part adapted to be mounted on a flange, a seal part having a hollow portion and a cover lip. The trim part has a bottom wall portion, and an interior and an exterior side wall portions which constitute a pair of side wall portions and is formed into a shape, as a whole, having a substantially U-shaped cross section, and an insert of a center bonded type is embedded in the interior of the trim part so constructed. In a skeletal piece of the insert, an angle ?a formed by a bottom wall part embedded in the bottom wall portion and an internal part embedded in the interior side wall portion and an angle ?b formed by the bottom wall part and an external part embedded in the exterior side wall portion are made to form acute angles.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2005Publication date: January 12, 2006Inventors: Yoshinobu Yamada, Satoshi Inagaki, Hiroshi Kuzuya