Patents by Inventor Tomohide SEKIGUCHI

Tomohide SEKIGUCHI 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).

  • Patent number: 11254271
    Abstract: A shock absorbing member of the present disclosure is a shock absorbing member including a first hollow member (11) and a second hollow member (12) that are made of aluminum alloy and are weld joined to each other, in which a weld material and weld beads (W) do not project from a side on which a joined surface between the first hollow member (11) and the second hollow member (12) is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignees: UACJ CORPORATION, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoya Yokota, Tatsuo Inagaki, Keiichiro Tsuji, Ryo Kita, Tomohide Sekiguchi, Naoki Takaki
  • Publication number: 20210197746
    Abstract: A shock absorbing member of the present disclosure is a shock absorbing member including a first hollow member (11) and a second hollow member (12) that are made of aluminum alloy and are weld joined to each other, in which a weld material and weld beads (W) do not project from a side on which a joined surface between the first hollow member (11) and the second hollow member (12) is located.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Tomoya YOKOTA, Tatsuo INAGAKI, Keiichiro TSUJI, Ryo KITA, Tomohide SEKIGUCHI, Naoki TAKAKI
  • Patent number: 11007957
    Abstract: A bumper structural body (100) includes a bumper reinforcement (10), energy absorbing members (30a, 30b), and intermediate members (50a, 50b). The sloped sections (12a, 12b) of the bumper reinforcement (10) are connected to the energy absorbing members (30a, 30b) and the intermediate members (50a, 50b). The intermediate members (50a, 50b) are each formed in a quadrilateral by connecting a first portion (51) contacting the energy absorbing member (30a, 30b), a second portion (52) contacting the bumper reinforcement (10), and portions connecting the first portion (51) and the second portion (52).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignees: UACJ CORPORATION, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoya Yokota, Tatsuo Inagaki, Keiichiro Tsuji, Tomohide Sekiguchi, Naoki Takaki, Ryo Kita
  • Publication number: 20210046889
    Abstract: A bumper structural body (100) includes a bumper reinforcement (10), energy absorbing members (30a, 30b), and intermediate members (50a, 50b). The sloped sections (12a, 12b) of the bumper reinforcement (10) are connected to the energy absorbing members (30a, 30b) and the intermediate members (50a, 50b). The intermediate members (50a, 50b) are each formed in a quadrilateral by connecting a first portion (51) contacting the energy absorbing member (30a, 30b), a second portion (52) contacting the bumper reinforcement (10), and portions connecting the first portion (51) and the second portion (52).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Tomoya YOKOTA, Tatsuo INAGAKI, Keiichiro TSUJI, Tomohide SEKIGUCHI, Naoki TAKAKI, Ryo KITA
  • Patent number: 10654524
    Abstract: A vehicle body front structure includes: a front pillar that includes an A-pillar provided to extend in an up-down direction, an A?-pillar provided to extend in the up-down direction in the rear of the A-pillar, and a lower frame disposed between lower ends of the A-pillar and the A?-pillar; and a bracket connected to the lower end of the A-pillar and provided to extend frontward from the lower end of the A-pillar. In the vehicle body front structure, strength of the bracket is set to be lower than strength of the A-pillar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Kato, Sadayuki Asano, Tomohide Sekiguchi
  • Patent number: 10442378
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle body structure which does not require a specification for attaching an elongated member to the vehicle body frame when attaching the elongated member and does not require time and effort for attaching the elongated member. The vehicle body structure includes a bumper beam, an extension member disposed between the bumper beam and a vehicle body frame and having a space therein, and an elongated member disposed in the space and absorbing an impact received from the bumper beam side. One end of the elongated member is connected to the bumper beam, and the other end thereof is connected to the extension member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Hojo, Ryohei Hayashi, Tomohide Sekiguchi, Teruaki Aizawa, Keiichiro Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20180304931
    Abstract: A vehicle body front structure includes: a front pillar that includes an A-pillar provided to extend in an up-down direction, an A?-pillar provided to extend in the up-down direction in the rear of the A-pillar, and a lower frame disposed between lower ends of the A-pillar and the A?-pillar; and a bracket connected to the lower end of the A-pillar and provided to extend frontward from the lower end of the A-pillar. In the vehicle body front structure, strength of the bracket is set to be lower than strength of the A-pillar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Yasuyuki KATO, Sadayuki ASANO, Tomohide SEKIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10046805
    Abstract: A vehicle body side frame is a member that absorbs applied impact load by bending under the impact load. The vehicle body side frame includes plural ultrahigh strength portions provided at intervals along a longitudinal direction, and plural high strength portions interposed between the plural ultrahigh strength portions. A tensile strength of the ultrahigh strength portions exceeds 1400 MPa, and a tensile strength of the high strength portions is from 500 MPa to 1000 MPa. The high strength portions are formed with a sheet thickness greater than that of the ultrahigh strength portions. A front stress concentrating portion, a central stress concentrating portion, and a rear stress concentrating portion are respectively formed to a front high strength portion, a central high strength portion, and a rear high strength portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomohide Sekiguchi
  • Publication number: 20180178742
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle body structure which does not require a specification for attaching an elongated member to the vehicle body frame when attaching the elongated member and does not require time and effort for attaching the elongated member. The vehicle body structure includes a bumper beam, an extension member disposed between the bumper beam and a vehicle body frame and having a space therein, and an elongated member disposed in the space and absorbing an impact received from the bumper beam side. One end of the elongated member is connected to the bumper beam, and the other end thereof is connected to the extension member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Akira HOJO, Ryohei HAYASHI, Tomohide SEKIGUCHI, Teruaki AIZAWA, Keiichiro TSUJI
  • Patent number: 9981694
    Abstract: A vehicle front structure includes a first bending portion, a second bending portion, and a third bending portion in a left front side frame. An outer panel of the first bending portion includes a first concave portion. An inner panel of the second bending portion includes a second concave portion. The third bending portion is formed to be concave toward an interior. An inner central wall of the inner panel extends flat to the rear side of the vehicle body toward the second bending portion. A left branch gusset extends to tilt from the inner central wall, and the outer panel is joined to a rear surface of the left branch gusset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., H-ONE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohide Sekiguchi, Hisaharu Kato
  • Patent number: 9969432
    Abstract: A vehicle body front structure includes left and right extension side mount members that are provided at rear ends of left and right bumper beam extensions of a front bumper beam and left and right front side frames whose front ends are coupled with the left and right extension side mount members, respectively. The vehicle body front structure further includes left and right gussets that are positioned on left and right corners between outer surfaces in a vehicle width direction of rear end portions of the left and right bumper beam extensions and the left and right extension side mount members, respectively. The left and right gussets are joined to the left and right bumper beam extensions, respectively. Strength of the left and right gussets is higher than strength of the left and right bumper beam extensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsushima, Tomohide Sekiguchi, Keisuke Kawabe
  • Patent number: 9914484
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicle body front structure including left and right mounting brackets provided at the rear ends of left and right bumper beam extensions of a front bumper beam, and left and right frame side mounting members connecting the rear ends of the left and right mounting brackets. The left and right frame side mounting members are provided at the front ends of left and right front side frames. The left and right mounting brackets are formed into an almost L shape by horizontal plate-like left and right joint plate portions and vertical plate-like left and right flanges, and each of the left and right mounting brackets is located on at least one of the upper surface and the lower surface of each of the left and right bumper beam extensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keisuke Kawabe, Tomohide Sekiguchi, Yuki Matsushima, Takumi Tsuyuzaki, Kazuhito Onoda, Mikihito Kojima, Shinya Kobayashi, Kazuhiko Iwaizako, Yasuhiro Kajio
  • Publication number: 20170210425
    Abstract: A vehicle front structure includes a first bending portion, a second bending portion, and a third bending portion in a left front side frame. An outer panel of the first bending portion includes a first concave portion. An inner panel of the second bending portion includes a second concave portion. The third bending portion is formed to be concave toward an interior. An inner central wall of the inner panel extends flat to the rear side of the vehicle body toward the second bending portion. A left branch gusset extends to tilt from the inner central wall, and the outer panel is joined to a rear surface of the left branch gusset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Tomohide Sekiguchi, Hisaharu Kato
  • Publication number: 20170113735
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicle body front structure including left and right mounting brackets provided at the rear ends of left and right bumper beam extensions of a front bumper beam, and left and right frame side mounting members connecting the rear ends of the left and right mounting brackets. The left and right frame side mounting members are provided at the front ends of left and right front side frames. The left and right mounting brackets are formed into an almost L shape by horizontal plate-like left and right joint plate portions and vertical plate-like left and right flanges, and each of the left and right mounting brackets is located on at least one of the upper surface and the lower surface of each of the left and right bumper beam extensions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Keisuke KAWABE, Tomohide SEKIGUCHI, Yuki MATSUSHIMA, Takumi TSUYUZAKI, Kazuhito ONODA, Mikihito KOJIMA, Shinya KOBAYASHI, Kazuhiko IWAIZAKO, Yasuhiro KAJIO
  • Publication number: 20170113726
    Abstract: A vehicle body front structure includes left and right extension side mount members that are provided at rear ends of left and right bumper beam extensions of a front bumper beam and left and right front side frames whose front ends are coupled with the left and right extension side mount members, respectively. The vehicle body front structure further includes left and right gussets that are positioned on left and right corners between outer surfaces in a vehicle width direction of rear end portions of the left and right bumper beam extensions and the left and right extension side mount members, respectively. The left and right gussets are joined to the left and right bumper beam extensions, respectively. Strength of the left and right gussets is higher than strength of the left and right bumper beam extensions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Matsushima, Tomohide Sekiguchi, Keisuke Kawabe
  • Publication number: 20160362139
    Abstract: A vehicle body side frame is a member that absorbs applied impact load by bending under the impact load. The vehicle body side frame includes plural ultrahigh strength portions provided at intervals along a longitudinal direction, and plural high strength portions interposed between the plural ultrahigh strength portions. A tensile strength of the ultrahigh strength portions exceeds 1400 MPa, and a tensile strength of the high strength portions is from 500 MPa to 1000 MPa. The high strength portions are formed with a sheet thickness greater than that of the ultrahigh strength portions. A front stress concentrating portion, a central stress concentrating portion, and a rear stress concentrating portion are respectively formed to a front high strength portion, a central high strength portion, and a rear high strength portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomohide Sekiguchi
  • Patent number: 8979173
    Abstract: A vehicle body floor structure for an automobile, includes a joint line extending in a vehicle width direction and connecting a rear edge of a dashboard lower panel and a front edge of a front floor panel, a side sill extending in a front-rear direction and connected to an outer edge in the vehicle width direction of each of the dashboard lower panel and the front floor panel, a floor frame member extending in the front-rear direction and connected to the dashboard lower panel and an upper surface of the front floor panel on a side inward of the side sill in the vehicle width direction, and a floor gusset extending in the vehicle width direction, connecting the side sill and the floor frame member, and disposed on the upper surface of the front floor panel along the joint line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Kojo, Tomohide Sekiguchi
  • Patent number: 8857902
    Abstract: On each of left and right sides of a vehicle body, a gusset is provided spaced in a rearward direction of a vehicle body from the distal end of a front side frame by a predetermined distance, a tension member extends between and interconnects the distal end of the front side frame and an outer end portion of the gusset so as to prevent the gusset from peeling off the front side frame, and a mounting plate spans between and interconnects the respective front ends of an inner bumper beam extension extending forward from the front end of the front side frame and an outer bumper beam extension extending forward from the front end of an upper member. A bumper beam is joined to the mounting plates on the left and right sides of the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohide Sekiguchi, Yoshinori Taguchi, Takanori Konishi
  • Publication number: 20130257097
    Abstract: A vehicle body floor structure for an automobile, includes a joint line extending in a vehicle width direction and connecting a rear edge of a dashboard lower panel and a front edge of a front floor panel, a side sill extending in a front-rear direction and connected to an outer edge in the vehicle width direction of each of the dashboard lower panel and the front floor panel, a floor frame member extending in the front-rear direction and connected to the dashboard lower panel and an upper surface of the front floor panel on a side inward of the side sill in the vehicle width direction, and a floor gusset extending in the vehicle width direction, connecting the side sill and the floor frame member, and disposed on the upper surface of the front floor panel along the joint line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki KOJO, Tomohide SEKIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20130249245
    Abstract: On each of left and right sides of a vehicle body, a gusset is provided spaced in a rearward direction of a vehicle body from the distal end of a front side frame by a predetermined distance, a tension member extends between and interconnects the distal end of the front side frame and an outer end portion of the gusset so as to prevent the gusset from peeling off the front side frame, and a mounting plate spans between and interconnects the respective front ends of an inner bumper beam extension extending forward from the front end of the front side frame and an outer bumper beam extension extending forward from the front end of an upper member. A bumper beam is joined to the mounting plates on the left and right sides of the vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohide SEKIGUCHI, Yoshinori TAGUCHI, Takanori KONISHI