Patents by Inventor Ken Yasui
Ken Yasui 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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Publication number: 20240109408Abstract: A vehicle body lower part structure includes: a side frame that connects a side sill to a battery pack that is arranged below a floor portion; and a battery frame that supports a battery within the battery pack. A first joint flange that is joined to a case bottom portion of the side frame is arranged such that a second joint flange that is joined to the case bottom portion of the battery frame overlaps an upper side in an upward-downward direction of the first joint flange.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Yu Iemura, Ken Yasui, Masaaki Tatsuwaki, Satoru Kawabe, Satoshi Yaita
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Publication number: 20240109594Abstract: A vehicle body lower part structure includes: a side frame that connects a battery pack which is arranged below a floor panel of a vehicle to a side sill which is provided at a further outer position in a vehicle width direction than the battery pack; a lower cross member that is provided within the battery pack, is arranged between batteries, and extends in the vehicle width direction; and a connection portion that is provided within the battery pack and connects the lower cross member to the floor panel. The connection portion is provided at a further outer position in the vehicle width direction than the batteries.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Yu Iemura, Ken Yasui, Masaaki Tatsuwaki, Satoru Kawabe, Satoshi Yaita
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Publication number: 20240110794Abstract: A route guidance device that guides a user along a movement route, the route guidance device including an acquisition unit configured to acquire, from a communication device, location information including a departure location and a destination location of the user, a search unit configured to search for a plurality of movement routes from the departure location to the destination location, based on the location information acquired by the acquisition unit, and a provision unit configured to provide the communication device with the plurality of movement routes searched for by the search unit, wherein the plurality of movement routes includes a first movement route using a first moving body of a riding type capable of traveling on a roadway, and a second movement route using a second moving body of a self-propelled type capable of traveling on a sidewalk.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Kazuma TAMAKI, Yuji YASUI, Tokitomo ARIYOSHI, Hideki MATSUNAGA, Ken IINUMA
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Publication number: 20240112104Abstract: An information processing apparatus comprising: an acquisition unit configured to acquire physical strength information related to physical strength and time information related to a scheduled farm work time of a work group including at least one worker who performs farm work; a determination unit configured to determine a work ability of the work group based on the physical strength information; and a crop type selection unit configured to select a crop type to be proposed to the work group based on the work ability determined by the determination unit and the time information acquired by the acquisition unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuma TAMAKI, Yuji YASUI, Tokitomo ARIYOSHI, Ken IINUMA, Hideki MATSUNAGA
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Patent number: 11827089Abstract: Provided is a vehicle equipped with a battery pack. A vehicle equipped with a battery pack includes a battery pack under a floor of the vehicle. The battery pack is provided with a battery module. In the battery module, a plurality of batteries are arranged vertically with the longitudinal direction directed toward a front-rear direction of the vehicle body. The battery is formed by stacking a plurality of battery cells in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body. A center of gravity of pack of the battery pack is arranged at the rear of a center of gravity of vehicle of the entire vehicle in the vehicle body.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaaki Tatsuwaki, Ken Yasui, Satoru Kawabe
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Patent number: 11813935Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes: a second floor cross member and a third floor cross member in which one end in a vehicle width direction is connected to a side sill; a battery arranged below the second floor cross member and the third floor cross member; a battery case which stores the battery and in which one end in the vehicle width direction is connected via a right frame and a left frame; cross member bent portions formed on the second floor cross member and the third floor cross member; and frame bent portions formed on the right frame and the left frame. The cross member bent portions and the frame bent portions are arranged side by side in an up-down direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaaki Tatsuwaki, Ken Yasui, Satoru Kawabe
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Patent number: 11801742Abstract: A vehicle-mounted battery pack includes a battery tray including a floor part, a right frame, and a left frame. The battery tray includes a battery disposition region, a right impact-absorbing region, and a left impact-absorbing region. A battery module is placed in a battery disposition region. The left and right impact-absorbing regions are provided on outer sides of the battery disposition region in the vehicle width direction. The right frame and the left frame are formed to be thinner than the right and left impact-absorbing regions. Further, an easily deformable portion is formed at a lower portion of the right and left impact-absorbing regions.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2022Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Yaita, Ken Yasui, Satoru Kawabe, Masaaki Tatsuwaki
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Publication number: 20230286366Abstract: A battery pack which is disposed under a floor of a vehicle includes a plurality of battery cells, and a battery case which accommodates the plurality of battery cells, in which the battery case includes a fixing portion to which a portion of a suspension of the vehicle is fixed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shutaro SAO, Ken YASUI
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Patent number: 11691495Abstract: Provided is a vehicle equipped with a battery pack. A vehicle equipped with a battery pack includes a floor tunnel and a battery pack. The battery pack includes a first battery accessory, a second battery accessory, and an electrical wiring. The first battery accessory is arranged inside a front tunnel portion of the floor tunnel from below. The second battery accessory is arranged inside a rear tunnel portion of the floor tunnel from below. The electrical wiring extends in a front-rear direction of a vehicle body across right and left second floor cross members, and connects the first battery accessory and the second battery accessory.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaaki Tatsuwaki, Ken Yasui, Satoru Kawabe
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Publication number: 20230207944Abstract: A moving body includes a floor panel, and a battery pack disposed below the floor panel. The battery pack includes a battery, a battery case having an opening on an upper side and accommodating the battery, a battery cover covering the opening of the battery case, and a temperature adjustment mechanism provided in the battery cover. A gap is provided at least either between the battery and a bottom surface of the battery case or between an under guard provided below the bottom surface of the battery case and the bottom surface of the battery case.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2022Publication date: June 29, 2023Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Ken YASUI
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Publication number: 20220258585Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes: a battery case that is disposed below a floor panel of a vehicle body and houses a battery; and a case-mounting frame that connects the battery case to a side sill provided on a side of the battery case in a vehicle width direction to support the battery case. The case-mounting frame includes a lower frame that straddles between the side sill and the battery case, and an upper frame that rises from the lower frame, supports the battery case, and is disposed side by side with the battery case in the vehicle width direction. The lower frame includes a fragile portion that is provided at a position located below the upper frame and is more fragile than another position other than the first position.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Inventors: Satoshi Yaita, Ken Yasui, Yu Iemura, Satoru Kawabe, Masaaki Tatsuwaki
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Publication number: 20220258620Abstract: A vehicle body lower structure includes a battery case, a side sill, and a case-mounting frame. The case-mounting frame has a frame main body portion and a battery case reception flange. The battery case reception flange extends to an inward side in a vehicle width direction from the frame main body portion and is joined to a lower surface of a bottom wall of the battery case. A battery support frame extending in a vehicle body forward-rearward direction and supporting a battery is fixed to the bottom wall of the battery case. A recessed portion protruding downward is provided between a joint portion with respect to the battery case reception flange and a joint portion with respect to the battery support frame in the bottom wall of the battery case.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Inventors: Yu Iemura, Masaaki Tatsuwaki, Ken Yasui
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Publication number: 20220227214Abstract: A vehicle-mounted battery pack includes a battery tray including a floor part, a right frame, and a left frame. The battery tray includes a battery disposition region, a right impact-absorbing region, and a left impact-absorbing region. A battery module is placed in a battery disposition region. The left and right impact-absorbing regions are provided on outer sides of the battery disposition region in the vehicle width direction. The right frame and the left frame are formed to be thinner than the right and left impact-absorbing regions. Further, an easily deformable portion is formed at a lower portion of the right and left impact-absorbing regions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2022Publication date: July 21, 2022Inventors: Satoshi Yaita, Ken Yasui, Satoru Kawabe, Masaaki Tatsuwaki
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Publication number: 20220227215Abstract: A vehicle-mounted battery pack includes a battery tray including a floor part, a right frame, and a left frame. The battery tray includes a battery disposition region, a right impact-absorbing region, and a left impact-absorbing region. A battery module is placed at the center of the battery disposition region in the vehicle width direction. The left and right impact-absorbing regions are provided on outer sides of the battery disposition region in the vehicle width direction. A cooling passage for cooling the battery module extends in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body inside the battery disposition region.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2022Publication date: July 21, 2022Inventors: Ryo Ishizaki, Ken Yasui, Masaaki Tatsuwaki
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Publication number: 20220181738Abstract: The disclosure provides a battery case structure. The battery case structure includes a battery provided below a floor panel of a vehicle, a lower case covering the battery from below, and an upper case including a horizontal plate portion arranged between the floor panel and the battery and covering the battery from above. The thickness of the outer peripheral portion of the horizontal plate portion in the upper case along the vertical direction is thicker than the thickness of the inner peripheral portion of the horizontal plate portion along the vertical direction. The upper case is formed in a plate shape by a metal material, and a plate-shaped reinforcing member is attached to the outer peripheral portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2021Publication date: June 9, 2022Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ken YASUI, Masaya KUROIWA, Shutaro SAO
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Publication number: 20220161855Abstract: Provide is a vehicle equipped with a battery pack. In the vehicle equipped with a battery pack, right and left second floor cross members support a rear portion of a front seat, and right and left third floor cross members support a front portion of a rear seat. First to fourth floor longitudinal frames extend in a front-rear direction of the vehicle body between the right and left second floor cross members and the right and left third floor cross members, and are raised upward from a floor panel. The battery pack is arranged below the floor panel and is fixed to the first to fourth floor longitudinal frames.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2021Publication date: May 26, 2022Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaaki TATSUWAKI, Ken YASUI, Satoru KAWABE
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Publication number: 20220153111Abstract: Provided is a vehicle equipped with a battery pack. A vehicle equipped with a battery pack includes a floor tunnel and a battery pack. The battery pack includes a first battery accessory, a second battery accessory, and an electrical wiring. The first battery accessory is arranged inside a front tunnel portion of the floor tunnel from below. The second battery accessory is arranged inside a rear tunnel portion of the floor tunnel from below. The electrical wiring extends in a front-rear direction of a vehicle body across right and left second floor cross members, and connects the first battery accessory and the second battery accessory.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2021Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaaki TATSUWAKI, Ken YASUI, Satoru KAWABE
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Publication number: 20220153112Abstract: Provided is a vehicle body lower structure. A vehicle body lower structure includes a battery pack that encloses a drive battery. The battery pack includes a tray and a cover member attached to an upper surface of the tray with a seal member interposed, the seal member making the inside of the battery pack liquid-tight. A battery terminal, a high-voltage junction box, a control device, and a switch, which are connection portions of an electric cable, are arranged above the seal member.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2021Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaaki TATSUWAKI, Ken YASUI
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Publication number: 20220144064Abstract: Provided is a vehicle equipped with a battery pack. A vehicle equipped with a battery pack includes a battery pack under a floor of the vehicle. The battery pack is provided with a battery module. In the battery module, a plurality of batteries are arranged vertically with the longitudinal direction directed toward a front-rear direction of the vehicle body. The battery is formed by stacking a plurality of battery cells in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body. A center of gravity of pack of the battery pack is arranged at the rear of a center of gravity of vehicle of the entire vehicle in the vehicle body.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaaki TATSUWAKI, Ken YASUI, Satoru KAWABE
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Publication number: 20220144063Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes: a second floor cross member and a third floor cross member in which one end in a vehicle width direction is connected to a side sill; a battery arranged below the second floor cross member and the third floor cross member; a battery case which stores the battery and in which one end in the vehicle width direction is connected via a right frame and a left frame; cross member bent portions formed on the second floor cross member and the third floor cross member; and frame bent portions formed on the right frame and the left frame. The cross member bent portions and the frame bent portions are arranged side by side in an up-down direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaaki TATSUWAKI, Ken YASUI, Satoru KAWABE