Patents by Inventor Kazuma Otoguro

Kazuma Otoguro 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: 11312233
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a shift bracket that is coupled to a top plate of a cover panel for covering a floor tunnel and to which a shift lever unit is attached on an upper side. The shift bracket includes: a base plate to which the shift lever unit is attached; and a front leg portion and a rear leg portion that are coupled to the base plate and the top plate of the cover panel and hold the base plate with a space being provided upward in a vehicle vertical direction from the top plate. An ECU is disposed in the space between the top plate of the cover panel and the base plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuma Otoguro, Satoshi Kasai, Naruaki Tsutsumi
  • Patent number: 11279219
    Abstract: A battery frame that supports a bottom of a battery pack mounted under a floor panel includes a plurality of first cross members extending along the vehicle width and having opposite ends coupled to the floor side members to thereby support the bottom of the battery pack, a second rear cross member coupled with a rear cross member and extending along the vehicle width to support the bottom of the battery pack, and first side members and second side members extending along the vehicle length and coupled with the first cross members and the second rear cross member. The first side members and the second side members are disposed such that their edge lines are connected along the vehicle length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuma Otoguro, Akira Nishino
  • Patent number: 10994788
    Abstract: A vehicle bottom structure includes: side members; a plurality of cross members that extend in the width direction of the vehicle, are joined to the side members at both end parts, and support the bottom of a battery pack disposed under a floor panel between the side members, from below; and front-rear direction reinforcing members that extend in the front-rear direction of the vehicle and are joined on the cross members so as to cross the cross members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuma Otoguro, Ryoji Doi
  • Patent number: 10940892
    Abstract: A vehicle substructure, comprising a pair of side members arranged apart in the vehicle width direction, and extending in the vehicle longitudinal direction, and a cross member that extends in the vehicle width direction and connects the pair of side members, wherein the cross member include a pairs of cross member low-strength sections that are of weaker strength than a center portion, on both sides in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuma Otoguro, Shinobu Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20210061080
    Abstract: A battery frame that supports a bottom of a battery pack mounted under a floor panel includes a plurality of first cross members extending along the vehicle width and having opposite ends coupled to the floor side members to thereby support the bottom of the battery pack, a second rear cross member coupled with a rear cross member and extending along the vehicle width to support the bottom of the battery pack, and first side members and second side members extending along the vehicle length and coupled with the first cross members and the second rear cross member. The first side members and the second side members are disposed such that their edge lines are connected along the vehicle length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Kazuma Otoguro, Akira Nishino
  • Patent number: 10882557
    Abstract: A vehicle lower structure includes: a pair of rear side members having a kick-up part bent toward an upper rear side of a vehicle; a rear cross member that connect parts of the pair of rear side members on a rear side from the kick-up parts; a battery pack; and a bracket including a lower flange placed against a rear end of the battery pack, and has a lower fastening hole through which a first fastening member is inserted; and an upper flange that is placed against the rear cross member, and has an upper fastening hole through which a second fastening member is inserted. The bracket has a fragile portion at least either between the upper fastening hole and an end edge of the upper flange or between the lower fastening hole and an end edge of the lower flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuma Otoguro
  • Patent number: 10836434
    Abstract: A vehicle front structure includes: a rocker outer constituted by a high tensile steel material and extending in a vehicle front-rear direction, the rocker outer including a first upper flange portion; a rocker inner constituted by a high tensile steel material and extending in the vehicle front-rear direction, the rocker inner including a second upper flange portion; a front pillar inner extending in a vehicle up-down direction being sandwiched between the rocker outer and the rocker inner; and a bracket joined to the first upper flange portion with a weld nut being fixed to the bracket. The first upper flange portion and the second upper flange portion are bolted together such that a bolt is inserted, from inside in the vehicle width direction, into respective boles provided in the second upper flange portion, the front pillar inner, and the first upper flange portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuma Otoguro, Jumpei Nishide
  • Patent number: 10829156
    Abstract: A vehicle lower structure includes: a battery pack provided under a floor of a vehicle cabin; a framework member fixed to a bottom surface of the case, the framework member extending across the case in a vehicle width direction; a first extension framework member detachably attached to one end of the framework member in the vehicle width direction such that at least one of distal ends of the first extension framework member in the vehicle width direction is located outward of one end of the case in the vehicle width direction; and a second extension framework member detachably attached to the other end of the framework member in the vehicle width direction such that at least one of distal ends of the second extension framework member in the vehicle width direction is located outward of the other end of the case in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuma Otoguro, Yuya Saruwatari, Toshiharu Shinya, Shinobu Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10710639
    Abstract: A vehicle rear structure includes: an impact beam; a rocker outer rear and a rocker inner rear extending upward from a rear portion of a rocker; a rear wheel house outer including a front portion extending in the vehicle front-rear direction and placed between the rocker outer rear and the rocker inner rear; and a bulk. The bulk includes: a first wall provided between the rocker outer rear and the rocker inner rear and joined to the rocker outer rear; a second wall bending from the first wall to extend toward the rocker inner rear; and a third wall placed at a position where the third wall at least partially overlaps with the impact bean as viewed in a vehicle width direction, the third wall being bending from the second wall and joined to the front portion of the rear wheel house outer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuma Otoguro, Jumpei Nishide
  • Patent number: 10647213
    Abstract: A battery pack is mounted under a floor panel. A case of the battery pack includes a case tray. On an inner surface of a bottom plate of the case tray, plural internal pack crosses are provided. On an outer surface of the bottom plate of the case tray, plural external pack crosses are provided. An internal pack cross front flange is fastened to an external pack cross rear flange that is arranged in front of the internal pack cross in the vehicle longitudinal direction in a state of matching the external pack cross rear flange in the vehicle longitudinal direction. An external pack cross front flange is fastened to an internal pack cross rear flange that is arranged in front of the external pack cross in the vehicle longitudinal direction in a state of matching the internal pack cross rear flange in the vehicle longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuma Otoguro, Shigeyuki Inoue, Hirotaka Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10639981
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes: a floor panel of a floor of a vehicle interior; a left floor member having a left inclined portion inclined toward the outer side of a vehicle from the front of the vehicle toward the rear of the vehicle when viewed from the top, and a right floor member having a right inclined portion inclined toward the outer side of the vehicle from the front of the vehicle toward the rear of the vehicle when viewed from the top; a battery support frame closer to the lower side of the vehicle than the left and right floor members; and a fastening unit for fixing the battery support frame to the floor panel through the left and right floor members. The battery support frame is fastened to the floor panel at the left inclined portion and the right inclined portion through the fastening unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Kasai, Akihiro Yamada, Kazuma Otoguro, Akira Nishino
  • Publication number: 20200062113
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a shift bracket that is coupled to a top plate of a cover panel for covering a floor tunnel and to which a shift lever unit is attached on an upper side. The shift bracket includes: a base plate to which the shift lever unit is attached; and a front leg, portion and a rear leg portion that are coupled to the base plate and the top plate of the cover panel and hold the base plate with a space being provided upward in a vehicle vertical direction from the top plate. An ECU is disposed in the space between the top plate of the cover panel and the base plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuma Otoguro, Satoshi Kasai, Naruaki Tsutsumi
  • Publication number: 20200062318
    Abstract: A vehicle bottom structure includes: side members; a plurality of cross members that extend in the width direction of the vehicle, are joined to the side members at both end parts, and support the bottom of a battery pack disposed under a floor panel between the side members, from below; and front-rear direction reinforcing members that extend in the front-rear direction of the vehicle and are joined on the cross members so as to cross the cross members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuma Otoguro, Ryoji Doi
  • Publication number: 20190276081
    Abstract: A vehicle lower structure includes: a battery pack provided under a floor of a vehicle cabin; a framework member fixed to a bottom surface of the case, the framework member extending across the case in a vehicle width direction; a first extension framework member detachably attached to one end of the framework member in the vehicle width direction such that at least one of distal ends of the first extension framework member in the vehicle width direction is located outward of one end of the case in the vehicle width direction; and a second extension framework member detachably attached to the other end of the framework member in the vehicle width direction such that at least one of distal ends of the second extension framework member in the vehicle width direction is located outward of the other end of the case in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Kazuma OTOGURO, Yuya SARUWATARI, Toshiharu SHINYA, Shinobu TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20190275873
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes: a floor panel of a floor of a vehicle interior; a left floor member having a left inclined portion inclined toward the outer side of a vehicle from the front of the vehicle toward the rear of the vehicle when viewed from the top, and a right floor member having a right inclined portion inclined toward the outer side of the vehicle from the front of the vehicle toward the rear of the vehicle when viewed from the top; a battery support frame closer to the lower side of the vehicle than the left and right floor members; and a fastening unit for fixing the battery support frame to the floor panel through the left and right floor members. The battery support frame is fastened to the floor panel at the left inclined portion and the right inclined portion through the fastening unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi KASAI, Akihiro YAMADA, Kazuma OTOGURO, Akira NISHINO
  • Publication number: 20190276080
    Abstract: A vehicle lower structure includes: a pair of rear side members having a kick-up part bent toward an upper rear side of a vehicle; a rear cross member that connect parts of the pair of rear side members on a rear side from the kick-up parts; a battery pack; and a bracket including a lower flange placed against a rear end of the battery pack, and has a lower fastening hole through which a first fastening member is inserted; and an upper flange that is placed against the rear cross member, and has an upper fastening hole through which a second fastening member is inserted. The bracket has a fragile portion at least either between the upper fastening hole and an end edge of the upper flange or between the lower fastening hole and an end edge of the lower flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventor: Kazuma OTOGURO
  • Publication number: 20190263276
    Abstract: A battery pack is mounted under a floor panel. A case of the battery pack includes a case tray. On an inner surface of a bottom plate of the case tray, plural internal pack crosses are provided. On an outer surface of the bottom plate of the case tray, plural external pack crosses are provided. An internal pack cross front flange is fastened to an external pack cross rear flange that is arranged in front of the internal pack cross in the vehicle longitudinal direction in a state of matching the external pack cross rear flange in the vehicle longitudinal direction. An external pack cross front flange is fastened to an internal pack cross rear flange that is arranged in front of the external pack cross in the vehicle longitudinal direction in a state of matching the internal pack cross rear flange in the vehicle longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Kazuma Otoguro, Shigeyuki Inoue, Hirotaka Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20190217896
    Abstract: A vehicle substructure, comprising a pair of side members arranged apart in the vehicle width direction, and extending in the vehicle longitudinal direction, and a cross member that extends in the vehicle width direction and connects the pair of side members, wherein the cross member include a pairs of cross member low-strength sections that are of weaker strength than a center portion, on both sides in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuma OTOGURO, Shinobu TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20190152529
    Abstract: A vehicle front structure includes: a rocker outer constituted by a high tensile steel material and extending in a vehicle front-rear direction, the rocker outer including a first upper flange portion; a rocker inner constituted by a high tensile steel material and extending in the vehicle front-rear direction, the rocker inner including a second upper flange portion; a front pillar inner extending in a vehicle up-down direction being sandwiched between the rocker outer and the rocker inner, and a bracket joined to the first upper flange portion with a weld nut being fixed to the bracket. The first upper flange portion and the second upper flange portion are bolted together such that a bolt is inserted, from inside in the vehicle width direction, into respective boles provided in the second upper flange portion, the front pillar inner, and the first upper flange portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuma Otoguro, Jumpei Nishide
  • Publication number: 20190152531
    Abstract: A vehicle rear structure includes: an impact beam; a rocker outer rear and a rocker inner rear extending upward from a rear portion of a rocker; a rear wheel house outer including a front portion extending in the vehicle front-rear direction and placed between the rocker outer rear and the rocker inner rear; and a bulk. The bulk includes: a first wall provided between the rocker outer rear and the rocker inner rear and joined to the rocker outer rear; a second wall bending from the first wall to extend toward the rocker inner rear; and a third wall placed at a position where the third wall at least partially overlaps with the impact bean as viewed in a vehicle width direction, the third wall being bending from the second wall and joined to the front portion of the rear wheel house outer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuma Otoguro, Jumpei Nishide