Patents by Inventor Keigo Kiryuu

Keigo Kiryuu 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: 7878578
    Abstract: A vehicle body front part structure includes a hood having a hood outer panel and a hood inner panel, and an impact absorber. The hood is openably and closably provided on an upper portion of a vehicle body constituent member. The impact absorber is interposed between the hood and the vehicle body constituent member and abuts against the vehicle body constituent member when the hood is closed. The impact absorber is mounted on the hood inner panel such that an end of the impact absorber projects toward the hood outer panel. The impact absorber includes upper and lower elastic portions. An impact inputted from the hood outer panel is absorbed such that the hood outer panel secondarily collides against the upper elastic portion. An impact caused when the hood is closed is absorbed such that the lower elastic portion abuts against the vehicle body constituent member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Iwai, Yusuke Inomata, Yoshisada Kitagawa, Keigo Kiryuu, Echiko Murakami
  • Publication number: 20090102239
    Abstract: To provide a vehicle body front part structure in which a hood including a hood outer panel and a hood inner panel arranged at a distance from the hood outer panel is provided on an upper portion of a vehicle body constituent member such that the hood can open and close, and an impact absorber is interposed between the hood and the vehicle body constituent member such that the impact absorber abuts against the vehicle body constituent member when the hood is closed, wherein the impact absorber is mounted on the hood inner panel such that an end of the impact absorber projects toward the hood outer panel, and an impact which is input to the hood outer panel is absorbed by the impact absorber, and an impact generated when the hood is closed is absorbed by the impact absorber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Iwai, Yusuke Inomata, Yoshisada Kitagawa, Keigo Kiryuu, Echiko Murakami