Patents by Inventor Tatsuaki KAWAHARA

Tatsuaki KAWAHARA 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).

  • Charging connector accommodation apparatus for use in truck-type electric vehicle
    Patent number: 9333868
    Abstract: A charging connector accommodation apparatus for use in a truck-type or pickup-type electric vehicle includes a box body having an opening facing an outside of a vehicle body and an opening facing an inside of the vehicle body, and a lid member. The box body includes a frame body, and a center panel disposed inside the frame body. A bent edge folded toward the outside and joined to the frame body is provided at the center panel. A highly rigid frame section enhanced in rigidity by the bent edge is disposed is provided more outward to the outside than the center panel, and a hollow frame section having rigidity lower than that of the highly rigid frame section is disposed is provided more inward to the inside than the center panel of the box body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA ENGINEERING KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takanobu Uchida, Takashi Yakata, Isahiro Imamura, Masanori Kobayashi, Tatsuaki Kawahara, Kenshiro Miyashita
  • CHARGING CONNECTOR ACCOMMODATION APPARATUS FOR USE IN TRUCK-TYPE ELECTRIC VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20140091761
    Abstract: A charging connector accommodation apparatus for use in a truck-type or pickup-type electric vehicle includes a box body having an opening facing an outside of a vehicle body and an opening facing an inside of the vehicle body, and a lid member. The box body includes a frame body, and a center panel disposed inside the frame body. A bent edge folded toward the outside and joined to the frame body is provided at the center panel. A highly rigid frame section enhanced in rigidity by the bent edge is disposed is provided more outward to the outside than the center panel, and a hollow frame section having rigidity lower than that of the highly rigid frame section is disposed is provided more inward to the inside than the center panel of the box body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA ENGINEERING KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takanobu UCHIDA, Takashi YAKATA, Isahiro IMAMURA, Masanori KOBAYASHI, Tatsuaki KAWAHARA, Kenshiro MIYASHITA