Patents by Inventor Shintaro Kitakata
Shintaro Kitakata 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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Publication number: 20230170607Abstract: A vehicle skeleton structure including: a roof reinforcement that configures a part of a roof section of a vehicle body, the roof reinforcement extending in a vehicle width direction, the roof reinforcement having a closed cross-sectional shape when viewed from the vehicle width direction, the roof reinforcement being configured such that a communication device capable of at least one of sending or receiving of radio waves can be disposed at an inner side thereof, and a penetrating section being formed at a portion at a vehicle upper side of the roof reinforcement; and a lid member that closes off the penetrating section, the lid member being configured by a material capable of transmitting radio waves.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2022Publication date: June 1, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroyuki KUROKAWA, Shintaro KITAKATA, Koichiro UENO
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Patent number: 11014616Abstract: A holding structure for holding a mounted part on a floor panel includes: a floor panel that extends in a vehicle front-rear direction and in a vehicle width direction, the floor panel including an adhesion surface that is joined via an adhesive agent to a first portion of a body, and an anchoring portion that protrudes from a surface on an opposite side from the adhesion surface; a mounted part that is anchored to the anchoring portion; and a connecting component comprising a first portion that is fixed to the mounted part, and a second portion that is fixed to a second portion of the body.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2018Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shintaro Kitakata, Tsuyoshi Izuhara, Kentaro Nakamura
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Patent number: 10723393Abstract: A vehicle lower portion structure includes a resinous floor panel constituting a vehicle cabin floor surface, and a metallic reinforcing member. The reinforcing member is disposed to be bridged between vehicle skeleton members on a lower side of the floor panel and is configured to support a vehicle-mounted object disposed on the lower side of the floor panel.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2018Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tsuyoshi Izuhara, Shintaro Kitakata, Kentaro Nakamura
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Patent number: 10576920Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes a reinforcing material layer formed of a fiber reinforced resin and a vehicle skeleton member having a closed sectional structure formed of metal. The reinforcing material layer is bonded to a surface of the vehicle skeleton member having a recessed portion recessed toward an inside of the closed sectional structure. An adhesive is disposed at least between the recessed portion and the reinforcing material layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2018Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Shintaro Kitakata
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Patent number: 10399520Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes a reinforcing member formed of a fiber reinforced resin and having a plate shape or a sheet shape and a metallic vehicle framework member. The vehicle framework member includes a rear wall portion and a reinforcing portion, one end face of the reinforcing member in a thickness direction of the reinforcing member being bonded to the rear wall portion and the reinforcing portion being disposed on the rear wall portion and protruding along a vertical direction from the rear wall portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2017Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Shintaro Kitakata
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Publication number: 20190176903Abstract: A holding structure for holding a mounted part on a floor panel includes: a floor panel that extends in a vehicle front-rear direction and in a vehicle width direction, the floor panel including an adhesion surface that is joined via an adhesive agent to a first portion of a body, and an anchoring portion that protrudes from a surface on an opposite side from the adhesion surface; a mounted part that is anchored to the anchoring portion; and a connecting component comprising a first portion that is fixed to the mounted part, and a second portion that is fixed to a second portion of the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2018Publication date: June 13, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shintaro KITAKATA, Tsuyoshi Izuhara, Kentaro Nakamura
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Publication number: 20190071134Abstract: A vehicle lower portion structure includes a resinous floor panel constituting a vehicle cabin floor surface, and a metallic reinforcing member. The reinforcing member is disposed to be bridged between vehicle skeleton members on a lower side of the floor panel and is configured to support a vehicle-mounted object disposed on the lower side of the floor panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2018Publication date: March 7, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tsuyoshi IZUHARA, Shintaro KITAKATA, Kentaro NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20180257586Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes a reinforcing material layer formed of a fiber reinforced resin and a vehicle skeleton member having a closed sectional structure formed of metal. The reinforcing material layer is bonded to a surface of the vehicle skeleton member having a recessed portion recessed toward an inside of the closed sectional structure. An adhesive is disposed at least between the recessed portion and the reinforcing material layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2018Publication date: September 13, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Shintaro KITAKATA
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Publication number: 20180170294Abstract: An energy absorption structure includes a bumper RF and a crush box. The crush box includes a main body part and a coupling part. The coupling part includes an inner fastening part that is fastened to a bumper RF by an inner fastener, and an outer fastening part that is fastened to the bumper RF by an outer fastener at a position behind a position where the inner fastening part is fastened to the bumper RF outward from the center in a vehicle width direction of a vehicle. The outer fastening part includes a weakened part having a structure different from the inner fastening part such that the outer fastening part is easily crushed as compared to the inner fastening part when a load toward a side far from the center in the forward-rearward direction of the vehicle acts on the outer fastener.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2017Publication date: June 21, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki HASHIMOTO, Shintaro KITAKATA
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Publication number: 20180162302Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes a reinforcing member formed of a fiber reinforced resin and having a plate shape or a sheet shape and a metallic vehicle framework member. The vehicle framework member includes a rear wall portion and a reinforcing portion, one end face of the reinforcing member in a thickness direction of the reinforcing member being bonded to the rear wall portion and the reinforcing portion being disposed on the rear wall portion and protruding along a vertical direction from the rear wall portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2017Publication date: June 14, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Shintaro KITAKATA
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Patent number: 9932007Abstract: An energy absorbing structure of a vehicle of the present invention has: a bumper reinforcement positioned at a vehicle front end portion or a vehicle rear end portion, the bumper reinforcement extending in a vehicle transverse direction; and a crash box made of a fiber-reinforced resin, the crash box being disposed at a side opposite a side of input of collision load to the bumper reinforcement, and the crash box being structured to include a crash box main body having a closed cross-sectional structure. An upper portion and a lower portion of the crash box main body do not overlap the bumper reinforcement as seen from a vehicle longitudinal direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2017Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki Hashimoto, Shintaro Kitakata
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Patent number: 9932006Abstract: A vehicular energy absorption structure includes a hollow tubular energy absorption body made from a fiber reinforced resin, an opposing face (e.g., an attachment plate) that is provided facing an axial direction end portion of the energy absorption body, and against which the energy absorption body is crushed from the axial direction end portion during a vehicle collision, and a guide section (e.g., peripheral wall, ribs) that projects from the opposing face and that is disposed in an interior of the energy absorption body. The guide section includes an abutting section (e.g., abutting walls) that contacts a wall of the energy absorption body from the inner side of the wall during the vehicle collision, the abutting section being separated from the opposing face by an opening in the axial direction of the energy absorption body.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2016Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki Hashimoto, Toshihiro Goto, Shintaro Kitakata, Shigenori Hashida
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Patent number: 9919668Abstract: A vehicle energy absorption structure includes an energy absorption member made of fiber reinforced resin. At least part, in a thickness direction, of that wall extending in a load input direction of the energy absorption member is provided with a plurality of discontinuous portions discontinued from each other in the load input direction, the plurality of discontinuous portions being arranged along the load input direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2015Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shintaro Kitakata, Kouki Ikeda, Atsushi Mikuni
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Patent number: 9908492Abstract: A vehicle body framework structure includes an elongated hollow framework member and a reinforcement member disposed within the hollow framework member, the reinforcement member including a first contact portion that contacts a first internal face of an opposing pair of internal faces of the framework member, a second contact portion that contacts a second internal face of the opposing pair of internal faces, and a coupling portion that couples the first contact portion to the second contact portion. At least one slit is formed in at least the second contact portion and the coupling portion of the reinforcement member, the slit extending from an end portion on the second internal face side of the reinforcement member toward the first internal face side of the reinforcement member and having a depth that is greater than or equal to one fourth of a spacing between the pair of internal faces.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2016Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shigenori Hashida, Shintaro Kitakata
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Publication number: 20180015896Abstract: An energy absorbing structure of a vehicle of the present invention has: a bumper reinforcement positioned at a vehicle front end portion or a vehicle rear end portion, the bumper reinforcement extending in a vehicle transverse direction; and a crash box made of a fiber-reinforced resin, the crash box being disposed at a side opposite a side of input of collision load to the bumper reinforcement, and the crash box being structured to include a crash box main body having a closed cross-sectional structure. An upper portion and a lower portion of the crash box main body do not overlap the bumper reinforcement as seen from a vehicle longitudinal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2017Publication date: January 18, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki HASHIMOTO, Shintaro KITAKATA
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Patent number: 9855970Abstract: A front side member 16 is arranged in a front part of a vehicle body 14 on an Outer side in a vehicle width direction along a vehicle front-rear direction, and an apron upper member 32 is further arranged on the outer side in the vehicle width direction and an upper side thereof. A gusset 28 is attached to an outer side of a front end of the front side member 16 in a projected manner. Furthermore, a front end of the apron upper member 32 is connected to the gusset 28 via an apron brace 34. A rear section 34A of the apron brace 34 is provided with a first lateral flange section 60C and a second lateral flange section 60D toward the vehicle width direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2014Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shintaro Kitakata, Yasuyuki Hihara, Kenjiro Yamada
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Patent number: 9676416Abstract: A vehicle body front portion structure is equipped with a front side member that is disposed along a vehicle front and rear direction at a vehicle width direction outer side of a power unit disposed in a vehicle body front portion. A spacer is attached to an outside portion at the vehicle width direction outer side of the front side member. The spacer has a rear side attachment portion that is joined to the outside portion of the front side member, an outside front wall portion that is positioned at the vehicle front and rear direction front side and the vehicle width direction outer side of the rear side attachment portion, and a load transmitting rib that interconnects the outside front wall portion and the rear side attachment portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2014Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shintaro Kitakata, Takanobu Kaneko
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Publication number: 20170088075Abstract: A vehicular energy absorption structure includes a hollow tubular energy absorption body made from a fiber reinforced resin, an opposing face (e.g., an attachment plate) that is provided facing an axial direction end portion of the energy absorption body, and against which the energy absorption body is crushed from the axial direction end portion during a vehicle collision, and a guide section (e.g., peripheral wall, ribs) that projects from the opposing face and that is disposed in an interior of the energy absorption body. The guide section includes an abutting section (e.g., abutting walls) that contacts a wall of the energy absorption body from the inner side of the wall during the vehicle collision, the abutting section being separated from the opposing face by an opening in the axial direction of the energy absorption body.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki HASHIMOTO, Toshihiro GOTO, Shintaro KITAKATA, Shigenori HASHIDA
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Publication number: 20170080884Abstract: A vehicle energy absorption structure includes an energy absorption member made of fiber reinforced resin. At least part, in a thickness direction, of that wall extending in a load input direction of the energy absorption member is provided with a plurality of discontinuous portions discontinued from each other in the load input direction, the plurality of discontinuous portions being arranged along the load input direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2015Publication date: March 23, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shintaro KITAKATA, Kouki IKEDA, Atsushi MIKUNI
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Publication number: 20170072885Abstract: A vehicle body framework structure includes an elongated hollow framework member and a reinforcement member disposed within the hollow framework member, the reinforcement member including a first contact portion that contacts a first internal face of an opposing pair of internal faces of the framework member, a second contact portion that contacts a second internal face of the opposing pair of internal faces, and a coupling portion that couples the first contact portion to the second contact portion. At least one slit is formed in at least the second contact portion and the coupling portion of the reinforcement member, the slit extending from an end portion on the second internal face side of the reinforcement member toward the first internal face side of the reinforcement member and having a depth that is greater than or equal to one fourth of a spacing between the pair of internal faces.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shigenori HASHIDA, Shintaro KITAKATA