Patents by Inventor Kei Ambo

Kei Ambo 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: 12612119
    Abstract: A movable spoiler device includes: a fixed part, fixed on a body of a vehicle; a movable part, configured to be movable between a storage position connected to the fixed part and a deployed position protruding from the fixed part toward rear of the vehicle; an actuator, disposed on the fixed part and drives the movable part to move in a front-rear direction of the vehicle; a link mechanism, connected to the actuator and the movable part, in which the link mechanism includes: a fixed link, rotatably supported on the fixed part with a first axis, and connected to the actuator; a movable link, rotatably supported on the fixed link with a second axis different from the first axis and connected to the movable part. The fixed link is driven to rotate by the actuator, and the movable link drives the movable part to move relative to the fixed part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Motoyuki Momii, Kei Ambo
  • Patent number: 12600418
    Abstract: A movable spoiler device is provided. The movable spoiler device includes: a fixed part, fixed on a body of a vehicle; a movable part, movable between a storage position and a deployed position; an actuator, disposed on the fixed part and drives the movable part to move in a front-rear direction; a rotating frame, connected to the actuator and rotates synchronously with the actuator; a connecting member, connected to the rotating frame and the movable part; and a locking member, disposed between the actuator and the rotating frame, applies force to the actuator through an elastic member, and is locked on the rotating frame, wherein, when the movable part is in the deployed position and is subjected to a load applied from the rear, the rotating frame is rotated by pushing the locking member against the elastic member to release the fitting of the locking member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Motoyuki Momii, Kei Ambo
  • Patent number: 12545336
    Abstract: A movable spoiler device is provided in the disclosure. The movable spoiler device includes: a fixed part, fixed on a body of a vehicle; a movable part, configured to be movable between a storage position connected to the fixed part and a deployed position protruding from the fixed part toward rear of the vehicle; an actuator, disposed on the fixed part and drives the movable part to move in a front-rear direction of the vehicle; and a cover member, disposed on the fixed part and connected to the movable part so as to be linked with the movable part, in which there is a gap between the movable part and the fixed part due to the movement of the movable part, when the movable part moves from the storage position to the deployed position, the cover member is driven by the movable part to move and cover the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Motoyuki Momii, Kei Ambo
  • Patent number: 12384472
    Abstract: A vehicle rear structure includes a spoiler device at a rear bumper of a vehicle; a floor panel; left and right side frames at two sides of the floor panel and extending along a front-rear direction of the vehicle; and an impact beam extending along a left-right direction of the vehicle and connected to rear ends of the left and right side frames through a connecting portion. The spoiler device includes a movable portion movable between a storage position connected to the rear bumper and an expansion position protruding from the rear bumper toward a rear side of the vehicle; and at least one fixed portion including a driving component for driving the movable portion to move in the front-rear direction of the vehicle, at a further rear side of the floor panel, and at the connecting portion connected between the left and right side frames and the impact beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Nakamura, Kei Ambo, Kenichi Ando
  • Patent number: 12358570
    Abstract: A movable spoiler device includes a fixed plate fixed on a vehicle body of a vehicle; a movable plate arranged to be movable between a storing position and an unfolding position closer to the rear than the storing position; a link mechanism provided with one end pivotally supported on the fixed plate and the other end pivotally supported on the movable plate; an electrical component arranged in the vicinity of the movable plate; and a wire harness configured for connecting the electrical component to a battery arranged on the vehicle body. A first portion of the wire harness is fixed at the other end of the link mechanism corresponding to the movable plate, and a second portion of the wire harness is bent on the one end of the link mechanism corresponding to the fixed plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Nakamura, Kei Ambo, Kenichi Ando
  • Patent number: 12358572
    Abstract: A vehicle lower structure includes a deflector panel provided on a vehicle body of a vehicle and movable between a stored position covering a lower portion of the vehicle body and an unfolded position protruding downwards. The deflector panel includes a front deflector panel and a rear deflector panel. The front deflector panel is rotatably arranged on the vehicle body along a first rotation axis with a front end thereof. The rear deflector panel is rotatably arranged on a rear end of the front deflector panel along a second rotation axis with a front end thereof and is rotatably and slidably arranged on the vehicle body along a third rotation axis in a vehicle front-rear direction with a rear end thereof. The rear deflector panel is provided with a guide member protruding upwards. The guide member is covered from above by a covering portion formed on the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Ando, Kei Ambo, Yoshiteru Hoshida, Yuki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 12358571
    Abstract: The invention provides a movable spoiler device, which may be easily stored and operated stably. The movable spoiler device includes a fixed plate fixed on a body of a vehicle; a movable plate disposed to be movable between a storage position connected to the fixed plate and an unfolding position closer to the rear position than the storage position; a linkage mechanism that is pivotally supported on the fixed plate at one end and pivotally supported on the movable plate at the other end; a sliding mechanism including a track portion disposed on one of the fixed plate and the movable plate, and a sliding portion disposed on the other of the fixed plate and the movable plate; and an actuator driving the linkage mechanism or the sliding mechanism to drive the movable plate to move relative to the fixed plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Honga Motor Co., Lts.
    Inventors: Yuki Nakamura, Kei Ambo, Kenichi Ando
  • Patent number: 12296896
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a vehicle body lower structure, which can improve aerodynamic performance and improve driving stability. The vehicle body lower structure includes an airflow guiding plate that is arranged on the vehicle body of a vehicle and is movable between a receiving position covering the lower part of the vehicle body and a deploying position protruding downward. The airflow guiding plate includes a first airflow guiding plate and a second airflow guiding plate. The first airflow guiding plate is arranged in front of the left and right front wheels of the vehicle, and the second airflow guiding plate is arranged under the center of the vehicle body. Moreover, the protruding amount of the first airflow guiding plate is different from the protruding amount of the second airflow guiding plate in the deploying position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Ando, Yoshiteru Hoshida, Kei Ambo, Yuki Nakamura, Hidefumi Nihei, Yasunari Miyauchi
  • Patent number: 12286166
    Abstract: The vehicle body lower structure includes an airflow guiding plate that is arranged on the vehicle body of a vehicle and is movable between a receiving position covering the lower part of the vehicle body and a deploying position protruding downward. Specifically, the airflow guiding plate includes a front airflow guiding plate and a rear airflow guiding plate. The front airflow guiding plate is rotatably arranged on the vehicle body with its front end, and the rear airflow guiding plate is rotatably arranged with its front end on the rear end of the front airflow guiding plate, and its rear end is slidably arranged on the vehicle body in the front-rear direction of the vehicle. Moreover, the orientation of the front airflow guiding plate is different from the orientation of the rear airflow guiding plate in the deploying position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Ando, Yoshiteru Hoshida, Kei Ambo, Yuki Nakamura, Hidefumi Nihei
  • Patent number: 12280835
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a vehicle body lower structure, which may improve aerodynamic performance and inhibit the airflow guiding plate from being over-expanded or detached. The vehicle body lower structure includes an airflow guiding plate that is arranged on the vehicle body of a vehicle and is movable between a receiving position covering the lower part of the vehicle body and a deploying position protruding downward. The vehicle body lower structure further includes: a hook member, which is provided on the upper surface of the airflow guiding plate. When the airflow guiding plate is in the deploying position, the hook member is locked onto the buckle part of the vehicle body. When the airflow guiding plate is located at the receiving position, the hook member is separated from the buckle part of the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Ando, Kei Ambo, Yuki Nakamura, Yoshiteru Hoshida, Hidefumi Nihei, Yasunari Miyauchi
  • Patent number: 12280836
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a vehicle body lower structure. The vehicle body lower structure includes: a deflector, disposed on a vehicle body and movable between a stowed position covering a lower part of the vehicle body and a deployed position protruding downward; and a shaft member, extending in a vehicle left-right direction and rotatably connecting a front end of the deflector to the vehicle body. The deflector is maintained in the deployed position protruding downward by its own weight, and receiving an impact load from below, the deflector moves from the deployed position to the stowed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Ando, Kei Ambo, Yuki Nakamura, Yoshiteru Hoshida
  • Patent number: 12187357
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle body lower structure. The vehicle body lower structure includes an airflow guiding plate that is arranged on the vehicle body of a vehicle and is movable between a receiving position covering the lower part of the vehicle body and a deploying position protruding downward. The vehicle body lower structure further includes: a shaft member, which extends in the left-right direction of the vehicle, thereby rotatably connecting the front end of the airflow guiding plate to the vehicle body; a belt member, one end of which is connected to the airflow guiding plate and the other end thereof is connected the vehicle body; and an actuator, which is used to wind the belt member. In addition, the belt member is bent when the airflow guiding plate moves from the deploying position to the receiving position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Ando, Kei Ambo, Yoshiteru Hoshida, Yasunari Miyauchi, Yuki Nakamura, Hidefumi Nihei
  • Publication number: 20240351645
    Abstract: A spoiler device is adapted to be installed on a rear edge of a vehicle body component arranged on a vehicle and includes a spoiler body having an upper surface portion and a bent portion bent downward from a rear end of the upper surface portion and a movable mechanism connected to the spoiler body to drive the spoiler body to move relative to the vehicle body component. The spoiler body is movable between a storing position where a front end of the upper surface portion is close to an upper surface of the vehicle body component and an extending position where the upper surface portion extends rearward relative to the vehicle body component via the movable mechanism. Taking an imaginary line extending along the upper surface as a reference, the front end in the extending position is located on or further downward than the imaginary line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki NAKAMURA, Kei AMBO, Eiji KIMURA, Hiroyuki HAZAWA, Shinichi OZAKI, Satoru KUCHIKI, Shogo DEHARA, Shuji NAKA
  • Patent number: 11993320
    Abstract: A spoiler structure includes a base portion that is attached to a vehicle body and a movable flow adjustment portion that is moved relative to the base portion from a front position on a vehicle front side to a rear position on a vehicle rear side via an intermediate position. A rear end of the movable flow adjustment portion is moved upward with movement of the movable flow adjustment portion from the front position to the intermediate position. The rear end of the movable flow adjustment portion is moved downward with movement of the movable flow adjustment portion from the intermediate position to the rear position. A height position of the rear end of the movable flow adjustment portion at the rear position is lower than a height position of the rear end of the movable flow adjustment portion at the front position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Nakamura, Kei Ambo, Kenichi Ando
  • Patent number: 11964618
    Abstract: In an undercover structure according to the present invention, a first cover part that is a lowermost part of an undercover has a first rear end positioned ahead of a front wheel axle. Further, a curved part with a predetermined curvature is formed at the first rear end of the first cover part in a side view. This generates a strong negative pressure in a region ahead of the front wheel axle 21. Accordingly, the flow rate of air flowing to each wheelhouse 23 decreases (the flow rate of the airflow between a road and a vehicle generated along the bottom surface of the first cover part 15a of the undercover 15 increases). This causes an attraction force that attracts the vehicle to a road surface to act on a vehicle body of the vehicle, thereby making traveling stability more excellent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Ambo, Kenichi Ando, Yoshiteru Hoshida, Yuki Nakamura, Yoji Suwa, Takumi Sobue
  • Publication number: 20240109610
    Abstract: A movable spoiler device is provided. The movable spoiler device includes: a fixed part, fixed on a body of a vehicle; a movable part, movable between a storage position and a deployed position; an actuator, disposed on the fixed part and drives the movable part to move in a front-rear direction; a rotating frame, connected to the actuator and rotates synchronously with the actuator; a connecting member, connected to the rotating frame and the movable part; and a locking member, disposed between the actuator and the rotating frame, applies force to the actuator through an elastic member, and is locked on the rotating frame, wherein, when the movable part is in the deployed position and is subjected to a load applied from the rear, the rotating frame is rotated by pushing the locking member against the elastic member to release the fitting of the locking member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Motoyuki MOMII, Kei AMBO
  • Publication number: 20240109609
    Abstract: A movable spoiler device is provided in the disclosure. The movable spoiler device includes: a fixed part, fixed on a body of a vehicle; a movable part, configured to be movable between a storage position connected to the fixed part and a deployed position protruding from the fixed part toward rear of the vehicle; an actuator, disposed on the fixed part and drives the movable part to move in a front-rear direction of the vehicle; and a cover member, disposed on the fixed part and connected to the movable part so as to be linked with the movable part, in which there is a gap between the movable part and the fixed part due to the movement of the movable part, when the movable part moves from the storage position to the deployed position, the cover member is driven by the movable part to move and cover the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Motoyuki MOMII, Kei AMBO
  • Publication number: 20240109608
    Abstract: A movable spoiler device includes: a fixed part, fixed on a body of a vehicle; a movable part, configured to be movable between a storage position connected to the fixed part and a deployed position protruding from the fixed part toward rear of the vehicle; an actuator, disposed on the fixed part and drives the movable part to move in a front-rear direction of the vehicle; a link mechanism, connected to the actuator and the movable part, in which the link mechanism includes: a fixed link, rotatably supported on the fixed part with a first axis, and connected to the actuator; a movable link, rotatably supported on the fixed link with a second axis different from the first axis and connected to the movable part. The fixed link is driven to rotate by the actuator, and the movable link drives the movable part to move relative to the fixed part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Motoyuki MOMII, Kei AMBO
  • Patent number: 11820167
    Abstract: There is provided a wheel device for a vehicle including: a wheel having an opening formed between adjacent spokes; a brake mechanism located inside the wheel in a vehicle width direction and having a brake caliper and a brake rotor; and an arc portion extending in a circular direction in the opening and suspended between the adjacent spokes. The arc portion has a recessed portion recessed outward in the vehicle width direction inside thereof in the vehicle width direction, and the arc portion and the brake caliper are located at such positions that they overlap with each other in a state viewed in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuhiro Kawamura, Naoshi Kuratani, Kei Ambo, Kenichi Nagatomi, Shota Takigawa
  • Patent number: 11794825
    Abstract: In an undercover structure according to the present invention, a first cover part that is a lowermost part of an undercover has a first rear end positioned ahead of a front wheel axle. This generates a strong negative pressure in a region ahead of the front wheel axle. Accordingly, a flow rate of air flowing to a wheelhouse decreases (a flow rate of airflow between a road and a vehicle generated along a bottom surface of the first cover part of the undercover increases). This causes an attraction force that attracts the vehicle to a road surface to act on a vehicle body of the vehicle, thereby making traveling stability more excellent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Ambo, Kenichi Ando, Yuki Nakamura, Yoji Suwa, Mohd Syafiq