Patents by Inventor Atsushi Yaza

Atsushi Yaza 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: 10625581
    Abstract: A vehicle lateral structure includes: a rocker extending in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle; and a side door existing along the rocker in a closed state in which the side door is closed, the side door including a lower region of the side door being located further from a center of the vehicle in a vehicle width direction than the rocker is in the vehicle width direction and a protrusion portion which protrudes toward the center of the vehicle in the vehicle width direction from a lower end portion of the lower region in a vertical direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Atsushi Yaza
  • Publication number: 20190381845
    Abstract: In the front lower arm, a ball joint bracket to which a ball joint to be coupled to a knuckle is attached is welded to an outer end of a lower arm body in the left and right direction of the vehicle. A spindle member connected to a lower end of a shock absorber is provided on a front side of the ball joint bracket in the front and back direction of the vehicle so as to protrude forward. A welding part between the lower arm body and the ball joint bracket is inclined in plan view, toward an outside in the left and right direction from a front part to a rear part of the welded part in the front and back direction. An extension of a central axial line of the spindle member is arranged so as to intersect with the welded part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinpei MATSUMOTO, Yoshiki Komatsu, Takaaki Onodera, Atsushi Yaza
  • Publication number: 20190176584
    Abstract: A vehicle lateral structure includes: a rocker extending in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle; and a side door existing along the rocker in a closed state in which the side door is closed, the side door including a lower region of the side door being located further from a center of the vehicle in a vehicle width direction than the rocker is in the vehicle width direction and a protrusion portion which protrudes toward the center of the vehicle in the vehicle width direction from a lower end portion of the lower region in a vertical direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Atsushi Yaza