Patents by Inventor Hidenori Baba

Hidenori Baba 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).

  • Supporting structure for instrument panel of motor vehicle
    Patent number: 6250678
    Abstract: In a supporting structure for an instrument panel of a motor vehicle, an energy absorbing member made of a synthetic resin foam is placed between a reinforcing member which is linked to the vehicle body and an instrument panel which is made of a synthetic resin and supported by the reinforcing member, and when the head of an occupant collides with the upper surface of the instrument panel the collision energy is absorbed by destroying foamed cells of the energy absorbing member 9 as the instrument panel is deformed or destroyed. Thus, the impact caused when the head of the occupant collides with the upper surface of the instrument panel can effectively be absorbed while enabling the reinforcing member and the instrument panel to be placed close to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Moriroku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsunori Yoshinaka, Hidenori Baba