Patents by Inventor Takayuki Soma

Takayuki Soma 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: 20240375716
    Abstract: A vehicle side structure includes: a pillar, provided on an outer side in a vehicle width direction, extending in a vehicle upper-lower direction, and formed in a hollow structure; a first stiffener, disposed inside the pillar and extending in the vehicle upper-lower direction; a second stiffener, disposed inside the pillar and on a lower side in the vehicle upper-lower direction, and having a length in the vehicle upper-lower direction shorter than that of the first stiffener; and a door hinge, bonded to a side surface of the pillar in the vehicle width direction. A lower end of the second stiffener in the vehicle upper-lower direction is bonded to the door hinge, and the second stiffener extends in the vehicle upper-lower direction to a position above the door hinge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitomi YAMADA, Takeshi ABE, Takayuki SOMA
  • Publication number: 20240375720
    Abstract: This vehicle body side structure includes a wheel house disposed at a side portion of a vehicle body to surround an upper outer circumference and a vehicle width direction inner side of a wheel, and a damper base fixed to an inner surface of an upper region of the wheel house to support an upper part of a damper of a suspension, in which an upwardly convex three-dimensional curved surface portion curved in all of a side view, a front-rear view, and a vertical view without an inflection point is provided in the upper region of the wheel house, and the damper base is fixed to an inner surface of the three-dimensional curved surface portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroyo Miyanaga, Koichi Takahashi, Naoyuki Saruwatari, Takayuki Soma, Masayasu Yoshida, Satoru Kawabe, Hisashi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11890919
    Abstract: A door beam structure for a vehicle side door includes a door beam having a hollow cross section, wherein the door beam includes: an outside portion forming a hollow flange of the door beam arranged to face a door skin, and an inside portion forming a hollow door beam body of the door beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Soma, Eiji Hirano, Yu Iemura, Hiroyuki Kumeno, Kozaburo Sakamaki, Masanori Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20230400324
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an identifying unit that identifies a place where a driver of a vehicle is under a duty of care; an obtaining unit that obtains travel information on the vehicle at the place identified by the identifying unit; and an accumulating unit—that accumulates the travel information on the vehicle, the travel information having been obtained by the obtaining unit; and an output control unit that outputs information related to fatigue in the driver, on the basis of the travel information on the vehicle, the travel information having been accumulated by the accumulating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Yasunori SUZUKI, Takayuki SOMA, Kazuo MURATA, Shota KASHIO
  • Patent number: 11628711
    Abstract: Aside door structure for a vehicle includes a door beam that has hollow sections which are open at two ends in a longitudinal direction, and a hinge reinforcement member including a bent plate body in a crank shape that is joined to one of a front end and a rear end of the door beam. The hinge reinforcement member forms the crank shape by integrally forming a middle portion that closes an opening in the one of the front end and the rear end of the door beam and is joined to a stepped vertical wall of an inner panel of a side door, an outer end portion that is joined to a stepped outer side wall of the inner panel and an outer wall of the door beam, and an inner end portion that is joined to an inner wall of the door beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Soma, Eiji Hirano, Yu Iemura
  • Publication number: 20230083306
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a vehicle side structure. The vehicle side structure is for being mounted near a door, and includes: an electric motor disposed inside the door to drive a door glass up and down; a fitting member, fitting the door and a vehicle body; and a connecting member, connecting the fitting member and the electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eiji HIRANO, Takayuki SOMA, Masahiro TANIGAWA, Takeshi ABE
  • Publication number: 20220314757
    Abstract: A door beam structure for a vehicle side door includes a door beam having a hollow cross section, wherein the door beam includes: an outside portion forming a hollow flange of the door beam arranged to face a door skin, and an inside portion forming a hollow door beam body of the door beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Takayuki Soma, Eiji Hirano, Yu Iemura, Hiroyuki Kumeno, Kozaburo Sakamaki, Masanori Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20220314754
    Abstract: Aside door structure for a vehicle includes a door beam that has hollow sections which are open at two ends in a longitudinal direction, and a hinge reinforcement member including a bent plate body in a crank shape that is joined to one of a front end and a rear end of the door beam. The hinge reinforcement member forms the crank shape by integrally forming a middle portion that closes an opening in the one of the front end and the rear end of the door beam and is joined to a stepped vertical wall of an inner panel of a side door, an outer end portion that is joined to a stepped outer side wall of the inner panel and an outer wall of the door beam, and an inner end portion that is joined to an inner wall of the door beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Takayuki SOMA, Eiji HIRANO, Yu IEMURA
  • Publication number: 20220289010
    Abstract: A door structure includes an outer panel and an inner panel. The inner panel is formed from a panel inner member located on an inner side of a vehicle interior and a panel outer member located on an outer side of the vehicle interior. A sealing member which comes into contact with an A pillar serving as a body side member and isolates the inner side of the vehicle interior from the outer side of the vehicle interior is attached to the panel inner member at an overlap portion serving as a junction between the panel outer member and the panel inner member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Eiji HIRANO, Takayuki SOMA, Masahiro TANIGAWA
  • Patent number: 11427066
    Abstract: A door structure includes an outer panel and an inner panel. The inner panel is formed from a panel inner member located on an inner side of a vehicle interior and a panel outer member located on an outer side of the vehicle interior. A sealing member which comes into contact with an A pillar serving as a body side member and isolates the inner side of the vehicle interior from the outer side of the vehicle interior is attached to the panel inner member at an overlap portion serving as a junction between the panel outer member and the panel inner member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Hirano, Takayuki Soma, Masahiro Tanigawa
  • Publication number: 20220266909
    Abstract: A door structure includes a safety device arranged on a surface of the door structure facing a pillar of a vehicle body, wherein the safety device includes: a case member having an opening which opens to the pillar; a slide pin configured to slide from an initial position to a protruded position, in a direction from the case member toward the pillar; and a stopper configured to fix the slide pin in the protruded position when the slide pin has slid to the protruded position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Eiji HIRANO, Takayuki SOMA, Masahiro TANIGAWA
  • Patent number: 11420502
    Abstract: A door structure includes a safety device arranged on a surface of the door structure facing a pillar of a vehicle body, wherein the safety device includes: a case member having an opening which opens to the pillar; a slide pin configured to slide from an initial position to a protruded position, in a direction from the case member toward the pillar; and a stopper configured to fix the slide pin in the protruded position when the slide pin has slid to the protruded position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Hirano, Takayuki Soma, Masahiro Tanigawa
  • Patent number: 11407291
    Abstract: A door structure includes an outer panel and an inner panel. A panel outer member of the inner panel includes a front longitudinal side portion extending in an upper-lower direction at a front end portion of the panel outer member, a rear longitudinal side portion extending in the upper-lower direction at a rear end portion of the panel outer member, a lower side portion that joins a lower end portion of the front longitudinal side portion to a lower end portion of the rear longitudinal side portion, connecting members that connect the front longitudinal side portion to the rear longitudinal side portion in a front-rear direction, and reinforcement members provided separately from the connecting members and joined to the connecting members in such a way as to extend in the front-rear direction along the connecting members and to form closed cross-sections in spaces with the connecting members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Hirano, Takayuki Soma, Masahiro Tanigawa
  • Patent number: 11021192
    Abstract: A underbody structure includes a tunnel brace (22) laid on a floor tunnel (18) of a vehicle. The tunnel brace (22) has a front convex section (71), a central groove section (72) and a rear convex section (73). The front convex section (71), the central groove section (72) and the rear convex section (73) are formed to have equal width dimensions with each other. The tunnel brace (22) is formed so as to have an M-shaped cross section by the front convex section (71), the central groove section (72) and the rear convex section (73). The tunnel brace (22) is formed such that the width dimension of the tunnel brace in the vehicle body forward/rearward direction has a maximum value at right and left end portions (22a, 22b) and has a minimum value at a central section (22c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takayuki Soma
  • Publication number: 20200242938
    Abstract: The determination device determines traveling risk before a mobile object actually turns left or right at an intersection. Specifically, the determination device acquires speed information associated with a moving speed of the mobile object, and acquires intersection information including a shape of the intersection. Next, the determination device predicts a traveling track of the mobile object traveling in the intersection based on the speed information and the intersection information. Then, the determination device determines the traveling risk based on the traveling track.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Yasunori SUZUKI, Takayuki SOMA, Kazuo MURATA, Yuya KAWAGISHI, Hiroshi KAWAMURA
  • Publication number: 20190329827
    Abstract: A underbody structure includes a tunnel brace (22) laid on a floor tunnel (18) of a vehicle. The tunnel brace (22) has a front convex section (71), a central groove section (72) and a rear convex section (73). The front convex section (71), the central groove section (72) and the rear convex section (73) are formed to have equal width dimensions with each other. The tunnel brace (22) is formed so as to have an M-shaped cross section by the front convex section (71), the central groove section (72) and the rear convex section (73). The tunnel brace (22) is formed such that the width dimension of the tunnel brace in the vehicle body forward/rearward direction has a maximum value at right and left end portions (22a, 22b) and has a minimum value at a central section (22c).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventor: Takayuki Soma