Patents by Inventor Satoshi Ajisaka

Satoshi Ajisaka 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: 11964596
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle seat including: a seat cushion supported by a support member so as to be rotatable around an axial direction along the seat up-down direction; a seatback configured such that the angle of the seatback relative to the seat cushion is adjustable by unlocking and locking of an angle adjustment mechanism, the seatback being biased to be tilted forward in the seat front-rear direction when the angle adjustment mechanism is unlocked; an operated member configured to unlock and lock the angle adjustment mechanism, the operated member being placed on a first end side of the seat cushion in the seat width direction; and an operating member provided in the support member such that the operating member is configured to relatively operate the operated member along with a rotation of the seat cushion so as to unlock the angle adjustment member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi Ajisaka
  • Patent number: 11752886
    Abstract: A vehicle installation structure for a fuel cell stack that includes: a framework member disposed at a vehicle lower side; a fuel cell stack that is disposed at a vehicle front section or a vehicle rear section, and that is elastically supported by the framework member via a vibration isolating member; and a drive motor that is disposed at a same section of the vehicle front section or the vehicle rear section as the fuel cell stack, that is separate from the fuel cell stack, and that is elastically supported by the framework member via a vibration isolating member such that a height position of at least one of an upper end, a lower end, or a height direction center of the drive motor is disposed between a height position of an upper end and a height position of a lower end of the fuel cell stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi Ajisaka
  • Patent number: 11679695
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a seat cushion having a seat cushion body and a seat cushion front portion, the seat cushion front portion being provided in front of the seat cushion body and configured to be in contact with and distanced from the seat cushion body, and the seat cushion being configured to be rotated so as to be set to a traveling position facing a front of a vehicle and an ingress and egress position facing a side door; and an expansion and contraction mechanism configured such that the seat cushion front portion is brought into contact with the seat cushion body as the seat cushion rotates from the traveling position to the ingress and egress position, and the seat cushion front portion is distanced away from the seat cushion body as the seat cushion rotates from the ingress and egress position to the traveling position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi Ajisaka
  • Patent number: 11628889
    Abstract: A vehicle unit installation structure has: a power generating unit that is installed at a front portion of a vehicle; a driving unit that is installed at a vehicle rear side of the power generating unit, and that drives front wheels of the vehicle; and a floor tunnel that is formed at a floor that is disposed at a vehicle rear side of the driving unit, a width of a front end portion of the floor tunnel being greater than a width of at least a rear end portion of the driving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi Ajisaka
  • Patent number: 11548553
    Abstract: A vehicle underbody structure includes a pair of rockers that are provided on both vehicle width direction sides of a vehicle underbody and extend in a vehicle front-rear direction, a battery that is disposed centrally in a vehicle width direction center between the pair of rockers and is disposed above a vehicle floor and on the lower side of a seat, a fuel tank that is disposed in the vehicle width direction center between the pair of rockers and is disposed under the vehicle floor and further toward a rear side of the vehicle than the battery, and a waste pipe that is coupled to a drive unit provided at a vehicle front side of the battery and extends in the vehicle front-rear direction between the battery and one of the rockers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi Ajisaka
  • Publication number: 20220001774
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle seat including: a seat cushion supported by a support member so as to be rotatable around an axial direction along the seat up-down direction; a seatback configured such that the angle of the seatback relative to the seat cushion is adjustable by unlocking and locking of an angle adjustment mechanism, the seatback being biased to be tilted forward in the seat front-rear direction when the angle adjustment mechanism is unlocked; an operated member configured to unlock and lock the angle adjustment mechanism, the operated member being placed on a first end side of the seat cushion in the seat width direction; and an operating member provided in the support member such that the operating member is configured to relatively operate the operated member along with a rotation of the seat cushion so as to unlock the angle adjustment member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventor: Satoshi AJISAKA
  • Publication number: 20210276460
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a seat cushion having a seat cushion body and a seat cushion front portion, the seat cushion front portion being provided in front of the seat cushion body and configured to be in contact with and distanced from the seat cushion body, and the seat cushion being configured to be rotated so as to be set to a traveling position facing a front of a vehicle and an ingress and egress position facing a side door; and an expansion and contraction mechanism configured such that the seat cushion front portion is brought into contact with the seat cushion body as the seat cushion rotates from the traveling position to the ingress and egress position, and the seat cushion front portion is distanced away from the seat cushion body as the seat cushion rotates from the ingress and egress position to the traveling position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventor: Satoshi AJISAKA
  • Publication number: 20210276624
    Abstract: A vehicle unit installation structure has: a power generating unit that is installed at a front portion of a vehicle; a driving unit that is installed at a vehicle rear side of the power generating unit, and that drives front wheels of the vehicle; and a floor tunnel that is formed at a floor that is disposed at a vehicle rear side of the driving unit, a width of a front end portion of the floor tunnel being greater than a width of at least a rear end portion of the driving unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventor: Satoshi AJISAKA
  • Patent number: 11052786
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: a driving seat; a pair of doors; a seat moving mechanism configured to move the driving seat between a driving state and a receiving state, the driving seat in the driving state being positioned at a vehicle width direction center and facing a vehicle front, and the receiving state satisfying at least one condition of: the driving seat being positioned closer to one door of the pair of doors than in the driving state or the driving seat facing further toward the one door than in the driving state; a detection unit configured to detect a portable device in a detection area in a vicinity of the vehicle and outside a passenger compartment; and a seat control unit that controls the seat moving mechanism so as to move the driving seat into the receiving state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi Ajisaka
  • Patent number: 11001122
    Abstract: A vehicle temperature regulation system includes: a power unit including a motor driven by a supply of electrical power from a battery to cause wheels to rotate; a first cooling unit including a first heat exchanger disposed at a vehicle front side of the power unit, and a first circulation path that allows refrigerant to circulate between the power unit and the first heat exchanger to perform heat exchange; a second cooling unit including a second heat exchanger disposed at a vehicle rear side of the power unit, an air conditioning unit, a compressor, and a second circulation path that allows refrigerant to circulate between the second heat exchanger, the air conditioning unit, and the compressor to perform heat exchange; and a duct that interconnects the air conditioning unit and the battery and through which cool air or warm air is supplied from the air conditioning unit to the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi Ajisaka
  • Publication number: 20210078414
    Abstract: A vehicle installation structure for a fuel cell stack that includes: a framework member disposed at a vehicle lower side; a fuel cell stack that is disposed at a vehicle front section or a vehicle rear section, and that is elastically supported by the framework member via a vibration isolating member; and a drive motor that is disposed at a same section of the vehicle front section or the vehicle rear section as the fuel cell stack, that is separate from the fuel cell stack, and that is elastically supported by the framework member via a vibration isolating member such that a height position of at least one of an upper end, a lower end, or a height direction center of the drive motor is disposed between a height position of an upper end and a height position of a lower end of the fuel cell stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventor: Satoshi AJISAKA
  • Patent number: 10632827
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a vehicle lower portion structure including: a case main body portion, disposed at a vehicle lower side of a vehicle cabin floor and including a bottom wall and peripheral walls that extend toward a vehicle upper side from a peripheral edge portion of the bottom wall, and accommodating a battery at an interior thereof; a front portion extending portion formed integrally with the case main body portion at a vehicle front side of the case main body portion, at the peripheral wall that is at a vehicle front side of the case main body portion; and an impact absorbing portion, extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction and deforming due to input of collision load from a vehicle front side, a rear end portion of the impact absorbing portion being connected to a vehicle front side region of the front portion extending portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi Ajisaka
  • Publication number: 20200047808
    Abstract: A vehicle underbody structure includes a pair of rockers that are provided on both vehicle width direction sides of a vehicle underbody and extend in a vehicle front-rear direction, a battery that is disposed centrally in a vehicle width direction center between the pair of rockers and is disposed above a vehicle floor and on the lower side of a seat, a fuel tank that is disposed in the vehicle width direction center between the pair of rockers and is disposed under the vehicle floor and further toward a rear side of the vehicle than the battery, and a waste pipe that is coupled to a drive unit provided at a vehicle front side of the battery and extends in the vehicle front-rear direction between the battery and one of the rockers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventor: Satoshi AJISAKA
  • Patent number: 10486595
    Abstract: A vehicle rear viewing device includes an imaging device at a side portion of a vehicle configured to capture images toward a vehicle rear side. The device may also include a display device that has a display screen that displays images captured by the imaging device and a housing disposed at a vehicle front side of a side door glass of a sliding-type door and at a vehicle lower side of a front pillar. The housing may include an outer side portion that has a door handle mounted thereto and that structures a case of the imaging device and that includes an outer side through portion that exposes a lens portion of the imaging device. The housing may also include an inner side portion that structures a case of the display device and includes an inner side through portion that exposes the display screen toward a vehicle inner side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi Ajisaka
  • Patent number: 10486526
    Abstract: A vehicle configuration includes a motor, a battery, a cooling unit, an air conditioning unit and an air-blowing unit. The motor drives wheels of the vehicle. The battery supplies electric power to the motor. The cooling unit is equipped with a radiator that is disposed at a lower side of a floor panel of the vehicle. Heat from at least one of the motor or the battery is transferred to the radiator by circulation of a coolant. The air conditioning unit supplies cool air to an interior of a cabin of the vehicle. The air-blowing unit moves air in the cabin to the radiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi Ajisaka
  • Patent number: 10449840
    Abstract: A vehicle side portion structure includes a vehicle body side portion in which a door opening portion allowing an occupant to enter or leave a vehicle is formed, the vehicle body side portion being configured to include a center pillar dividing the door opening portion into front and rear portions, a slide door disposed such that the door opening portion is openable and closable, the slide door in a closed state being disposed across the center pillar in a front-rear direction of the vehicle, and an elongated reinforcing member disposed inside the slide door with a longitudinal direction of the reinforcing member directed in the front-rear direction of the vehicle and intersecting with the center pillar in side view of the vehicle in the state where the slide door is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi Ajisaka
  • Publication number: 20190152287
    Abstract: A vehicle temperature regulation system includes: a power unit including a motor driven by a supply of electrical power from a battery to cause wheels to rotate; a first cooling unit including a first heat exchanger disposed at a vehicle front side of the power unit, and a first circulation path that allows refrigerant to circulate between the power unit and the first heat exchanger to perform heat exchange; a second cooling unit including a second heat exchanger disposed at a vehicle rear side of the power unit, an air conditioning unit, a compressor, and a second circulation path that allows refrigerant to circulate between the second heat exchanger, the air conditioning unit, and the compressor to perform heat exchange; and a duct that interconnects the air conditioning unit and the battery and through which cool air or warm air is supplied from the air conditioning unit to the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi AJISAKA
  • Patent number: 10259309
    Abstract: A vehicle underfloor structure has: a battery pack that is disposed beneath a floor of a vehicle, and that is a power source that drives a motor for traveling that is installed in the vehicle; and a fuel tank that is disposed beneath the floor of the vehicle, and between a vehicle body front side end portion and a vehicle body rear side end portion of the battery pack as seen in a side view, and between vehicle transverse direction both end portions of the battery pack as seen in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi Ajisaka
  • Patent number: 10214100
    Abstract: A vehicle floor lower structure comprising a fuel tank that is disposed under a floor of a vehicle, and a battery pack that is disposed under the floor of the vehicle and at a vehicle body rear side of the fuel tank, and the battery pack is configured to be a power source to drive a traction motor installed in the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi Ajisaka
  • Publication number: 20190031013
    Abstract: A vehicle underfloor structure has: a battery pack that is disposed beneath a floor of a vehicle, and that is a power source that drives a motor for traveling that is installed in the vehicle; and a fuel tank that is disposed beneath the floor of the vehicle, and between a vehicle body front side end portion and a vehicle body rear side end portion of the battery pack as seen in a side view, and between vehicle transverse direction both end portions of the battery pack as seen in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi AJISAKA