Patents by Inventor Kosuke Taguchi

Kosuke Taguchi 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: 9789833
    Abstract: A vehicle frame structure includes a bumper reinforcement, a side structure that includes a first side wall on an outer side of the side structure in a vehicle width direction and a first protruding structure, and a crush box that is arranged between the bumper reinforcement and the side structure and includes a second side wall on an outer side of the crush box in the vehicle width direction, the second side wall having a second protruding structure. An edge line of the first protruding structure and an edge line of the second protruding structure are provided to be continuous in a vehicle front-rear direction, and a width in a vehicle up and down direction of the first protruding structure becomes wider farther away from the second protruding structure, in the vehicle front-rear direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kosuke Taguchi, Chitoshi Sugano
  • Publication number: 20170050598
    Abstract: A vehicle frame structure includes a bumper reinforcement, a side structure that includes a first side wall on an outer side of the side structure in a vehicle width direction and a first protruding structure, and a crush box that is arranged between the bumper reinforcement and the side structure and includes a second side wall on an outer side of the crush box in the vehicle width direction, the second side wall having a second protruding structure. An edge line of the first protruding structure and an edge line of the second protruding structure are provided to be continuous in a vehicle front-rear direction, and a width in a vehicle up and down direction of the first protruding structure becomes wider farther away from the second protruding structure, in the vehicle front-rear direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kosuke TAGUCHI, Chitoshi SUGANO
  • Patent number: 9211860
    Abstract: A knee side face restraint airbag device comprising an inflator that generates gas upon actuation; and a knee side face restraint airbag that is disposed in a folded state at an outside in a vehicle width direction at an inside of a vehicle interior member, that inflates and deploys towards a vehicle cabin inside upon being supplied with gas generated from the inflator, and that restrains an outer lateral-side of a knee of a seated occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masao Muraji, Masayuki Yoshikawa, Kosuke Taguchi, Kohei Ozawa
  • Publication number: 20140197622
    Abstract: A knee side face restraint airbag device comprising an inflator that generates gas upon actuation; and a knee side face restraint airbag that is disposed in a folded state at an outside in a vehicle width direction at an inside of a vehicle interior member, that inflates and deploys towards a vehicle cabin inside upon being supplied with gas generated from the inflator, and that restrains an outer lateral-side of a knee of a seated occupant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masao Muraji, Masayuki Yoshikawa, Kosuke Taguchi, Kohei Ozawa