Patents by Inventor Takeshi Kawachi
Takeshi Kawachi 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: 11912341Abstract: In an automobile hood, sufficient panel rigidity and dent resistance are secured while achieving weight reduction. Automobile hood 1 has a panel 2, a reinforcing member 3, and a joint 4 that joins the panel 2 and the reinforcing member 3. The reinforcing member 3 includes a structure formed from a plurality of units 7 having a hexagonal annular shape disposed in a close-packed arrangement. Unit 7 has a floor 11, inclined wall 12 and top plate 13. The floor 11 is adjacent to the panel 2. Top plate 13 and panel 2 are separated from each other. The inclined wall 12 is arranged between the floor 11 and the top plate 13. A hexagonal annular first ridge line 31 of the unit 7 is located between the inclined wall 12 and the floor 11. A length L1 of one side of the first ridge line 31 is 40-75 mm.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Tohru Yoshida, Koichi Hamada, Takeshi Kawachi, Atsuo Koga, Takuya Oishi
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Patent number: 11884332Abstract: In an automobile hood, sufficient panel rigidity and dent resistance of a panel are secured while achieving weight reduction. An automobile hood having panel, reinforcing member and joint that joins the panel and the reinforcing member such that the reinforcing member includes a structure formed from a plurality of units having hexagonal annular shape disposed in a close-packed arrangement. Floor of the unit has an annular end part. All of annular end part is located between first circle and second circle wherein first circle is inscribed within a first ridge line overlapping with an outer end part of the floor. Second circle is concentric with first circle and has a radius that is 60% of a radius of the first circle. Width of upper face of floor is 2 mm or more over the entire area of the annular end part in the circumferential direction of the annular end part.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2019Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Tohru Yoshida, Koichi Hamada, Takeshi Kawachi, Atsuo Koga, Takuya Oishi
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Publication number: 20230399729Abstract: As a burring processed member able to suppress the formation of fatigue cracks in a burring part, one having a structure satisfying the following relations (1) to (3) is disclosed: 3?Ra?100 . . . (1), 3.0<h . . . (2), 24+r?[TS/(40+0.28×Ra)]<h . . . (3), where, “Ra” is an arithmetic mean roughness (?m) of the burring end face, “h” is a height (mm) from the first surface to the burring end face, “r” is a radius of curvature (mm) of the curved wall part, and “TS” is the tensile strength (MPa) of the sheet-shaped part.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2021Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Kohei NAKADA, Ryo TABATA, Takeshi KAWACHI, Takeshi TOYODA
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Patent number: 11787478Abstract: In an automobile inner panel and an automobile panel that includes the automobile inner panel, panel rigidity of the panel is secured while achieving a weight reduction. An automobile inner panel 2 has a plurality of sub-units 10 that each include a flange 11, an inclined wall 12 continuous with the flange 11, and a bottom portion 13 continuous with inclined wall 12 and separated from the flange 11. The bottom portions 13 and 13 of the sub-units 10 and 10 which are adjacent to each other are butted against each other and are directly continuous with each other. A maximum value of a distance D1 between two of the flanges 11 and 11 of two of the sub-units 10 and 10 in which the bottom portions 13 are arranged separated from each other and which are adjacent to each other is 250 mm or less.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2019Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Ryuichi Nishimura, Koichi Hamada, Atsuo Koga, Takeshi Kawachi, Yasunori Sawa, Tohru Yoshida
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Patent number: 11413919Abstract: A structural member includes a top sheet portion which has a first edge portion and a second edge portion facing the first edge portion, a wall portion which extends from the second edge portion in a direction intersecting the top sheet portion, and a closed cross-sectional portion which is provided in the first edge portion, in which the first edge portion is curved toward an inside of the top sheet portion in a plan view with respect to the top sheet portion, and when a distance from the first edge portion to the second edge portion of the structural member is referred to as a structural member width, the closed cross-sectional portion forms a closed cross section on a vertical cut plane of the structural member along a direction of the structural member width, the vertical cut plane of the structural member along the direction of the structural member width has an open cross section, and a shape of the vertical cut plane of the structural member including the closed cross-sectional portion is asymmetric wiType: GrantFiled: November 27, 2018Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuhiro Ito, Yoshiaki Nakazawa, Takeshi Kawachi
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Publication number: 20220177048Abstract: This invention provides a joining structure including a structure joining two flanges together, with which adequate anti-noise performance and anti-vibration performance can be secured even when the sheet thickness is thin. A joining structure includes a first flange, a second flange, a joint portion formed by joining the first flange and the second flange in a state in which at least one of the flanges is collapsed to the side of the other of the flanges, and a contact portion where the first flange and second flange slidably contact at a position separated from the joint portion. A gap is formed between the first flange and the second flange by the first flange, the second flange being separated a position between the joint portion and the contact portion. Energy of vibrations and noise is attenuated by the sliding of a first contact portion and a second contact portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2020Publication date: June 9, 2022Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventor: Takeshi KAWACHI
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Publication number: 20220153349Abstract: This lower vehicle body structure includes: suspension components; a cross member including a pair of part cross members connected to the suspension components, and a reinforcing part coaxially connected between the pair of part cross members; a plurality of body mounts; and a plurality of connection members directly connecting each of the plurality of body mounts and the reinforcing part. A minimum sheet thickness of the reinforcing part at connection positions with respect to the pair of part cross members is 1.6 times or more an average sheet thickness at connection ends of the pair of part cross members with respect to the reinforcing part.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2020Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Naoki KIMOTO, Takeshi KAWACHI
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Publication number: 20220126926Abstract: In an automobile inner panel and an automobile panel that includes the automobile inner panel, panel rigidity of the panel is secured while achieving a weight reduction. An automobile inner panel 2 has a plurality of sub-units 10 that each include a flange 11, an inclined wall 12 continuous with the flange 11, and a bottom portion 13 continuous with inclined wall 12 and separated from the flange 11. The bottom portions 13 and 13 of the sub-units 10 and 10 which are adjacent to each other are butted against each other and are directly continuous with each other. A maximum value of a distance D1 between two of the flanges 11 and 11 of two of the sub-units 10 and 10 in which the bottom portions 13 are arranged separated from each other and which are adjacent to each other is 250 mm or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2019Publication date: April 28, 2022Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Ryuichi NISHIMURA, Koichi HAMADA, Atsuo KOGA, Takeshi KAWACHI, Yasunori SAWA, Tohru YOSHIDA
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Publication number: 20220097773Abstract: In an automobile hood, sufficient panel rigidity and dent resistance are secured while achieving weight reduction. Automobile hood 1 has a panel 2, a reinforcing member 3, and a joint 4 that joins the panel 2 and the reinforcing member 3. The reinforcing member 3 includes a structure formed from a plurality of units 7 having a hexagonal annular shape disposed in a close-packed arrangement. Unit 7 has a floor 11, inclined wall 12 and top plate 13. The floor 11 is adjacent to the panel 2. Top plate 13 and panel 2 are separated from each other. The inclined wall 12 is arranged between the floor 11 and the top plate 13. A hexagonal annular first ridge line 31 of the unit 7 is located between the inclined wall 12 and the floor 11. A length L1 of one side of the first ridge line 31 is 40-75 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2019Publication date: March 31, 2022Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Tohru YOSHIDA, Koichi HAMADA, Takeshi KAWACHI, Atsuo KOGA, Takuya OISHI
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Publication number: 20220097774Abstract: In an automobile hood, sufficient panel rigidity and dent resistance of a panel are secured while achieving weight reduction. An automobile hood having panel, reinforcing member and joint that joins the panel and the reinforcing member such that the reinforcing member includes a structure formed from a plurality of units having hexagonal annular shape disposed in a close-packed arrangement. Floor of the unit has an annular end part. All of annular end part is located between first circle and second circle wherein first circle is inscribed within a first ridge line overlapping with an outer end part of the floor. Second circle is concentric with first circle and has a radius that is 60% of a radius of the first circle. Width of upper face of floor is 2 mm or more over the entire area of the annular end part in the circumferential direction of the annular end part.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2019Publication date: March 31, 2022Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Tohru YOSHIDA, Koichi HAMADA, Takeshi KAWACHI, Atsuo KOGA, Takuya OISHI
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Publication number: 20210001675Abstract: A structural member includes a top sheet portion which has a first edge portion and a second edge portion facing the first edge portion, a wall portion which extends from the second edge portion in a direction intersecting the top sheet portion, and a closed cross-sectional portion which is provided in the first edge portion, in which the first edge portion is curved toward an inside of the top sheet portion in a plan view with respect to the top sheet portion, and when a distance from the first edge portion to the second edge portion of the structural member is referred to as a structural member width, the closed cross-sectional portion forms a closed cross section on a vertical cut plane of the structural member along a direction of the structural member width, the vertical cut plane of the structural member along the direction of the structural member width has an open cross section, and a shape of the vertical cut plane of the structural member including the closed cross-sectional portion is asymmetric wiType: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2018Publication date: January 7, 2021Applicant: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuhiro ITO, Yoshiaki NAKAZAWA, Takeshi KAWACHI
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Patent number: 10682902Abstract: The panel-like formed product includes a polygonal top board, two or more vertical walls, and a flange. The vertical walls extend from two or more sides of the top board, and include at least two adjacent vertical walls extending from at least two adjacent sides of the top board. The top board includes a frame portion, and a concave portion which is located at an inner side of the frame portion. The two or more adjacent vertical walls include a first vertical wall section, a stair, and a second vertical wall section. The stair connects to a lower end of the first vertical wall section. The second vertical wall section connects to an outer edge of the stair. The flange connects to a lower end of the second vertical wall section.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2017Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichiro Otsuka, Yoshiaki Nakazawa, Takeshi Kawachi, Yoshiyuki Kaseda
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Patent number: 10598565Abstract: A deformation mode analysis method for a member of a structure is a method of analyzing a deformation mode of each member by performing structural analysis or a structural test on a structure including a single member or a plurality of members. In this method, the deformation mode of the structure is analyzed by separating the structure into a plurality of regions and calculating deformations for every separated region.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2015Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Nobutaka Shimizu, Takeshi Kawachi
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Patent number: 10538275Abstract: The present invention has as its object the provision of a T-shaped joint structure sufficiently securing a mounting region for another member and securing rigidity of a joint part. A first member and a second member joined with the first member and extending in a direction vertical to the longitudinal direction of the first member are provided. In a side view of first member in the longitudinal direction, the part of the first member joined with the second member, that is, a first member side joining element, is slanted from the first member toward the second member so that the first member becomes tapered. The part of the second member joined with the first member, that is, a second member side joining element, is slanted from the first member toward the second member in the same direction as the first member side joining element. The first member side joining element and second member side joining element are smoothly joined to form a joined part.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2015Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Kawachi, Yoshiaki Nakazawa, Masahito Tasaka
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Patent number: 10518596Abstract: A joint provided with a base part 12, a pair of side parts 14, 14 extending from the two end parts of the base part 12 in the first direction D1 to the same side in the second direction D2 vertical to the first direction D1, the pair of side parts 14, 14 being formed with fastening holes 14H at the center in a third direction D3 vertical to both the first direction D1 and second direction D2, and a closed part 16 formed between the pair of side parts 14, 14 as an extended region of the base part 12 and pair of side parts 14, 14 at least at one end in the third direction D3.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2015Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Takahiro Aitoh, Takeshi Kawachi
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Patent number: 10509867Abstract: A structure design support device includes: an evaluation point information acquisition unit which acquires evaluation point information representing a position in a first state and a position in a second state, of an evaluation point provided in a structure which is configured of a plurality of parts, and a part to which the evaluation point belongs, among the plurality of parts; and an evaluation value calculation unit which calculates an evaluation value representing the magnitude of a change between the first state and the second state, of a positional relationship between a first evaluation point belonging to a first part and a second evaluation point belonging to a second part different from the first part to which the first evaluation point belongs, by using the evaluation point information acquired in the evaluation point information acquisition unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2015Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke Tsunemi, Takeshi Kawachi, Atsushi Yamazaki
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Patent number: 10196091Abstract: This automobile member has a closed cross section including joint portions in which edge portions of two side walls of an inner panel are joined with edge portions of two side walls of an outer panel, in which in a first region, a first region outer height ho1 and a first region inner height hi1 have a constant value and the difference between the first region outer height ho1 and the first region inner height hi1 is smaller than the difference between a second region outer height ho2 and a second region inner height hi2; in a second region, the second region outer height ho2 has a value which is larger than the second region inner height hi2 and constant, or the second region outer height ho2 has a value which is smaller than the second region inner height hi2 and constant; in a first transition region, a first transition region outer height ho1˜2 is continuously varied between the first region outer height ho1 and the second region outer height ho2, and a first transition region inner height hi1˜2 is continType: GrantFiled: September 3, 2015Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichiro Otsuka, Yoshiaki Nakazawa, Ryuichi Nishimura, Yasunori Sawa, Atsushi Ono, Takeshi Kawachi
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Publication number: 20190009654Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a panel-like formed product having an excellent collision property. The panel-like formed product (1) includes a polygonal top board (2), two or more vertical walls (5), and a flange (7). The vertical walls (5) extend from two or more sides of the top board (2), and include at least two adjacent vertical walls (5) extending from at least two adjacent sides of the top board (2). The flange (7) connects to lower ends of the vertical walls (5) and spreads in directions in which the top board (2) spreads. The top board (2) includes a frame portion (3) including the two or more sides of the top board from which the vertical walls extend, and a concave portion (4) which is located at an inner side of the frame portion (3) and recedes from the frame portion (3). The two or more adjacent vertical walls (5) include a first vertical wall section (5A), a stair (6), and a second vertical wall section (5B).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2017Publication date: January 10, 2019Inventors: Kenichiro OTSUKA, Yoshiaki NAKAZAWA, Takeshi KAWACHI, Yoshiyuki KASEDA
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Patent number: 10029296Abstract: A forming die includes: a lower forming die having a bottom part and a side wall part; an upper forming die that is movable toward the bottom part of the lower forming die along an axis parallel to the side wall part of the lower forming die; and a push-in die that is movable toward the bottom part of the lower forming die along the axis between the side wall part of the lower forming die and the upper forming die.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2015Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuharu Yamagata, Shuji Yamamoto, Takeshi Kawachi
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Publication number: 20170349219Abstract: The present invention has as its object the provision of a T-shaped joint structure sufficiently securing a mounting region for another member and securing rigidity of a joint part. A first member and a second member joined with the first member and extending in a direction vertical to the longitudinal direction of the first member are provided. In a side view of first member in the longitudinal direction, the part of the first member joined with the second member, that is, a first member side joining element, is slanted from the first member toward the second member so that the first member becomes tapered. The part of the second member joined with the first member, that is, a second member side joining element, is slanted from the first member toward the second member in the same direction as the first member side joining element. The first member side joining element and second member side joining element are smoothly joined to form a joined part.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2015Publication date: December 7, 2017Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi KAWACHI, Yoshiaki NAKAZAWA, Masahito TASAKA