Patents by Inventor Nishimoto MASAYA

Nishimoto MASAYA 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).

  • Vehicle lower body structure
    Patent number: 11554811
    Abstract: A vehicle lower body structure can include: a side sill that forms a first closed cross section extending in a body front-rear direction; and a reinforcing member provided in the first closed cross section to reinforce a front end portion of the side sill. The reinforcing member can have: a front-end reinforcing section that supports a collision load applied to the front end portion of the side sill and directed rearward in a vehicle body; a deformation permission section that permits deformation of the side sill directed inward in a vehicle width direction and rearward at the time when the collision load directed inward in the vehicle width direction and rearward is applied to the front end portion of the side sill; and a deformation suppression section suppressing deformation of the side sill after the deformation of the side sill directed inward in the vehicle width direction and rearward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasushi Ishikawa, Yuichi Morita, Yamaguchi Yusaku, Imajo Hideyuki, Miyoshi Katsuhisa, Nishimoto Masaya
  • VEHICLE LOWER BODY STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20220041221
    Abstract: A vehicle lower body structure can include: a side sill that forms a first closed cross section extending in a body front-rear direction; and a reinforcing member provided in the first closed cross section to reinforce a front end portion of the side sill. The reinforcing member can have: a front-end reinforcing section that supports a collision load applied to the front end portion of the side sill and directed rearward in a vehicle body; a deformation permission section that permits deformation of the side sill directed inward in a vehicle width direction and rearward at the time when the collision load directed inward in the vehicle width direction and rearward is applied to the front end portion of the side sill; and a deformation suppression section suppressing deformation of the side sill after the deformation of the side sill directed inward in the vehicle width direction and rearward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Yasushi ISHIKAWA, Yuichi MORITA, Yamaguchi YUSAKU, Imajo HIDEYUKI, Miyoshi KATSUHISA, Nishimoto MASAYA