Patents by Inventor Shinobu Sagawa

Shinobu Sagawa 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: 11400984
    Abstract: In a vehicle body side part structure, a front pillar has a pillar inner panel and a pillar outer panel. A side sill has a sill inner panel and a sill outer panel. A sidewall and a front wall of the pillar outer panel on an inner side in a vehicle width direction extend to a position at which the sidewall and the front wall overlap the side sill in an upward/downward direction. A defective section is provided on a front section of the sill outer panel. A reinforcement plate extending in a vehicle upward/downward direction is coupled to a rear region of an inner side surface of the pillar outer panel. A lower end of the reinforcement plate extends to a position at which the lower end overlaps the defective section in the upward/downward direction on a side behind the defective section. A lower edge portion of the sidewall of the pillar outer panel is joined to a sidewall of the sill outer panel on an outer side in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Ohnaka, Shinobu Sagawa, Ren Kirinashizawa, Masaru Sakairi
  • Patent number: 11390328
    Abstract: A vehicle body front part structure includes a front pillar and an upper member. The upper member includes: a side wall on an outside in a vehicle width direction; and an stiffener that is joined to an inner surface of the side wall, that has a rear end part facing a front surface of the front pillar, and that forms a closed cross-section extending substantially in a vehicle body front-to-rear direction together with the side wall. The side wall of the upper member includes: a pillar fixation part that is arranged in a rearward extension area extending in a vehicle body rearward direction further than the rear end part of the stiffener and that is fixed to a side wall on an outside in the vehicle width direction of the front pillar; and a bead shape part that convexly projects outward in the vehicle width direction and that extends to a vicinity of the pillar fixation part from a frontward position further than the rear end part of the stiffener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Ohnaka, Shinobu Sagawa, Tatsuya Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20210179184
    Abstract: In a vehicle body side part structure, a front pillar has a pillar inner panel and a pillar outer panel. A side sill has a sill inner panel and a sill outer panel. A sidewall and a front wall of the pillar outer panel on an inner side in a vehicle width direction extend to a position at which the sidewall and the front wall overlap the side sill in an upward/downward direction. A defective section is provided on a front section of the sill outer panel. A reinforcement plate extending in a vehicle upward/downward direction is coupled to a rear region of an inner side surface of the pillar outer panel. A lower end of the reinforcement plate extends to a position at which the lower end overlaps the defective section in the upward/downward direction on a side behind the defective section. A lower edge portion of the sidewall of the pillar outer panel is joined to a sidewall of the sill outer panel on an outer side in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Ryo Ohnaka, Shinobu Sagawa, Ren Kirinashizawa, Masaru Sakairi
  • Publication number: 20210179183
    Abstract: A vehicle body front part structure includes a front pillar and an upper member. The upper member includes: a side wall on an outside in a vehicle width direction; and an stiffener that is joined to an inner surface of the side wall, that has a rear end part facing a front surface of the front pillar, and that forms a closed cross-section extending substantially in a vehicle body front-to-rear direction together with the side wall. The side wall of the upper member includes: a pillar fixation part that is arranged in a rearward extension area extending in a vehicle body rearward direction further than the rear end part of the stiffener and that is fixed to a side wall on an outside in the vehicle width direction of the front pillar; and a bead shape part that convexly projects outward in the vehicle width direction and that extends to a vicinity of the pillar fixation part from a frontward position further than the rear end part of the stiffener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Ryo Ohnaka, Shinobu Sagawa, Tatsuya Suzuki