Patents by Inventor Atsushi Oko

Atsushi Oko 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).

  • Articulated bus
    Patent number: 10369874
    Abstract: Provided is an articulated bus including a front vehicle including a steering wheel and a rear wheel positioned on a rear side of the steering wheel in a front-rear direction of a vehicle, a rear vehicle disposed on a rear side of the front vehicle in the front-rear direction of the vehicle and mounted with an engine, an articulating portion that swingably connects the front vehicle and the rear vehicle to each other, and a hybrid system including an electric generator that functions as an electric motor and a generator, and an HV battery that stores electric energy generated by the electric generator and supplies electric energy to the electric generator, in which the HV battery is disposed on a roof of the front vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Hino Motors, Ltd.
    Inventor: Atsushi Oko
  • ARTICULATED BUS
    Publication number: 20180297460
    Abstract: Provided is an articulated bus including a front vehicle including a steering wheel and a rear wheel positioned on a rear side of the steering wheel in a front-rear direction of a vehicle, a rear vehicle disposed on a rear side of the front vehicle in the front-rear direction of the vehicle and mounted with an engine, an articulating portion that swingably connects the front vehicle and the rear vehicle to each other, and a hybrid system including an electric generator that functions as an electric motor and a generator, and an HV battery that stores electric energy generated by the electric generator and supplies electric energy to the electric generator, in which the HV battery is disposed on a roof of the front vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: Hino Motors, Ltd.
    Inventor: Atsushi OKO
  • Roof structure of vehicle
    Patent number: 5951099
    Abstract: Provision of abutments on exposed and/or unexposed portions of roof and side outer members at a boundary portion causes the members not to be vertically overlapped to each other at the boundary portion. Therefore, the roof member can be placed on the side outer member from right above with no trouble since the unexposed surface portion of the roof member does not interfere with the exposed and unexposed surface portions of the underlying side outer member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1999
    Assignee: Hino Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Osamu Nagasawa, Atsushi Oko
  • Roof structure of vehicle
    Patent number: 5897159
    Abstract: Provision of abutments on exposed and/or unexposed portions of roof and side outer members at a boundary portion causes the members not to be vertically overlapped to each other at the boundary portion. Therefore, the roof member can be placed on the side outer member from right above with no trouble since the unexposed surface portion of the roof member does not interfere with the exposed and unexposed surface portions of the underlying side outer member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Assignee: Hino Jidosha Kogya Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Osamu Nagasawa, Atsushi Oko