Patents by Inventor Shigeru Yabuya
Shigeru Yabuya 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).
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Patent number: 9475435Abstract: A vehicle exterior component includes a honeycomb structure having an inner plate portion arranged in the vicinity of an engine compartment, an outer plate portion arranged at an outer side of the inner plate portion, and a honeycomb portion held between the plate portions. The honeycomb portion includes a plurality of partition walls and a plurality of cells, which are separated from one another by the partition walls. Each of the partition walls of each cell has communication holes, to allow communication between the engine compartment and the interior space of the cell. Each partition wall has an absorbing portion. When external force acting inward is applied to the partition wall, the absorbing portion absorbs energy produced by the external force through deformation of the partition wall at positions corresponding to the peripheries of the communication holes, of the partition wall.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2014Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshikazu Hirose, Shigeru Yabuya, Yoshihiro Kurosaki, Shohei Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20150145274Abstract: A vehicle exterior component includes a honeycomb structure having an inner plate portion arranged in the vicinity of an engine compartment, an outer plate portion arranged at an outer side of the inner plate portion, and a honeycomb portion held between the plate portions. The honeycomb portion includes a plurality of partition walls and a plurality of cells, which are separated from one another by the partition walls. Each of the partition walls of each cell has communication holes, to allow communication between the engine compartment and the interior space of the cell. Each partition wall has an absorbing portion. When external force acting inward is applied to the partition wall, the absorbing portion absorbs energy produced by the external force through deformation of the partition wall at positions corresponding to the peripheries of the communication holes, of the partition wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2014Publication date: May 28, 2015Inventors: Yoshikazu HIROSE, Shigeru YABUYA, Yoshihiro KUROSAKI, Shohei YAMAMOTO
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Patent number: 8596432Abstract: While comprising filled minor compartments being filled with an inclusion in which a liquid makes the major component, and vacant minor compartments being filled with the air, at least one of the vacant minor compartments adjoins the filled minor compartments, and a fragile section is formed in at least one of ribs that demarcate the filled minor compartments and the adjoining vacant minor compartments. After the fragile section has fractured, shock energy can be absorbed furthermore by means of circulation resistance to the inclusion that flows from the filled minor compartments to the vacant minor compartments.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2009Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chiharu Totani, Muneo Furutani, Kiyoshi Suenaga, Takehiko Shiraki, Shigeru Yabuya, Katsuhiro Katagiri, Katsushi Ito
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Publication number: 20100300824Abstract: While comprising filled minor compartments being filled with an inclusion in which a liquid makes the major component, and vacant minor compartments being filled with the air, at least one of the vacant minor compartments adjoins the filled minor compartments, and a fragile section is formed in at least one of ribs that demarcate the filled minor compartments and the adjoining vacant minor compartments. After the fragile section has fractured, shock energy can be absorbed furthermore by means of circulation resistance to the inclusion that flows from the filled minor compartments to the vacant minor compartments.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2009Publication date: December 2, 2010Inventors: Chiharu Totani, Muneo Furutani, Kiyoshi Suenaga, Takehiko Shiraki, Shigeru Yabuya, Katsuhiro Katagiri, Katsushi Ito
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Patent number: 7722107Abstract: A center cluster panel 2 is formed with a projected portion 20 including an upper panel 21 extended to a vehicle rear side and disposed at an uppermost portion thereof, a curved face panel 22 connected to a rear portion of the upper panel 21 and directed to a vehicle front side by being bent from the connected portion 24, and a lower panel 23 connected to the curved face panel 22, extended to a front side and disposed on a vehicle lower side of the upper panel 21. The upper panel 21 and the lower panel 23 are formed such that respective wall thicknesses t1 and t2 are uniform. The wall thickness t1 of the upper panel 21 is made to be thicker than the wall thickness t2 of the lower panel 23. The curved face panel 22 is formed such that a wall thickness t3 thereof is equal to the wall thickness t1 of the upper panel 21 at the portion 24 connected with the upper panel 21 and formed such that the more proximate to the lower panel 23 from the connected portion 24, the more thinned the wall thickness t3 gradually.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2008Date of Patent: May 25, 2010Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takahiko Sato, Masanobu Tomida, Shigeru Yabuya, Kiyoshi Suenaga
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Publication number: 20090019674Abstract: In a clip attaching seat 1 integrally provided to a vehicular interior molded product and attached with a clip having a locking head portion of a bulged shape above a neck portion, on a face of a seating portion 11 in a plate-like shape formed with a clip locking hole 12, ribs (14 through 16) having widths the same as a plate thickness thereof are formed. Thereby, a rigidity of the thin-walled seating portion 11 is ensured while making a wall thickness of a total of the clip attaching seat 1 constant.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2008Publication date: January 22, 2009Applicant: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Takahiko Sato, Shuji Inui, Shigeru Yabuya, Kiyoshi Suenaga
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Publication number: 20090015031Abstract: A center cluster panel 2 is formed with a projected portion 20 including an upper panel 21 extended to a vehicle rear side and disposed at an uppermost portion thereof, a curved face panel 22 connected to a rear portion of the upper panel 21 and directed to a vehicle front side by being bent from the connected portion 24, and a lower panel 23 connected to the curved face panel 22, extended to a front side and disposed on a vehicle lower side of the upper panel 21. The upper panel 21 and the lower panel 23 are formed such that respective wall thicknesses t1 and t2 are uniform. The wall thickness t1 of the upper panel 21 is made to be thicker than the wall thickness t2 of the lower panel 23. The curved face panel 22 is formed such that a wall thickness t3 thereof is equal to the wall thickness t1 of the upper panel 21 at the portion 24 connected with the upper panel 21 and formed such that the more proximate to the lower panel 23 from the connected portion 24, the more thinned the wall thickness t3 gradually.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2008Publication date: January 15, 2009Applicant: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Takahiko Sato, Masanobu Tomida, Shigeru Yabuya, Kiyoshi Suenaga
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Patent number: 7435366Abstract: In a molded product, at least an opening end, forming a window frame of a window formed as a part of a molded subassembly, is fastened integrally to a skin of the molded subassembly. Alternatively, a decorative component part is disposed on an outer periphery of the window so that a parting line between the decorative component part and the skin is visible as being joined closely in a decorative surface of the completed molded product. Processes for manufacturing the same are disclosed as well.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2003Date of Patent: October 14, 2008Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.Inventors: Minoru Shibata, Tatsuo Yamada, Katsuhiro Katagiri, Shigehiro Ueno, Akiyoshi Nagano, Kenji Sugiyama, Shigeru Yabuya, Kazumichi Shigeno, Naoshi Furukawa, Ryoichi Katayama
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Publication number: 20080247177Abstract: A luminescent device includes: a light source; a housing for accommodating the light source, a heat discharging member including a heat transfer portion and a heat dissipation portion and passed through the housing, the heat transfer portion being mounted on the light source and the heat dissipation portion being located outside the housing; a seal portion for sealing a gap between the heat discharging member and the housing; and optical axis adjusting device for adjusting an optical axis of the light source, wherein the heat transfer portion or the seal portion is deformed so as to follow an angular change of the optical axis of the light source by the optical axis adjusting device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2008Publication date: October 9, 2008Applicant: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTDInventors: Yoshiharu Tanaka, Takao Adachi, Akihiro Misawa, Shigeru Yabuya, Minoru Shibata
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Patent number: 7416320Abstract: An apparatus is provided that makes it possible to make following cars aware when a door is open and simultaneously illuminate a feet area, including, a lens that is attached at a door position that faces the feet area when a vehicle door is open, and a light guide member that is attached at a door position that faces following cars. One or more LEDs for the feet area are provided on the inner side of the lens, and one or more LEDs for the rear direction are provided that irradiate light on the light guide member.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2006Date of Patent: August 26, 2008Assignees: Fujikura Ltd., Toyota Gosei Co.,LtdInventors: Koji Sakiyama, Hiroshi Iwata, Shigeru Yabuya, Takahiko Sato
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Patent number: 7234746Abstract: The storage box includes an opening/closing mechanism. At a first stage, sliding of a lid relative to a box main body partially opens an opening. At a second stage, pivoting of the lid relative to the box main body fully opens the opening. At a third stage, pivoting of the lid relative to the box main body partially closes the opening. At a fourth stage, sliding of the lid relative to the box main body fully closes the opening. The first elastic member exerts elastic force for sliding the lid at the fourth stage. The second elastic member exerts elastic force for pivoting the lid at the second stage.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2005Date of Patent: June 26, 2007Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yasuhiro Sakakibara, Hiroto Ikuta, Naoki Omatsu, Shigeru Yabuya
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Publication number: 20070014122Abstract: An apparatus is provided that makes it possible to make following cars aware when a door is open and simultaneously illuminate a feet area, including, a lens that is attached at a door position that faces the feet area when a vehicle door is open, and a light guide member that is attached at a door position that faces following cars. One or more LEDs for the feet area are provided on the inner side of the lens, and one or more LEDs for the rear direction are provided that irradiate light on the light guide member.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2006Publication date: January 18, 2007Inventors: Koji Sakiyama, Hiroshi Iwata, Shigeru Yabuya, Takahiko Sato
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Patent number: 7004527Abstract: A console box of the present invention has a box main body, a pair of sidewalls, and an armrest. The box main body is located between the sidewalls, and the armrest is located above the box main body. Each sidewall has a guide groove extending in the moving direction of the vehicle. The armrest has a pair of engaging pins. Each engaging pin is engaged with and slides along one of the guide grooves. Thus, the armrest smoothly slides along the moving direction of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2005Date of Patent: February 28, 2006Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Niwa, Akira Yamauchi, Shigeru Yabuya, Etsuo Ozawa, Takahiko Sato, Hiroki Imamura, Yuji Shimizu
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Publication number: 20060012202Abstract: The storage box includes an opening/closing mechanism. At a first stage, sliding of a lid relative to a box main body partially opens an opening. At a second stage, pivoting of the lid relative to the box main body fully opens the opening. At a third stage, pivoting of the lid relative to the box main body partially closes the opening. At a fourth stage, sliding of the lid relative to the box main body fully closes the opening. The first elastic member exerts elastic force for sliding the lid at the fourth stage. The second elastic member exerts elastic force for pivoting the lid at the second stage.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2005Publication date: January 19, 2006Applicant: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuhiro Sakakibara, Hiroto Ikuta, Naoki Omatsu, Shigeru Yabuya
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Publication number: 20060010801Abstract: In a molded product, at least an opening end, forming a window frame of a window formed as a part of a molded subassembly, is fastened integrally to a skin of the molded subassembly. Alternatively, a decorative component part is disposed on an outer periphery of the window so that a parting line between the decorative component part and the skin is visible as being joined closely in a decorative surface of the completed molded product. Processes for manufacturing the same are disclosed as well.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2003Publication date: January 19, 2006Inventors: Minoru Shibata, Tatsuo Yamada, Katsuhiro Katagiri, Shigehiro Ueno, Akiyoshi Nagano, Kenji Sugiyama, Shigeru Yabuya, Kazumichi Shigeno, Naoshi Furukawa, Ryoichi Katayama
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Patent number: 6932402Abstract: A console box of the present invention has a box main body, a pair of sidewalls, and an armrest. The box main body is located between the sidewalls, and the armrest is located above the box main body. Each sidewall has a guide groove extending in the moving direction of the vehicle. The armrest has a pair of engaging pins. Each engaging pin is engaged with and slides along one of the guide grooves. Thus, the armrest smoothly slides along the moving direction of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2003Date of Patent: August 23, 2005Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Niwa, Akira Yamauchi, Shigeru Yabuya, Etsuo Ozawa, Takahiko Sato, Hiroki Imamura, Yuji Shimizu
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Publication number: 20050146150Abstract: A console box of the present invention has a box main body, a pair of sidewalls, and an armrest. The box main body is located between the sidewalls, and the armrest is located above the box main body. Each sidewall has a guide groove extending in the moving direction of the vehicle. The armrest has a pair of engaging pins. Each engaging pin is engaged with and slides along one of the guide grooves. Thus, the armrest smoothly slides along the moving direction of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2005Publication date: July 7, 2005Inventors: Kenji Niwa, Akira Yamauchi, Shigeru Yabuya, Etsuo Ozawa, Takahiko Sato, Hiroki Imamura, Yuji Shimizu
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Patent number: 6893338Abstract: An air-conditioning register includes: a register panel exhibited in a compartment and having an opening for flowing out conditioned air; a retainer provided so as to cave in the register panel and having an air passage communicating with the opening; a vertical fin unit including vertical fins received in the retainer and capable of adjusting a wind direction of the conditioned air horizontally; a horizontal fin unit including horizontal fins received in the retainer and capable of adjusting a wind direction of the conditioned air vertically; and an open/close damper received in the retainer and capable of opening/closing the air passage. The air-conditioning register further includes a common operation portion capable of operating the vertical fin unit, the horizontal fin unit and the open/close damper.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2003Date of Patent: May 17, 2005Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsuhiro Katagiri, Shigeru Yabuya, Minoru Shibata, Masanobu Muto
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Publication number: 20050098379Abstract: A noise absorbing structure for effectively absorbing noise in a wide frequency range includes a first noise absorbing portion that is hollow and includes one or more first holes. The structure further includes a second noise absorbing portion that is hollow and includes one or more second holes. The total area of the one or more first holes differs from the total area of the one or more second holes.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2004Publication date: May 12, 2005Inventors: Takahiko Sato, Yoshikazu Hirose, Akihito Yamada, Tomokazu Inoue, Akira Yamauchi, Shigeru Yabuya, Masaki Ishiduka
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Publication number: 20040080173Abstract: A console box of the present invention has a box main body, a pair of sidewalls, and an armrest. The box main body is located between the sidewalls, and the armrest is located above the box main body. Each sidewall has a guide groove extending in the moving direction of the vehicle. The armrest has a pair of engaging pins. Each engaging pin is engaged with and slides along one of the guide grooves. Thus, the armrest smoothly slides along the moving direction of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2003Publication date: April 29, 2004Inventors: Kenji Niwa, Akira Yamauchi, Shigeru Yabuya, Etsuo Ozawa, Takahiko Sato, Hiroki Imamura, Yuji Shimizu