Patents by Inventor Ryosuke ASA

Ryosuke ASA 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: 20240075800
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a body including a rocker, the rocker being located outside a floor panel in a vehicle width direction and extending in a front-rear direction. The vehicle further includes a battery unit located under the floor panel and detachably attached to the body from below. The vehicle further includes a bracket fixed to the rocker. The vehicle further includes a pipe or wire fixed to the bracket, located outside the rocker or the battery unit in the vehicle width direction, and extending in the front-rear direction of the body. The vehicle further includes a rocker molding extending from a position facing an outer side surface of the rocker to a position facing a lower surface of the battery unit, the rocker molding covering an outer side of the pipe or wire in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryosuke ASA, Shota KIYOZUMI, Masayoshi IWASE, Akihisa TAKEDA
  • Publication number: 20220305897
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a body including a rocker extending in a front and rear direction outside a floor panel in a vehicle width direction, a component located below the floor panel and removably mounted on the body from below, and a rocker molding extending from a location facing an outer side of the rocker in the vehicle width direction to a location facing a lower side of the component. The rocker molding has a side panel facing the outer side of the rocker and a lower panel facing the lower side of the component. The side panel is fixed to the body. The lower panel is removably fixed to the component and swingably connected to the side panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventor: Ryosuke Asa
  • Patent number: 10625788
    Abstract: A vehicle side section structure includes a framework member with a closed cross-section structure that is provided at a vehicle width direction outer end of a vehicle body and that extends along a vehicle front-rear direction so as to configure vehicle framework; and a pillar that extends in a vehicle vertical direction, at least one of an upper end or a lower end of the pillar being joined to the framework member; and a joining structure including a provisional holding member and a fastening member with greater joining strength than the provisional holding member, the joining structure mechanically joining the framework member and the pillar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryosuke Asa
  • Patent number: 10597087
    Abstract: A vehicle side portion structure that includes: a rocker provided at a vehicle width direction outer side end portion of a lower portion of a vehicle body, the rocker extending in a vehicle front-and-rear direction; and a pillar that extends in a vehicle vertical direction, a lower end portion of the pillar being joined to the rocker. A bellows portion is provided at the lower end portion of the pillar. The bellows portion is provided at a vehicle upper side of a joining portion of the pillar with the rocker, and protrusions and recesses are formed in the bellows portion to alternate in the vehicle vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryosuke Asa
  • Publication number: 20190047629
    Abstract: A vehicle side portion structure that includes: a rocker provided at a vehicle width direction outer side end portion of a lower portion of a vehicle body, the rocker extending in a vehicle front-and-rear direction; and a pillar that extends in a vehicle vertical direction, a lower end portion of the pillar being joined to the rocker. A bellows portion is provided at the lower end portion of the pillar. The bellows portion is provided at a vehicle upper side of a joining portion of the pillar with the rocker, and protrusions and recesses are formed in the bellows portion to alternate in the vehicle vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryosuke ASA
  • Publication number: 20190047636
    Abstract: A vehicle side section structure includes a framework member with a closed cross-section structure that is provided at a vehicle width direction outer end of a vehicle body and that extends along a vehicle front-rear direction so as to configure vehicle framework; and a pillar that extends in a vehicle vertical direction, at least one of an upper end or a lower end of the pillar being joined to the framework member; and a joining structure including a provisional holding member and a fastening member with greater joining strength than the provisional holding member, the joining structure mechanically joining the framework member and the pillar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ryosuke ASA