Patents by Inventor Eisuke Ikeno

Eisuke Ikeno 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).

  • Publication number: 20260153595
    Abstract: A radar device used in a mobile body includes a sensor circuit board and a sensor housing. The sensor circuit board emits a radio wave so as to detect an object around the mobile body. The sensor housing defines a receiving chamber that receives the sensor circuit board. The sensor housing forms a breathing hole that reduces a pressure difference between the receiving chamber and an outside space outside the sensor housing. A drainage rib is formed on a rear-side back surface of the sensor housing so as to project from the rear-side back surface and partially surround the breathing hole. The drainage rib has a shape that opens toward a lower side of the breathing hole so as to guide drainage from the breathing hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2026
    Publication date: June 4, 2026
    Inventors: Susumu ENOKIDA, Eisuke IKENO, Kenji FURUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20260140429
    Abstract: An imaging device unit is provided on an outside of a vehicle body. The imaging device unit includes a camera including a main body that is fixed to the vehicle body and a lens that is mounted on the main body, a back door garnish portion that covers the camera from above a vehicle, and a protruding portion that is provided outside the camera in a vehicle front-rear direction, protrudes from the back door garnish portion to below the vehicle, and extends in a vehicle width direction. The protruding portion includes a length in the vehicle front-rear direction that decreases toward below the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2025
    Publication date: May 21, 2026
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Eisuke IKENO
  • Publication number: 20260125017
    Abstract: In a bumper cover of a front bumper, a radar unit is disposed between left and right grille portions in a grille opening portion, and a radar cover is disposed on a vehicle front side of the radar unit. The radar unit is attached to the base portion of a radar cover, and the base portion is attached to the bumper cover by each of an upper engagement portion and a lower engagement portion being engaged with upper and lower sides of the grille opening portion. As a result, since the relative position of the radar unit with respect to the grille opening portion is returned by the restoration of the shape of the bumper cover deformed by the light impact, the deterioration in the radar function of the radar unit can be suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2025
    Publication date: May 7, 2026
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Eisuke IKENO
  • Publication number: 20260008418
    Abstract: A vehicle rear view device includes: an exterior cover mounted on an upper portion of a glass on a rear side in such a manner that a longitudinal direction of the exterior cover coincides with a vehicle width direction; a housing portion that is mounted at an outer end in a vehicle width direction of the exterior cover and that is open on a rear side in a vehicle front-rear direction and an outer side in the vehicle width direction; and a sensor housed in the housing portion and supported by a top surface inside the housing portion and an inner side surface in the vehicle width direction of the housing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2025
    Publication date: January 8, 2026
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Eisuke IKENO
  • Patent number: 12504516
    Abstract: A laser radar mounting structure is for mounting a laser radar to a vehicle. The laser radar has an irradiation unit configured to irradiate an electromagnetic wave for detecting an object around the vehicle. The laser radar mounting structure includes: an installation hole provided near a front pillar on a windshield of the vehicle, near a rear pillar on a rear glass of the vehicle, near the front pillar on a roof of the vehicle, or near the rear pillar on the roof of the vehicle; the laser radar provided in the installation hole; and a cover portion that covers the laser radar and transmits the electromagnetic wave. The laser radar is provided in the installation hole such that the irradiation unit faces the outside of the vehicle through the cover portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Eisuke Ikeno
  • Publication number: 20250360888
    Abstract: An in-vehicle radar device mounting structure includes a bumper cover provided with a recessed portion having an inner side as a recess, a bracket portion disposed in the recessed portion and capable of attaching an in-vehicle radar device for transmitting and receiving radar waves to and from the bumper cover, and a cover portion having a ridgeline through which a central axis of the radar wave passes and that covers the recessed portion and the in-vehicle radar device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2025
    Publication date: November 27, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Eisuke IKENO
  • Patent number: 12325350
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp in which a millimeter wave radar is disposed on an outer surface side of an outer lens covering a lamp chamber. The vehicle lamp includes: a holding bracket configured to hold the millimeter wave radar; and a radar cover configured to cover the millimeter wave radar. The holding bracket is fixed to the outer lens in a state of holding the millimeter wave radar, and the radar cover is fixed to the holding bracket in a state of covering the millimeter wave radar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignees: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Katsurada, Kenji Furumoto, Eisuke Ikeno
  • Publication number: 20250164624
    Abstract: A sensor mounting structure includes: an outer plate member provided with a through hole; an ultrasonic sensor arranged more inward than the through hole; and a sealing member arranged spaced apart from the ultrasonic sensor, the sealing member covering the through hole. The sensor mounting structure is configured such that an ultrasonic wave transmitted from the ultrasonic sensor passes through the through hole and propagates to an outside via the sealing member, and a reflected wave reflected from the outside passes through the through hole via the sealing member and is received by the ultrasonic sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2024
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Eisuke IKENO
  • Publication number: 20250058697
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicular lamp having a millimeter wave radar (30) disposed in a recessed section (14a1) formed in an outer surface (14a) of an outer lens (14) covering a lamp chamber (16). The vehicular lamp comprises: a holding bracket (40) for holding the millimeter wave radar (30); and a radar cover (50) for covering the millimeter wave radar (30). The holding bracket (40): is fixed to the outer lens (14) in a state in which the holding bracket (40) holds the millimeter wave radar (30); and is fixed to the holding bracket (40) in a state in which the radar cover (50) covers the millimeter wave radar (30).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicants: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro KATSURADA, Kenji FURUMOTO, Eisuke IKENO
  • Publication number: 20240103135
    Abstract: A laser radar mounting structure is for mounting a laser radar to a vehicle. The laser radar has an irradiation unit configured to irradiate an electromagnetic wave for detecting an object around the vehicle. The laser radar mounting structure includes: an installation hole provided near a front pillar on a windshield of the vehicle, near a rear pillar on a rear glass of the vehicle, near the front pillar on a roof of the vehicle, or near the rear pillar on the roof of the vehicle; the laser radar provided in the installation hole; and a cover portion that covers the laser radar and transmits the electromagnetic wave. The laser radar is provided in the installation hole such that the irradiation unit faces the outside of the vehicle through the cover portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Eisuke IKENO
  • Patent number: 10556561
    Abstract: A vehicle front portion structure includes a cover; an absorber provided rearward of the cover of a vehicle, the absorber being configured to absorb energy of a collision between the cover and a collision body while allowing the cover to move rearward; a front grill provided rearward of the cover and above the absorber, the front grill being configured to move rearward along with the cover during the collision between the cover and the collision body; a radar device attached to the front grill; and a deformation limiting member provided outside a radio wave irradiation range of the radar device and in a space between the radar device and the front grill or the cover, the deformation limiting member being configured to limit deformation of the front grill or the cover to the radar device side during the collision between the cover and the collision body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Eisuke Ikeno
  • Patent number: 10471905
    Abstract: An in-vehicle camera including: a camera component that records out of the vehicle through a window glass; a cover that covers the camera component from the vehicle interior side, with a gap existing between the cover and the window glass; and a blocker that is secured to a vehicle interior-side surface of the window glass inside the cover and is configured to allow passage of air between the inside and the outside of the cover via the gap while blocking light passing through the gap and reflected into the camera component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Eisuke Ikeno
  • Publication number: 20180290612
    Abstract: A vehicle front portion structure includes a cover; an absorber provided rearward of the cover of a vehicle, the absorber being configured to absorb energy of a collision between the cover and a collision body while allowing the cover to move rearward; a front grill provided rearward of the cover and above the absorber, the front grill being configured to move rearward along with the cover during the collision between the cover and the collision body; a radar device attached to the front grill; and a deformation limiting member provided outside a radio wave irradiation range of the radar device and in a space between the radar device and the front grill or the cover, the deformation limiting member being configured to limit deformation of the front grill or the cover to the radar device side during the collision between the cover and the collision body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Eisuke IKENO
  • Publication number: 20170334365
    Abstract: An in-vehicle camera including: a camera component that records out of the vehicle through a window glass; a cover that covers the camera component from the vehicle interior side, with a gap existing between the cover and the window glass; and a blocker that is secured to a vehicle interior-side surface of the window glass inside the cover and is configured to allow passage of air between the inside and the outside of the cover via the gap while blocking light passing through the gap and reflected into the camera component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Eisuke IKENO
  • Patent number: 9126636
    Abstract: A tibia pad has: a right foot placement portion having a right side horizontal portion formed horizontally and on which a passenger's right heel is placed, and a right side inclined portion formed at a vehicle front side of this right side horizontal portion and inclined with respect to a vehicle longitudinal direction to head toward a vehicle upper side while heading toward a vehicle front side; a pair of groove portions formed, at least in a bottom surface of the right side horizontal portion at the right foot placement portion, to extend along the vehicle longitudinal direction and to lined-up in a vehicle transverse direction; and a step portion formed at a transition portion between the right side horizontal and the right side inclined portions, and positioned between a rear and a front side ribs are formed at the right side horizontal and the right side inclined portions, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eisuke Ikeno, Kunio Ohashi, Satoshi Yamaguchi, Yusuke Fukushima
  • Patent number: 9022451
    Abstract: A tibia pad has: a right foot placement portion having a right side horizontal portion positioned beneath and rearward of an accelerator pedal on which a passenger's heel who is stepping-on the accelerator pedal is placed, and a right side inclined portion integrally formed with a vehicle front side of the right side horizontal portion and positioned beneath the accelerator pedal; and a rib formed at least at a bottom surface of the right side horizontal portion at the right foot placement portion by a region between a pair of groove portions that are formed so as to extend along a vehicle longitudinal direction and so as to be lined-up in a vehicle transverse direction, and that is provided at a position that is offset toward a vehicle transverse direction one side with respect to a central line that passes-through a vehicle transverse direction central portion of the accelerator pedal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Eisuke Ikeno, Kunio Ohashi, Satoshi Yamaguchi, Yusuke Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20140117715
    Abstract: A tibia pad has: a right foot placement portion having a right side horizontal portion formed horizontally and on which a passenger's right heel is placed, and a right side inclined portion formed at a vehicle front side of this right side horizontal portion and inclined with respect to a vehicle longitudinal direction to head toward a vehicle upper side while heading toward a vehicle front side; a pair of groove portions formed, at least in a bottom surface of the right side horizontal portion at the right foot placement portion, to extend along the vehicle longitudinal direction and to lined-up in a vehicle transverse direction; and a step portion formed at a transition portion between the right side horizontal and the right side inclined portions, and positioned between a rear and a front side ribs are formed at the right side horizontal and the right side inclined portions, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eisuke Ikeno, Kunio Ohashi, Satoshi Yamaguchi, Yusuke Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20140103680
    Abstract: A tibia pad has: a right foot placement portion having a right side horizontal portion positioned beneath and rearward of an accelerator pedal on which a passenger's heel who is stepping-on the accelerator pedal is placed, and a right side inclined portion integrally formed with a vehicle front side of the right side horizontal portion and positioned beneath the accelerator pedal; and a rib formed at least at a bottom surface of the right side horizontal portion at the right foot placement portion by a region between a pair of groove portions that are formed so as to extend along a vehicle longitudinal direction and so as to be lined-up in a vehicle transverse direction, and that is provided at a position that is offset toward a vehicle transverse direction one side with respect to a central line that passes-through a vehicle transverse direction central portion of the accelerator pedal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eisuke Ikeno, Kunio Ohashi, Satoshi Yamaguchi, Yusuke Fukushima