Patents by Inventor Tohru Ono
Tohru Ono 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: 11440378Abstract: A windshield and a cowl louver are reliably connected together by effectively absorbing an error in shape or dimension of each of laminated glass, a clip and the cowl louver. A cowl louver includes a body portion, a first protrusion portion, an engageable portion, and a second protrusion portion. A clip in a plate shape includes a first plate portion, a second plate portion, a first bent portion, a third bent portion, a second bent portion and an engaged portion such that the second bent portion and the first protrusion portion are at least partly brought into contact with each other, and the engaged portion and the second protrusion portion are at least partly brought into contact with each other.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignees: AGC INC., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takafumi Inoue, Eiji Oki, Tohru Ono, Tomoyoshi Yoshizawa, Shota Anegawa
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Publication number: 20210178863Abstract: A windshield and a cowl louver are reliably connected together by effectively absorbing an error in shape or dimension of each of laminated glass, a clip and the cowl louver. A cowl louver includes a body portion, a first protrusion portion, an engageable portion, and a second protrusion portion. A clip in a plate shape includes a first plate portion, a second plate portion, a first bent portion, a third bent portion, a second bent portion and an engaged portion such that the second bent portion and the first protrusion portion are at least partly brought into contact with each other, and the engaged portion and the second protrusion portion are at least partly brought into contact with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2021Publication date: June 17, 2021Applicants: AGC INC., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takafumi INOUE, Eiji OKI, Tohru ONO, Tomoyoshi YOSHIZAWA, Shota ANEGAWA
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Patent number: 9126632Abstract: A vehicle body top structure for enhancing the rigidity and strength of the intersections of side rails and a front rail. The vehicle body top structure is provided with left and right side rails provided so as to extend in the front-and-rear direction at the top part of a vehicle body side part, and a front rail extending left and right, one end part of which is joined to the left side rail, and the other end of which is joined to the right side rail. Thin-plate parts having a smaller plate thickness than thick-plate parts and thick-plate parts are disclosed at the one end and the other end of the front rail. The thin-plate parts are each connected to the left and right side rails.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2012Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Tohru Ono
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Publication number: 20140225399Abstract: A vehicle body top structure for enhancing the rigidity and strength of the intersections of side rails and a front rail. The vehicle body top structure is provided with left and right side rails provided so as to extend in the front-and-rear direction at the top part of a vehicle body side part, and a front rail extending left and right, one end part of which is joined to the left side rail, and the other end of which is joined to the right side rail. Thin-plate parts having a smaller plate thickness than thick-plate parts and thick-plate parts are disclosed at the one end and the other end of the front rail. The thin-plate parts are each connected to the left and right side rails.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2012Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Tohru Ono
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Patent number: 7926601Abstract: A vehicle mounting structure for a fuel cell system containing a vehicle floor; a vehicle skeletal member positioned under the vehicle floor, having floor frames provided on the sides of the vehicle body along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and a plurality of cross members provided in the width direction of the vehicle and connected to the floor frames; and a fuel cell unit and an auxiliary unit of the fuel cell disposed to be adjacent in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The fuel cell unit and the auxiliary unit is each sandwiched from both sides in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle by two of the cross members. This vehicle mounting structure for a fuel cell system prevents the length of piping and the length of wiring from becoming excessively long and improves collisional stabilization.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2005Date of Patent: April 19, 2011Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tohru Ono, Takayuki Ogawa
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Patent number: 7896115Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle includes: a vehicle body; a floor panel provided on the bottom of the vehicle body; a floor tunnel that is formed bulging upward in the center of the floor panel in the vehicle body width; a pair of front seats that are disposed on the floor panel, outside of the floor tunnel in the vehicle body width direction; center frames that support the floor tunnel, disposed at the center in the vehicle body width and extending along the vehicle body longitudinal direction; a sub-frame provided on the bottom of the floor panel and joined to the center frames; and a fuel cell stack mounted on the sub-frame and provided under the floor tunnel.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2006Date of Patent: March 1, 2011Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tohru Ono, Takayuki Ogawa, Akira Nakashima, Shujiro Nozaki, Takashi Kato, Takaharu Sato, Kenji Nagumo, Kazunori Fukuma, Takanori Moori
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Patent number: 7658434Abstract: A structure of a rear part in a vehicle body. A rear glass window is provided at a rear end part of a roof of the vehicle, and the rear glass window is inclined downward toward the back of the vehicle. A trunk compartment is formed from a part below an attachment part of the rear glass window to a rear end part of the vehicle body. A trunk lid is attached to a lower edge of the attachment part of the rear glass window in a manner such that the trunk lid can be opened and closed freely. A visual window for observing a field on the back side of the vehicle body is provided in a wall of the trunk lid, the wall being positioned on the back side of the vehicle body. A partition wall having an interior window may be provided below the rear glass window.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2007Date of Patent: February 9, 2010Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideto Sakane, Kazuhiko Sato, Tohru Ono, Shinichi Ibato, Tetsuya Higurashi
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Patent number: 7614473Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes a body frame with a subframe mounted to a lower part of the body frame. The subframe is formed into a rectangular shape and has front, intermediate and rear cross members. A storage battery is designed to be mounted astride the front cross member and the intermediate cross member. A fuel tank is designed to be mounted astride the intermediate cross member and the rear cross member.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2006Date of Patent: November 10, 2009Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tohru Ono, Takahiro Sugawara, Takayuki Ogawa, Koichi Yamamoto
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Patent number: 7540343Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle includes: a vehicle body; a floor panel provided in the vehicle body that has a floor tunnel that bulges in substantially a center in the width direction of the vehicle body; a pair of front seats each having a seating surface and a seat back and disposed on the floor panel outside of the floor tunnel in the width direction of the vehicle body; seat rails provided between the front seats and the floor panel and adapted to be able to move the front seats in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body; and a fuel cell stack having a plurality of unit fuel cells stacked in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, being disposed under the floor tunnel so as to be substantially parallel with the seat rails.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2006Date of Patent: June 2, 2009Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akira Nakashima, Tohru Ono, Daisuke Tsurumaki
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Publication number: 20080283316Abstract: A vehicle mounting structure for a fuel cell system containing a vehicle floor; a vehicle skeletal member positioned under the vehicle floor, having floor frames provided on the sides of the vehicle body along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and a plurality of cross members provided in the width direction of the vehicle and connected to the floor frames; and a fuel cell unit and an auxiliary unit of the fuel cell disposed to be adjacent in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The fuel cell unit and the auxiliary unit is each sandwiched from both sides in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle by two of the cross members. This vehicle mounting structure for a fuel cell system prevents the length of piping and the length of wiring from becoming excessively long and improves collisional stabilization.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2005Publication date: November 20, 2008Inventors: Tohru Ono, Takayuki Ogawa
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Publication number: 20080258504Abstract: A structure of a rear part in a vehicle body. A rear glass window is provided at a rear end part of a roof of the vehicle, and the rear glass window is inclined downward toward the back of the vehicle. A trunk compartment is formed from a part below an attachment part of the rear glass window to a rear end part of the vehicle body. A trunk lid is attached to a lower edge of the attachment part of the rear glass window in a manner such that the trunk lid can be opened and closed freely. A visual window for observing a field on the back side of the vehicle body is provided in a wall of the trunk lid, the wall being positioned on the back side of the vehicle body. A partition wall having an interior window may be provided below the rear glass window.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2007Publication date: October 23, 2008Inventors: Hideto Sakane, Kazuhiko Sato, Tohru Ono, Shinichi Ibato, Tetsuya Higurashi
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Patent number: 7264277Abstract: A rear structure of a gaseous fuel vehicle in this invention includes right and left rear frame members, and a support frame mounted to the right and left rear frame members, on which support frame a gaseous fuel tank is mounted. Each of the right and left rear frame members is constituted by a curved member which includes a curved portion curving upward, and a front linear portion and a rear linear portion which are lower than the highest portion of the curved portion. The support frame is attached to the front linear portions and the rear linear portions. The front linear portions are attached to the rear end of a vehicle frame to provide a low floor in a passenger compartment. A load applied to the rear ends of the right and left rear frame members is dispersed into the right and left rear frame members and the support frame, and transmitted to the vehicle frame.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2005Date of Patent: September 4, 2007Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tohru Ono, Akira Nakashima, Yusuke Sogawa
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Publication number: 20070007054Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle includes: a vehicle body; a floor panel provided in the vehicle body that has a floor tunnel that bulges in substantially a center in the width direction of the vehicle body; a pair of front seats each having a seating surface and a seat back and disposed on the floor panel outside of the floor tunnel in the width direction of the vehicle body; seat rails provided between the front seats and the floor panel and adapted to be able to move the front seats in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body; and a fuel cell stack having a plurality of unit fuel cells stacked in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, being disposed under the floor tunnel so as to be substantially parallel with the seat rails.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2006Publication date: January 11, 2007Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Akira Nakashima, Tohru Ono, Daisuke Tsurumaki
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Publication number: 20070007060Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle includes: a vehicle body; a floor panel provided on the bottom of the vehicle body; a floor tunnel that is formed bulging upward in the center of the floor panel in the vehicle body width; a pair of front seats that are disposed on the floor panel, outside of the floor tunnel in the vehicle body width direction; center frames that support the floor tunnel, disposed at the center in the vehicle body width and extending along the vehicle body longitudinal direction; a sub-frame provided on the bottom of the floor panel and joined to the center frames; and a fuel cell stack mounted on the sub-frame and provided under the floor tunnel.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2006Publication date: January 11, 2007Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Tohru Ono, Takayuki Ogawa, Akira Nakashima, Shujiro Nozaki, Takashi Kato, Takaharu Sato, Kenji Nagumo, Kazunori Fukuma, Takanori Moori
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Publication number: 20060289224Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes a body frame with a subframe mounted to a lower part of the body frame. The subframe is formed into a rectangular shape and has front, intermediate and rear cross members. A storage battery is designed to be mounted astride the front cross member and the intermediate cross member. A fuel tank is designed to be mounted astride the intermediate cross member and the rear cross member.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2006Publication date: December 28, 2006Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Tohru Ono, Takahiro Sugawara, Takayuki Ogawa, Koichi Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20060269809Abstract: A cooling apparatus for a fuel cell vehicle for cooling a fuel cell and a drive motor that receives electric power from the fuel cell and produces motive power for traveling. The cooling apparatus is provided with a first radiator for cooling the fuel cell, a second radiator for cooling the drive motor, and a radiator air-cooling fan that is shared by the first and second radiators. The sizes of the ventilation apertures of the first radiator and second radiator are set to be essentially the same, and the heat-releasing surface areas are set so as to be different from each other. The first and second radiators are adjacent to each other in the front-rear direction of the vehicle and can be disposed in the front portion of the fuel cell vehicle. The periphery between the first radiator and the second radiator is sealed with a seal member.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2006Publication date: November 30, 2006Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideo Sakai, Takayuki Ogawa, Mitsuharu Imaseki, Tomoya Yamagishi, Kensaku Yamamoto, Tohru Ono, Kengo Takamizawa
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Patent number: 7086492Abstract: A fuel cell vehicle driven by generated electric power of a fuel cell comprises a fuel cell box disposed underneath a floor for storing therein the fuel call, G sensors for detecting a deformation of a vehicle body sideward of the fuel cell box, and a shut-off valve for closing a supply side piping of a hydrogen gas supplied to the fuel cell when a predetermined amount of deformation or the vehicle body is detected by the G sensors.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2003Date of Patent: August 8, 2006Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Satoshi Kawasaki, Tohru Ono, Yukio Hiruta
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Patent number: 7004274Abstract: An installation structure allowing installation of a capacitor as a battery unit in a hybrid vehicle, even in a vehicle not having a luggage compartment, is provided. A rear pillar cross member is mounted behind the rear seat in the cross section of the vehicle, and both ends of the rear pillar cross member are joined to inner panels of a wheel housing through a bracket and a reinforcing bracket plate. A top portion of the capacitor, which is a battery unit, is fixed to the rear pillar cross member, and the bottom portion of the capacitor is joined to the floor cross member, such that the capacitor is installed in a standing state. In addition, a setting structure for reliably setting a rear seat body on the floor of the vehicle is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2003Date of Patent: February 28, 2006Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masaru Shibasawa, Tohru Ono
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Patent number: 6983945Abstract: The disclosure relates to a vehicle body structure safeguarding a fuel tank from damage resulting from collisions without greatly increasing the weight of the vehicle. The vehicle body structure includes a front floor under which a fuel cell stack case accommodating a fuel cell stack is disposed, and side sills and floor frames which extend along the sides of the vehicle, and on which a sub-frame for housing a fuel tank is installed. The front face of the sub-frame and the rear face of the fuel cell stack case are flat and oppose each other.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2003Date of Patent: January 10, 2006Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Satoshi Kawasaki, Hiroshi Ito, Yoshitaka Sekiguchi, Tohru Ono, Masaru Shibasawa
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Patent number: 6962230Abstract: A gas exhaust structure of a fuel-cell-powered vehicle includes a recess formed in a rear bumper with a surrounding wall. An opening of the recess is covered with louvers to allow ventilation, thereby to form a chamber. A discharge end of the discharge pipe is mounted to the chamber. An exhaust gas including hydrogen is guided through the discharge pipe into the chamber and is emitted from the opening to the outside of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2002Date of Patent: November 8, 2005Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryukou Hanaya, Tohru Ono