Patents by Inventor Motoki ESUMI

Motoki ESUMI 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: 9381942
    Abstract: Disclosed is a rear vehicle body structure of a vehicle, which comprises a rear floor panel, and a rear side frame joined to a lower surface of the rear floor panel to extend in a front-rear direction. A bottom wall of the rear side frame has a bottom reinforcing portion formed to protrude upwardly or downwardly, and a standing wall of the rear side frame located on a vehicle-widthwise inner side has a side reinforcing portion formed to protrude outwardly in the vehicle width direction. The bottom reinforcing portion includes a top, an outer inclined section extending from the top obliquely outwardly in the vehicle width direction, and an inner inclined section extending from the top obliquely inwardly in the vehicle width direction, wherein the inner inclined section has an inclination angle less than an inclination angle of the outer inclined section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Honda, Yuki Toyama, Motoki Esumi, Koji Yoshimura, Sakayu Terada
  • Publication number: 20150344074
    Abstract: Disclosed is a rear vehicle body structure of a vehicle, which comprises a rear floor panel, and a rear side frame joined to a lower surface of the rear floor panel to extend in a front-rear direction. A bottom wall of the rear side frame has a bottom reinforcing portion formed to protrude upwardly or downwardly, and a standing wall of the rear side frame located on a vehicle-widthwise inner side has a side reinforcing portion formed to protrude outwardly in the vehicle width direction. The bottom reinforcing portion includes a top, an outer inclined section extending from the top obliquely outwardly in the vehicle width direction, and an inner inclined section extending from the top obliquely inwardly in the vehicle width direction, wherein the inner inclined section has an inclination angle less than an inclination angle of the outer inclined section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori HONDA, Yuki TOYAMA, Motoki ESUMI, Koji YOSHIMURA, Sakayu TERADA