Patents by Inventor Toshiaki Sakurai

Toshiaki Sakurai 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: 20010038231
    Abstract: A pair of cylindrical impact absorbing members, which is unintegrated with side members and is formed to have a substantially equilateral octagonal sectional form, is fixed on the side members in such a manner as to extend forward from the side members. Since the impact absorbing members are unintegrated with the side members, the impact absorbing members can be formed of optimum material with an optimum board thickness and can be formed to have an ideal sectional form by an optimum forming process under no restriction from a manufacturing method and the like for the side member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2001
    Publication date: November 8, 2001
    Inventors: Yorito Takemoto, Kunio Takaoka, Toshiaki Sakurai, Hiroyuki Nagura, Eiichi Kobayashi, Masataka Miura
  • Publication number: 20010028179
    Abstract: According to a body structure of the present invention, a floor panel member is reinforced by a pair of first members, and the second member comprised of plural pipes is disposed along the width of a vehicle so as to integrate the first members 1. An end of the second member is extended along the longitudinal side of the vehicle and is fixed by welding in the state of penetrating into a side sill. There is no necessity of providing any reinforcement material because the second member has a high strength continuously along the width of the vehicle. Moreover, there is no necessity of increasing a board thickness for the purpose of securing the rigidity because the second member penetrates into the side sill. On the other hand, the second member can be manufactured by cutting an existing steel pipe to a predetermined side, and it is therefore possible to cope with the change in the width of the vehicle only by changing a cutting size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Publication date: October 11, 2001
    Inventors: Yorito Takemoto, Kunio Takaoka, Toshiaki Sakurai, Hiroyuki Nagura, Eiichi Kobayashi, Masataka Miura