Patents by Inventor Toshihiro Yoshitake

Toshihiro Yoshitake 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).

  • Hood pop-up system
    Patent number: 8311701
    Abstract: A hood pop-up system for a vehicle that pops up a hood of the vehicle when detecting or predicting a collision of the vehicle. The hood pop-up system includes an oscillation-offsetting unit that offsets and reduces oscillation of the hood caused by the popping-up of the hood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Iwai, Toshihiro Yoshitake, Yusuke Inomata, Kazuo Hoshino, Mitsuo Ehama, Yasuhiro Miyata
  • Hood pop-up system and hood pop-up method for a vehicle
    Patent number: 7954588
    Abstract: A hood pop-up system for a vehicle that pops up a hood of the vehicle when a collision of the vehicle takes place, which includes: a hood pop-up unit which pops up the hood positioned at a closed position and supports the popped-up hood at a hood support position that is higher than the closed position; and a hood pop-up restricting unit which restricts upward movement of the popped-up hood at an uppermost pop-up position that is higher than the hood support position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Inomata, Mitsuo Ehama, Nobuhiro Iwai, Yuusuke Tsushima, Toshihiro Yoshitake, Kazuo Hoshino
  • Actuator mechanism for lifting a hood of a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 7650957
    Abstract: The actuator mechanism of the present embodiment comprises the first cylinder, a rod protruding from the first cylinder to lift a hood and lock balls arranged along the outer periphery of the rod and digging into the rod when the rod is pushed back. The diameter of the lock balls and the lapping amount of the lock balls are within specific ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignees: NHK Spring Co., Ltd., Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Takakura, Shinji Uehara, Eiji Shimizu, Toshihiro Yoshitake
  • HOOD POP-UP SYSTEM AND HOOD POP-UP METHOD FOR A VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20090072587
    Abstract: A hood pop-up system for a vehicle that pops up a hood of the vehicle when a collision of the vehicle takes place, which includes: a hood pop-up unit which pops up the hood positioned at a closed position and supports the popped-up hood at a hood support position that is higher than the closed position; and a hood pop-up restricting unit which restricts upward movement of the popped-up hood at an uppermost pop-up position that is higher than the hood support position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventors: Yusuke INOMATA, Mitsuo EHAMA, Nobuhiro IWAI, Yuusuke TSUSHIMA, Toshihiro YOSHITAKE, Kazuo HOSHINO
  • HOOD POP-UP SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20090048734
    Abstract: A hood pop-up system for a vehicle that pops up a hood of the vehicle when detecting or predicting a collision of the vehicle. The hood pop-up system includes an oscillation-offsetting unit that offsets and reduces oscillation of the hood caused by the popping-up of the hood.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventors: Nobuhiro IWAI, Toshihiro Yoshitake, Yusuke Inomata, Kazuo Hoshino, Mitsuo Ehama, Yasuhiro Miyata
  • Actuator mechanism for lifting a hood of a motor vehicle
    Publication number: 20070251750
    Abstract: The actuator mechanism of the present embodiment comprises the first cylinder, a rod protruding from the first cylinder to lift a hood and lock balls arranged along the outer periphery of the rod and digging into the rod when the rod is pushed back. The diameter of the lock balls and the lapping amount of the lock balls are within specific ranges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Inventors: Minoru Takakura, Shinji Uehara, Eiji Shimizu, Toshihiro Yoshitake
  • Vehicle equipped with flip-up type hood and hood flip-up method
    Publication number: 20060260855
    Abstract: A vehicle that can mitigate the occurrence of the up and down vibration of the flipped-up hood is provided. Actuators 20 fixed on vehicle body 3 of the front portion of the vehicle flip up the rear end of hood 2 when a collision is detected by a bumper sensor 13 between the front end of the vehicle and an obstacle. After the flip-up operation of hood 2 is performed by actuators 20, energy-absorbing bodies 23 absorb the kinetic energy of hood 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2006
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Inventor: Toshihiro Yoshitake