Patents by Inventor Ippei KURODA

Ippei KURODA 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).

  • Patent number: 10882482
    Abstract: The inner side of the crush can 4 in the vehicle width direction extends forward relative to the outer side. The inner side of the crush can 4 in the vehicle width direction is formed with the cutout portions 70 to 73 by cutting off a part of a material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kuniyoshi Tashiro, Ippei Kuroda, Satoshi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10864871
    Abstract: When viewed from the vehicle front and rear direction, the front end portions of the upper plate part 21, the lower plate part 22, the left plate part 23, and the right plate part 24 of the left front side frame 2 and the rear end portions of the upper wall part 41, the lower wall part 42, the left wall part 43, and the right wall part 44 of the left crush can 4 overlap each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kuniyoshi Tashiro, Ippei Kuroda, Satoshi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20190283697
    Abstract: When viewed from the vehicle front and rear direction, the front end portions of the upper plate part 21, the lower plate part 22, the left plate part 23, and the right plate part 24 of the left front side frame 2 and the rear end portions of the upper wall part 41, the lower wall part 42, the left wall part 43, and the right wall part 44 of the left crush can 4 overlap each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kuniyoshi TASHIRO, Ippei KURODA, Satoshi NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20190270421
    Abstract: The crush can 4 is provided therein with the ribs 46 and 47. The front side frame 2 has the inner plate part 24 and the outer plate part 23 in the vehicle width direction. The inner plate part 24 and the outer plate part 23 are provided with recessed linear portions 23a and 24a recessed toward an inner side of the front side frame 2 and extending in the vehicle front and rear direction, respectively. The recessed linear portions 23a and 24a and the ribs 46 and 47 of the crush can 4 are disposed at approximately the same heights, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kuniyoshi TASHIRO, Ippei KURODA, Satoshi NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20190256023
    Abstract: The crush can 4 is provided therein with the ribs 46 and 47 extending in the vehicle front and rear direction. The bumper beam 6 is provided therein with the ribs 66 and 67 extending in the vehicle front and rear direction. The rib 46 of the crush can 4 and the rib 66 of the bumper beam 6 are disposed at approximately the same height, and the rib 47 of the crush can 4 and the rib 67 of the bumper beam 6 are disposed at approximately the same height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kuniyoshi TASHIRO, Ippei KURODA, Satoshi NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20190256022
    Abstract: The inner side of the crush can 4 in the vehicle width direction extends forward relative to the outer side. The inner side of the crush can 4 in the vehicle width direction is formed with the cutout portions 70 to 73 by cutting off a part of a material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kuniyoshi TASHIRO, Ippei KURODA, Satoshi NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 9260134
    Abstract: A pair of right-and-left extension members which deform and absorb an impact at a vehicle frontal collision, in cooperation with a pair of front side frames, are provided. The extension members are configured to be joined to respective middle portions, in a height direction, of a pair of tower portions of a sub frame at their rear end portions, to project forward, bending outward at a level below the front side frames, and to be comprised of a pair of members having a closed cross section, respectively. The rear end portions of the extension members joined to the tower portions are positioned so that a center line of a longitudinal direction of each of the extension members at the rear end portion is located at an inward position relative to a center line of a standing-vertical direction of each of the tower portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Norio Asano, Shohei Yoshida, Fumitaka Andou, Hiroaki Takeshita, Ippei Kuroda, Shun Teshigahara
  • Publication number: 20150084375
    Abstract: A pair of right-and-left extension members which deform and absorb an impact at a vehicle frontal collision, in cooperation with a pair of front side frames, are provided. The extension members are configured to be joined to respective middle portions, in a height direction, of a pair of tower portions of a sub frame at their rear end portions, to project forward, bending outward at a level below the front side frames, and to be comprised of a pair of members having a closed cross section, respectively. The rear end portions of the extension members joined to the tower portions are positioned so that a center line of a longitudinal direction of each of the extension members at the rear end portion is located at an inward position relative to a center line of a standing-vertical direction of each of the tower portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norio ASANO, Shohei YOSHIDA, Fumitaka ANDOU, Hiroaki TAKESHITA, Ippei KURODA, Shun TESHIGAHARA
  • Patent number: 8905415
    Abstract: Front side frames 1 of a vehicle are each vertically connected through a corresponding one of joint members 7 to a cross member 2 configured to support a suspension arm below the front side frame 1. The joint members 7 are each coupled to a back end of a corresponding one of extension frames 4. This allows the front side frames 1 and the cross member 2 to share the load experienced by the extension frames 4 in a frontal collision of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Takeshita, Ippei Kuroda, Shun Teshigahara, Fumitaka Andou, Norio Asano, Shohei Yoshida, Kazuki Yamauchi
  • Publication number: 20140183833
    Abstract: Front side frames 1 of a vehicle are each vertically connected through a corresponding one of joint members 7 to a cross member 2 configured to support a suspension arm below the front side frame 1. The joint members 7 are each coupled to a back end of a corresponding one of extension frames 4. This allows the front side frames 1 and the cross member 2 to share the load experienced by the extension frames 4 in a frontal collision of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki TAKESHITA, Ippei KURODA, Shun TESHIGAHARA, Fumitaka ANDOU, Norio ASANO, Shohei YOSHIDA, Kazuki YAMAUCHI