Patents by Inventor Kosaku Hashimoto

Kosaku Hashimoto 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: 11358643
    Abstract: This composite structure is characterized in that: an internally inserted component, which is molded from a resin material having a tensile elongation of 10% or more, is placed inside a metal member having a hollow closed cross-section such that an external load can be received by both the internally inserted component and the metal member, and the outer shape of the internally inserted component occupies 50% or more relative to the hollow closed cross-section of the metal member as projection area ratio. By disposing the resin-made internally inserted component having a specific toughness at a specified state inside the metal member having a hollow closed cross-section, especially when a collision load occurs, the metal member undergoes ductile deformation and the internally inserted component also deforms correspondingly, and thus the waveform of the load-displacement curve can approach an ideal rectangular waveform, and excellent impact energy absorbing performance can be exhibited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Hideo Matsuoka, Kosaku Hashimoto, Yukitane Kimoto
  • Publication number: 20210039717
    Abstract: This composite structure is characterized in that: an internally inserted component, which is molded from a resin material having a tensile elongation of 10% or more, is placed inside a metal member having a hollow closed cross-section such that an external load can be received by both the internally inserted component and the metal member, and the outer shape of the internally inserted component occupies 50% or more relative to the hollow closed cross-section of the metal member as projection area ratio. By disposing the resin-made internally inserted component having a specific toughness at a specified state inside the metal member having a hollow closed cross-section, especially when a collision load occurs, the metal member undergoes ductile deformation and the internally inserted component also deforms correspondingly, and thus the waveform of the load-displacement curve can approach an ideal rectangular waveform, and excellent impact energy absorbing performance can be exhibited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Hideo MATSUOKA, Kosaku HASHIMOTO, Yukitane KIMOTO
  • Patent number: 9452596
    Abstract: An impact-absorbing member, wherein a formed body (D1) made of a fiber-reinforced resin composition includes a polyamide resin, a rubbery polymer having a reactive functional group and a fibrous inorganic filling material is superposed on another formed body (D2) made of a non-reinforced resin composition comprising a polyamide resin and a rubbery polymer having a reactive functional group, wherein the formed body (D1) is disposed at an impact-receiving side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Shigemitsu Suzuki, Masaru Akita, Osamu Niwa, Tadayuki Uesugi, Takuya Inoue, Kosaku Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20150231866
    Abstract: An impact-absorbing member, wherein a formed body (D1) made of a fiber-reinforced resin composition includes a polyamide resin, a rubbery polymer having a reactive functional group and a fibrous inorganic filling material is superposed on another formed body (D2) made of a non-reinforced resin composition comprising a polyamide resin and a rubbery polymer having a reactive functional group, wherein the formed body (D1) is disposed at an impact-receiving side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2013
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Shigemitsu Suzuki, Masaru Akita, Osamu Niwa, Tadayuki Uesugi, Takuya Inoue, Kosaku Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 9096269
    Abstract: A structure for a passenger vehicle interior is a structure for constituting the vehicle interior of a passenger vehicle, is formed in a monocoque structure in which the entire structure from the front side to the rear side of the vehicle interior is integrally formed by a fiber-reinforced resin, has a bowl-shaped structure part which is provided at least on the front side among the front side and the rear side of the structure and which opens toward the rear side, and has a side-wall part formed as a vertical wall that is continuous with the bowl-shaped structure part and extends in a front-rear direction of the structure, at each of both side parts of the structure, and a manufacturing method therefor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Yukitane Kimoto, Toshihide Sekido, Nobuhiko Shimizu, Toru Yamanaka, Kosaku Hashimoto, Yoshito Kuroda, Takao Sano, Hiroki Wakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20130249242
    Abstract: A structure for a passenger vehicle interior is a structure for constituting the vehicle interior of a passenger vehicle, is formed in a monocoque structure in which the entire structure from the front side to the rear side of the vehicle interior is integrally formed by a fiber-reinforced resin, has a bowl-shaped structure part which is provided at least on the front side among the front side and the rear side of the structure and which opens toward the rear side, and has a side-wall part formed as a vertical wall that is continuous with the bowl-shaped structure part and extends in a front-rear direction of the structure, at each of both side parts of the structure, and a manufacturing method therefor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Yukitane Kimoto, Toshihide Sekido, Nobuhiko Shimizu, Toru Yamanaka, Kosaku Hashimoto, Yoshito Kuroda, Takao Sano, Hiroki Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: D677067
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Toru Yamanaka, Nobuhiko Shimizu, Kosaku Hashimoto, Yukitane Kimoto, Yoshito Kuroda, Yuki Sakamoto, Gordon Murray, Barry Lett, Frank Coppuck, Kevin Richards, Andy Jones, Mark Lewis, Zachary Seward
  • Patent number: D687740
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Toru Yamanaka, Nobuhiko Shimizu, Kosaku Hashimoto, Yukitane Kimoto, Yoshito Kuroda, Yuki Sakamoto, Gordon Murray, Barry Lett, Frank Coppuck, Kevin Richards, Andy Jones, Mark Lewis, Zachary Seward
  • Patent number: D718199
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Toru Yamanaka, Nobuhiko Shimizu, Kosaku Hashimoto, Yukitane Kimoto, Yoshito Kuroda, Yuki Sakamoto, Gordon Murray, Barry Lett, Frank Coppuck, Kevin Richards, Andy Jones, Mark Lewis, Zachary Seward