Patents by Inventor Kunji Nagae

Kunji Nagae 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).

  • Vehicle bumper
    Patent number: 8939479
    Abstract: A bumper absorber (9) has a squared U-shaped cross section formed of: a vertical face (11) extending in a top-bottom direction and a vehicle width direction, and a top face (12) and a bottom face (13) respectively extending rearward from a top end and a bottom end of the vertical face (11). The bumper absorber (9) is configured such that the top face (12) and the bottom face (13) thereof are supported by the bumper reinforcement (10) via multiple attachment members (23 to 27), and an interval between the attachment members adjacent to each other in the vehicle width direction is set to decrease from end portions (9b) in the vehicle width direction toward a central portion (9a) in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hotaka Ashiya, Kazumi Hisajima, Teruaki Aoki, Takuji Kugaya, Takahide Ishida, Kunji Nagae, Daisuke Oiki, Tarou Ikeda, Masaru Tsuruta, Yasuo Yotsunaga, Shunsuke Ehara, Norimasa Mizutani, Sylvain David, Nobuhiro Iwai
  • VEHICLE BUMPER
    Publication number: 20130168982
    Abstract: A bumper absorber (9) has a squared U-shaped cross section formed of: a vertical face (11) extending in a top-bottom direction and a vehicle width direction, and a top face (12) and a bottom face (13) respectively extending rearward from a top end and a bottom end of the vertical face (11). The bumper absorber (9) is configured such that the top face (12) and the bottom face (13) thereof are supported by the bumper reinforcement (10) via multiple attachment members (23 to 27), and an interval between the attachment members adjacent to each other in the vehicle width direction is set to decrease from end portions (9b) in the vehicle width direction toward a central portion (9a) in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Inventors: Hotaka Ashiya, Kazumi Hisajima, Teruaki Aoki, Takuji Kugaya, Takahide Ishida, Kunji Nagae, Daisuke Oiki, Tarou Ikeda, Masaru Tsuruta, Yasuo Yotsunaga, Shunsuke Ehara, Norimasa Mizutani, Sylvain David, Nobuhiro Iwai
  • Vehicular body front structure
    Patent number: 7571955
    Abstract: A vehicular body front structure, includes: 1) a reactive force member disposed adjacent to a front edge part of a vehicular body and configured to be displaceable from i) a received state where the reactive force member is received in the vehicular body to ii) a protruding state where the reactive force member protrudes to a position higher than a surface of the vehicular body; 2) a mover mechanism disposed between the vehicular body and the reactive force member and configured to displace the reactive force member from the received state to the protruding state; and 3) a shock sensor configured to sense or calculate a collision of the vehicular body with an obstacle to thereby output a sensing signal for moving the mover mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunji Nagae, Kouichi Oota