Patents by Inventor Masanori Kisaku

Masanori Kisaku 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: 9487240
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure is provided with: a floor for forming the floor surface of a vehicle body rear section; a rear panel raised from the rear end of the floor; left and right roof side rails extending in the front-rear direction on the upper left and right sides of the vehicle body; and left and right rear pillars extending downward toward the rear of the vehicle body from the left and right roof side rails. The lower end of the left rear pillar is joined to the outer left side section of an intersection section in the widthwise direction of the vehicle body, the intersection section being that at which the floor and the rear panel intersect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masanori Kisaku
  • Patent number: 9394018
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes a roof side rail, roof arch, and roof panel. The roof side rail includes a mount portion extending inward in a vehicle-transversal direction and having a vehicle-transversally outer end portion of the roof panel mounted thereto. The roof arch includes a vehicle-transversally outer end portion that is located outside a vehicle-transversally inner end of the mount portion in the vehicle-transversal direction, joined with the roof side rail, and disposed at a position that is spaced apart downward from the vehicle-transversally outer end portion of the roof panel. At least one of the roof arch and the roof side rail includes a flange portion that extends toward the other one of the roof arch and the side rail and comes into contact with the other one of the roof arch and the roof side rail to restrict downward movement of the roof arch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Kisaku, Katsumi Ochiai, Yukihiko Nagai
  • Publication number: 20150217809
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure is provided with: a floor for forming the floor surface of a vehicle body rear section; a rear panel raised from the rear end of the floor; left and right roof side rails extending in the front-rear direction on the upper left and right sides of the vehicle body; and left and right rear pillars extending downward toward the rear of the vehicle body from the left and right roof side rails. The lower end of the left rear pillar is joined to the outer left side section of an intersection section in the widthwise direction of the vehicle body, the intersection section being that at which the floor and the rear panel intersect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventor: Masanori Kisaku
  • Patent number: 8813888
    Abstract: An IPU protection guard includes a pair of left and right upper horizontal members, which extend along a forward and rearward direction on an upper portion of an IPU on both sides in a vehicle width direction of the IPU, a pair of left and right lower horizontal members, which extend along the forward and rearward direction on a lower portion of the IPU on both sides in the vehicle width direction of the IPU, and an X-shaped member which extends in an X shape along a rear surface of the IPU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Ogawa, Takenobu Haga, Tohru Kikuchi, Junichi Kojima, Masanori Kisaku, Takashi Katou, Yoshihiro Kobayashi, Itsuo Kimura, Kazutaka Kanezashi, Keiichiro Okuyama
  • Publication number: 20140138988
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes a roof side rail, roof arch, and roof panel. The roof side rail includes a mount portion extending inward in a vehicle-transversal direction and having a vehicle-transversally outer end portion of the roof panel mounted thereto. The roof arch includes a vehicle-transversally outer end portion that is located outside a vehicle-transversally inner end of the mount portion in the vehicle-transversal direction, joined with the roof side rail, and disposed at a position that is spaced apart downward from the vehicle-transversally outer end portion of the roof panel. At least one of the roof arch and the roof side rail includes a flange portion that extends toward the other one of the roof arch and the side rail and comes into contact with the other one of the roof arch and the roof side rail to restrict downward movement of the roof arch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Kisaku, Katsumi Ochiai, Yukihiko Nagai