Patents by Inventor Kazuhisa Hatano
Kazuhisa Hatano 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: 11691494Abstract: A battery unit which stores plural battery modules therein is attached to respective lower faces of a pair of floor frames at its both sides. The battery unit comprises an attaching bracket which protrudes substantially horizontally from the battery case and is positioned just below the lower face of the floor frame with a distance therebetween. A specified rigidity ratio is set for an attachment portion of the battery unit to the floor frame, and the attaching bracket is attached to the lower face of the floor frame via an intermediate part such that the above-described rigidity ratio is 0.1 or greater.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Morihide Yamada, Kazuhisa Hatano, Hisashi Akune, Munenari Takahashi
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Patent number: 11312220Abstract: There are provided a floor panel, a pair of right-and-left floor frames, and a battery unit supporting a battery module and mounted at the floor frames. The battery unit comprises the battery module, a pair of right-and-left side frames mounted at the pair of floor frames, and a pair of front-and-rear module supporting mechanisms which comprises a pair of front-and-rear cross frames respectively extending in a vehicle width direction and interconnecting the pair of side frames and mounting brackets supporting a front end portion and a rear end portion of the battery module. Bending rigidity, in a vertical direction, of the module supporting mechanism comprising the third cross frame and the first mounting bracket is set to be lower than that of the side frame.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2020Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Morihide Yamada, Kazuhisa Hatano, Hisashi Akune, Munenari Takahashi
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Publication number: 20210402862Abstract: A battery unit which stores plural battery modules therein is attached to respective lower faces of a pair of floor frames at its both sides. The battery unit comprises an attaching bracket which protrudes substantially horizontally from the battery case and is positioned just below the lower face of the floor frame with a distance therebetween. A specified rigidity ratio is set for an attachment portion of the battery unit to the floor frame, and the attaching bracket is attached to the lower face of the floor frame via an intermediate part such that the above-described rigidity ratio is 0.1 or greater.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Morihide YAMADA, Kazuhisa HATANO, Hisashi AKUNE, Munenari TAKAHASHI
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Patent number: 11192586Abstract: A lower vehicle-body structure of a vehicle includes a first cross member disposed on an intermediate portion of a front floor panel in a vehicle front-rear direction as a bridge in a vehicle width direction; a second cross member disposed in a kick-up portion between the front floor panel and a rear floor panel as a bridge in the vehicle width direction at a position in which at least a center portion in the vehicle width direction is higher than the first cross member; and a battery unit disposed below at least the front floor panel to a rear end position of the front floor panel. A high-strength portion for the front floor panel is formed on a rear end of the front floor panel on a lower end portion of the kick-up portion, and is coupled to both of a pair of left and right side sills.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Harumitsu Kubota, Yamato Matsuda, Nobuyuki Nakayama, Kazuhisa Hatano
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Patent number: 11186158Abstract: A battery unit comprises side frames, cross frames, and plural battery modules having substantially the same size comprising a longitudinal dimension, a lateral dimension, and a height dimension. The battery modules are respectively mounted at the cross frames in the same position and arranged in plural rows adjacently to a vehicle width direction such that a direction of the above-described longitudinal dimension is substantially parallel to a vehicle longitudinal direction, and mounting rigidity of the battery modules stored in a first storage area is set to be different from that of the battery modules stored in second and third storage areas.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Morihide Yamada, Kazuhisa Hatano, Hisashi Akune, Munenari Takahashi
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Patent number: 11165119Abstract: A battery unit comprises plural battery modules and a battery case storing the plural battery modules, and is arranged over a range from a first storage area located below a front seat to second and third storage areas located in back of the front seat. The number of front-side fastening portions of the battery modules corresponding to the first storage area is set to be smaller than the number of rear-side fastening portions of the battery modules corresponding to the first storage area. The fastening portion is arranged on an inward side, in a vehicle width direction, of the fastening portion provided at an outward side in the vehicle width direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2020Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Morihide Yamada, Kazuhisa Hatano, Hidetaka Goto, Koutaro Takada
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Patent number: 11014613Abstract: A side body vehicle structure is disclosed that has a pair of left and right side sills and opposite swing type side doors. The side sills may have an upper flange portion facing the rear door in the vehicle width direction which functions as a rear door facing part, and the upper flange portion of a more forward part of the vehicle than the rear door facing part may function as a front door facing part. The rear door facing part may be formed in a shape having a length in the vehicle vertical direction longer than a length in a vehicle vertical direction of the front door facing part. In a vertical cross section along the vehicle width direction, a gusset member may form a closed cross section with the side sill inner member, and an upper end thereof may be joined to the rear door facing part.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2019Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Shuji Muraoka, Yamato Matsuda, Toshihiro Takebayashi, Toshiyuki Koga, Kazuhisa Hatano, Morihide Yamada
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Publication number: 20200385056Abstract: A lower vehicle-body structure of a vehicle includes a first cross member disposed on an intermediate portion of a front floor panel in a vehicle front-rear direction as a bridge in a vehicle width direction; a second cross member disposed in a kick-up portion between the front floor panel and a rear floor panel as a bridge in the vehicle width direction at a position in which at least a center portion in the vehicle width direction is higher than the first cross member; and a battery unit disposed below at least the front floor panel to a rear end position of the front floor panel. A high-strength portion for the front floor panel is formed on a rear end of the front floor panel on a lower end portion of the kick-up portion, and is coupled to both of a pair of left and right side sills.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2020Publication date: December 10, 2020Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Harumitsu KUBOTA, Yamato MATSUDA, Nobuyuki NAKAYAMA, Kazuhisa HATANO
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Publication number: 20200376947Abstract: There are provided a floor panel, a pair of right-and-left floor frames, and a battery unit supporting a battery module and mounted at the floor frames. The battery unit comprises the battery module, a pair of right-and-left side frames mounted at the pair of floor frames, and a pair of front-and-rear module supporting mechanisms which comprises a pair of front-and-rear cross frames respectively extending in a vehicle width direction and interconnecting the pair of side frames and mounting brackets supporting a front end portion and a rear end portion of the battery module. Bending rigidity, in a vertical direction, of the module supporting mechanism comprising the third cross frame and the first mounting bracket is set to be lower than that of the side frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2020Publication date: December 3, 2020Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Morihide YAMADA, Kazuhisa HATANO, Hisashi AKUNE, Munenari TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20200376948Abstract: A battery unit comprises side frames, cross frames, and plural battery modules having substantially the same size comprising a longitudinal dimension, a lateral dimension, and a height dimension. The battery modules are respectively mounted at the cross frames in the same position and arranged in plural rows adjacently to a vehicle width direction such that a direction of the above-described longitudinal dimension is substantially parallel to a vehicle longitudinal direction, and mounting rigidity of the battery modules stored in a first storage area is set to be different from that of the battery modules stored in second and third storage areas.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2020Publication date: December 3, 2020Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Morihide YAMADA, Kazuhisa HATANO, Hisashi AKUNE, Munenari TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20200381686Abstract: A battery unit comprises plural battery modules and a battery case storing the plural battery modules, and is arranged over a range from a first storage area located below a front seat to second and third storage areas located in back of the front seat. The number of front-side fastening portions of the battery modules corresponding to the first storage area is set to be smaller than the number of rear-side fastening portions of the battery modules corresponding to the first storage area. The fastening portion is arranged on an inward side, in a vehicle width direction, of the fastening portion provided at an outward side in the vehicle width direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2020Publication date: December 3, 2020Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Morihide YAMADA, Kazuhisa HATANO, Hidetaka GOTO, Koutaro TAKADA
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Publication number: 20190344830Abstract: A side body vehicle structure is disclosed that has a pair of left and right side sills and opposite swing type side doors. The side sills may have an upper flange portion facing the rear door in the vehicle width direction which functions as a rear door facing part, and the upper flange portion of a more forward part of the vehicle than the rear door facing part may function as a front door facing part. The rear door facing part may be formed in a shape having a length in the vehicle vertical direction longer than a length in a vehicle vertical direction of the front door facing part. In a vertical cross section along the vehicle width direction, a gusset member may form a closed cross section with the side sill inner member, and an upper end thereof may be joined to the rear door facing part.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2019Publication date: November 14, 2019Inventors: Shuji Muraoka, Yamato Matsuda, Toshihiro Takebayashi, Toshiyuki Koga, Kazuhisa Hatano, Morihide Yamada
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Patent number: 6002167Abstract: A semiconductor device has a semi-conductor chip 1 having bonding pads 2 thereon, conductive leads 4, each of which comprises an inner lead 41 and an outer lead 42, insulating adhesive tapes 3 by which each of the inner leads 41 of the leads 4 is stuck to the surface 1a of the semiconductor chip 1, bonding wires 6 by which each of the leads 4 is electrically connected to each corresponding bonding pad 2. The semiconductor chip 1, bonding pad 2, adhesive tapes 3, inner leads 41, and bonding wires 6 are molded by a molding resin 5. The boundary of the inner lead 41 and the cuter lead 42 of the lead 4 is bent in S-shape so that there is a step between inner lead 41 and the upper side portion 42a of the outer lead 42 in a certain depth. Then the outer lead 42 protrude out of the molding resin and extend in J-shape. The surface 4a of the upper side portion 42a of the outer lead 42 is higher than the top of the looped bonding wire 6.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 1996Date of Patent: December 14, 1999Assignee: Hitachi Cable, Ltd.Inventors: Kazuhisa Hatano, Tatsuya Ohtaka, Takaharu Yonemoto, Osamu Yoshioka, Gen Murakami