Patents by Inventor Nobuyuki Tsuichihara

Nobuyuki Tsuichihara 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).

  • Publication number: 20230311800
    Abstract: A vehicle front structure includes: an air guide member arranged behind an opening of a front bumper to guide rearward ambient air taken through the opening; a radar attached to an upper front grille; and a grille support member arranged behind the radar and extending substantially horizontally in a vehicle front-rear direction, wherein a front end of the grille support member is fixed to the upper front grille, and a rear end of the grille support member is fixed to the air guide member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Momoka FUJII, Nobuyuki TSUICHIHARA
  • Patent number: 11656323
    Abstract: Provided is a molded article (1) of a vehicle (S) designed to be placed in a path of millimeter wave transmitted from a radar device (7) that can minimize the attenuation of the millimeter wave. The molded product has a thickness as measured in a direction of the path of the millimeter wave transmitted from the radar device which is an integer multiple of a half wavelength of the millimeter wave in the molded article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masuo Kondo, Nobuyuki Tsuichihara, Sachiko Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20210223358
    Abstract: Provided is a molded article (1) of a vehicle (S) designed to be placed in a path of millimeter wave transmitted from a radar device (7) that can minimize the attenuation of the millimeter wave. The molded product has a thickness as measured in a direction of the path of the millimeter wave transmitted from the radar device which is an integer multiple of a half wavelength of the millimeter wave in the molded article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Masuo KONDO, Nobuyuki TSUICHIHARA, Sachiko MIZUNO
  • Patent number: 7338099
    Abstract: A bumper beam structure has a metal and molded bumper beam main body extending in a width direction of a vehicle, wherein a rear face of the main body is joined to side frames of the vehicle; and a center gusset joined to a center portion of the bumper beam main body in the length direction of the main body so as to produce a closed section at a front face of the bumper beam main body. The center gusset has a pair of support walls which are respectively adhered and fastened to upper and lower walls of the bumper beam main body in a manner such that the support walls are respectively laid over the upper and the lower walls. Preferably, in each support wall, ends in a length direction of the support wall are inclined with respect to a plane which is perpendicular to the length direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kojiro Okabe, Katsuhiko Shiotsuki, Nobuyuki Tsuichihara, Noboru Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20060138790
    Abstract: A bumper beam structure has a metal and molded bumper beam main body extending in a width direction of a vehicle, wherein a rear face of the main body is joined to side frames of the vehicle; and a center gusset joined to a center portion of the bumper beam main body in the length direction of the main body so as to produce a closed section at a front face of the bumper beam main body. The center gusset has a pair of support walls which are respectively adhered and fastened to upper and lower walls of the bumper beam main body in a manner such that the support walls are respectively laid over the upper and the lower walls. Preferably, in each support wall, ends in a length direction of the support wall are inclined with respect to a plane which is perpendicular to the length direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2005
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kojiro Okabe, Katsuhiko Shiotsuki, Nobuyuki Tsuichihara, Noboru Hayashi