Patents by Inventor Kyosuke KAWASE
Kyosuke KAWASE 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).
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Patent number: 12005959Abstract: A body includes a center tunnel that extends in a front-rear direction of a vehicle, a floor panel that extends from the center tunnel to both sides of the vehicle in a right-left direction, a floor cross member that is provided on an upper face of the floor panel and that extends in the right-left direction of the vehicle, straddling the center tunnel, and a reinforcing member joined to an upper face of the center tunnel and to a front face of the floor cross member.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2022Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Kyosuke Kawase, Satoshi Ikeda
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Patent number: 11932124Abstract: An electrically driven vehicle includes at least one wheel driven by a motor, a vehicle body including a floor panel, a battery pack arranged on the lower side of the floor panel and configured to supply power to the motor, at least one wire harness extending in a front-rear direction of the electrically driven vehicle between the floor panel and the battery pack, and a harness cover extending in the front-rear direction of the electrically driven vehicle along the at least one wire harness and interposed between the at least one wire harness and the battery pack.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Kyosuke Kawase, Ryo Kimura, Kazuya Kushibiki
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Patent number: 11584447Abstract: An electric vehicle structure may include a floor panel; a center tunnel disposed at a center of the floor panel in a vehicle width direction, extending along a vehicle front-rear direction, and projecting upward from the floor panel; a dash panel disposed at front ends of the floor panel and the center tunnel; and a front reinforcement attached to an inner surface of a peripheral wall of the center tunnel and extending rearward from the dash panel through the center tunnel.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATIONInventor: Kyosuke Kawase
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Patent number: 11498622Abstract: An vehicle structure may include: a floor panel; a front crossmember disposed on the floor panel and below a front seat of a vehicle, and extending along a vehicle width direction; a rear crossmember disposed on the floor panel and rearward of the front crossmember, spaced apart from the front crossmember, and extending along the vehicle width direction; a center console disposed above the floor panel at a center of the floor panel in the vehicle width direction; and an air duct extending from the center console over the front crossmember and being open toward a position above the rear crossmember between the front seal and the floor panel.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2021Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATIONInventor: Kyosuke Kawase
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Publication number: 20220315112Abstract: A body includes a center tunnel that extends in a front-rear direction of a vehicle, a floor panel that extends from the center tunnel to both sides of the vehicle in a right-left direction, a floor cross member that is provided on an upper face of the floor panel and that extends in the right-left direction of the vehicle, straddling the center tunnel, and a reinforcing member joined to an upper face of the center tunnel and to a front face of the floor cross member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Kyosuke Kawase, Satoshi Ikeda
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Publication number: 20220080840Abstract: An electrically driven vehicle includes at least one wheel driven by a motor, a vehicle body including a floor panel, a battery pack arranged on the lower side of the floor panel and configured to supply power to the motor, at least one wire harness extending in a front-rear direction of the electrically driven vehicle between the floor panel and the battery pack, and a harness cover extending in the front-rear direction of the electrically driven vehicle along the at least one wire harness and interposed between the at least one wire harness and the battery pack.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Kyosuke Kawase, Ryo Kimura, Kazuya Kushibiki
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Patent number: 11208152Abstract: Floor cross members provided above a floor panel are disposed so as to form a gap between each of the floor cross members and rockers. A floor cross extension that is set with a lower withstand strength than the floor cross members connects between each of the floor cross members and the corresponding rocker.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kyosuke Kawase
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Publication number: 20210237550Abstract: A vehicle body lower structure of an electric vehicle may include: a floor panel of a vehicle body; a battery pack arranged under the floor panel and including a plurality of battery cells; a spacer arranged between and in contact with a top plate and a bottom plate of the battery pack; and a vibration-isolating material arranged between and in contact with the floor panel and the top plate. The spacer may be positioned under the vibration-isolating material, and a space may be provided between the floor panel and the top plate above the plurality of the battery cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventors: Kyosuke KAWASE, Katsuya OOSHIMA, Tatsuya MORINAGA
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Publication number: 20210237805Abstract: An vehicle structure may include: a floor panel; a front crossmember disposed on the floor panel and below a front seat of a vehicle, and extending along a vehicle width direction; a rear crossmember disposed on the floor panel and rearward of the front crossmember, spaced apart from the front crossmember, and extending along the vehicle width direction; a center console disposed above the floor panel at a center of the floor panel in the vehicle width direction; and an air duct extending from the center console over the front crossmember and being open toward a position above the rear crossmember between the front seal and the floor panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventor: Kyosuke KAWASE
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Publication number: 20210237806Abstract: An electric vehicle structure may include a floor panel; a center tunnel disposed at a center of the floor panel in a vehicle width direction, extending along a vehicle front-rear direction, and projecting upward from the floor panel; a dash panel disposed at front ends of the floor panel and the center tunnel; and a front reinforcement attached to an inner surface of a peripheral wall of the center tunnel and extending rearward from the dash panel through the center tunnel.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventor: Kyosuke KAWASE
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Publication number: 20210221239Abstract: An electric vehicle structure may include: a floor panel; a center tunnel extending along a vehicle front-rear direction at a center of the floor panel in a vehicle width direction, and projecting upward from the floor panel; a pair of rockers, the rockers respectively disposed on both ends of the floor panel in the vehicle width direction; a crossmember extending from one of the pair of rockers to another of the pair of rockers on the floor panel and the center tunnel; a battery pack disposed below the floor panel and the center tunnel; and an electric cable arranged in the center tunnel.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2020Publication date: July 22, 2021Inventor: Kyosuke KAWASE
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Patent number: 10974767Abstract: Joining members 56 are provided that permit a rocker lower 22 moving toward a vehicle outer side at least along a direction of input of side collision load F when, at a time of a side collision of a vehicle 10, side collision load F? that is greater than or equal to a set load that is set in advance is inputted to a rocker 16. Namely, in a case in which the side collision load F? that is greater than or equal to the set load is transmitted from a battery pack 20 to the rocker 16, the rocker lower 22 moves toward the vehicle outer side. Therefore, reaction force that the battery pack 20 receives from the rocker 16 is reduced, and collision load that is inputted to the battery pack 20 side is decreased.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kyosuke Kawase
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Patent number: 10766537Abstract: A vehicle side portion structure that includes: a pair of rockers arranged at each of two outer sides of a vehicle width direction of a floor panel of a vehicle, the rockers extending in a vehicle front-and-rear direction; and a plurality of cross-members that are arranged with length directions thereof in the vehicle width direction, both length direction end portions of each cross-member being fixed to the pair of rockers, and the cross-members being disposed to be spaced in the vehicle front-and-rear direction. A separation distance between neighboring cross-members in the vehicle front-and-rear direction is specified such that a bending reaction force of the rockers in response to an impact load applied during a side collision of the vehicle is equal to or greater than the impact load.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2018Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kyosuke Kawase
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Patent number: 10752292Abstract: There is provided a vehicle lower section structure including a pair of rockers respectively provided at both vehicle width direction outer sides of a floor panel of a vehicle so as to extend in a vehicle front-rear direction, each of the rockers being configured including: an outer section that is positioned at the vehicle width direction outer side; an inner section that is integrally formed with the outer section, that is positioned at a vehicle width direction inner side, and that forms a closed cross-section section together with the outer section; and a first shock absorption section that is integrally formed with the outer section and the inner section, and that spans in the vehicle width direction between the outer section and the inner section within the closed cross-section section.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2018Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kyosuke Kawase
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Patent number: 10710638Abstract: A vehicle lower portion structure includes a pair of rocker panels and an electric power supply device. The rocker panel is configured to include an outer portion, an inner portion, and a first shock absorbing portion. The outer portion is positioned on an outer side in a vehicle width direction. The inner portion is formed integrally with the outer portion, is positioned inward of the outer portion in the vehicle width direction, and forms a closed sectional portion with the outer portion. The first shock absorbing portion extends in the vehicle width direction from the outer portion to the inner portion in the closed sectional portion and is disposed to overlap the electric power supply device in vehicle side view.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kyosuke Kawase, Masaki Ito
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Publication number: 20200062311Abstract: Joining members 56 are provided that permit a rocker lower 22 moving toward a vehicle outer side at least along a direction of input of side collision load F when, at a time of a side collision of a vehicle 10, side collision load F? that is greater than or equal to a set load that is set in advance is inputted to a rocker 16. Namely, in a case in which the side collision load F? that is greater than or equal to the set load is transmitted from a battery pack 20 to the rocker 16, the rocker lower 22 moves toward the vehicle outer side. Therefore, reaction force that the battery pack 20 receives from the rocker 16 is reduced, and collision load that is inputted to the battery pack 20 side is decreased.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2019Publication date: February 27, 2020Inventor: Kyosuke Kawase
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Publication number: 20200023905Abstract: Floor cross members provided above a floor panel are disposed so as to form a gap between each of the floor cross members and rockers. A floor cross extension that is set with a lower withstand strength than the floor cross members connects between each of the floor cross members and the corresponding rocker.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2019Publication date: January 23, 2020Inventor: Kyosuke Kawase
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Patent number: 10358168Abstract: A crossing member disposed along a vehicle width direction between inflected portions of side members is capable of transmitting load from one of the side members to the other of the side members when the one side member deforms toward a vehicle width direction inward. Accordingly, when collision load is input due to an offset collision or the like, the collision load is transmitted from the one side member input with the collision load to the other side member through the crossing member, and the collision load is supported by the other side member.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2017Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hyuga Atsumi, Junichi Takayanagi, Kenichiro Yoshimoto, Daisuke Tanabe, Kyosuke Kawase
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Publication number: 20190047628Abstract: A vehicle side portion structure that includes: a pair of rockers arranged at each of two outer sides of a vehicle width direction of a floor panel of a vehicle, the rockers extending in a vehicle front-and-rear direction; and a plurality of cross-members that are arranged with length directions thereof in the vehicle width direction, both length direction end portions of each cross-member being fixed to the pair of rockers, and the cross-members being disposed to be spaced in the vehicle front-and-rear direction. A separation distance between neighboring cross-members in the vehicle front-and-rear direction is specified such that a bending reaction force of the rockers in response to an impact load applied during a side collision of the vehicle is equal to or greater than the impact load.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2018Publication date: February 14, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kyosuke KAWASE
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Patent number: 10150435Abstract: A cross member is disposed inside a battery case. The cross member extends in the vehicle width direction at a location that overlaps with rockers as seen in the vehicle width direction. The cross member is more resistant to deformation by a load toward the battery case than a cover portion of the battery case. Therefore, when a load toward the battery case is applied, a transmission path for the load from the rocker at one vehicle width direction side to the rocker at the other vehicle width direction side may be formed by the cross member.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2017Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kyosuke Kawase, Junichi Takayanagi, Kenichiro Yoshimoto, Daisuke Tanabe