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).

  • Publication number: 20240109408
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Yu Iemura, Ken Yasui, Masaaki Tatsuwaki, Satoru Kawabe, Satoshi Yaita
  • Publication number: 20240109594
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Yu Iemura, Ken Yasui, Masaaki Tatsuwaki, Satoru Kawabe, Satoshi Yaita
  • Publication number: 20240110794
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Kazuma TAMAKI, Yuji YASUI, Tokitomo ARIYOSHI, Hideki MATSUNAGA, Ken IINUMA
  • Publication number: 20240112104
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuma TAMAKI, Yuji YASUI, Tokitomo ARIYOSHI, Ken IINUMA, Hideki MATSUNAGA
  • Patent number: 11827089
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Tatsuwaki, Ken Yasui, Satoru Kawabe
  • Patent number: 11813935
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Tatsuwaki, Ken Yasui, Satoru Kawabe
  • Patent number: 11801742
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Yaita, Ken Yasui, Satoru Kawabe, Masaaki Tatsuwaki
  • Publication number: 20230286366
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shutaro SAO, Ken YASUI
  • Patent number: 11691495
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Tatsuwaki, Ken Yasui, Satoru Kawabe
  • Publication number: 20230207944
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ken YASUI
  • Publication number: 20220258585
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Satoshi Yaita, Ken Yasui, Yu Iemura, Satoru Kawabe, Masaaki Tatsuwaki
  • Publication number: 20220258620
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Yu Iemura, Masaaki Tatsuwaki, Ken Yasui
  • Publication number: 20220227214
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Satoshi Yaita, Ken Yasui, Satoru Kawabe, Masaaki Tatsuwaki
  • Publication number: 20220227215
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Ryo Ishizaki, Ken Yasui, Masaaki Tatsuwaki
  • Publication number: 20220181738
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken YASUI, Masaya KUROIWA, Shutaro SAO
  • Publication number: 20220161855
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki TATSUWAKI, Ken YASUI, Satoru KAWABE
  • Publication number: 20220153111
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki TATSUWAKI, Ken YASUI, Satoru KAWABE
  • Publication number: 20220153112
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki TATSUWAKI, Ken YASUI
  • Publication number: 20220144064
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki TATSUWAKI, Ken YASUI, Satoru KAWABE
  • Publication number: 20220144063
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki TATSUWAKI, Ken YASUI, Satoru KAWABE