Patents by Inventor Teruji Kuroyanagi
Teruji Kuroyanagi 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: 8152220Abstract: A rear door that includes an upper section, a lower section that connects to the upper section, a trim provided to an inner face of the rear door, and a pull handle portion provided in an interior-side design surface of the trim, the pull handle portion including a handle opening formed in the interior-side design surface at a position spaced from a lower end of the trim in an upward direction, and a recessed portion that runs obliquely downwards, in a state where the rear door is closed, from the handle opening toward a rear of a vehicle body, wherein a section of the trim sandwiched between the handle opening and the lower end of the trim has an outer face that is sunken relative to the interior-side design surface of a general portion of the trim.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2010Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Toyota Shatai Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuo Fukui, Nobuhide Hashimoto, Teruji Kuroyanagi, Sadaharu Kagami, Hiroaki Fukunaga
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Patent number: 8091953Abstract: In a vehicle ceiling structure, a long reinforcing rib is attached to a ceiling member of the vehicle, the rib being made of a resin having a different coefficient of thermal expansion from that of the ceiling member. The reinforcing rib comprises a plurality of segmented ribs that are divided by a gap in a longitudinal direction. One segmented rib of adjoining segmented ribs and is formed, in upper and lower parts of a front end portion thereof, with an upper protrusion and a lower protrusion protruding in the longitudinal direction. One segmented rib and the other segmented rib fit with each other such that a lower face of the upper protrusion and an upper face of the lower protrusion of the one segmented rib respectively face a rear end portion of the other segmented rib in an up and down direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2009Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignees: Toyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha, Hayashi Telempu Co., Ltd., Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kazuo Fukui, Nobuhide Hashimoto, Teruji Kuroyanagi, Kenji Atarashi, Hiroyuki Ishida, Jun Isami, Toshimitsu Matsuoka
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Patent number: 8038194Abstract: The deck side trim includes accommodating recesses in which left and right ends of a cover accommodating body are accommodated and disposed. A clamp portion provided at its side with an engaging pawl is provided in the accommodating recess. The clamp portion is provided with an inner hole having an opening at least on the accommodating recess side. A cap body for closing the opening is disposed in the inner hole. The cap body includes a cap leg and a cap head. When the cap leg of the cap body is fitted into the inner hole, the engaging pawl in the clamp portion is pushed outward, and the engaging pawl is engaged with the body engaging portion provided on the vehicle body.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2009Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignees: Toyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha, Hayashi Telempu Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuo Fukui, Nobuhide Hashimoto, Teruji Kuroyanagi, Kenji Atarashi, Fumio Sugimoto
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Publication number: 20110187158Abstract: In a vehicle ceiling structure, a long reinforcing rib is attached to a ceiling member of the vehicle, the rib being made of a resin having a different coefficient of thermal expansion from that of the ceiling member. The reinforcing rib comprises a plurality of segmented ribs that are divided by a gap in a longitudinal direction. One segmented rib of adjoining segmented ribs and is formed, in upper and lower parts of a front end portion thereof, with an upper protrusion and a lower protrusion protruding in the longitudinal direction. One segmented rib and the other segmented rib fit with each other such that a lower face of the upper protrusion and an upper face of the lower protrusion of the one segmented rib respectively face a rear end portion of the other segmented rib in an up and down direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2009Publication date: August 4, 2011Applicants: Toyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha, HAYASHI TELEMPU CO., LTD, TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuo Fukui, Nobuhide Hashimoto, Teruji Kuroyanagi, Kenji Atarashi, Hiroyuki Ishida, Jun Isami, Toshimitsu Matsuoka
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Publication number: 20100320799Abstract: A rear door that includes an upper section, a lower section that connects to the upper section, a trim provided to an inner face of the rear door, and a pull handle portion provided in an interior-side design surface of the trim, the pull handle portion including a handle opening formed in the interior-side design surface at a position spaced from a lower end of the trim in an upward direction, and a recessed portion that runs obliquely downwards, in a state where the rear door is closed, from the handle opening toward a rear of a vehicle body, wherein a section of the trim sandwiched between the handle opening and the lower end of the trim has an outer face that is sunken relative to the interior-side design surface of a general portion of the trim.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2010Publication date: December 23, 2010Applicant: TOYOTA SHATAI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuo FUKUI, Nobuhide Hashimoto, Teruji Kuroyanagi, Sadaharu Kagami, Hiroaki Fukunaga
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Patent number: 7819422Abstract: A vehicle occupant restraint apparatus is provided that can restrict the movement of the rear end side of an airbag to the outside of a vehicle. A folded body of the airbag 1 is installed along a roof side rail 3 and is inflatable by means of at least one inflator 4. Guide plates for guiding the extension of the airbag are provided on the roof side rail 3 above each pillar. An extended piece 1c of the airbag 1 is fastened to the rearmost guide plate 7, and thereby the movement of the inflated airbag 1 toward the outside of the vehicle is restricted.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2006Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignee: Takata CorporationInventors: Hideki Umeda, Atsushi Nishikawa, Teruji Kuroyanagi, Yasunari Sakai
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Publication number: 20090267331Abstract: A vehicle occupant restraint apparatus is provided that can restrict the movement of the rear end side of an airbag to the outside of a vehicle. A folded body of the airbag 1 is installed along a roof side rail 3 and is inflatable by means of at least one inflator 4. Guide plates for guiding the extension of the airbag are provided on the roof side rail 3 above each pillar. An extended piece 1c of the airbag 1 is fastened to the rearmost guide plate 7, and thereby the movement of the inflated airbag 1 toward the outside of the vehicle is restricted.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2006Publication date: October 29, 2009Applicants: TAKATA CORPORATION, TOYOTA SHATAI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideki Umeda, Atsushi Nishikawa, Teruji Kuroyanagi, Yasunari Sakai
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Publication number: 20090256373Abstract: The deck side trim includes accommodating recesses in which left and right ends of a cover accommodating body are accommodated and disposed. A clamp portion provided at its side with an engaging pawl is provided in the accommodating recess. The clamp portion is provided with an inner hole having an opening at least on the accommodating recess side. A cap body for closing the opening is disposed in the inner hole. The cap body includes a cap leg and a cap head. When the cap leg of the cap body is fitted into the inner hole, the engaging pawl in the clamp portion is pushed outward, and the engaging pawl is engaged with the body engaging portion provided on the vehicle body.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2009Publication date: October 15, 2009Applicants: Toyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha, HAYASHI TELEMPU CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuo FUKUI, Nobuhide Hashimoto, Teruji Kuroyanagi, Kenji Atarashi, Fumio Sugimoto
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Publication number: 20090127836Abstract: There is provided a vehicle-occupant restraint system in which a rear end portion of a curtain airbag is deployed smoothly. A folded unit of an airbag 1 is mounted along a roof side rail 3, and can be inflated by an inflator 4. A rear end portion 1r of the long and narrow folded unit of the airbag 1 is first folded forward and upward once, and a leading end portion of the folded portion is folded upward and rearward. Consequently, the rear end portion of the airbag 1 is folded in three layers stacked on the upper side thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2006Publication date: May 21, 2009Applicants: TAKATA CORPORATION, TOYOTA SHATAI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideki Umeda, Atsushi Nishikawa, Teruji Kuroyanagi, Yasunari Sakai