Patents by Inventor Teruyuki Minami

Teruyuki Minami 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).

  • Fuel tank supporting structure
    Patent number: 7819431
    Abstract: Fuel tanks (52, 54, 56) are disposed in parallel along a vehicle transverse direction on a rear sub frame (40). The fuel tank (54) is placed on fuel tank supporting brackets (62) which span between a cross rail (46) and a cross rail (48) of the rear sub frame (40). In a case in which an impact load F1 is applied to the fuel tank (56), the fuel tank (56) abuts a rear cross member (20), and upward movement is impeded. Therefore, weak portions (70) of the fuel tank supporting brackets (62) break, and the fuel tank (54) limitedly moves toward a bottom of a vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Teruyuki Minami
  • Fuel tank supporting structure
    Publication number: 20070119646
    Abstract: Fuel tanks (52, 54, 56) are disposed in parallel along a vehicle transverse direction on a rear sub frame (40). The fuel tank (54) is placed on fuel tank supporting brackets (62) which span between a cross rail (46) and a cross rail (48) of the rear sub frame (40). In a case in which an impact load F1 is applied to the fuel tank (56), the fuel tank (56) abuts a rear cross member (20), and upward movement is impeded. Therefore, weak portions (70) of the fuel tank supporting brackets (62) break, and the fuel tank (54) limitedly moves toward a bottom of a vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2004
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Inventor: Teruyuki Minami