Patents by Inventor Akihito SASAKI
Akihito SASAKI 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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Patent number: 11834100Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 9, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA;, SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Akihito Sasaki, Yuuki Mukaigawa, Tatsuya Narahara
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Patent number: 11541944Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle body having a door opening, and a door that is attached to the vehicle body and that has a door reinforcing member extending straddling the door opening. The vehicle body includes: a rocker extending following a lower end of the door opening; a floor panel extending from an upper face of the rocker to a vehicle inward side; a first reinforcing member fixed to an upper face of the floor panel and extends in a vehicle front-rear direction following an end portion of the floor panel, an outward end portion of the first reinforcing member being disposed above the rocker, and an inward end portion of the first reinforcing member being disposed inward of the rocker; and a second reinforcing member that is fixed to an upper face of the first reinforcing member and that extends in a vehicle width direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Subaru CorporationInventors: Akihito Sasaki, Ryo Kimura
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Publication number: 20220081039Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle body having a door opening, and a door that is attached to the vehicle body and that has a door reinforcing member extending straddling the door opening. The vehicle body includes: a rocker extending following a lower end of the door opening; a floor panel extending from an upper face of the rocker to a vehicle inward side; a first reinforcing member fixed to an upper face of the floor panel and extends in a vehicle front-rear direction following an end portion of the floor panel, an outward end portion of the first reinforcing member being disposed above the rocker, and an inward end portion of the first reinforcing member being disposed inward of the rocker; and a second reinforcing member that is fixed to an upper face of the first reinforcing member and that extends in a vehicle width direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Akihito SASAKI, Ryo KIMURA
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Publication number: 20210323609Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2021Publication date: October 21, 2021Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Akihito SASAKI, Yuuki MUKAIGAWA, Tatsuya NARAHARA
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Patent number: 10427565Abstract: A vehicular seat includes: a cushion panel disposed to extend in a seat front-rear direction and to form a bottom portion of a seat cushion; an inflator configured to operate to produce gas, the inflator being provided in the seat cushion; and a cushion airbag configured to expand due to the gas and to push up a range including portions of a seat occupant from thighs to hip points in an expansion end state, the cushion airbag being provided over the cushion panel, in which the cushion airbag is set such that a push-up force in rear right and left regions corresponding to right and left hip joints to right and left lower ischium portions of the seat occupant in the expansion end state is lower than a push-up force in a rear center region present between the rear right and left regions in the expansion end state.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2018Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Akihito Sasaki, Ikufumi Matsuba, Tomoyuki Maeno, Mitsuyoshi Ohno, Yoshikazu Tanaka, Shohei Ota
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Publication number: 20180319296Abstract: A vehicular seat includes: a cushion panel disposed to extend in a seat front-rear direction and to form a bottom portion of a seat cushion; an inflator configured to operate to produce gas, the inflator being provided in the seat cushion; and a cushion airbag configured to expand due to the gas and to push up a range including portions of a seat occupant from thighs to hip points in an expansion end state, the cushion airbag being provided over the cushion panel, in which the cushion airbag is set such that a push-up force in rear right and left regions corresponding to right and left hip joints to right and left lower ischium portions of the seat occupant in the expansion end state is lower than a push-up force in a rear center region present between the rear right and left regions in the expansion end state.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Akihito SASAKI, Ikufumi MATSUBA, Tomoyuki MAENO, Mitsuyoshi OHNO, Yoshikazu TANAKA, Shohei OTA