Patents by Inventor Hironori Kadoi
Hironori Kadoi 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).
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Patent number: 11505064Abstract: A pedal device for a vehicle includes: a pedal pad; a single reference hole formed in one of a base member and a supporting member comprising at least one of a panel or a bracket; a through-hole for fixing that is formed in the base member; a reference shaft member that is supported by the other of the base member or the supporting member, and is inserted into the reference hole while forming a first clearance between the reference shaft member and the reference hole, and whose extension line intersects the pedal pad; and a shaft member for fixing that is inserted into the through-hole for fixing while forming a second clearance that is larger than the first clearance between the shaft member for fixing and the through-hole for fixing, and that fixes the base member to the supporting member by being fixed to the supporting member.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2021Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hironori Kadoi
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Publication number: 20220176815Abstract: A pedal device for a vehicle includes: a pedal pad; a single reference hole formed in one of a base member and a supporting member comprising at least one of a panel or a bracket; a through-hole for fixing that is formed in the base member; a reference shaft member that is supported by the other of the base member or the supporting member, and is inserted into the reference hole while forming a first clearance between the reference shaft member and the reference hole, and whose extension line intersects the pedal pad; and a shaft member for fixing that is inserted into the through-hole for fixing while forming a second clearance that is larger than the first clearance between the shaft member for fixing and the through-hole for fixing, and that fixes the base member to the supporting member by being fixed to the supporting member.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2021Publication date: June 9, 2022Inventor: Hironori Kadoi
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Patent number: 10983549Abstract: A vehicle pedal device includes: a pedal pad; a housing provided below the pedal pad and provided with a through-hole; a first link passing through the through-hole, a first end portion of the first link being rotatably connected to the pedal pad, a second end portion of the first link being disposed in the housing; a second link, a first end portion of the second link being rotatably connected to the second end portion of the first link, a second end portion of the second link being supported in the housing; a first urging member configured to urge the second link in a rotation direction in which the pedal pad is displaced upward; and a friction portion pressed against a pressed portion provided in the housing and configured to apply a rotation resistance to the second link.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2018Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hironori Kadoi
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Patent number: 10620658Abstract: A vehicle pedal device includes a housing installed on a floor portion of a vehicle, a support provided behind the housing in a vehicle front-rear direction, and provided for a lower portion of the housing, and a pedal pad disposed while being inclined such that the pedal pad extends in a direction from the support to a position above the housing with a lower end portion of the pedal pad being rotatably supported by the support. The diameter of the largest virtual circle accommodated in a space defined by the pedal pad in a state of being maximally stepped on, the housing, and the support is larger than the diameter of the smallest virtual circle being in contact with the pedal pad in a state of being not stepped on and the housing as seen in a direction toward the pedal pad from a lateral side.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2018Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hironori Kadoi
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Publication number: 20190160943Abstract: A vehicle pedal device includes a housing installed on a floor portion of a vehicle, a support provided behind the housing in a vehicle front-rear direction, and provided for a tower portion of the housing, and a pedal pad disposed while being inclined such that the pedal pad extends in a direction from the support to a position above the housing with a lower end portion of the pedal pad being rotatably supported b the support. The diameter of the largest virtual circle accommodated in a space defined by the pedal pad in a state of being maximally stepped on, the housing, and the support is larger than the diameter of the smallest virtual circle being in contact with the pedal pad in a state of being not stepped on and the housing as seen in a direction toward the pedal pad from a lateral side.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2018Publication date: May 30, 2019Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hironori Kadoi
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Publication number: 20190163227Abstract: A vehicle pedal device includes: a pedal pad; a housing provided below the pedal pad and provided with a through-hole; a first link passing through the through-hole, a first end portion of the first link being rotatably connected to the pedal pad, a second end portion of the first link being disposed in the housing; a second link, a first end portion of the second link being rotatably connected to the second end portion of the first link, a second end portion of the second link being supported in the housing, a first urging member configured to urge the second link in a rotation direction in which the pedal pad is displaced upward; and a friction portion pressed against a pressed portion provided in the housing and configured to apply a rotation resistance to the second link.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2018Publication date: May 30, 2019Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hironori Kadoi
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Patent number: 10279841Abstract: A vehicle front portion structure including: a front side member that extends in a vehicle longitudinal direction at a vehicle transverse direction outer side portion of a vehicle front portion and includes a projecting portion that projects-out toward a vehicle transverse direction outer side at an outer side wall at a front end portion; a spacer that is provided at a vehicle transverse direction outer side of the front side member and is fastened to the outer side wall at a vehicle front side of the projecting portion, and that has an adjacent portion that is adjacent to a vehicle transverse direction outer side of the projecting portion; and an engaging portion that is formed at the spacer and is disposed at a vehicle front side with respect to the projecting portion, and that engages with a front end of the projecting portion in the vehicle longitudinal direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2016Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Keita Ito, Yuji Takahashi, Ryoji Matsumoto, Hironori Kadoi, Yutaka Yamada
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Patent number: 10114403Abstract: A vehicle pedal device includes a support unit fixed to a vehicle body. A hinge is supported by the support unit. A rectangular pad includes a lower longitudinal end pivotally supported by the hinge. An arm supported by the support unit follows pivoting of the pad. The pad includes a first restriction portion, and the support unit includes a second restriction portion. The first restriction portion and the second restriction portion cooperate with each other to restrict displacement of the pad in a lateral direction of the pad.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2016Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKIInventor: Hironori Kadoi
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Publication number: 20170090504Abstract: A vehicle pedal device includes a support unit fixed to a vehicle body. A hinge is supported by the support unit. A rectangular pad includes a lower longitudinal end pivotally supported by the hinge. An arm supported by the support unit follows pivoting of the pad. The pad includes a first restriction portion, and the support unit includes a second restriction portion. The first restriction portion and the second restriction portion cooperate with each other to restrict displacement of the pad in a lateral direction of the pad.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hironori KADOI
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Patent number: 9517799Abstract: A vehicle front section structure includes: a pair of left and right front side members extending along a vehicle front-rear direction at both vehicle width direction sides of a power unit installed in a vehicle front section; a spacer including an angled wall that is provided at a side face on a vehicle width direction outer side of the front side member, that is disposed at the vehicle width direction outer side of the side face, and that increases in distance from the side face on progression toward a vehicle front side, and including a rear end wall extending from a rear end of the angled wall toward the side face, and a spacer extension portion that is provided at the vehicle width direction outer side of the angled wall of the spacer, and that includes an extension wall extending the rear end wall of the spacer toward the vehicle width direction outer side.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2015Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryoji Matsumoto, Hironori Kadoi
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Publication number: 20160318469Abstract: An extension portion extending out toward the vehicle width direction outer side is provided at a rear face of a vehicle width direction outer side end portion of bumper reinforcement. A projection portion projecting out toward the vehicle front side is disposed at a front face of the extension portion, at a position separated to the vehicle width direction outer side of the vehicle width direction outer side end portion of the bumper reinforcement. A front end portion of a spacer, having a rear end portion joined to the side face on the vehicle width direction outer side of a front side member and extending out to the vehicle width direction outer side of the front side member, is joined to a rear face of the extension portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2015Publication date: November 3, 2016Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryoji MATSUMOTO, Hironori KADOI
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Publication number: 20160318552Abstract: A vehicle front section structure includes: a pair of left and right front side members extending along a vehicle front-rear direction at both vehicle width direction sides of a power unit installed in a vehicle front section; a spacer including an angled wall that is provided at a side face on a vehicle width direction outer side of the front side member, that is disposed at the vehicle width direction outer side of the side face, and that increases in distance from the side face on progression toward a vehicle front side, and including a rear end wall extending from a rear end of the angled wall toward the side face, and a spacer extension portion that is provided at the vehicle width direction outer side of the angled wall of the spacer, and that includes an extension wall extending the rear end wall of the spacer toward the vehicle width direction outer side.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2015Publication date: November 3, 2016Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryoji MATSUMOTO, Hironori KADOI
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Patent number: 9481334Abstract: An extension portion extending out toward the vehicle width direction outer side is provided at a rear face of a vehicle width direction outer side end portion of bumper reinforcement. A projection portion projecting out toward the vehicle front side is disposed at a front face of the extension portion, at a position separated to the vehicle width direction outer side of the vehicle width direction outer side end portion of the bumper reinforcement. A front end portion of a spacer, having a rear end portion joined to the side face on the vehicle width direction outer side of a front side member and extending out to the vehicle width direction outer side of the front side member, is joined to a rear face of the extension portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2015Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryoji Matsumoto, Hironori Kadoi
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Publication number: 20160264178Abstract: A vehicle front portion structure including: a front side member that extends in a vehicle longitudinal direction at a vehicle transverse direction outer side portion of a vehicle front portion and includes a projecting portion that projects-out toward a vehicle transverse direction outer side at an outer side wall at a front end portion; a spacer that is provided at a vehicle transverse direction outer side of the front side member and is fastened to the outer side wall at a vehicle front side of the projecting portion, and that has an adjacent portion that is adjacent to a vehicle transverse direction outer side of the projecting portion; and an engaging portion that is formed at the spacer and is disposed at a vehicle front side with respect to the projecting portion, and that engages with a front end of the projecting portion in the vehicle longitudinal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2016Publication date: September 15, 2016Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Keita ITO, Yuji Takahashi, Ryoji Matsumoto, Hironori Kadoi, Yutaka Yamada