Patents by Inventor Toru Okanda

Toru Okanda 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).

  • Vehicle storage box structure
    Patent number: 6896308
    Abstract: A vehicle storage box mounting structure is configured to reduce the discomfort felt by the passenger when the passenger's knees hit the storage box during a front collision without significantly reducing the strength and rigidity of the slide rails overall. The vehicle storage box mounting structure serves to mount a storage box to a vehicle in such a manner that the storage box can be moved between two positions, a stored position and a pulled out position, by slide rails provided on both sides of the storage box. The vehicle storage box mounting structure is configured such that at least a portion of the slide rails can be made to swing in response to an input force to the storage box from a passenger during a front collision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Okanda, Tooru Ishii
  • Vehicle storage box structure
    Publication number: 20040227371
    Abstract: A vehicle storage box mounting structure is configured to reduce the discomfort felt by the passenger when the passenger's knees hit the storage box during a front collision without significantly reducing the strength and rigidity of the slide rails overall. The vehicle storage box mounting structure serves to mount a storage box to a vehicle in such a manner that the storage box can be moved between two positions, a stored position and a pulled out position, by slide rails provided on both sides of the storage box. The vehicle storage box mounting structure is configured such that at least a portion of the slide rails can be made to swing in response to an input force to the storage box from a passenger during a front collision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2004
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Okanda, Tooru Ishii
  • Controller positioning structure for vehicle
    Patent number: 6755275
    Abstract: The present invention provides a controller positioning structure for a vehicle in which the controller such as a shift lever can be positioned at a front to rear position that is optimum for the driver. Since the shift lever or controller is movable in the front to rear direction and stoppable at any desired position, the driver can adjust the front to rear position of the shift lever at the optimum position. Therefore, operation of the shift lever is made easy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toru Okanda
  • Controller positioning structure for vehicle
    Publication number: 20020139602
    Abstract: The present invention provides a controller positioning structure for a vehicle in which the controller such as a shift lever can be positioned at a front to rear position that is optimum for the driver. Since the shift lever or controller is movable in the front to rear direction and stoppable at any desired position, the driver can adjust the front to rear position of the shift lever at the optimum position. Therefore, operation of the shift lever is made easy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2002
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toru Okanda