Patents by Inventor Koki Ikeda

Koki Ikeda 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: 9533631
    Abstract: A corrugated plate portion of a core panel is sandwiched between an upper panel and a lower panel, and is formed in a shape in which upwardly-facing concave portions, that open toward a side of the upper panel and extend in a vehicle transverse direction, and downwardly-facing concave portions, that open toward a side of the lower panel and extend in the vehicle transverse direction, are lined-up alternately. A sum of contact surface areas of the upper panel and bottom wall portion sides of the downwardly-facing concave portions at the corrugated plate portion is smaller than a sum of contact surface areas of the lower panel and bottom wall portion sides of the upwardly-facing concave portions at the corrugated plate portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinya Kamimura, Koki Ikeda, Kiyoshi Hokazono
  • Publication number: 20160375750
    Abstract: A battery frame including: a battery frame main body made of resin that is disposed at a vehicle body lower side of a floor panel and that supports a battery; and a ductile member made of metal that is integrally provided to the battery frame main body, that is fastened and fixed to a lower face side of the floor panel, and to which the battery is fastened and fixed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kiyoshi HOKAZONO, Koki IKEDA, Shinya KAMIMURA
  • Patent number: 9499032
    Abstract: A vehicle back door structure including: a back door panel made of resin having, in at least a part of a peripheral edge thereof, a recessed portion equipped with a pair of side walls and a bottom wall that interconnects vehicle front sides of the pair of side walls, with a step portion, that has one side-wall side positioned at a vehicle rear side of another side-wall side, being formed in the bottom wall; and a reinforcement rib that is formed integrally with a vehicle rear side surface of the bottom wall, that straddles the step portion, and that bridges the pair of side walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koki Ikeda, Tatsuya Ayukawa
  • Patent number: 9487242
    Abstract: A vehicle body lower portion structure that may prevent or suppress an occurrence of cracks in a support plate even if a load from an obstacle on a road surface is inputted at an end portion of the support plate. Support portions are configured at a stack frame. Lower faces of flange portions of a metal plate member are fixed to the support portions via adhesive layers. Extended end portions are formed extending from the support portions at a front end portion and a rear end portion of the stack frame. At each extended end portion of the stack frame, an inclined portion is formed. The inclined portion is inflected toward a vehicle body upper side from a projected portion of the support portion, and is inclined to a side away from the flange portion of the metal plate member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shin Terada, Kentaro Nakamura, Koki Ikeda, Shinya Kamimura
  • Publication number: 20160318556
    Abstract: In a battery frame, an upper panel is made of carbon fiber reinforced plastic, and first reinforcements are made of sheet metal. Head portions of rivets are disposed at the upper panel side, and a diameter dimension of the head portions is set larger than that of caulking portions of the rivets. This enables a contact surface area between the rivets and the upper panel to be larger than in cases in which the caulking portions are disposed at the upper panel side. This enables peripheral edge portions of first joint holes in the upper panel to be supported by the head portions of the rivets over a large surface area. The peripheral edge portions of the first joint holes in the upper panel are thereby suppressed from breaking and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koki IKEDA, Kiyoshi HOKAZONO, Shinya KAMIMURA, Kentaro NAKAMURA, Shin TERADA, Tomohiro SAKURAI
  • Publication number: 20160311301
    Abstract: A vehicle battery mounting structure includes: an energy absorption member that is provided at a vehicle body lower side of a floor panel, and that includes a first side wall portion sloping toward a vehicle body upper outside at a vehicle width direction inside of the energy absorption member, as viewed from a vehicle body longitudinal direction; and a battery frame made of resin that is disposed at the vehicle width direction inside of the first side wall portion, that supports a battery, and that includes a second side wall portion sloping toward the vehicle body upper outside at the vehicle width direction outside of the battery frame, as viewed from the vehicle body longitudinal direction, and facing the first side wall portion in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koki IKEDA, Kiyoshi HOKAZONO, Shinya KAMIMURA, Kentaro NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20160305466
    Abstract: A sealing rubber 24 is integrally molded to an outer peripheral face 20B and a lower face 20C of a flange portion 20 of a collar 16, and a protruding portion 28 is continuously formed along the circumferential direction around a through-hole 14A in an upper face 14B of a resin member 14.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mutsumi KAWASHIMA, Miho MIZUKOSHI, Hidetoshi HAYASHI, Shinya KAMIMURA, Koki IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20160288737
    Abstract: A corrugated plate portion of a core panel is sandwiched between an upper panel and a lower panel, and is formed in a shape in which upwardly-facing concave portions, that open toward a side of the upper panel and extend in a vehicle transverse direction, and downwardly-facing concave portions, that open toward a side of the lower panel and extend in the vehicle transverse direction, are lined-up alternately. A sum of contact surface areas of the upper panel and bottom wall portion sides of the downwardly-facing concave portions at the corrugated plate portion is smaller than a sum of contact surface areas of the lower panel and bottom wall portion sides of the upwardly-facing concave portions at the corrugated plate portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinya KAMIMURA, Koki IKEDA, Kiyoshi HOKAZONO
  • Publication number: 20160236723
    Abstract: In a vehicle back door main body, an outer upper panel made of CFRP is joined to an upper portion of an inner panel made of CFRP, and an outer lower panel made of a resin weaker than CFRP is joined to a lower portion of the inner panel. Of an outer edge portion of this back door main body, an upper portion side is a first outer edge portion that is reinforced by the outer upper panel, and a lower portion side is a second outer edge portion having a lower strength than the first outer edge portion. Also, a boundary portion between the first outer edge portion and the second outer edge portion where there is a strength difference is set at a portion weakened by being adjacent to a small window opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koki IKEDA, Tatsuya AYUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20160167492
    Abstract: A vehicular resin back door structure includes an inner panel that is made of resin and defines a frame of a resin back door configured to be supported by a vehicle body, and that is formed with an opening through which a vehicle driver can view rearwardly at an upper portion of the inner panel; an outer panel that is made of resin and disposed at a periphery of the opening, and that is joined to the inner panel by a first adhesive to form, together with the inner panel, a frame section including an internal chamber; a glass sheet that is joined to the inner panel by a second adhesive; and a contact wall portion that forms part of a portion of the inner panel, and that directly or indirectly contacts the vehicle body in a closed state of the vehicular resin back door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Koki IKEDA, Tatsuya AYUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20160152121
    Abstract: A vehicle back door structure including: a back door panel made of resin having, in at least a part of a peripheral edge thereof, a recessed portion equipped with a pair of side walls and a bottom wall that interconnects vehicle front sides of the pair of side walls, with a step portion, that has one side-wall side positioned at a vehicle rear side of another side-wall side, being formed in the bottom wall; and a reinforcement rib that is formed integrally with a vehicle rear side surface of the bottom wall, that straddles the step portion, and that bridges the pair of side walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Koki IKEDA, Tatsuya AYUKAWA
  • Patent number: 9352787
    Abstract: Rocker portions and a tunnel portion that serve as frame portions extend along a vehicle longitudinal direction respectively at vehicle transverse direction both end portions of an upper floor and a vehicle transverse direction central portion of an upper floor. On the other hand, a dash panel or a back panel is provided erect respectively at a front end portion of a lower floor (22) and a rear end portion of a lower floor. Here, abutment portions are provided at front end portions of the rocker portions and the tunnel portion respectively, and planarly contact an inner surface of the dash panel. Further, abutment portions are provided at rear end portions of the rocker portions and the tunnel portion respectively, and planarly contact an inner surface of the back panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Hihara, Koki Ikeda, Sho Maeda, Yoshitaka Sotoyama
  • Publication number: 20160121935
    Abstract: This provides a vehicle body structure including: a lower panel made of resin, which has a lower wall that forms a lower portion of a floor portion, an outer front wall that is placed to extend from a vehicle body front end of the lower wall to an upper direction of a vehicle body, and an outer back wall that is placed to extend from a vehicle body backside end of the lower wall to the upper direction of the vehicle body; and an upper panel made of resin, which has upper walls that form an upper portion of the floor portion opposite to the lower wall, an inner front wall that is placed to extend from the vehicle body front ends of the upper walls to the upper direction of the vehicle body and joined to the outer front wall and consequently forms a closed cross-section shape that extends in a vehicle width direction while including both of left and right ends at an upper portion of the outer front wall, and an inner back wall that is placed to extend from the vehicle body backside ends of the upper walls and t
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sho MAEDA, Yoshitaka SOTOYAMA, Koki IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20160114667
    Abstract: A vehicle battery mounting structure includes i) a battery frame that includes a battery upper frame made of fiber-reinforced resin and a battery lower frame made of fiber-reinforced resin, and that is arranged on a vehicle body lower side of a floor panel and supports a battery; and ii) a ductile member that has an upper main body portion joined to the battery upper frame, an upper flange portion continuously provided on a vehicle width direction outside end portion of the upper main body portion, a lower main body portion joined to the battery lower frame, and a lower flange portion continuously provided on a vehicle width direction outside end portion of the lower main body portion, in which the upper flange portion and the lower flange portion are overlapped and fixed to a lower surface side of the floor panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Koki IKEDA, Kiyoshi HOKAZONO, Shinya KAMIMURA, Kentaro NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20160107704
    Abstract: A vehicle body lower portion structure that may prevent or suppress an occurrence of cracks in a support plate even if a load from an obstacle on a road surface is inputted at an end portion of the support plate. Support portions are configured at a stack frame. Lower faces of flange portions of a metal plate member are fixed to the support portions via adhesive layers. Extended end portions are formed extending from the support portions at a front end portion and a rear end portion of the stack frame. At each extended end portion of the stack frame, an inclined portion is formed. The inclined portion is inflected toward a vehicle body upper side from a projected portion of the support portion, and is inclined to a side away from the flange portion of the metal plate member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Shin TERADA, Kentaro NAKAMURA, Koki IKEDA, Shinya KAMIMURA
  • Publication number: 20160096505
    Abstract: A vehicle hood structure including a hood outer panel and a hood inner panel, wherein the hood inner panel is made from a resin, is disposed at a hood lower side of the hood outer panel, is joined to the hood outer panel, and includes a general portion, plural ribs and a weakened portion, wherein: the general portion has a general face that faces the hood outer panel, the plural ribs project out from the general portion toward the hood outer panel side and extend along the general face, and are set at intervals in either a hood width direction or a hood front-rear direction, and the weakened portion is formed at the ribs and extends along an extension direction of the ribs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koki IKEDA, Taichi MINEI, Tatsuya AYUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20160031299
    Abstract: A vehicle resin back door structure includes a back door panel made of resin, which has a first opening, and of which a marginal edge portion that forms the first opening is formed in a closed sectional shape; a bracket made of metal, which is fixed inside the closed section of the marginal edge portion, and of which a portion is exposed by a second opening formed in the marginal edge portion; and a back window glass of which a peripheral edge portion is joined to the marginal edge portion including the portion of the bracket that is exposed by the second opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Koki IKEDA, Tatsuya AYUKAWA
  • Patent number: 9205873
    Abstract: This provides a vehicle body structure including: a lower panel made of resin, which has a lower wall that forms a lower portion of a floor portion, an outer front wall that is placed to extend from a vehicle body front end of the lower wall to an upper direction of a vehicle body, and an outer back wall that is placed to extend from a vehicle body backside end of the lower wall to the upper direction of the vehicle body; and an upper panel made of resin, which has upper walls that form an upper portion of the floor portion opposite to the lower wall, an inner front wall that is placed to extend from the vehicle body front ends of the upper walls to the upper direction of the vehicle body and joined to the outer front wall and consequently forms a closed cross-section shape that extends in a vehicle width direction while including both of left and right ends at an upper portion of the outer front wall, and an inner back wall that is placed to extend from the vehicle body backside ends of the upper walls to th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sho Maeda, Yoshitaka Sotoyama, Koki Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20150343971
    Abstract: A battery mounting structure for a vehicle includes: a battery frame made of fiber reinforced resin and fastened and fixed to a vehicle body via a plurality of first fastening portions; a battery fastened and fixed to the battery frame via a plurality of second fastening portions; and a ductile member provided between the first fastening portion and the second fastening portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: TOYOTA, JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koki IKEDA, Kiyoshi HOKAZONO, Toshiya MIYASHITA, Tomohiro SAKURAI, Kentaro NAKAMURA
  • Patent number: 9189112
    Abstract: Provided is a touch panel device which prevents a problem such as generation of Newton's rings even if an air layer between the touch panel device and a display device has a small thickness. This capacitance type touch panel device (100) includes: a protective transparent base (10) having an observation-side surface and a display device-side surface; and two polymer films with position detection electrode layers (20b, 22; 30b, 32) which are arranged on the display device-side surface of the protective transparent base. The difference between the minimum value and the maximum value of the linear expansion coefficients in the surface direction of all the polymer films (20b; 30b) arranged on the display device-side surface of the protective transparent base is 10.0×10?6 cm/cm·° C. or below. Furthermore, the display device with a touch panel device (100, 200, 300) according to the present invention has such a touch panel device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: TEIJIN CHEMICALS LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi Imamura, Haruhiko Ito, Koki Ikeda