Patents by Inventor Taichi Terada

Taichi Terada 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: 11173958
    Abstract: A crash box is configured to absorb an impact caused by a collision of a vehicle. The crash box includes a front end surface configured to receive the impact, a rear end surface configured to be attached to the vehicle; and a first wall surface and a second wall surface both extending from the rear end surface to the front end surface. The first wall surface and the second wall surface face each other. A length of the second wall surface from the front end surface to the rear end surface is longer than a length of the first wall surface from the front end surface to the rear end surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Nikkeikin Aluminium Core Technology Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Ishikawa, Taichi Terada
  • Publication number: 20200223486
    Abstract: A crash box is configured to absorb an impact caused by a collision of a vehicle. The crash box includes a front end surface configured to receive the impact, a rear end surface configured to be attached to the vehicle; and a first wall surface and a second wall surface both extending from the rear end surface to the front end surface. The first wall surface and the second wall surface face each other. A length of the second wall surface from the front end surface to the rear end surface is longer than a length of the first wall surface from the front end surface to the rear end surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NIKKEIKIN ALUMINIUM CORE TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke ISHIKAWA, Taichi TERADA
  • Patent number: 9751478
    Abstract: A bumper reinforcement composed of a hollow shape material includes: a rear wall; an upper wall; a lower wall; a front wall; a partition wall located between the rear wall and the front wall and extending from the upper wall to the lower wall; an upper support wall and a lower support wall located between the upper wall and the lower wall and extending from the rear wall to the partition wall; and an intermediate support wall located between the upper wall and the lower wall and extending from the front wall to the partition wall. An intersection of the partition wall with the upper support wall is located above an intersection of the partition wall with the intermediate support wall, and an intersection of the partition wall with the lower support wall is located below the intersection of the partition wall with the intermediate support wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignees: Nikkeiken Aluminum Core Technology Company, Ltd., Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Taichi Terada, Shigenori Saito, Shoji Mochizuki
  • Publication number: 20160121826
    Abstract: A bumper reinforcement composed of a hollow shape material includes: a rear wall; an upper wall; a lower wall; a front wall; a partition wall located between the rear wall and the front wall and extending from the upper wall to the lower wall; an upper support wall and a lower support wall located between the upper wall and the lower wall and extending from the rear wall to the partition wall; and an intermediate support wall located between the upper wall and the lower wall and extending from the front wall to the partition wall. An intersection of the partition wall with the upper support wall is located above an intersection of the partition wall with the intermediate support wall, and an intersection of the partition wall with the lower support wall is located below the intersection of the partition wall with the intermediate support wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Taichi TERADA, Shigenori SAITO, Shoji MOCHIZUKI
  • Patent number: 9238444
    Abstract: The present invention provides a bumper reinforcement made of a hollow material, including: a rear wall facing a vehicle body; an upper wall extending forward from a top of the rear wall; a lower wall extending forward from a bottom of the rear wall; a front wall supported only by the upper wall and the lower wall; an upper reinforcing wall extending from a middle in a height direction of the rear wall up to a middle in a front-rear direction of the upper wall; and a lower reinforcing wall extending from the middle in the height direction of the rear wall up to a middle in the front-rear direction of the lower wall, wherein: the front wall is located frontward of a virtual line passing through a foremost of the upper reinforcing wall and a foremost of the lower reinforcing wall in a cross section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignees: Nikkeikin aluminum Core Technology, Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Taichi Terada, Shigenori Saito, Shoji Mochizuki
  • Publication number: 20150084355
    Abstract: The present invention provides a bumper reinforcement made of a hollow material, including: a rear wall facing a vehicle body; an upper wall extending forward from a top of the rear wall; a lower wall extending forward from a bottom of the rear wall; a front wall supported only by the upper wall and the lower wall; an upper reinforcing wall extending from a middle in a height direction of the rear wall up to a middle in a front-rear direction of the upper wall; and a lower reinforcing wall extending from the middle in the height direction of the rear wall up to a middle in the front-rear direction of the lower wall, wherein: the front wall is located frontward of a virtual line passing through a foremost of the upper reinforcing wall and a foremost of the lower reinforcing wall in a cross section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Taichi Terada, Shigenori Saito, Shoji Mochizuki