Patents by Inventor Ayaka KAGAMI

Ayaka KAGAMI 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: 12643614
    Abstract: A metal joined body has an iron base body and an aluminum base body that are joined together via a joint layer. The joint layer has a first layer composed of a first intermetallic compound formed on the iron base body side and a second layer composed of a second intermetallic compound formed on the aluminum base body side. The first layer has one or more first protrusions that merge integrally into the iron base body and extend in a pile shape into the first intermetallic compound. The second layer may have one or more second protrusions that are composed of a second intermetallic compound and extend in a columnar shape into the aluminum base body. The first intermetallic compound may contain Al5Fe2, and the second intermetallic compound may contain Al3Fe. The total thickness of the first layer and the second layer is, for example, 2 to 15 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideaki Matsuoka, Hiroaki Kadoura, Takashi Asada, Hiroyuki Mori, Tatsuyuki Amago, Ayaka Kagami, Shuhei Ogura, Tomohiko Sekiguchi, Kyosuke Izuno
  • Patent number: 12637031
    Abstract: A vehicle that is an electric vehicle, includes a battery, a vehicle body, a fastening member, and a cleansing unit. The vehicle body includes a mounting portion. The mounting portion is configured to mount the battery. The fastening member fastens the battery to the mounting portion. The cleansing unit cleanses the fastening member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsuya Shimizu, Katsuya Shimazu, Ayaka Kagami, Mutsumi Kawashima
  • Patent number: 12567635
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle body including a mounting portion that opens downward and that is configured to mount a battery, and the battery that is detachably mountable to the mounting portion. The battery includes a battery main body and a battery-side connecting portion that protrudes upward from the battery main body. The mounting portion includes a vehicle-body-side connecting portion that fits with the battery-side connecting portion. The battery-side connecting portion is movable relative to the battery main body in a lateral direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2026
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsuya Shimizu, Katsuya Shimazu, Ayaka Kagami, Mutsumi Kawashima
  • Patent number: 12496889
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: a vehicle body having a bottom portion; a power storage device including a main body having a front wall portion, a rear wall portion, and a lower surface; and a flow regulation plate having a distal end portion at a position spaced downward from the bottom portion, a protruding portion is provided on the lower surface side of the main body; in a fixed state in which the power storage device is fixed to the vehicle body, the lower surface is located downward of the bottom portion; the flow regulation plate is provided to be pivotable; and in the fixed state, the protruding portion abuts against the flow regulation plate to maintain a state in which the flow regulation plate covers at least one of the front wall portion and the rear wall portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsuya Shimizu, Katsuya Shimazu, Ayaka Kagami, Mutsumi Kawashima
  • Patent number: 12391143
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a power storage device, a gas supply unit, a vehicle side refrigerant connector, a vehicle side electric connector, and a gas supply pipe. The power storage device includes an electric connector, a refrigerant connector, and a ventilation path. A first connection portion where the vehicle side refrigerant connector and the refrigerant connector are connected to each other includes a first closed space and a second connection portion where the vehicle side electric connector and the electric connector are connected to each other includes a second closed space. The gas supply pipe is provided to supply gas to at least one of the first closed space and the second closed space. The ventilation path is provided to communicate with the gas supply pipe through at least one closed space and the ventilation path is provided with a flow detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsuya Shimizu, Katsuya Shimazu, Ayaka Kagami, Mutsumi Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20250216917
    Abstract: An information processing device includes an acquisition unit that acquires a power load indicating time-series data of power of an energy storage device in a first period, a classification unit that classifies each power load obtained by dividing a power load acquired by the acquisition unit for each second period shorter than the first period into a plurality of groups, and an extraction unit that extracts, for each group classified by the classification unit, a representative power load from among power loads for each second period belonging to each group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Inventors: Shuhei SATO, Nan UKUMORI, Ayaka KAGAMI
  • Patent number: 12241496
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a member for fastening by joining a nut with a tubular joint portion extending from a main body formed with an internal thread to a panel with a mounting hole for the nut on an aluminum base material. The joint portion has a rotation-preventing portion with a concave and convex shaped outer peripheral surface and a guide portion extending from the rotation-preventing portion to one side. After the guide portion is inserted into the mounting hole, the nut is energized by electrodes in contact with both nut end surface sides. The nut then generates heat, and the periphery of the mounting hole is heated and softened. When the nut is pressurized with the electrodes, the rotation-preventing portion bites into the mounting hole, and the one end portion of the guide portion is swaged to become a retaining portion on one surface side of the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideaki Matsuoka, Gaku Kitahara, Tatsuyuki Amago, Hiroyuki Mori, Jun Yaokawa, Kyosuke Izuno, Kohei Takahashi, Tomohiko Sekiguchi, Ayaka Kagami
  • Patent number: 12157412
    Abstract: A vehicle display device includes a visible light source that repeatedly turns on and off and emits visible light, an invisible light source that emits invisible light, and a projection unit that projects visible light emitted from the visible light source and invisible light emitted from the invisible light source onto a road surface as a drawing pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ayaka Kagami, Fumihiko Mouri, Kento Nakazato
  • Patent number: 12118260
    Abstract: A vehicle display device that is mounted on a vehicle moving toward a destination does not display a content shown in the destination but displays a video related to the content and a video other than a video provided in the destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ayaka Kagami, Atsushi Hanawa, Soshiro Murata, Hideo Hasegawa, Genshi Kuno, Yuta Kikuzaki, Yuu Oomi, Takeshi Yamada, Masako Furuta, Toshihisa Shimome, Kensuke Sasaki
  • Patent number: 12087089
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicle including: a plurality of dimming glass units used for a plurality of windows; a sensor that acquires an entering situation of natural light at a predetermined position; and a controller. The controller performs: specifying a first dimming glass unit that is a control target out of the plurality of dimming glass units in accordance with the entering situation of natural light; and controlling a light shielding property of the first dimming glass unit. The controller controls the first dimming glass unit so as to be into a light shielding state when the entering situation of natural light satisfies a first condition indicating that an occupant in the vehicle feels glaringness, and releases the light shielding state of the first dimming glass unit when the entering situation of natural light satisfies a second condition indicating that the occupant in the vehicle does not feel glaringness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu Takezawa, Hirotaka Todaka, Takao Kiguchi, Chieko Sawada, Yosuke Tokuda, Ayaka Kagami, Natsuki Sugiyama, Takuzo Hirano, Taichi Amakasu, Seiei Hibino, Hiroshi Kawakami
  • Patent number: 12028655
    Abstract: A vehicle display device includes a theme-specific related information storage unit that stores videos related to destinations and a display that reads a related video from the theme-specific related information storage unit and displaying the related video for a corresponding one of the destinations. The vehicle display device thus allows users in a vehicle to maintain excitement until a vehicle arrives in the destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ayaka Kagami, Atsushi Hanawa, Soshiro Murata, Hideo Hasegawa, Genshi Kuno, Yuta Kikuzaki, Yuu Oomi, Takeshi Yamada, Masako Furuta, Toshihisa Shimome, Kensuke Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20240182000
    Abstract: A vehicle that is an electric vehicle, includes a battery, a vehicle body, a fastening member, and a cleansing unit. The vehicle body includes a mounting portion. The mounting portion is configured to mount the battery. The fastening member fastens the battery to the mounting portion. The cleansing unit cleanses the fastening member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsuya SHIMIZU, Katsuya Shimizu, Ayaka Kagami, Mutsumi Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20240181922
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a power storage device, a gas supply unit, a vehicle side refrigerant connector, a vehicle side electric connector, and a gas supply pipe. The power storage device includes an electric connector, a refrigerant connector, and a ventilation path. A first connection portion where the vehicle side refrigerant connector and the refrigerant connector are connected to each other includes a first closed space and a second connection portion where the vehicle side electric connector and the electric connector are connected to each other includes a second closed space. The gas supply pipe is provided to supply gas to at least one of the first closed space and the second closed space. The ventilation path is provided to communicate with the gas supply pipe through at least one closed space and the ventilation path is provided with a flow detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsuya Shimizu, Katsuya Shimazu, Ayaka Kagami, Mutsumi Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20240178483
    Abstract: A power storage device includes: a power storage module; an accommodation case that has an upper surface and that accommodates the power storage module; and an electrical connector provided to be connectable to a vehicle-side electrical connector, and a coolant connector provided to be connectable to a vehicle-side coolant connector, wherein the electrical connector and the coolant connector are each provided to protrude upward from the upper surface, and are arranged side by side with a space being interposed between the electrical connector and the coolant connector, and a flow suppressing portion is provided between the electrical connector and the coolant connector in an arrangement direction in which the electrical connector and the coolant connector are arranged side by side, so as to suppress flow of a coolant from the coolant connector side toward the electrical connector side when the coolant is leaked from the coolant connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsuya SHIMIZU, Katsuya SHIMAZU, Ayaka KAGAMI, Mutsumi KAWASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20240178500
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle body including a mounting portion that opens downward and that is configured to mount a battery, and the battery that is detachably mountable to the mounting portion. The battery includes a battery main body and a battery-side connecting portion that protrudes upward from the battery main body. The mounting portion includes a vehicle-body-side connecting portion that fits with the battery-side connecting portion. The battery-side connecting portion is movable relative to the battery main body in a lateral direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tatsuya Shimizu, Katsuya Shimazu, Ayaka Kagami, Mutsumi Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20240123809
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: a vehicle body having a bottom portion; a power storage device including a main body having a front wall portion, a rear wall portion, and a lower surface; and a flow regulation plate having a distal end portion at a position spaced downward from the bottom portion, a protruding portion is provided on the lower surface side of the main body; in a fixed state in which the power storage device is fixed to the vehicle body, the lower surface is located downward of the bottom portion; the flow regulation plate is provided to be pivotable; and in the fixed state, the protruding portion abuts against the flow regulation plate to maintain a state in which the flow regulation plate covers at least one of the front wall portion and the rear wall portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tatsuya SHIMIZU, Katsuya Shimazu, Ayaka Kagami, Mutsumi Kawashima
  • Publication number: 20240036793
    Abstract: A vehicle display device that is mounted on a vehicle moving toward a destination does not display a content shown in the destination but displays a video related to the content and a video other than a video provided in the destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ayaka KAGAMI, Atsushi HANAWA, Soshiro MURATA, Hideo HASEGAWA, Genshi KUNO, Yuta KIKUZAKI, Yuu OOMI, Takeshi YAMADA, Masako FURUTA, Toshihisa SHIMOME, Kensuke SASAKI
  • Patent number: 11878579
    Abstract: A vehicle underbody structure, including: a case that is provided on a vehicle lower side of a vehicle and has a mount portion on which batteries are mounted; a refrigerant flow passage that is provided on the vehicle lower side of the case and in which heat exchange can take place between the batteries on the mount portion and a refrigerant; and inflow/outflow portions that communicate with the refrigerant flow passage from a vehicle upper side and allow the refrigerant to flow in or flow out between an outside of the refrigerant flow passage and the refrigerant flow passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhide Matsuo, Ayaka Kagami, Mutsumi Kawashima
  • Patent number: 11822845
    Abstract: A vehicle display device that is mounted on a vehicle moving toward a destination does not display a content shown in the destination but displays a video related to the content and a video other than a video provided in the destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ayaka Kagami, Atsushi Hanawa, Soshiro Murata, Hideo Hasegawa, Genshi Kuno, Yuta Kikuzaki, Yuu Oomi, Takeshi Yamada, Masako Furuta, Toshihisa Shimome, Kensuke Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11807308
    Abstract: A vehicle floor structure includes a floor member that includes an opening that is open at an end corresponding to an entrance, the opening extending toward a vehicle cabin side, and a floor panel that is supported by the floor member to cover the opening and includes an open end at a position corresponding to the entrance. The floor panel is configured by sequentially arranging and integrating unit panels in a width direction with a direction parallel to the open end serving as a longitudinal direction of the unit panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Muta, Soshiro Murata, Ayaka Kagami, Yasuhide Matsuo, Ken Atsuta