Patents by Inventor Kyosuke MATSUI

Kyosuke MATSUI 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: 11572027
    Abstract: A bumper reinforcement includes a bumper reinforcement body, a first extension portion, a second extension portion, and a weakened portion. The bumper reinforcement body is molded from a synthetic resin material, a length of the bumper reinforcement body extends in a vehicle width direction. The first extension portion is integrally molded with the bumper reinforcement body so as to extend from the bumper reinforcement body toward a vehicle rear side and oppose a vehicle structural member extending in the vehicle width direction from a vehicle front side. The first extension portion is provided within a range spanning from a vehicle width direction side end portion to a position at 40% of an overall vehicle width direction length of a vehicle front end section away from the vehicle width direction side end portion. The second extension portion is integrally molded with the bumper reinforcement body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shizuma Uju, Jun Shobo, Kyosuke Matsui, Tomoki Mitsuya
  • Publication number: 20220242346
    Abstract: A bumper reinforcement includes a front wall, a rear wall disposed behind the front wall, at least one horizontal wall connecting the front wall and the rear wall, and a cutout in the at least one horizontal wall. The cutout extends laterally inward from a lateral end of the at least one horizontal wall. The cutout divides a lateral end portion of the bumper reinforcement between a front end portion located in front of the cutout and a rear end portion located behind the cutout. The front end portion includes a protruded portion which is bent rearward to be tilted with respect to the rear wall and protrudes laterally outward further than a lateral end of the rear end portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN KEIKINZOKU CO., LTD., AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro NAITO, Kyosuke MATSUI, Hiroyuki YATSUNAMI
  • Patent number: 11104283
    Abstract: A vehicular energy absorbing member that is disposed between a bumper reinforcement and a framework of a vehicle includes an energy absorbing portion that has a tubular shape and is configured to absorb impact energy by being plastically deformed to be compressed in an axial direction. An outer circumferential surface of the energy absorbing portion has a circular tubular shape and an inner circumferential surface of the energy absorbing portion includes a ridge portion having a shape extending in the axial direction of the energy absorbing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignees: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin Keikinzoku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yatsunami, Shunji Shibata, Kiyoichi Kita, Kyosuke Matsui, Jun Shobo
  • Publication number: 20210245688
    Abstract: A bumper reinforcement includes a bumper reinforcement body, a first extension portion, a second extension portion, and a weakened portion. The bumper reinforcement body is molded from a synthetic resin material, a length of the bumper reinforcement body extends in a vehicle width direction. The first extension portion is integrally molded with the bumper reinforcement body so as to extend from the bumper reinforcement body toward a vehicle rear side and oppose a vehicle structural member extending in the vehicle width direction from a vehicle front side. The first extension portion is provided within a range spanning from a vehicle width direction side end portion to a position at 40% of an overall vehicle width direction length of a vehicle front end section away from the vehicle width direction side end portion. The second extension portion is integrally molded with the bumper reinforcement body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Shizuma UJU, Jun SHOBO, Kyosuke MATSUI, Tomoki MITSUYA
  • Patent number: 10661740
    Abstract: A bumper reinforcement includes a front wall, a rear wall, and a connection wall. Intermediate portions, in an extending direction, of the front wall and the rear wall are parallel to each other. An end portion, in the extending direction, of the front wall is bent toward the rear wall when viewed from the intermediate portion of the front wall. An end portion, in the extending direction, of the connection wall includes a front part and a rear part, and each of the front and rear parts extends from an inside to an outside in the vehicle width direction. A distance between a front end of the rear part and the rear wall gradually decreases in a direction from a base end of the rear part toward a distal end thereof. The front part is provided so as to extend along the front end of the rear part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignees: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin Keikinzoku Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shunji Shibata, Kiyoichi Kita, Jun Shobo, Kyosuke Matsui, Tamaki Obayashi, Yuta Takanami, Hirofumi Shibata, Koji Saeki
  • Patent number: 10661741
    Abstract: There is provided a crash box comprising a pedestal portion attached to one of two members that are placed in an inward-outward direction of a vehicle; and a bottomed tubular portion integrally molded with the pedestal portion and configured to include a base end portion that is arranged to rise from the pedestal portion and an extended portion that is extended from the base end portion and that has a leading end wall which forms a bottom of the tubular portion and which is attached to the other of the two members, wherein the tubular portion is configured such that a side wall of the extended portion has a smaller thickness than a thickness of a side wall of the base end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignees: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin Keikinzoku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takanobu Kaneko, Takafumi Hayashi, Katsuhiko Nakajo, Kiyoichi Kita, Jun Shobo, Tamaki Obayashi, Kyosuke Matsui
  • Publication number: 20200156574
    Abstract: A bumper reinforcement includes a bumper reinforcement body that is disposed below a grille shutter and an impact transmission portion that is the same material as the bumper reinforcement body and is integral with the bumper reinforcement body. The bumper reinforcement body is a resin member. The impact transmission portion is configured to come into contact with a radiator support supporting a radiator at the time of collision to transmit an impact load to the radiator support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoki MITSUYA, Yusuke HIBINO, Kiyoichi KITA, Jun SHOBO, Kyosuke MATSUI
  • Publication number: 20200156575
    Abstract: A vehicular energy absorbing member that is disposed between a bumper reinforcement and a framework of a vehicle includes an energy absorbing portion that has a tubular shape and is configured to absorb impact energy by being plastically deformed to be compressed in an axial direction. An outer circumferential surface of the energy absorbing portion has a circular tubular shape and an inner circumferential surface of the energy absorbing portion includes a ridge portion having a shape extending in the axial direction of the energy absorbing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicants: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN KEIKINZOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki YATSUNAMI, Shunji SHIBATA, Kiyoichi KITA, Kyosuke MATSUI, Jun SHOBO
  • Patent number: 10414364
    Abstract: A bumper reinforcement includes a body part extending in a vehicle width direction, and a terminal part, which extends in the vehicle width direction, is attached to an end part of the body part in a longitudinal direction, and is joined to the body part in a state of being superimposed on the end part of the body part. Rigidity of the end part of the body part in the longitudinal direction is lower than rigidity of a center part of the body part in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignees: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin Keikinzoku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takanobu Kaneko, Hiroharu Iizuka, Kiyoichi Kita, Jun Shobo, Kyosuke Matsui, Tamaki Obayashi, Hirofumi Shibata
  • Publication number: 20190111873
    Abstract: There is provided a crash box comprising a pedestal portion attached to one of two members that are placed in an inward-outward direction of a vehicle; and a bottomed tubular portion integrally molded with the pedestal portion and configured to include a base end portion that is arranged to rise from the pedestal portion and an extended portion that is extended from the base end portion and that has a leading end wall which forms a bottom of the tubular portion and which is attached to the other of the two members, wherein the tubular portion is configured such that a side wall of the extended portion has a smaller thickness than a thickness of a side wall of the base end portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicants: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN KEIKINZOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takanobu KANEKO, Takafumi HAYASHI, Katsuhiko NAKAJO, Kiyoichi KITA, Jun SHOBO, Tamaki OBAYASHI, Kyosuke MATSUI
  • Patent number: 10179558
    Abstract: The bumper reinforcement has a front surface flange, an upper surface web, a lower surface web, an upper lip, and a lower lip. An end of the upper surface web on the upper lip side is thicker than a center. When a collision load is applied to the front surface flange, the upper surface web extending in a direction orthogonal to the front surface flange from vicinity of an upper end of the front surface flange is deformed in an outward opened direction, and the upper lip extending downward from an extension end of the upper surface web is deformed in an inward closed direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignees: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin Keikinzoku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takanobu Kaneko, Kiyoichi Kita, Jun Shobo, Kyosuke Matsui, Yuta Takanami, Hirofumi Shibata
  • Publication number: 20180370469
    Abstract: A bumper reinforcement includes a front wall, a rear wall, and a connection wall. Intermediate portions, in an extending direction, of the front wall and the rear wall are parallel to each other. An end portion, in the extending direction, of the front wall is bent toward the rear wall when viewed from the intermediate portion of the front wall. An end portion, in the extending direction, of the connection wall includes a front part and a rear part, and each of the front and rear parts extends from an inside to an outside in the vehicle width direction. A distance between a front end of the rear part and the rear wall gradually decreases in a direction from a base end of the rear part toward a distal end thereof. The front part is provided so as to extend along the front end of the rear part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicants: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN KEIKINZOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shunji SHIBATA, Kiyoichi KITA, Jun SHOBO, Kyosuke MATSUI, Tamaki OBAYASHI, Yuta TAKANAMI, Hirofumi SHIBATA, Koji SAEKI
  • Publication number: 20180079380
    Abstract: The bumper reinforcement has a front surface flange, an upper surface web, a lower surface web, an upper lip, and a lower lip. An end of the upper surface web on the upper lip side is thicker than a center. When a collision load is applied to the front surface flange, the upper surface web extending in a direction orthogonal to the front surface flange from vicinity of an upper end of the front surface flange is deformed in an outward opened direction, and the upper lip extending downward from an extension end of the upper surface web is deformed in an inward closed direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicants: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHISIKI KAISHA, AISIN KEIKINZOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takanobu KANEKO, Kiyoichi KITA, Jun SHOBO, Kyosuke MATSUI, Yuta TAKANAMI, Hirofumi SHIBATA
  • Publication number: 20180015895
    Abstract: A bumper reinforcement includes a body part extending in a vehicle width direction, and a terminal part, which extends in the vehicle width direction, is attached to an end part of the body part in a longitudinal direction, and is joined to the body part in a state of being superimposed on the end part of the body part. Rigidity of the end part of the body part in the longitudinal direction is lower than rigidity of a center part of the body part in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicants: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN KEIKINZOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takanobu KANEKO, Hiroharu IIZUKA, Kiyoichi KITA, Jun SHOBO, Kyosuke MATSUI, Tamaki OBAYASHI, Hirofumi SHIBATA
  • Patent number: 9618074
    Abstract: A tubular-shaped shock absorbing member arranged at a side end portion of a vehicle, includes outer and inner wall portions each extending in a vehicle height direction and a vehicle front-and-rear direction, the inner wall portion being arranged on a center portion side of the vehicle, an upper wall portion connected to upper end portions of the inner and outer wall portions, a lower wall portion connected to lower end portions of the inner and outer wall portions, and a horizontal rib connected to the inner and outer wall portions. A distance between the upper and lower wall portions is decreased as approaching from the inner wall portion side to the outer wall portion side. A thickness of a part of the horizontal rib connected to the outer wall portion, is larger than a thickness of a part of the horizontal rib connected to the inner wall portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignees: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin Keikinzoku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takanobu Kaneko, Naoya Sakaguchi, Kiyoichi Kita, Tamaki Obayashi, Kyosuke Matsui
  • Publication number: 20150176673
    Abstract: A shock absorbing member is arranged at a side end portion of a vehicle, and is formed into a tubular shape extending in a vehicle front-and-rear direction. The shock absorbing member includes an outer wall portion formed so as to extend in a vehicle height direction and the vehicle front-and-rear direction, an inner wall portion formed so as to extend in the vehicle height direction and the vehicle front-and-rear direction, and arranged on a center portion side of the vehicle in a vehicle width direction with respect to the outer wall portion so as to be opposed to the outer wall portion, an upper wall portion connected to upper end portions of the inner wall portion and the outer wall portion, a lower wall portion connected to lower end portions of the inner wall portion and the outer wall portion, and a horizontal rib connected to the inner wall portion and the outer wall portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicants: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN KEIKINZOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takanobu KANEKO, Naoya SAKAGUCHI, Kiyoichi KITA, Tamaki OBAYASHI, Kyosuke MATSUI
  • Patent number: 8844986
    Abstract: A vehicle bumper apparatus includes a bumper reinforcement member formed to have a hollow cross section and including a vehicle interior portion formed to have an open cross section including an opening, and a crush box supporting the bumper reinforcement member to mount the bumper reinforcement member to a side member of a vehicle body, the crush box including a connecting portion arranged at a vehicle exterior portion, the connecting portion closing the opening of the bumper reinforcement member to restrict the opening from being expanded, and a retaining portion protruding from the connecting portion toward an exterior side of a vehicle to retain the bumper reinforcement member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignees: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin Keikinzoku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takanobu Kaneko, Kiyoichi Kita, Tamaki Obayashi, Kyosuke Matsui
  • Patent number: 8844987
    Abstract: Provided is a crash box to be installed to a bumper reinforcement including an outer-wall section, an upper-wall section and a lower-wall section, an upper inner-wall section, a lower inner-wall section, and a clearance between the upper inner-wall section and the lower inner-wall section. The crash box includes a body section provided between a member of a vehicle body side and the bumper reinforcement, an upper support section provided to protrude from the body section to a bumper reinforcement side, a lower support section provided to protrude from the body section to the bumper reinforcement side, and an insertion section provided to protrude from the body section to the bumper reinforcement side, inserted from the clearance into the bumper reinforcement and contacting a lower end portion of the upper inner-wall section and an upper end portion of the lower inner-wall section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takanobu Kaneko, Kiyoichi Kita, Tamaki Obaysahi, Kyosuke Matsui
  • Patent number: 8757687
    Abstract: A crush box arranged between a side member of a vehicle body and a bumper reinforcement member, the crush box including: a main body portion arranged in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle and formed in a tubular shape, the main body portion having first and second portions; a vehicle body attaching portion arranged at a first end of the main body portion; and a bumper attaching portion arranged at a second end of the main body portion, wherein vertical cross-sections of both the first portion adjacent to the vehicle body attaching portion and the second portion adjacent to the bumper attaching portion are polygonal shapes, and the number of vertices of the polygonal shape of the vertical cross-section of the second portion is greater than the number of vertices of the polygonal shape of the vertical cross-section of the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignees: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin Keikinzoku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takanobu Kaneko, Kiyoichi Kita, Tamaki Obayashi, Kyosuke Matsui
  • Patent number: 8708380
    Abstract: A bumper reinforcement includes end portions and an intermediate portion, wherein the bumper reinforcement is made of a light alloy extruded material including a hollow cross-section and is configured to be arranged at a vehicle, the bumper reinforcement is configured to be assembled on and supported by a supporting member at each of the end portions bent toward a vehicle body side, the hollow cross-section includes a closed cross-section at the intermediate portion and includes an open cross-section provided with an opening at each of the end portions, each of the end portions is formed in a manner that a thickness of the hollow cross-section thereof in a vehicle front-rear direction is gradually reduced toward an end, and each of the openings is configured to be at least partially closed with a connecting portion of the supporting member and is restricted from being expanded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignees: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin Keikinzoku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Tsuchida, Kiyoichi Kita, Tamaki Obayashi, Kyosuke Matsui