Patents by Inventor Gen Nishida

Gen Nishida 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: 20220196839
    Abstract: The disclosed technology provides solutions for generating synthetic 3D environments, In some aspects, the disclosed technology includes a process of synthetic environment generation that includes steps for collecting sensor data corresponding with a three-dimensional (3D) space, generating a 3D mesh based on the sensor data, and generating one or more synthetic 3D objects based on the 3D mesh and the sensor data. In some aspects, the process can further include steps for generating a 3D synthetic environment comprising the one or more synthetic 3D objects, wherein the 3D synthetic environment is generated based on the 3D mesh. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Benjamin Goldstein, Gen Nishida, Eileen Bai
  • Patent number: 9663050
    Abstract: A vehicle body front section structure capable of suppressing deformation of a vehicle body in a small overlap collision is obtained. A vehicle body front section structure includes a front side member with a crash box attached to a vehicle front end, a coupling member that is interposed between and joined to the crash box and the front side member at a vehicle front end side, and that is joined to a fender apron section at a vehicle rear end, and a spacer that is disposed at a portion overlapping with the front side member in a vehicle vertical direction between the front side member and the coupling member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Gen Nishida, Nobuaki Matsui, Reiji Iwaihara, Tatsuya Ayukawa, Tsutomu Hamabe
  • Patent number: 9539968
    Abstract: A vehicle front section structure includes a front side member that is formed with a front flange at a vehicle front-rear direction front end; a crash box that is joined to the front flange at a rear flange formed at a vehicle front-rear direction rear end; and a coupling member that is joined to a fender apron section at a vehicle rear end. The coupling member includes a joining plate formed at a vehicle front end side joined to the front flange in an interposed state between the front flange and the rear flange, with a front end side of a portion of the coupling member positioned at a vehicle width direction outer side of the front side member angled such that in plan view a rear side is separated further to the vehicle width direction outer side from the front side member than the vehicle front side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Gen Nishida, Nobuaki Matsui, Reiji Iwaihara, Tatsuya Ayukawa
  • Patent number: 9266568
    Abstract: A vehicle body lower section structure has a rocker that extends in a vehicle body front-rear direction at an outside in a vehicle width direction of a floor panel; and a dashboard cross member that extends in the vehicle width direction at a lower side of a dashboard panel, and an outside end portion of the dashboard cross member in the vehicle width direction is superimposed on and connected to an upper face of the rocker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira Nishino, Gen Nishida, Hideyuki Takahashi, Satoshi Kasai, Daisuke Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20150360632
    Abstract: A vehicle body front section structure capable of suppressing deformation of a vehicle body in a small overlap collision is obtained. A vehicle body front section structure includes a front side member with a crash box attached to a vehicle front end, a coupling member that is interposed between and joined to the crash box and the front side member at a vehicle front end side, and that is joined to a fender apron section at a vehicle rear end, and a spacer that is disposed at a portion overlapping with the front side member in a vehicle vertical direction between the front side member and the coupling member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Gen NISHIDA, Nobuaki MATSUI, Reiji IWAIHARA, Tatsuya AYUKAWA, Tsutomu HAMABE
  • Publication number: 20150360633
    Abstract: A vehicle front section structure includes a front side member that is formed with a front flange at a vehicle front-rear direction front end; a crash box that is joined to the front flange at a rear flange formed at a vehicle front-rear direction rear end; and a coupling member that is joined to a fender apron section at a vehicle rear end. The coupling member includes a joining plate formed at a vehicle front end side joined to the front flange in an interposed state between the front flange and the rear flange, with a front end side of a portion of the coupling member positioned at a vehicle width direction outer side of the front side member angled such that in plan view a rear side is separated further to the vehicle width direction outer side from the front side member than the vehicle front side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Gen NISHIDA, Nobuaki MATSUI, Reiji IWAIHARA, Tatsuya AYUKAWA
  • Patent number: 9180916
    Abstract: A vehicle body lower section structure comprises a rocker that extends in a vehicle body front-rear direction at a vehicle width direction outside of a floor panel; a first cross member that extends in the vehicle width direction at a lower side of a dashboard panel and includes an outside end portion in the vehicle width direction coupled to the rocker; a second cross member that extends in the vehicle width direction at the vehicle body front side of the first cross member; and a coupling member that couples the first cross member and the second cross member together, and configures a closed cross-section structure with the dashboard panel and/or the floor panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Gen Nishida, Akira Nishino, Hideyuki Takahashi, Satoshi Kasai, Daisuke Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20150145283
    Abstract: A vehicle body lower section structure has a rocker that extends in a vehicle body front-rear direction at an outside in a vehicle width direction of a floor panel; and a dashboard cross member that extends in the vehicle width direction at a lower side of a dashboard panel, and an outside end portion of the dashboard cross member in the vehicle width direction is superimposed on and connected to an upper face of the rocker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Akira NISHINO, Gen NISHIDA, Hideyuki TAKAHASHI, Satoshi KASAI, Daisuke NOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20150145284
    Abstract: A vehicle body lower section structure comprises a rocker that extends in a vehicle body front-rear direction at a vehicle width direction outside of a floor panel; a first cross member that extends in the vehicle width direction at a lower side of a dashboard panel and includes an outside end portion in the vehicle width direction coupled to the rocker; a second cross member that extends in the vehicle width direction at the vehicle body front side of the first cross member; and a coupling member that couples the first cross member and the second cross member together, and configures a closed cross-section structure with the dashboard panel and/or the floor panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Gen NISHIDA, Akira NISHINO, Hideyuki TAKAHASHI, Satoshi KASAI, Daisuke NOGUCHI
  • Patent number: 6971694
    Abstract: A bumper apparatus for a vehicle includes a bumper reinforcement extending in a vehicle width direction and a bumper stay fastened to one side of the bumper reinforcement and including a body extending in a front-rear direction of a vehicle and a first plate fastened to one end of the body. The first plate includes a contacting surface portion provided along the bumper reinforcement, a slanting surface portion branching from the bumper reinforcement, a first flange portion extending outside the body of the bumper stay, and second flange portions provided at both side ends of the first plate contacting with side surfaces of the body of the bumper stay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignees: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin Keikinzoku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuzi Sakuma, Shinichi Haneda, Kazunari Azuchi, Kiyoichi Kita, Gen Nishida
  • Publication number: 20050212312
    Abstract: A bumper apparatus for a vehicle includes a bumper reinforcement extending in a vehicle width direction and a bumper stay fastened to one side of the bumper reinforcement and including a body extending in a front-rear direction of a vehicle and a first plate fastened to one end of the body. The first plate includes a contacting surface portion provided along the bumper reinforcement, a slanting surface portion branching from the bumper reinforcement, a first flange portion extending outside the body of the bumper stay, and second flange portions provided at both side ends of the first plate contacting with side surfaces of the body of the bumper stay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2005
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Inventors: Katsuzi Sakuma, Shinichi Haneda, Kazunari Azuchi, Kiyoichi Kita, Gen Nishida