Patents by Inventor Yuuki Mukaigawa

Yuuki Mukaigawa 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: 11834100
    Abstract: An electric vehicle may include: a floor panel; and a battery pack located below the floor panel. the battery pack may include: a bottom plate; a plurality of battery stacks distributed on the bottom plate along a longitudinal direction of the electric vehicle with an interval provided between the battery stacks; a battery crossmember located between the battery stacks; a plurality of end plates each of which is fixed to a side surface of corresponding one of the battery stacks; a first load transmitting component extending from the battery crossmember to a position located higher than upper surfaces of the battery stacks; and a second load transmitting component located outward of the first load transmitting component in the width direction. The second load transmitting component may be a component extending to a position higher than the upper surfaces of the battery stacks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA;, SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihito Sasaki, Yuuki Mukaigawa, Tatsuya Narahara
  • Publication number: 20230311794
    Abstract: A vehicle may include a vehicle body including a floor panel, a battery pack located below the floor panel, and an energy absorption member located outwardly from the battery pack in a vehicle width direction and fixing the battery pack to the vehicle body. The energy absorption member may be a hollow member extending along a vehicle longitudinal direction and having a constant cross section along the vehicle longitudinal direction. An inner sidewall of the energy absorption member that faces the battery pack may incline downwardly in a vehicle height direction as it extends inwardly in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuuki MUKAIGAWA, Kyohei Miyaoka, Shunji Shibata
  • Publication number: 20230311795
    Abstract: A vehicle may include a vehicle body including a floor panel, a battery pack located below the floor panel and an energy absorption member located outwardly from the battery pack in a vehicle width direction and fixing the battery pack to the vehicle body. A support that protrudes downwardly may be disposed on a lower wall of the battery pack. The energy absorption member may include a protrusion that protrudes inwardly in the vehicle width direction toward the support. A tip end of the protrusion may include a contact surface being in contact with a side surface of the support in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISH
    Inventors: Yuuki MUKAIGAWA, Naoki TANI, Ryuma OSAKA, Shungo IIZUKA, Shunji SHIBATA, Kyohei MIYAOKA, Masanori KODERA, Takashi IWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20210323609
    Abstract: An electric vehicle may include: a floor panel; and a battery pack located below the floor panel. the battery pack may include: a bottom plate; a plurality of battery stacks distributed on the bottom plate along a longitudinal direction of the electric vehicle with an interval provided between the battery stacks; a battery crossmember located between the battery stacks; a plurality of end plates each of which is fixed to a side surface of corresponding one of the battery stacks; a first load transmitting component extending from the battery crossmember to a position located higher than upper surfaces of the battery stacks; and a second load transmitting component located outward of the first load transmitting component in the width direction. The second load transmitting component may be a component extending to a position higher than the upper surfaces of the battery stacks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihito SASAKI, Yuuki MUKAIGAWA, Tatsuya NARAHARA
  • Patent number: 10926805
    Abstract: A rocker structure includes: a closed cross-sectional part that extends along a vehicle front-rear direction on an outer side of a floor panel of a vehicle in a vehicle width direction, the closed cross-sectional part including an outer wall and an inner wall located respectively on an outer side and an inner side of the closed cross-sectional part in the vehicle width direction; and a horizontal plate propped between the outer wall and the inner wall along the vehicle width direction, the horizontal plate having ridges protruding upward in a vehicle height direction and valleys depressed downward in the vehicle height direction that are provided alternately along the vehicle width direction, an amount of protrusion of the ridges and an amount of depression of the valleys varying from an outer wall side toward an inner wall side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuuki Mukaigawa, Tomohito Sono
  • Patent number: 10766540
    Abstract: A rocker structure includes a closed cross-sectional part that extends along a vehicle front-rear direction on the outer side of a floor panel of a vehicle in a vehicle width direction, a horizontal plate, and a first vertical plate. The closed cross-sectional part includes an outer wall, an inner wall, a lower wall, and an upper wall. The horizontal plate has a ridge and a valley, and is propped along the vehicle width direction between the outer wall and the inner wall, and the ridge and the valley are provided alternately along the vehicle width direction. The ridge protrudes upward in the vehicle-height direction, and the valley is depressed downward in the vehicle-height direction. The first vertical plate is propped along the vehicle-height direction between the horizontal plate and one of the lower wall and the upper wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohito Sono, Yuuki Mukaigawa, Kosho Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20190248418
    Abstract: A rocker structure includes a closed cross-sectional part that extends along a vehicle front-rear direction on the outer side of a floor panel of a vehicle in a vehicle width direction, a horizontal plate, and a first vertical plate. The closed cross-sectional part includes an outer wall, an inner wall, a lower wall, and an upper wall. The horizontal plate has a ridge and a valley, and is propped along the vehicle width direction between the outer wall and the inner wall, and the ridge and the valley are provided alternately along the vehicle width direction. The ridge protrudes upward in the vehicle-height direction, and the valley is depressed downward in the vehicle-height direction. The first vertical plate is propped along the vehicle-height direction between the horizontal plate and one of the lower wall and the upper wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohito Sono, Yuuki Mukaigawa, Kosho Kawahara
  • Publication number: 20190248419
    Abstract: A rocker structure includes: a closed cross-sectional part that extends along a vehicle front-rear direction on an outer side of a floor panel of a vehicle in a vehicle width direction, the closed cross-sectional part including an outer wall and an inner wall located respectively on an outer side and an inner side of the closed cross-sectional part in the vehicle width direction; and a horizontal plate propped between the outer wall and the inner wall along the vehicle width direction, the horizontal plate having ridges protruding upward in a vehicle height direction and valleys depressed downward in the vehicle height direction that are provided alternately along the vehicle width direction, an amount of protrusion of the ridges and an amount of depression of the valleys varying from an outer wall side toward an inner wall side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuuki MUKAIGAWA, Tomohito Sono