Patents by Inventor Eikyo BOU

Eikyo BOU 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).

  • FRONT STRUCTURE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20160101751
    Abstract: A vehicle front structure having a bumper reinforcement arranged in the vehicle width direction at the front part of a pair of front side members is provided. A pair of extensions is provided to the bumper reinforcement at positions outside of the front side members in the vehicle width direction. Each extension is provided with a front protrusion protruding ahead of the bumper reinforcement at positions outside of the front side member on the front side, and a rear protrusion protruding backward on the rear side. At the time of a small overlap frontal crash, loads imposed on the extension are transmitted to and absorbed by the front side member by the rear protrusion via the front protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicants: TOYOTA MOTOR EAST JAPAN, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eikyo BOU, Isao SOUTOME, Masatoshi ABE