Patents by Inventor Sho Maeda
Sho Maeda 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: 11936828Abstract: An application distribution device includes one or more processors and one or more memory devices storing instructions.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2023Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi Watanabe, Jin Kamada, Hideaki Suzuki, Sho Sakuma, Tomoki Maeda
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Patent number: 9561825Abstract: This provides a vehicle body structure including: a lower panel made of resin, which has a lower wall that forms a lower portion of a floor portion, an outer front wall that is placed to extend from a vehicle body front end of the lower wall to an upper direction of a vehicle body, and an outer back wall that is placed to extend from a vehicle body backside end of the lower wall to the upper direction of the vehicle body; and an upper panel made of resin, which has upper walls that form an upper portion of the floor portion opposite to the lower wall, an inner front wall that is placed to extend from the vehicle body front ends of the upper walls to the upper direction of the vehicle body and joined to the outer front wall and consequently forms a closed cross-section shape that extends in a vehicle width direction while including both of left and right ends at an upper portion of the outer front wall, and an inner back wall that is placed to extend from the vehicle body backside ends of the upper walls and tType: GrantFiled: November 5, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Sho Maeda, Yoshitaka Sotoyama, Koki Ikeda
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Patent number: 9352787Abstract: Rocker portions and a tunnel portion that serve as frame portions extend along a vehicle longitudinal direction respectively at vehicle transverse direction both end portions of an upper floor and a vehicle transverse direction central portion of an upper floor. On the other hand, a dash panel or a back panel is provided erect respectively at a front end portion of a lower floor (22) and a rear end portion of a lower floor. Here, abutment portions are provided at front end portions of the rocker portions and the tunnel portion respectively, and planarly contact an inner surface of the dash panel. Further, abutment portions are provided at rear end portions of the rocker portions and the tunnel portion respectively, and planarly contact an inner surface of the back panel.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2011Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuyuki Hihara, Koki Ikeda, Sho Maeda, Yoshitaka Sotoyama
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Publication number: 20160121935Abstract: This provides a vehicle body structure including: a lower panel made of resin, which has a lower wall that forms a lower portion of a floor portion, an outer front wall that is placed to extend from a vehicle body front end of the lower wall to an upper direction of a vehicle body, and an outer back wall that is placed to extend from a vehicle body backside end of the lower wall to the upper direction of the vehicle body; and an upper panel made of resin, which has upper walls that form an upper portion of the floor portion opposite to the lower wall, an inner front wall that is placed to extend from the vehicle body front ends of the upper walls to the upper direction of the vehicle body and joined to the outer front wall and consequently forms a closed cross-section shape that extends in a vehicle width direction while including both of left and right ends at an upper portion of the outer front wall, and an inner back wall that is placed to extend from the vehicle body backside ends of the upper walls and tType: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2015Publication date: May 5, 2016Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Sho MAEDA, Yoshitaka SOTOYAMA, Koki IKEDA
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Patent number: 9205873Abstract: This provides a vehicle body structure including: a lower panel made of resin, which has a lower wall that forms a lower portion of a floor portion, an outer front wall that is placed to extend from a vehicle body front end of the lower wall to an upper direction of a vehicle body, and an outer back wall that is placed to extend from a vehicle body backside end of the lower wall to the upper direction of the vehicle body; and an upper panel made of resin, which has upper walls that form an upper portion of the floor portion opposite to the lower wall, an inner front wall that is placed to extend from the vehicle body front ends of the upper walls to the upper direction of the vehicle body and joined to the outer front wall and consequently forms a closed cross-section shape that extends in a vehicle width direction while including both of left and right ends at an upper portion of the outer front wall, and an inner back wall that is placed to extend from the vehicle body backside ends of the upper walls to thType: GrantFiled: March 1, 2012Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Sho Maeda, Yoshitaka Sotoyama, Koki Ikeda
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Publication number: 20150048652Abstract: This provides a vehicle body structure including: a lower panel made of resin, which has a lower wall that forms a lower portion of a floor portion, an outer front wall that is placed to extend from a vehicle body front end of the lower wall to an upper direction of a vehicle body, and an outer back wall that is placed to extend from a vehicle body backside end of the lower wall to the upper direction of the vehicle body; and an upper panel made of resin, which has upper walls that form an upper portion of the floor portion opposite to the lower wall, an inner front wall that is placed to extend from the vehicle body front ends of the upper walls to the upper direction of the vehicle body and joined to the outer front wall and consequently forms a closed cross-section shape that extends in a vehicle width direction while including both of left and right ends at an upper portion of the outer front wall, and an inner back wall that is placed to extend from the vehicle body backside ends of the upper walls to thType: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2012Publication date: February 19, 2015Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Sho Maeda, Yoshitaka Sotoyama, Koki Ikeda
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Publication number: 20140300141Abstract: Rocker portions and a tunnel portion that serve as frame portions extend along a vehicle longitudinal direction respectively at vehicle transverse direction both end portions of an upper floor and a vehicle transverse direction central portion of an upper floor. On the other hand, a dash panel or a back panel is provided erect respectively at a front end portion of a lower floor (22) and a rear end portion of a lower floor. Here, abutment portions are provided at front end portions of the rocker portions and the tunnel portion respectively, and planarly contact an inner surface of the dash panel. Further, abutment portions are provided at rear end portions of the rocker portions and the tunnel portion respectively, and planarly contact an inner surface of the back panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2011Publication date: October 9, 2014Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuyuki Hihara, Koki Ikeda, Sho Maeda, Yoshitaka Sotoyama
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Patent number: 8636093Abstract: To obtain a vehicle body lower portion structure that can efficiently absorb and disperse load of a front or rear collision including an offset collision or an oblique collision, and transmit the load to an underbody. A vehicle body lower portion structure has an underbody at which a dash lower portion and a lower back portion are provided to stand from both ends in a vehicle front-rear direction at a floor portion, a suspension member the length direction thereof is along a vehicle transverse direction and is joined to the underbody in a state of planarly-contacting a front surface of the dash lower portion, and a front EA member a length direction thereof is along the vehicle transverse direction and is joined to a front wall of the suspension member.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2010Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshitaka Sotoyama, Koki Ikeda, Shigeru Inamori, Kazuhiro Seki, Hiroaki Iwamoto, Masahiro Ono, Sho Maeda
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Publication number: 20130154308Abstract: To obtain a vehicle body lower portion structure that can efficiently absorb and disperse load of a front or rear collision including an offset collision or an oblique collision, and transmit the load to an underbody. A vehicle body lower portion structure has an underbody at which a dash lower portion and a lower back portion are provided to stand from both ends in a vehicle front-rear direction at a floor portion, a suspension member the length direction thereof is along a vehicle transverse direction and is joined to the underbody in a state of planarly-contacting a front surface of the dash lower portion, and a front EA member a length direction thereof is along the vehicle transverse direction and is joined to a front wall of the suspension member.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2010Publication date: June 20, 2013Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshitaka Sotoyama, Koki Ikeda, Shigeru Inamori, Kazuhiro Seki, Hiroaki Iwamoto, Masahiro Ono, Sho Maeda