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).

  • Publication number: 20180361931
    Abstract: A vehicle rear viewing device includes: an imaging device disposed at a side portion of a vehicle and configured to capture images of a vehicle rear side; a display device including a display screen that displays the images captured by the imaging device; and a housing disposed at a vehicle front side of a side door glass and at a vehicle lower side of a front pillar, in a state in which a vehicle upper side portion of a side door opening is closed by the side door glass, the housing including an outer side portion that structures a case of the imaging device, and includes an outer side through portion that exposes a lens portion of the imaging device, and 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: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi AJISAKA
  • Publication number: 20180290531
    Abstract: A vehicle lower section structure includes rockers that are configured to be disposed at both vehicle width direction ends of a vehicle and that extend along a vehicle front-rear direction; a floor panel that includes plural floors in which a vehicle rear side thereof set higher than a vehicle front side thereof in a vehicle vertical direction, and a step portion formed between the floors that are adjacent to each other in the vehicle front-rear direction; a battery pack that is configured to be installed at a vehicle lower side of the floor, an upper portion of the battery pack including a step corresponding to the step portion of the floor panel; and a cross member that forms a cross portion having a closed cross-section together with the step portion and the floor, the cross portion extending along the vehicle width direction and coupling between the rockers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi AJISAKA
  • Publication number: 20180272852
    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: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi AJISAKA
  • Publication number: 20180178636
    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: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Satoshi AJISAKA
  • Publication number: 20180134180
    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: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi AJISAKA
  • Publication number: 20180105067
    Abstract: A vehicle seat placement structure and vehicle are obtained capable of securing space for respective occupants seated on a driver seat and on rear seats, and securing comfort of the occupants. In a vehicle cabin of the vehicle, a pair of seats are each disposed adjacent to a first seat such that seat cushions of the pair of seats do not overlap the seat cushion of the first seat as viewed along the vehicle width direction. This enables a driver seated in the first seat and occupants seated in the pair of seats to be seated such that at least the upper body of the driver and the upper bodies of the occupants do not overlap each other as viewed along the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi AJISAKA
  • Patent number: 9944173
    Abstract: A vehicle floor lower structure includes: a floor panel configuring a floor of a vehicle and formed with a floor tunnel, that projects out toward a vehicle body upper side and extends along a vehicle body front-rear direction, the floor tunnel is disposed at a vehicle width direction center of the floor panel; a fuel tank that is disposed at a vehicle body lower side of the floor panel and that includes a main tank section disposed inside the floor tunnel and an extension tank section that is disposed inside the floor tunnel and that projects out from the main tank section toward a vehicle body front side or a vehicle body rear side; and an exhaust pipe that is routed so as to pass by inside the floor tunnel at a vehicle width direction outer side of the main tank section and the extension tank section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi Ajisaka
  • Publication number: 20180029463
    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: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi AJISAKA
  • Publication number: 20180015953
    Abstract: A vehicle front portion structure comprising: a dash panel that extends in a vehicle transverse direction at a front portion of a vehicle and that partitions a vehicle cabin interior and a vehicle cabin exterior; a protruding portion that is formed by making a center of the dash panel in the vehicle transverse direction protrude towards the front of the vehicle; and a deforming component that is disposed in a vehicle cabin exterior space in front of the protruding portion, and can be deformed by receiving an impact from the front of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi AJISAKA
  • Patent number: 9688314
    Abstract: A vehicle floor lower structure comprises a floor panel that configures a floor of a vehicle; a fuel tank that is disposed at a vehicle body lower side of the floor panel; an exhaust pipe that extends from an engine toward a vehicle body rear side, and that passes at a vehicle width direction outer side of the fuel tank; and a left and right pair of under reinforcements that are joined to a lower face of the floor panel and that respectively extend along a vehicle body front-rear direction at vehicle width direction outer sides of the fuel tank and the exhaust pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi Ajisaka
  • Publication number: 20170106744
    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: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi AJISAKA
  • Publication number: 20170106916
    Abstract: A vehicle floor lower structure comprises a floor panel that configures a floor of a vehicle; a fuel tank that is disposed at a vehicle body lower side of the floor panel; an exhaust pipe that extends from an engine toward a vehicle body rear side, and that passes at a vehicle width direction outer side of the fuel tank; and a left and right pair of under reinforcements that are joined to a lower face of the floor panel and that respectively extend along a vehicle body front-rear direction at vehicle width direction outer sides of the fuel tank and the exhaust pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi AJISAKA
  • Publication number: 20170106743
    Abstract: A vehicle floor lower structure includes: a floor panel configuring a floor of a vehicle and formed with a floor tunnel, that projects out toward a vehicle body upper side and extends along a vehicle body front-rear direction, the floor tunnel is disposed at a vehicle width direction center of the floor panel; a fuel tank that is disposed at a vehicle body lower side of the floor panel and that includes a main tank section disposed inside the floor tunnel and an extension tank section that is disposed inside the floor tunnel and that projects out from the main tank section toward a vehicle body front side or a vehicle body rear side; and an exhaust pipe that is routed so as to pass by inside the floor tunnel at a vehicle width direction outer side of the main tank section and the extension tank section,
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi AJISAKA
  • Patent number: 8752660
    Abstract: There is obtained a cooling structure for a vehicle that can keep low a temperature of an interior of a power unit chamber in which a power unit is disposed. A cooling structure for a vehicle has: a power unit that is disposed within a power unit chamber disposed at a vehicle front side and at which air intake ports are formed in a front end side in a vehicle front-rear direction; an air-cooling-type heat exchanger that is disposed at a rear side with respect to the power unit, and that is cooled by heat exchange with air that passes from a front side to a rear side; and a communication duct that communicates a rear side portion with respect to the air-cooling-type heat exchanger and a rear side portion of the power unit in the power unit chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Satoshi Ajisaka
  • Publication number: 20140138077
    Abstract: In a vehicle cooling device, a heat exchanger is cooled efficiently. A condenser is disposed at a vehicle width direction side of an engine and further toward a vehicle upper side and a vehicle front side than a transmission. A radiator is disposed at a floor tunnel at a rear of the engine. The condenser and the radiator both introduce air from a vehicle front, and air that has passed through the condenser and been warmed is discharged-out toward a rear of the radiator via a communication hole that is above the radiator. Because the air that has passed through the condenser and been warmed is not introduced into the radiator, heat exchange efficiency of the radiator improves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi Ajisaka
  • Patent number: 8689925
    Abstract: A cooling unit that is cooled by heat exchange with air is disposed at a rear side in a vehicle longitudinal direction of a power unit. Further, a cooling fan is disposed at a rear in the vehicle longitudinal direction of the cooling unit. Further, catalytic converters are disposed at a rear side in the vehicle longitudinal direction of the power unit. A periphery of these catalytic converters is surrounded by a heat insulator. A duct portion, that communicates an interior of the heat insulator and a space between the cooling unit and the cooling fan, is provided at this heat insulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Satoshi Ajisaka
  • Patent number: 8672067
    Abstract: A vehicle front portion structure is provided which can lengthen a wheel base without increasing the size of a vehicle body. A vehicle front portion structure is provided with a bumper reinforcement of a front bumper, a power unit that drives a front wheel arranged to a vehicle rear of the bumper reinforcement, and a cooling unit which is arranged at a vehicle front of a dash panel, and is arranged at a vehicle rear of the power unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Satoshi Ajisaka
  • Publication number: 20130316634
    Abstract: To provide a cooling wind introduction structure that can efficiently cool a body to be cooled. A first path that leads air from an air intake port, that is formed at a lower portion of a front end of a power unit chamber, to a cooling unit via a vehicle lower side of a power unit is formed. Further, a second path that leads air from an air intake port, that is formed at an upper portion of the front end of the power unit chamber, to a vehicle rear side of the cooling unit via a vehicle upper side of the first path and a vehicle upper side of the cooling unit is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi Ajisaka
  • Patent number: 8544583
    Abstract: A cooling airflow intake structure that can efficiently channel an airflow for cooling from outside a vehicle to a body to be cooled is obtained. The cooling airflow intake structure includes: a power unit that generates a driving force for an automobile to travel; an undercover that covers, from a vehicle underside, a power unit chamber in which the power unit is placed; a cooling unit that is placed on a vehicle rear side of the power unit; a first duct that channels air to the cooling unit from a first inlet port that is formed opening toward a road surface in the undercover; and a second duct that channels air to the cooling unit from a second inlet port that is formed opening toward a vehicle front side in a bumper cover. The second duct is disposed between the power unit and the undercover in a vehicle vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Satoshi Ajisaka
  • Publication number: 20130240284
    Abstract: A cooling unit that is cooled by heat exchange with air is disposed at a rear side in a vehicle longitudinal direction of a power unit. Further, a cooling fan is disposed at a rear in the vehicle longitudinal direction of the cooling unit. Further, catalytic converters are disposed at a rear side in the vehicle longitudinal direction of the power unit. A periphery of these catalytic converters is surrounded by a heat insulator. A duct portion, that communicates an interior of the heat insulator and a space between the cooling unit and the cooling fan is provided at this heat insulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Satoshi Ajisaka