Patents by Inventor Kenichi Tatsuguchi

Kenichi Tatsuguchi 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).

  • Lower structure of vehicle
    Patent number: 10625584
    Abstract: A lower structure of a vehicle includes a rear bumper cover, a rear floor cover serving as an under cover that is provided at a lower side, in an up-and-down direction of the vehicle, than a floor panel of the vehicle and at a front side of the vehicle relative to the rear bumper cover, and a kick sensor having a signal line which extends in a width direction of the vehicle and a sensor part placed on the signal line. The kick sensor is placed inside a closed cross-section space surrounded by a connected structure of the rear bumper cover and the under cover and formed on the side of the floor panel, isolated from an outside of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KYUSHU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Linzhong Li, Kenichi Tatsuguchi
  • LOWER STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20190232767
    Abstract: A lower structure of a vehicle includes a rear bumper cover, a rear floor cover serving as an under cover that is provided at a lower side, in an up-and-down direction of the vehicle, than a floor panel of the vehicle and at a front side of the vehicle relative to the rear bumper cover, and a kick sensor having a signal line which extends in a width direction of the vehicle and a sensor part placed on the signal line. The kick sensor is placed inside a closed cross-section space surrounded by a connected structure of the rear bumper cover and the under cover and formed on the side of the floor panel, isolated from an outside of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Jidosha Kyushu Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Linzhong LI, Kenichi Tatsuguchi