Patents by Inventor Tomohito OKUYAMA

Tomohito OKUYAMA 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).

  • Publication number: 20230347983
    Abstract: In a vehicle side body structure, when a force that deforms a side door inward in a vehicle width direction acts on the side door, a second engagement section enters a clearance in the vehicle width direction of the side door, a first engagement section and the second engagement section respectively engage with a first engaged section and a second engaged section, and an engagement structure bent with the first engagement section serving as a fulcrum, so as to prevent the side door from flipping up.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohito OKUYAMA, Kyohei YUKITA, Isamu KIZAKI, Kaori SUZUKI, Takuto FUKUSHIMA
  • Patent number: 11685445
    Abstract: A vehicle roof structure is provided capable of maintaining side collision performance of a vehicle even without a roof reinforcing member. The vehicle roof structure includes an annular frame that is joined to a circumferential edge of a roof panel (which includes an outer panel and an inner panel), and supports the roof panel. The annular frame has a higher rigidity than the roof panel, is arranged in an opening of a roof, and is joined to a pair of roof side rails, a front header, and a rear header.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohito Okuyama, Ryuji Nonaka, Junji Kishimoto, Toshimine Morino, Kazuhisa To, Chikara Tanaka, Shin Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20220169313
    Abstract: A vehicle roof structure is provided capable of maintaining side collision performance of a vehicle even without a roof reinforcing member. The vehicle roof structure includes an annular frame that is joined to a circumferential edge of a roof panel (which includes an outer panel and an inner panel), and supports the roof panel. The annular frame has a higher rigidity than the roof panel, is arranged in an opening of a roof, and is joined to a pair of roof side rails, a front header, and a rear header.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohito OKUYAMA, Ryuji NONAKA, Junji KISHIMOTO, Toshimine MORINO, Kazuhisa TO, Chikara TANAKA, Shin SASAKI
  • Patent number: 11299020
    Abstract: There are provided a vehicle-body frame member forming an opening portion for entrance at a vehicle side part and a front side door provided so as to open and close the opening portion. The vehicle-body frame member comprises a side sill, the front side door comprises a door panel portion provided with an inner lower portion which overlaps with the side sill in a vehicle wide view and reinforcement portions provided at three side-portions of a peripheral part of the door panel portion which are continuous and include the inner lower portion such that the reinforcement portions overlap with the vehicle-body frame member in a vehicle side view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Honda, Tomohito Okuyama, Takehisa Kohira, Ryuji Nonaka, Toshiyuki Gendo, Ken Ueki, Isamu Kizaki, Eri Kaiki
  • Patent number: 11254195
    Abstract: A vehicle-body structure of a vehicle comprises a vehicle-body frame member forming an opening portion for entrance at a vehicle side part and a front side door provided so as to open and close the opening portion, wherein the front side door comprises a door panel portion and reinforcement portions provided at a peripheral part of the door panel portion such that the reinforcement portions overlap with the vehicle-body frame member in a vehicle side view, the reinforcement portions being made of a plate member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Honda, Tomohito Okuyama, Takehisa Kohira, Ryuji Nonaka, Toshiyuki Gendo, Ken Ueki, Isamu Kizaki
  • Patent number: 11254196
    Abstract: A vehicle-body structure of a vehicle comprises a front side door provided so as to open and close an opening portion for entrance which is formed by a vehicle-body frame member. The front side door comprises a door panel portion and reinforcement portions provided at a peripheral part of the door panel portion such that at least part of the reinforcement portions overlaps with the vehicle-body frame member in a vehicle side view, the reinforcement portions being configured to reinforce the door panel portion such that when a collision load is inputted to the front side door in a vehicle side collision, a connection state of the door panel portion and the vehicle-body frame member is maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Honda, Tomohito Okuyama, Takehisa Kohira, Ryuji Nonaka, Toshiyuki Gendo, Ken Ueki, Isamu Kizaki
  • Patent number: 11235644
    Abstract: There are provided a vehicle-body frame member forming an opening portion for entrance at a vehicle side part and a front side door provided so as to open and close the opening portion. The vehicle-body frame member comprises a side sill, the front side door comprises a door panel portion provided with an inner lower portion which overlaps with the side sill in a vehicle wide view and reinforcement portions provided at two side-portions of a peripheral part of the door panel portion which are continuous and include the inner lower portion such that the reinforcement portions overlap with the vehicle-body frame member in a vehicle side view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eri Kaiki, Masanori Honda, Tomohito Okuyama, Ryuji Nonaka, Hideaki Fujii, Noboru Shouno, Daisuke Nakayama, Isamu Kizaki, Yuichi Sugimura, Taei Shibahara, Kaori Suzuki, Orie Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11235646
    Abstract: A side door comprises a door panel portion and a reinforcement portion (a lower-side reinforcement portion and others). The door panel portion is provided to cover an opening portion for entrance and configured such that its peripheral part overlaps with an opening-portion-forming vehicle-body frame member (a side sill and others) in a vehicle side view. The reinforcement portion is provided at the peripheral part of the door panel portion such that it overlaps with the opening-portion-forming vehicle-body frame member in the vehicle side view, thereby reinforcing the peripheral part of the door panel portion against a collision load applied to the side door from a vehicle side. The reinforcement portion is provided at a portion of the peripheral part of the door panel portion which includes a part corresponding to the vehicle-width-direction-extending vehicle-body frame member (a first floor cross member and others).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaori Suzuki, Masanori Honda, Tomohito Okuyama, Ryuji Nonaka, Hideaki Fujii, Noboru Shouno, Daisuke Nakayama, Isamu Kizaki, Eri Kaiki, Yuichi Sugimura, Taei Shibahara, Orie Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20210023920
    Abstract: A vehicle-body structure of a vehicle comprises a vehicle-body frame member forming an opening portion for entrance at a vehicle side part and a front side door provided so as to open and close the opening portion, wherein the front side door comprises a door panel portion and reinforcement portions provided at a peripheral part of the door panel portion such that the reinforcement portions overlap with the vehicle-body frame member in a vehicle side view, the reinforcement portions being made of a plate member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori HONDA, Tomohito OKUYAMA, Takehisa KOHIRA, Ryuji NONAKA, Toshiyuki GENDO, Ken UEKI, Isamu KIZAKI
  • Publication number: 20210023923
    Abstract: There are provided a vehicle-body frame member forming an opening portion for entrance at a vehicle side part and a front side door provided so as to open and close the opening portion. The vehicle-body frame member comprises a side sill, the front side door comprises a door panel portion provided with an inner lower portion which overlaps with the side sill in a vehicle wide view and reinforcement portions provided at three side-portions of a peripheral part of the door panel portion which are continuous and include the inner lower portion such that the reinforcement portions overlap with the vehicle-body frame member in a vehicle side view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori HONDA, Tomohito OKUYAMA, Takehisa KOHIRA, Ryuji NONAKA, Toshiyuki GENDO, Ken UEKI, Isamu KIZAKI, Eri KAIKI
  • Publication number: 20210023919
    Abstract: A side door comprises a door panel portion and a reinforcement portion (a rear-side reinforcement portion and others). The reinforcement portion is provided at at least one of a corner portion positioned between a lower portion and a front-side portion of a peripheral part of the door panel portion and another corner portion positioned between the lower portion and a rear-side portion of the peripheral part of the door panel portion such that the reinforcement portion overlaps with a vehicle-body frame member in a vehicle side view. The reinforcement portion is provided with a curved portion at an inside part of the corner portion where the reinforcement portion is provided. The curved portion is configured to be curved convexly toward an outside part of the corner portion in the vehicle side view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaori SUZUKI, Masanori HONDA, Tomohito OKUYAMA, Ryuji NONAKA, Hideaki FUJII, Noboru SHOUNO, Daisuke NAKAYAMA, Isamu KIZAKI, Eri KAIKI, Yuichi SUGIMURA, Taei SHIBAHARA, Orie TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20210023922
    Abstract: A vehicle-body structure of a vehicle comprises a front side door provided so as to open and close an opening portion for entrance which is formed by a vehicle-body frame member. The front side door comprises a door panel portion and reinforcement portions provided at a peripheral part of the door panel portion such that at least part of the reinforcement portions overlaps with the vehicle-body frame member in a vehicle side view, the reinforcement portions being configured to reinforce the door panel portion such that when a collision load is inputted to the front side door in a vehicle side collision, a connection state of the door panel portion and the vehicle-body frame member is maintained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori HONDA, Tomohito OKUYAMA, Takehisa KOHIRA, Ryuji NONAKA, Toshiyuki GENDO, Ken UEKI, Isamu KIZAKI
  • Publication number: 20210023921
    Abstract: A side door comprises a door panel portion and a reinforcement portion (a lower-side reinforcement portion and others). The door panel portion is provided to cover an opening portion for entrance and configured such that its peripheral part overlaps with an opening-portion-forming vehicle-body frame member (a side sill and others) in a vehicle side view. The reinforcement portion is provided at the peripheral part of the door panel portion such that it overlaps with the opening-portion-forming vehicle-body frame member in the vehicle side view, thereby reinforcing the peripheral part of the door panel portion against a collision load applied to the side door from a vehicle side. The reinforcement portion is provided at a portion of the peripheral part of the door panel portion which includes a part corresponding to the vehicle-width-direction-extending vehicle-body frame member (a first floor cross member and others).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaori SUZUKI, Masanori HONDA, Tomohito OKUYAMA, Ryuji NONAKA, Hideaki FUJII, Noboru SHOUNO, Daisuke NAKAYAMA, Isamu KIZAKI, Eri KAIKI, Yuichi SUGIMURA, Taei SHIBAHARA, Orie TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20210024138
    Abstract: There are provided a vehicle-body frame member forming an opening portion for entrance at a vehicle side part and a front side door provided so as to open and close the opening portion. The vehicle-body frame member comprises a side sill, the front side door comprises a door panel portion provided with an inner lower portion which overlaps with the side sill in a vehicle wide view and reinforcement portions provided at two side-portions of a peripheral part of the door panel portion which are continuous and include the inner lower portion such that the reinforcement portions overlap with the vehicle-body frame member in a vehicle side view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eri KAIKI, Masanori HONDA, Tomohito OKUYAMA, Ryuji NONAKA, Hideaki FUJII, Noboru SHOUNO, Daisuke NAKAYAMA, Isamu KIZAKI, Yuichi SUGIMURA, Taei SHIBAHARA, Kaori SUZUKI, Orie TANAKA
  • Patent number: 9545957
    Abstract: There are provided a center pillar, a roof side rail connected to an upper end portion of the center pillar and having a closed cross section extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction, and a synthetic resin-made reinforcing member provided inside the roof side rail at a position near an upper end portion of the center pillar. The roof side rail comprises a roof rail inner having a protrusion portion and a roof rail outer forming the closed cross section together with the roof rail inner. The reinforcing member is provided to have a gap from the roof rail outer and integrally joined to an outward face, in a vehicle width direction, of the roof rail inner which is roughened by an anchor effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohito Okuyama, Yuki Kodama, Tetsunori Hada
  • Publication number: 20160332674
    Abstract: There are provided a center pillar, a roof side rail connected to an upper end portion of the center pillar and having a closed cross section extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction, and a synthetic resin-made reinforcing member provided inside the roof side rail at a position near an upper end portion of the center pillar. The roof side rail comprises a roof rail inner having a protrusion portion and a roof rail outer forming the closed cross section together with the roof rail inner. The reinforcing member is provided to have a gap from the roof rail outer and integrally joined to an outward face, in a vehicle width direction, of the roof rail inner which is roughened by an anchor effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohito OKUYAMA, Yuki KODAMA, Tetsunori HADA