Patents by Inventor Osamu SHIMASAKI

Osamu SHIMASAKI 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: 10106196
    Abstract: A vehicle rear section structure includes: left and right rear side members disposed along a front-rear direction at width direction sides of a rear floor pan; a rear suspension member extending along the vehicle front-rear direction, and attached to front portions of left and right rear side members; a load bearing section projecting upwardly from the rear suspension member; left and right reinforcement members extending along the vehicle front-rear direction, and disposed at a vehicle width direction inner side of rear portions of the left and right rear side members and at a vehicle rear side of the rear suspension member, a rear end portion of the reinforcement member partially overlapping a rear bumper reinforcement in a vehicle front-rear direction view; and a rear cross member linking the left and right rear side members together and partially overlapping the load bearing section in the vehicle front-rear direction view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kato, Yuji Nakane, Yasuyuki Kumazawa, Masatoshi Hata, Osamu Shimasaki, Takaaki Onodera, Shohei Hashiguchi, Hiroshi Amano
  • Publication number: 20180105210
    Abstract: A vehicle rear section structure includes: left and right rear side members disposed along a front-rear direction at width direction sides of a rear floor pan; a rear suspension member extending along the vehicle front-rear direction, and attached to front portions of left and right rear side members; a load bearing section projecting upwardly from the rear suspension member; left and right reinforcement members extending along the vehicle front-rear direction, and disposed at a vehicle width direction inner side of rear portions of the left and right rear side members and at a vehicle rear side of the rear suspension member, a rear end portion of the reinforcement member partially overlapping a rear bumper reinforcement in a vehicle front-rear direction view; and a rear cross member linking the left and right rear side members together and partially overlapping the load bearing section in the vehicle front-rear direction view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kato, Yuji Nakane, Yasuyuki Kumazawa, Masatoshi Hata, Osamu Shimasaki, Takaaki Onodera, Shohei Hashiguchi, Hiroshi Amano
  • Patent number: 9944161
    Abstract: A vehicle rear portion structure includes: a vehicle rear floor having a low floor portion, a high floor portion that is placed on a vehicle rear side and a vehicle upper side of the low floor portion, and a step wall portion that interconnects a rear end portion at the vehicle rear side of the low floor portion and a front end portion at a vehicle front side of the high floor portion; a battery tray that is placed on the low floor portion, is joined to the low floor portion, and is configured to support a battery; and a reinforcement member that extends from the battery tray to the high floor portion and is joined to the high floor portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Osamu Shimasaki, Hiroshi Amano
  • Patent number: 9862420
    Abstract: A vehicle rear section structure includes: left and right rear side members disposed along a front-rear direction at both width direction sides of a rear floor pan; a rear suspension member that includes left and right side sections disposed along the front-rear direction, both front-rear end portions thereof being attached to respective front portions of the rear side members; and left and right reinforcement members extending along the front-rear direction, and being disposed at a width direction inner side of rear portions of the side members and at a rear side of the rear suspension member, each including a straight ridgeline section extending along the front-rear direction from a front end portion across to a rear end portion of the reinforcement member, at least part of the respective front end portion of the reinforcement member overlapping the respective side section of the rear suspension member in a front-rear direction view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kato, Yuji Nakane, Yasuyuki Kumazawa, Masatoshi Hata, Osamu Shimasaki, Takaaki Onodera, Shohei Hashiguchi, Hiroshi Amano
  • Patent number: 9758194
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicle rear portion structure that can improve torsional rigidity of a rear body that has side members and a cross member. A bracket has a top wall portion to which an HV (high voltage) battery is fixed. Further, the bracket has a first leg portion, that extends from a front end portion of the top wall portion toward a vehicle lower side and that is fixed to a first rear cross member, and a second leg portion, that extends from a vehicle transverse direction outer side end portion of the top wall portion toward the vehicle lower side and that is fixed to a rear side member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yudai Inagaki, Osamu Shimasaki, Kenichiro Yoshimoto, Kazunori Yokoe
  • Publication number: 20170182874
    Abstract: A vehicle rear portion structure includes: a vehicle rear floor having a low floor portion, a high floor portion that is placed on a vehicle rear side and a vehicle upper side of the low floor portion, and a step wall portion that interconnects a rear end portion at the vehicle rear side of the low floor portion and a front end portion at a vehicle front side of the high floor portion; a battery tray that is placed on the low floor portion, is joined to the low floor portion, and is configured to support a battery; and a reinforcement member that extends from the battery tray to the high floor portion and is joined to the high floor portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Osamu SHIMASAKI, Hiroshi AMANO
  • Publication number: 20170183037
    Abstract: A vehicle rear section structure includes: left and right rear side members disposed along a front-rear direction at both width direction sides of a rear floor pan; a rear suspension member that includes left and right side sections disposed along the front-rear direction, both front-rear end portions thereof being attached to respective front portions of the rear side members; and left and right reinforcement members extending along the front-rear direction, and being disposed at a width direction inner side of rear portions of the side members and at a rear side of the rear suspension member, each including a straight ridgeline section extending along the front-rear direction from a front end portion across to a rear end portion of the reinforcement member, at least part of the respective front end portion of the reinforcement member overlapping the respective side section of the rear suspension member in a front-rear direction view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kato, Yuji Nakane, Yasuyuki Kumazawa, Masatoshi Hata, Osamu Shimasaki, Takaaki Onodera, Shohei Hashiguchi, Hiroshi Amano
  • Publication number: 20160297483
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicle rear portion structure that can improve torsional rigidity of a rear body that has side members and a cross member. A bracket has a top wall portion to which an HV battery is fixed. Further, the bracket has a first leg portion, that extends from a front end portion of the top wall portion toward a vehicle lower side and that is fixed to a first rear cross member, and a second leg portion, that extends from a vehicle transverse direction outer side end portion of the top wall portion toward the vehicle lower side and that is fixed to a rear side member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yudai INAGAKI, Osamu SHIMASAKI, Kenichiro YOSHIMOTO, Kazunori YOKOE