Patents by Inventor Toshiaki NARUKE

Toshiaki NARUKE 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: 9321338
    Abstract: A battery pack held under a floor panel by a battery pan attached under the floor panel of a vehicle body is disposed at a position inside a over-floor framework formed over the floor panel by a pair of seat rails, a front upper seat cross member, and a right upper seat cross member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toshiaki Naruke
  • Patent number: 9096117
    Abstract: A body structure of a hybrid vehicle. The hybrid vehicle is driven using power of an engine and electric power supplied from a battery module. The body structure includes a propeller shaft disposed in a lower side of a floor panel in a vertical direction of the vehicle so as to extend in a fore-aft direction of the vehicle and configured to transmit the power of the engine and the electric power to at least a rear wheel; and an integrated battery pack below the floor panel so as to cover the propeller shaft. The integrated battery pack has at least the battery module. The battery pack includes a recess to house the propeller shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsuda, Toshiaki Naruke, Minoru Iida
  • Patent number: 9085226
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle which is driven using the power of an engine and the power of a drive motor which is driven by an electric power supplied from a battery module, the vehicle including: a propeller shaft which is disposed below a floor panel in a vertical direction of the vehicle extending in a fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle, and is configured to transmit the power of the engine and the power of the drive motor to a rear wheel; and a battery pack having the battery module, the battery pack being disposed below the floor panel so as to cover the propeller shaft. The battery pack has a recess formed in a fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle, and the propeller shaft is housed in an air guide duet defined by the floor panel and the recess of the battery pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsuda, Toshiaki Naruke, Minoru Iida
  • Publication number: 20150107921
    Abstract: A battery pack held under a floor panel by a battery pan attached under the floor panel of a vehicle body is disposed at a position inside a over-floor framework formed over the floor panel by a pair of seat rails, a front upper seat cross member, and a right upper seat cross member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventor: Toshiaki NARUKE
  • Patent number: 8827023
    Abstract: There is provided a hybrid vehicle. The hybrid vehicle including: a propeller shaft that transmits a driving force in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body; and a battery unit that is disposed below the propeller shaft under the floor of the vehicle body so that the battery unit is detachable from the vehicle body when the propeller shaft is pushed down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsuda, Toshiaki Naruke, Minoru Iida
  • Publication number: 20130248268
    Abstract: There is provided a hybrid vehicle. The hybrid vehicle including: a propeller shaft that transmits a driving force in the front-rear direction of the vehicle body; and a battery unit that is disposed below the propeller shaft under the floor of the vehicle body so that the battery unit is detachable from the vehicle body when the propeller shaft is pushed down.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi MATSUDA, Toshiaki NARUKE, Minoru IIDA
  • Publication number: 20130248264
    Abstract: There is provided a hybrid vehicle according to the present invention, which is driven using the power of an engine and the power of a drive motor which is driven by an electric power supplied from a battery module, the vehicle including: a propeller shaft which is disposed below a floor panel in a vertical direction of the vehicle extending in a fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle, and is configured to transmit the power of the engine and the power of the drive motor to a rear wheel; and a battery pack having the battery module, the battery pack being disposed below the floor panel so as to cover the propeller shaft. The battery pack has a recess formed in a fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle, and the propeller shaft is housed in an air guide duct defined by the floor panel and the recess of the battery pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi MATSUDA, Toshiaki NARUKE, Minoru IIDA