Patents by Inventor Reiji IWAIHARA

Reiji IWAIHARA 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: 9663050
    Abstract: A vehicle body front section structure capable of suppressing deformation of a vehicle body in a small overlap collision is obtained. A vehicle body front section structure includes a front side member with a crash box attached to a vehicle front end, a coupling member that is interposed between and joined to the crash box and the front side member at a vehicle front end side, and that is joined to a fender apron section at a vehicle rear end, and a spacer that is disposed at a portion overlapping with the front side member in a vehicle vertical direction between the front side member and the coupling member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Gen Nishida, Nobuaki Matsui, Reiji Iwaihara, Tatsuya Ayukawa, Tsutomu Hamabe
  • Patent number: 9539968
    Abstract: A vehicle front section structure includes a front side member that is formed with a front flange at a vehicle front-rear direction front end; a crash box that is joined to the front flange at a rear flange formed at a vehicle front-rear direction rear end; and a coupling member that is joined to a fender apron section at a vehicle rear end. The coupling member includes a joining plate formed at a vehicle front end side joined to the front flange in an interposed state between the front flange and the rear flange, with a front end side of a portion of the coupling member positioned at a vehicle width direction outer side of the front side member angled such that in plan view a rear side is separated further to the vehicle width direction outer side from the front side member than the vehicle front side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Gen Nishida, Nobuaki Matsui, Reiji Iwaihara, Tatsuya Ayukawa
  • Patent number: 9511684
    Abstract: A vehicle seat control device includes a seat unit on which an occupant sits, a seat unit support mechanism that supports the seat unit such that a right side and a left side of the seat unit are capable of moving relative to each other in a vehicle up-down direction, a lock actuator for fixing the relative movement in the up-down direction of the seat unit supported by the seat unit support mechanism, and a seat ECU that controls the lock actuator so as to fix the seat unit in cases in which a predetermined fixing condition for fixing the seat unit has been satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsutomu Hamabe, Reiji Iwaihara, Kohshi Katoh, Eishi Takeuchi, Hikaru Sato
  • Publication number: 20150360633
    Abstract: A vehicle front section structure includes a front side member that is formed with a front flange at a vehicle front-rear direction front end; a crash box that is joined to the front flange at a rear flange formed at a vehicle front-rear direction rear end; and a coupling member that is joined to a fender apron section at a vehicle rear end. The coupling member includes a joining plate formed at a vehicle front end side joined to the front flange in an interposed state between the front flange and the rear flange, with a front end side of a portion of the coupling member positioned at a vehicle width direction outer side of the front side member angled such that in plan view a rear side is separated further to the vehicle width direction outer side from the front side member than the vehicle front side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Gen NISHIDA, Nobuaki MATSUI, Reiji IWAIHARA, Tatsuya AYUKAWA
  • Publication number: 20150360632
    Abstract: A vehicle body front section structure capable of suppressing deformation of a vehicle body in a small overlap collision is obtained. A vehicle body front section structure includes a front side member with a crash box attached to a vehicle front end, a coupling member that is interposed between and joined to the crash box and the front side member at a vehicle front end side, and that is joined to a fender apron section at a vehicle rear end, and a spacer that is disposed at a portion overlapping with the front side member in a vehicle vertical direction between the front side member and the coupling member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Gen NISHIDA, Nobuaki MATSUI, Reiji IWAIHARA, Tatsuya AYUKAWA, Tsutomu HAMABE
  • Publication number: 20150306982
    Abstract: A vehicle seat control device includes a seat unit on which an occupant sits, a seat unit support mechanism that supports the seat unit such that a right side and a left side of the seat unit are capable of moving relative to each other in a vehicle up-down direction, a lock actuator for fixing the relative movement in the up-down direction of the seat unit supported by the seat unit support mechanism, and a seat ECU that controls the lock actuator so as to fix the seat unit in cases in which a predetermined fixing condition for fixing the seat unit has been satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicants: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsutomu HAMABE, Reiji IWAIHARA, Kohshi KATOH, Eishi TAKEUCHI, Hikaru SATO