Patents by Inventor Masao Muraji

Masao Muraji 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: 9290138
    Abstract: A vehicle front section structure includes a front side member disposed running along a vehicle front-rear direction at a vehicle width direction outside of a vehicle front section, and a projection member provided at an outside wall of the front side member so as to project out further to the vehicle width direction outside than the outside wall, a rear end portion of the projection member being positioned further to a vehicle rear side than a vehicle front side end portion of a power unit disposed at a vehicle width direction inside of the front side member in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masao Muraji, Shota Hashimoto
  • 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: 20150246651
    Abstract: A vehicle front section structure includes a front side member disposed running along a vehicle front-rear direction at a vehicle width direction outside of a vehicle front section, and a projection member provided at an outside wall of the front side member so as to project out further to the vehicle width direction outside than the outside wall, a rear end portion of the projection member being positioned further to a vehicle rear side than a vehicle front side end portion of a power unit disposed at a vehicle width direction inside of the front side member in plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masao Muraji, Shota Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 8915537
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicle body structure that can improve collision performance at the time of a rear collision. The vehicle body structure includes first and second crash boxes that are provided at rear ends of rear side members. Further, the second crash boxes are disposed at positions different from the positions of the first crash boxes in a vertical direction of the vehicle. The second crash boxes, which are disposed at the positions different from the positions of the first crash boxes, can absorb a load applied from bumper reinforcement of another vehicle. Since a load at the time of a rear collision is absorbed by the second crash boxes, it is possible to suppress the deformation of a trunk that is provided at the rear portion of a vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masao Muraji
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20120212007
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicle body structure that can improve collision performance at the time of a rear collision. The vehicle body structure includes first and second crash boxes that are provided at rear ends of rear side members. Further, the second crash boxes are disposed at positions different from the positions of the first crash boxes in a vertical direction of the vehicle. The second crash boxes, which are disposed at the positions different from the positions of the first crash boxes, can absorb a load applied from bumper reinforcement of another vehicle. Since a load at the time of a rear collision is absorbed by the second crash boxes, it is possible to suppress the deformation of a trunk that is provided at the rear portion of a vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2009
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masao Muraji