Patents by Inventor Shingo SHIMOAKA

Shingo SHIMOAKA 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: 20250329848
    Abstract: An electric vehicle battery case includes: a frame formed in a rectangular frame shape when viewed in a vehicle vertical direction, the frame configured to define a space inside; a cross member disposed inside the frame to divide the space; and a tray having a bathtub shape, the tray configured to house a battery, the tray disposed at least partially in the space of the frame. The frame includes a pair of first framework members extending in a vehicle front-rear direction, and a pair of second framework members extending in a vehicle width direction. The cross member includes a first auxiliary member connecting the first framework members, and a second auxiliary member connecting the second framework members. The first framework members and the second framework members are mechanically joined to each other. The first auxiliary member and the second auxiliary member are mechanically joined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: October 23, 2025
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.), TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideki ISHITOBI, Taiki YAMAKAWA, Shingo SHIMOAKA, Kouichi DAIGAKU
  • Patent number: 10486511
    Abstract: A door beam including an inner flange extending in a longitudinal direction, an outer flange extending in the longitudinal direction and facing the inner flange at a distance from the inner flange, and-a pair of webs connecting the inner flange and the outer flange. The inner flange has an end portion in the longitudinal direction which is made closer to an end portion of the outer flange such that the distance between the inner and outer flanges at the end portions is shorter than the distance at other portions of the inner and outer flanges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shingo Shimoaka, Narikazu Hashimoto, Tsunetake Tsuyoshi
  • Publication number: 20180236851
    Abstract: A door beam including an inner flange extending in a longitudinal direction, an outer flange extending in the longitudinal direction and facing the inner flange at a distance from the inner flange, and-a pair of webs connecting the inner flange and the outer flange. The inner flange has an end portion in the longitudinal direction which is made closer to an end portion of the outer flange such that the distance between the inner and outer flanges at the end portions is shorter than the distance at other portions of the inner and outer flanges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Shingo SHIMOAKA, Narikazu HASHIMOTO, Tsunetake TSUYOSHI
  • Patent number: 9399437
    Abstract: A bumper reinforcement is formed of a 7000 series aluminum alloy hollow extrusion and has crushed end portions. A portion of the end portions is heated to a temperature of 400° C. or more for reversion treatment, the heated portion is subjected to cold crushing, and then the whole bumper reinforcement is subjected to age hardening. Because of the age hardening, the heated portion has higher Vickers hardness than non-heated portions by Hv 10 or more. This compensates for a decrease in reaction force in a collision of an end portion resulting from a decrease in the section modulus of the crushed portion and thereby suppresses a decrease in energy absorption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Narikazu Hashimoto, Tsunetake Tsuyoshi, Shingo Shimoaka, Hiroyuki Kajiwara
  • Patent number: 9352710
    Abstract: An anti-collision component consisting of a metal hollow profile for automobiles includes a collision side flange, a body side flange, and a web connected to the flanges. The hollow profile has a longitudinal end at which a cross-sectional configuration is deformed by swaging to reduce a dimension between the flanges. The following relations are established: tW>TW RCI?(tW?TW) where tW is a wall thickness of the web at the end, TW is a wall thickness of the web at a portion where the cross-sectional configuration is not deformed, and RCI is an inside corner radius of a corner formed of the web and each flange at the portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignees: Kobe Steel, Ltd., DAIDO KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Ishitobi, Narikazu Hashimoto, Tsunetake Tsuyoshi, Shingo Shimoaka, Tomomichi Ohtani, Kenji Nakaya, Kei Chino
  • Publication number: 20160114747
    Abstract: An anti-collision component consisting of a metal hollow profile for automobiles includes a collision side flange, a body side flange, and a web connected to the flanges. The hollow profile has a longitudinal end at which a cross-sectional configuration is deformed by swaging to reduce a dimension between the flanges. The following relations are established: tW>TW RCI?(tW-TW) where tW is a wall thickness of the web at the end, TW is a wall thickness of the web at a portion where the cross-sectional configuration is not deformed, and RCI is an inside corner radius of a corner formed of the web and each flange at the portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.), DAIDO KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Ishitobi, Narikazu Hashimoto, Tsunetake Tsuyoshi, Shingo Shimoaka, Tomomichi Ohtani, Kenji Nakaya, Kei Chino
  • Publication number: 20150069772
    Abstract: A bumper reinforcement is formed of a 7000 series aluminum alloy hollow extrusion and has crushed end portions. A portion of the end portions is heated to a temperature of 400° C. or more for reversion treatment, the heated portion is subjected to cold crushing, and then the whole bumper reinforcement is subjected to age hardening. Because of the age hardening, the heated portion has higher Vickers hardness than non-heated portions by Hv 10 or more. This compensates for a decrease in reaction force in a collision of an end portion resulting from a decrease in the section modulus of the crushed portion and thereby suppresses a decrease in energy absorption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Narikazu HASHIMOTO, Tsunetake TSUYOSHI, Shingo SHIMOAKA, Hiroyuki KAJIWARA