Patents by Inventor Hitoshi SUEHIRO

Hitoshi SUEHIRO 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: 20250333016
    Abstract: A bumper retainer includes a retainer main body for attaching a bumper to a vehicle body, the retainer main body being made of resin; a sensor attachment part provided on a side in a thickness direction of the retainer main body, the sensor attachment part being integral with or separate from the retainer main body, the sensor attachment part enabling a sensor to be attached to the sensor attachment part; and a connection part protruding from the retainer main body in a direction orthogonal to the thickness direction, the connection part being located on a straight line extending in the thickness direction through the sensor attachment part as viewed counter to the direction in which the connection part protrudes, the connection part being separate from the sensor attachment part, and connectable to an exterior component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 30, 2025
    Inventors: Naofumi YAGAME, Hitoshi SUEHIRO
  • Patent number: 8857870
    Abstract: A recess is formed at the center of a bumper absorber, provided on the vehicle outer side of a bumper reinforcement, so as to face forward, and an upper recess wall face of an upper absorber portion located on the upper side of the recess is inclined downward. If the subject vehicle is small in height and the amount of vertical overlap between the bumper absorber and the rear bumper of other vehicle (a barrier used in the narrow vertical overlap barrier test of the IIHS) is small, in the initial collision stage, the rear bumper of the other vehicle is guided by the inclined upper recess wall face to move relatively downward while the bumper of the subject vehicle moves relatively upward, preventing underride, increasing the amount of vertical overlap between the rear bumper of the other vehicle and the bumper absorber, and thus achieving reliable impact absorption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Chiba, Hitoshi Suehiro, Takahiro Ishijima, Daisuke Nakashima
  • Patent number: 8777468
    Abstract: A fog lamp cover mounting structure includes: a cover body that is assembled to a mounting portion at which a fog lamp is mounted on a bumper, that has an opening through which the fog lamp appears, and that has a first engaging portion that engages with the bumper; and a cover ring that is assembled to a peripheral portion of the opening of the cover body, and that has a second engaging portion that engages with the first engaging portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hitoshi Suehiro, Akihiro Hirose
  • Publication number: 20130043692
    Abstract: A recess is formed at the center of a bumper absorber, provided on the vehicle outer side of a bumper reinforcement, so as to face forward, and an upper recess wall face of an upper absorber portion located on the upper side of the recess is inclined downward. If the subject vehicle is small in height and the amount of vertical overlap between the bumper absorber and the rear bumper of other vehicle (a barrier used in the narrow vertical overlap barrier test of the IIHS) is small, in the initial collision stage, the rear bumper of the other vehicle is guided by the inclined upper recess wall face to move relatively downward while the bumper of the subject vehicle moves relatively upward, preventing underride, increasing the amount of vertical overlap between the rear bumper of the other vehicle and the bumper absorber, and thus achieving reliable impact absorption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji Chiba, Hitoshi Suehiro, Takahiro Ishijima, Daisuke Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20120113669
    Abstract: A fog lamp cover mounting structure includes: a cover body that is assembled to a mounting portion at which a fog lamp is mounted on a bumper, that has an opening through which the fog lamp appears, and that has a first engaging portion that engages with the bumper; and a cover ring that is assembled to a peripheral portion of the opening of the cover body, and that has a second engaging portion that engages with the first engaging portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Hitoshi SUEHIRO, Akihiro HIROSE