Patents by Inventor Takashi Tagaito

Takashi Tagaito 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).

  • Publication number: 20230339410
    Abstract: A support structure for supporting a flat inverter located between seats aligned along the vehicle width direction is provided. A bracket supports the inverter in a horizontal position above a floor tunnel of a floor between the seats in a passenger compartment such that it is spaced apart from the floor tunnel. The bracket has a pair of rear leg portions aligned along the vehicle width direction. Middle parts of the pair of rear leg portions are formed so as to be easily bent outward or inward in the vehicle width direction. When a load is applied to the bracket due to movement of the seats during a side impact on the vehicle, the pair of rear leg portions bend, and the horizontal position of the inverter is disrupted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masato KUNISADA, Takashi TAGAITO, Motoyuki TANAKA, Seiji HAYASHI, Kenta KAMIYA, Kohta KONDOH
  • Patent number: 10919470
    Abstract: A reinforcement component is disposed in an end portion of an Fr bumper R/F as viewed in a vehicle width direction, the end portion including an outer end of the Fr bumper R/F as viewed in the vehicle width direction. Additionally, an extension projects from an outer end of a front end of an Fr suspension member as viewed in the vehicle width direction further outward as viewed in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuya Yabe, Takashi Tagaito
  • Patent number: 10913416
    Abstract: A skeleton structure of a front part of a vehicle has a reinforcement member that has a higher rigidity than a bumper reinforcement and that is housed in an end, in a width direction of the vehicle, of the bumper reinforcement. With this structure, passing-through of the vehicle from a barrier during a small overlap collision is suppressed, and an amount of absorption of collision energy by the skeleton member can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sosuke Kurogi, Takashi Tagaito
  • Patent number: 10807645
    Abstract: A reinforcement member has a load-receiving portion and an inclined portion. At least a part of the load-receiving portion is placed in front of a Fr side member. An end, at an inner side in the width direction, of the inclined portion matches in the width direction of the vehicle with a ridgeline at an inner side, in the width direction of the vehicle, of the Fr side member, or is provided at an outer side, in the width direction of the vehicle, in relation to the ridgeline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takashi Tagaito
  • Publication number: 20190232904
    Abstract: A skeleton structure of a front part of a vehicle has a reinforcement member that has a higher rigidity than a bumper reinforcement and that is housed in an end, in a width direction of the vehicle, of the bumper reinforcement. With this structure, passing-through of the vehicle from a barrier during a small overlap collision is suppressed, and an amount of absorption of collision energy by the skeleton member can be increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sosuke KUROGI, Takashi TAGAITO
  • Publication number: 20190233014
    Abstract: A reinforcement member has a load-receiving portion and an inclined portion. At least a part of the load-receiving portion is placed in front of a Fr side member. An end, at an inner side in the width direction, of the inclined portion matches in the width direction of the vehicle with a ridgeline at an inner side, in the width direction of the vehicle, of the Fr side member, or is provided at an outer side, in the width direction of the vehicle, in relation to the ridgeline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takashi TAGAITO
  • Publication number: 20190225170
    Abstract: A reinforcement component is disposed in an end portion of an Fr bumper R/F as viewed in a vehicle width direction, the end portion including an outer end of the Fr bumper R/F as viewed in the vehicle width direction. Additionally, an extension projects from an outer end of a front end of an Fr suspension member as viewed in the vehicle width direction further outward as viewed in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuya YABE, Takashi TAGAITO
  • Patent number: 9211915
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicle front structure including: a power unit disposed at a front part side of the vehicle; a front side member disposed at an outer side of the power unit in a vehicle width direction the front side member extending along a vehicle front-rear direction; a protruding member provided on an outer wall of the front side member, the protruding member protruding to an outer side in the vehicle width direction relative the outer wall of the front side member; and an inclined wall formed in the protruding member, the inclined wall extending from an outer end portion of the protruding member in the vehicle width direction to an inner side in the vehicle width direction and a vehicle body rear side in the vehicle front-rear direction in a plain view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masatoshi Abe, Takashi Tagaito, Junki Niimoto
  • Publication number: 20150076862
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicle front structure including: a power unit disposed at a front part side of the vehicle; a front side member disposed at an outer side of the power unit in a vehicle width direction the front side member extending along a vehicle front-rear direction; a protruding member provided on an outer wall of the front side member, the protruding member protruding to an outer side in the vehicle width direction relative the outer wall of the front side member; and an inclined wall formed in the protruding member, the inclined wall extending from an outer end portion of the protruding member in the vehicle width direction to an inner side in the vehicle width direction and a vehicle body rear side in the vehicle front-rear direction in a plain view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masatoshi ABE, Takashi TAGAITO, Junki NIIMOTO
  • Patent number: 8562034
    Abstract: An opening-and-closing member drive control apparatus for a vehicle for driving the opening-and-closing member so as to be opened or closed by means of a driving force of a motor after an idling period or an idling section of the motor includes a moving speed detecting member, calculating means for calculating a moving speed changing value, a determining means for determining a sandwiching of an object on the basis of a relationship between the calculated moving speed changing value and a threshold value, a temperature estimating means for estimating a temperature of the motor on the basis of a rotational speed of the motor, detected in the idling period or the idling section, and correcting means for correcting the threshold value so that a determination sensitivity of the sandwiching of the object becomes greater when the estimated temperature of the motor is low than when the estimated temperature of the motor is high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koichi Hirota, Nobuyasu Bessho, Takashi Tagaito, Shinichiro Noda
  • Publication number: 20100242363
    Abstract: An opening-and-closing member drive control apparatus for a vehicle for driving the opening-and-closing member so as to be opened or closed by means of a driving force of a motor after an idling period or an idling section of the motor includes a moving speed detecting member, calculating means for calculating a moving speed changing value, a determining means for determining a sandwiching of an object on the basis of a relationship between the calculated moving speed changing value and a threshold value, a temperature estimating means for estimating a temperature of the motor on the basis of a rotational speed of the motor, detected in the idling period or the idling section, and correcting means for correcting the threshold value so that a determination sensitivity of the sandwiching of the object becomes greater when the estimated temperature of the motor is low than when the estimated temperature of the motor is high.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koichi HIROTA, Nobuyasu Bessho, Takashi Tagaito, Shinichiro Noda