Patents by Inventor Mitsuhiro Sonomura

Mitsuhiro Sonomura 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: 6761242
    Abstract: At the time of head-on collision of a vehicle, an intermediate portion of a subframe 6 is folded and deformed downwardly into a form of L-shape, an engine body 8 is moved downward, a radiator core upper rail 11 is rearwardly deformed and moved, a collision load is input to an upper portion of the engine body 8 through a rod 10, and the engine body 8 is rotated rearward around a connecting member 9. With this, a distance of a shortest portion between the engine body 8 and a dash panel 3 is increased, and a crushing stroke of the engine room 1 is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeyuki Yoshida, Mitsuhiro Sonomura, Hiromichi Serizawa, Kentarou Uchibori, Kouichi Sagawa
  • Patent number: 6722696
    Abstract: A power unit arrangement structure for a vehicle is provided with a side-member extending in a fore and aft direction of a mounting room and enabled to achieve buckling deformation in the fore and aft direction during a frontal collision, a sub-frame extending in the mounting room along the fore and aft direction at an area below the side-member, a mount member having respective an insulating function and permitting a power unit to be supported with the side-member, a bent portion disposed at a substantially intermediate portion of the sub-frame in the fore and aft direction and having a downwardly bent configuration, and a connecting member connecting a lower portion of the power unit to the sub-frame in the vicinity of the bent portion. The mount member is capable of tearing in response to relative movement of the side-member and the power unit in the fore and aft direction during the frontal collision. The sub-frame has a part having a substantially V-shaped configuration in a side view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Sonomura, Haruaki Nakatsukasa
  • Publication number: 20030011184
    Abstract: A power unit arrangement structure for a vehicle is provided with a side-member extending in a fore and aft direction of a mounting room and enabled to achieve buckling deformation in the fore and aft direction during a frontal collision, a sub-frame extending in the mounting room along the fore and aft direction at an area below the side-member, a mount member having respective an insulating function and permitting a power unit to be supported with the side-member, a bent portion disposed at a substantially intermediate portion of the sub-frame in the fore and aft direction and having a downwardly bent configuration, and a connecting member connecting a lower portion of the power unit to the sub-frame in the vicinity of the bent portion. The mount member is capable of tearing in response to relative movement of the side-member and the power unit in the fore and aft direction during the frontal collision. The sub-frame has a part having a substantially V-shaped configuration in a side view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2002
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Sonomura, Haruaki Nakatsukasa
  • Publication number: 20020096384
    Abstract: At the time of head-on collision of a vehicle, an intermediate portion of a subframe 6 is folded and deformed downwardly into a form of L-shape, an engine body 8 is moved downward, a radiator core upper rail 11 is rearwardly deformed and moved, a collision load is input to an upper portion of the engine body 8 through a rod 10, and the engine body 8 is rotated rearward around a connecting member 9. With this, a distance of a shortest portion between the engine body 8 and a dash panel 3 is increased, and a crushing stroke of the engine room 1 is increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2001
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeyuki Yoshida, Mitsuhiro Sonomura, Hiromichi Serizawa, Kentarou Uchibori, Kouichi Sagawa