Patents by Inventor Shinichirou Takemoto

Shinichirou Takemoto 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: 20240017690
    Abstract: A bumper reinforcement includes a main body made of metal, a reinforcing channel member, and a resin block. A mounting portion of a crash box is formed at a vicinity of each end of the main body. The reinforcing channel member includes a web, an upper flange and a lower flange that are placed on an outer panel, an upper panel and a lower panel of the main body at the mounting portion of the crash box, respectively. The reinforcing channel member is extended outward from the each end of the main body. The resin block is provided on an inner face of the reinforcing channel member. The resin block is contact with or joined to the outer panel and an inner panel of the main body at each end of the main body and extended from the each end to an outer edge of the reinforcing channel member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicants: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., RENAULT s.a.s.
    Inventors: Shinichirou TAKEMOTO, Shinya MIHARA
  • Patent number: 11745682
    Abstract: A vehicle bumper is provided integrally to include metal beam-extension portions on both right-and-left end sides of a metal bumper-beam portion. In this vehicle bumper, the bumper-beam portion and the beam-extension portion include a vertical wall portion, an upper wall portion and a lower wall portion, and a resin reinforcing rib is joined to inner surfaces of a void formed of each of the wall portions. In addition, in this vehicle bumper, an extension dimension of the upper wall portion and the lower wall portion of the beam-extension portion is larger than an extension dimension of the upper wall portion and the lower wall portion in the bumper-beam portion, the resin reinforcing rib in the beam-extension portion is joined to the vertical wall portion, the upper wall portion, and the lower wall portion of the beam-extension portion; and the stiffness of the bumper-beam portion is higher than the stiffness of the beam-extension portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichirou Takemoto, Shinya Mihara, Masaki Koyama
  • Publication number: 20230142321
    Abstract: A vehicle bumper is provided integrally to include metal beam-extension portions on both right-and-left end sides of a metal bumper-beam portion. In this vehicle bumper, the bumper-beam portion and the beam-extension portion include a vertical wall portion, an upper wall portion and a lower wall portion, and a resin reinforcing rib is joined to inner surfaces of a void formed of each of the wall portions. In addition, in this vehicle bumper, an extension dimension of the upper wall portion and the lower wall portion of the beam-extension portion is larger than an extension dimension of the upper wall portion and the lower wall portion in the bumper-beam portion, the resin reinforcing rib in the beam-extension portion is joined to the vertical wall portion, the upper wall portion, and the lower wall portion of the beam-extension portion; and the stiffness of the bumper-beam portion is higher than the stiffness of the beam-extension portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichirou TAKEMOTO, Shinya MIHARA, Masaki KOYAMA
  • Patent number: 11427261
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes a resin floor part provided with a flange portion bent toward an upper side or a lower side at an end in a vehicle width direction, and a metal side sill part joined to the flange portion of the floor part. The side sill part includes a rim portion, a peak portion, and intermediate portions that link the rim portion to the peak portion. The peak portion and the intermediate portions form a protruding portion projecting from the rim portion toward the floor part. The flange portion of the floor part is joined to the peak portion of the protruding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuro Naito, Toshikazu Torigaki, Shinichirou Takemoto, Katsumi Morohoshi
  • Publication number: 20210229756
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes a resin floor part provided with a flange portion bent toward an upper side or a lower side at an end in a vehicle width direction, and a metal side sill part joined to the flange portion of the floor part. The side sill part includes a rim portion, a peak portion, and intermediate portions that link the rim portion to the peak portion. The peak portion and the intermediate portions form a protruding portion projecting from the rim portion toward the floor part. The flange portion of the floor part is joined to the peak portion of the protruding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuro NAITO, Toshikazu TORIGAKI, Shinichirou TAKEMOTO, Katsumi MOROHOSHI
  • Patent number: 10724683
    Abstract: A high-pressure tank includes a container main body (10) constituted of a body (11) and dome portions (12) disposed on both ends of the body, and a reinforcing layer (20) formed such that a fiber member is wound around an outer periphery of the container main body. The reinforcing layer includes a hoop winding layer (40) formed by hoop winding that winds the fiber member such that a winding angle is approximately perpendicular to a central axis of the body, and a high helical winding layer (30) formed by high helical winding that winds the fiber member such that a winding angle is inclined with respect to the central axis compared with the hoop winding, and the high helical winding layer extends to the dome portion. The high helical winding layer includes a thick portion having a thickness at an outer side part of a boundary position between the body and the dome portion, which thickness is thicker than a thickness at a part positioned on the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shinichirou Takemoto
  • Patent number: 10429009
    Abstract: In a high pressure gas container with a container body having a fusible plug valve and a boss portion arranged at a position different from the fusible plug valve, each of the fusible plug valve and the boss portion has a higher heat conductivity than the container body, the fusible plug valve and the boss portion are connected by a heat conductor and the heat conductor is accommodated in the container body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shinichirou Takemoto
  • Publication number: 20180073683
    Abstract: In a high pressure gas container with a container body having a fusible plug valve and a boss portion arranged at a position different from the fusible plug valve, each of the fusible plug valve and the boss portion has a higher heat conductivity than the container body, the fusible plug valve and the boss portion are connected by a heat conductor and the heat conductor is accommodated in the container body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shinichirou TAKEMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170219165
    Abstract: A high-pressure tank includes a container main body (10) constituted of a body (11) and dome portions (12) disposed on both ends of the body, and a reinforcing layer (20) formed such that a fiber member is wound around an outer periphery of the container main body. The reinforcing layer includes a hoop winding layer (40) formed by hoop winding that winds the fiber member such that a winding angle is approximately perpendicular to a central axis of the body, and a high helical winding layer (30) formed by high helical winding that winds the fiber member such that a winding angle is inclined with respect to the central axis compared with the hoop winding, and the high helical winding layer extends to the dome portion. The high helical winding layer includes a thick portion having a thickness at an outer side part of a boundary position between the body and the dome portion, which thickness is thicker than a thickness at a part positioned on the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shinichirou TAKEMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170207469
    Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a compressor configured to supply cathode gas to a fuel cell, and a driving device including at least a drive motor and a driving body using a power source other than the drive motor and configured to drive the compressor, and an energy source of the fuel cell system is used as the power source of the driving body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youhei KANEKO, Shinichirou TAKEMOTO
  • Patent number: 9379401
    Abstract: A fuel cell system has a fuel cell for generating electricity by reacting a fuel gas with an oxidant gas and an exhaust flow passage for exhausting the fuel exhaust gas exhausted from a fuel electrode 16 of the fuel cell to the outside. The fuel cell system is equipped with a movable filter device disposed in the exhaust flow passage, so that by activating the movable filter device, water and foreign particles adhering to the filter are quickly scattered by rotational centrifugal force and vibration, thereby preventing the exhaust flow passage from being blocked by the clogging by water freeze and foreign particles and also reducing startup time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignees: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., SAGINOMIYA SEISAKUSHO, INC.
    Inventors: Shinichirou Takemoto, Kazuhiko Osawa, Ichiro Okawara, Shinichi Kitano, Michio Omata
  • Patent number: 8876929
    Abstract: A filter device disposed in a moist fluid passage of the fuel cell system includes a fluid introducing path which introduces a fluid that flows in the moist fluid passage, a filter to permeate the fluid introduced from the fluid introducing path and remove foreign matter in the fluid, a fluid discharge path which discharges a fluid that passed the filter, and a rotating driving mechanism, connected with the filter, that rotates the filter so that substances that adheres to the filter are removed by the centrifugal force. In the filter device, water does not adhere to and does not remain in the filter. When leaving the system under the low temperature after the system stops, blockage by freezing the filter can surely be prevented. The complex control and the heat source such as a heater for defrost is unnecessary. Thus, a cheap and compact filter device can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Saginomiya Seisakusho, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Osawa, Ichiro Okawara, Shinichi Kitano, Michio Omata, Shinichirou Takemoto
  • Publication number: 20140069066
    Abstract: A filter device disposed in a moist fluid passage of the fuel cell system includes a fluid introducing path which introduces a fluid that flows in the moist fluid passage, a filter to permeate the fluid introduced from the fluid introducing path and remove foreign matter in the fluid, a fluid discharge path which discharges a fluid that passed the filter, and a rotating driving mechanism, connected with the filter, that rotates the filter so that substances that adheres to the filter are removed by the centrifugal force. In the filter device, water does not adhere to and does not remain in the filter. When leaving the system under the low temperature after the system stops, blockage by freezing the filter can surely be prevented. The complex control and the heat source such as a heater for defrost is unnecessary. Thus, a cheap and compact filter device can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Saginomiya Seisakusho, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Osawa, Ichiro Okawara, Shinichi Kitano, Michio Omata, Shinichirou Takemoto
  • Publication number: 20130004868
    Abstract: A fuel cell system has a fuel cell for generating electricity by reacting a fuel gas with an oxidant gas and an exhaust flow passage for exhausting the fuel exhaust gas exhausted from a fuel electrode 16 of the fuel cell to the outside. The fuel cell system is equipped with a movable filter device disposed in the exhaust flow passage, so that by activating the movable filter device, water and foreign particles adhering to the filter are quickly scattered by rotational centrifugal force and vibration, thereby preventing the exhaust flow passage from being blocked by the clogging by water freeze and foreign particles and also reducing startup time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicants: SAGINOMIYA SEISAKUSHO, INC., NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichirou Takemoto, Kazuhiko Osawa, Ichiro Okawara, Shinichi Kitano, Michio Omata
  • Publication number: 20120285131
    Abstract: A filter device disposed in a moist fluid passage of the fuel cell system includes a fluid introducing path which introduces a fluid that flows in the moist fluid passage, a filter to permeate the fluid introduced from the fluid introducing path and remove foreign matter in the fluid, a fluid discharge path which discharges a fluid that passed the filter, and a rotating driving mechanism, connected with the filter, that rotates the filter so that substances that adheres to the filter are removed by the centrifugal force. In the filter device, water does not adhere to and does not remain in the filter. When leaving the system under the low temperature after the system stops, blockage by freezing the filter can surely be prevented. The complex control and the heat source such as a heater for defrost is unnecessary. Thus, a cheap and compact filter device can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicants: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., KABUSHIKI KAISHA SAGINOMIYA SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Osawa, Ichiro Okawara, Shinichi Kitano, Michio Omata, Shinichirou Takemoto