Patents by Inventor Takanori OTSURA

Takanori OTSURA 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: 11407306
    Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle includes a fuel tank module that accommodates a fuel gas, and a rail arranged along a vehicle-width direction of the fuel cell vehicle in a floor part of the fuel cell vehicle, in which the fuel tank module includes a casing that accommodates a fuel tank accommodating the fuel gas, a block unit arranged in a bottom surface of the casing and configured to be attachable to and detachable from the rail and movable along the rail, and a fixation unit that can fix the block unit to the rail and release fixation of the block unit to the rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takanori Otsura, Hiroya Nakaji, Kazuhiro Higashiyama, Atsushi Fujimatsu, Koki Matsuno, Tsutomu Kumazaki, Itaru Kuwahara
  • Publication number: 20210252971
    Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle includes a fuel tank module that accommodates a fuel gas, and a rail arranged along a vehicle-width direction of the fuel cell vehicle in a floor part of the fuel cell vehicle, in which the fuel tank module includes a casing that accommodates a fuel tank accommodating the fuel gas, a block unit arranged in a bottom surface of the casing and configured to be attachable to and detachable from the rail and movable along the rail, and a fixation unit that can fix the block unit to the rail and release fixation of the block unit to the rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Takanori OTSURA, Hiroya NAKAJI, Kazuhiro HIGASHIYAMA, Atsushi FUJIMATSU, Koki MATSUNO, Tsutomu KUMAZAKI, Itaru KUWAHARA
  • Patent number: 10926628
    Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle mounted with a fuel gas tank in an underfloor of the vehicle. The fuel cell vehicle includes: a floor that has a projecting portion projecting upward in a height direction of the vehicle and extending along a front and rear direction of the vehicle; a fuel gas tank arranged under the projecting portion in the height direction of the vehicle and fixed to the floor; and an undercover arranged under the fuel gas tank in the height direction of the vehicle. The undercover has a fixation protruded portion that projects upward in the height direction of the vehicle in a side of the fuel gas tank in a width direction of the vehicle, and being fixed to the floor by the fixation protruded portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takanori Otsura, Shigeaki Murata
  • Patent number: 10355293
    Abstract: There is provided a fuel cell vehicle equipped with a fuel cell. The fuel cell vehicle comprises a fuel gas supply piping located in floor of the fuel cell vehicle and configured to supply a fuel gas to the fuel cell; an exhaust drainage piping located under the floor and configured to discharge an exhaust gas and water from the fuel cell; a muffler located below the fuel gas supply piping in a direction of gravity and connected with the exhaust drainage piping; and an undercover located below the muffler and provided to cover the floor, the undercover having a gap along a front-rear direction of the fuel cell vehicle formed between a front wheel of the fuel cell vehicle. The muffler is placed on any straight line that passes through the fuel gas supply pipe and that connects any point of a contact area in which the front wheel is in contact with ground surface with the gap in a view of a left-right direction of the fuel cell vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigeaki Murata, Takanori Otsura
  • Patent number: 10181616
    Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle includes a fuel cell stack, a tank, a discharge flow path discharging a fluid discharged from the fuel cell stack, a muffler attached to the discharge flow paths, and a vehicle member defining a first chamber and a second chamber, the first chamber accommodating the fuel cell stack and the second chamber being disposed behind the first chamber and accommodating the tank and the muffler. The second chamber is also provided with a front portion and a rear portion continuous with the front portion, the rear portion being shorter than the front portion in average length in a vehicle width direction. The muffler is disposed between the tank and one of a pair of side wall portions defining side walls of the front portion in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigeaki Murata, Takanori Otsura, Yasuhiko Ohashi
  • Publication number: 20180366746
    Abstract: There is provided a fuel cell vehicle equipped with a fuel cell. The fuel cell vehicle comprises a fuel gas supply piping located in floor of the fuel cell vehicle and configured to supply a fuel gas to the fuel cell; an exhaust drainage piping located under the floor and configured to discharge an exhaust gas and water from the fuel cell; a muffler located below the fuel gas supply piping in a direction of gravity and connected with the exhaust drainage piping; and an undercover located below the muffler and provided to cover the floor, the undercover having a gap along a front-rear direction of the fuel cell vehicle formed between a front wheel of the fuel cell vehicle. The muffler is placed on any straight line that passes through the fuel gas supply pipe and that connects any point of a contact area in which the front wheel is in contact with ground surface with the gap in a view of a left-right direction of the fuel cell vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Shigeaki MURATA, Takanori OTSURA
  • Publication number: 20180354558
    Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle comprises a fuel cell module, a discharge port through which exhaust gas including water produced in the fuel cell module is discharged, the discharge port being disposed on an under floor and between a front wheel axle and a rear wheel axle of the fuel cell vehicle, and a guiding section capable of guiding the exhaust gas to flow toward a rearward side beyond the rear wheel axle while the fuel cell vehicle is in a non-running state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Takanori OTSURA, Shigeaki MURATA, Keitaro YAMAMORI
  • Publication number: 20180272863
    Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle mounted with a fuel gas tank in an underfloor of the vehicle. The fuel cell vehicle includes: a floor that has a projecting portion projecting upward in a height direction of the vehicle and extending along a front and rear direction of the vehicle; a fuel gas tank arranged under the projecting portion in the height direction of the vehicle and fixed to the floor; and an undercover arranged under the fuel gas tank in the height direction of the vehicle. The undercover has a fixation protruded portion that projects upward in the height direction of the vehicle in a side of the fuel gas tank in a width direction of the vehicle, and being fixed to the floor by the fixation protruded portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Takanori OTSURA, Shigeaki MURATA
  • Publication number: 20180205106
    Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle includes a fuel cell stack, a tank, a discharge flow path discharging a fluid discharged from the fuel cell stack, a muffler attached to the discharge flow paths, and a vehicle member defining a first chamber and a second chamber, the first chamber accommodating the fuel cell stack and the second chamber being disposed behind the first chamber and accommodating the tank and the muffler. The second chamber is also provided with a front portion and a rear portion continuous with the front portion, the rear portion being shorter than the front portion in average length in a vehicle width direction. The muffler is disposed between the tank and one of a pair of side wall portions defining side walls of the front portion in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigeaki MURATA, Takanori OTSURA, Yasuhiko OHASHI
  • Publication number: 20180119588
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a fuel cell, and an exhaust-drain pipe configured to temporarily accumulate water and exhaust gas discharged from the fuel cell. The exhaust-drain pipe includes a drain port provided on a bottom face portion of the exhaust-drain pipe and configured to discharge water accumulated in the exhaust-drain pipe to outside the vehicle, and a division plate provided on the bottom face portion of the exhaust-drain pipe so as to extend in a direction perpendicular to the vehicle front-rear direction, and the drain port are placed on a vehicle front side relative to the division plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takanori OTSURA, Shigeaki MURATA, Masahiro KATAYAMA