Patents by Inventor Yasunori SAWA
Yasunori SAWA 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).
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Patent number: 10336371Abstract: An impact absorbing member 10 able to secure absorption energy while lightening weight by absorbing the impact load applied in the axial direction by periodic buckling, wherein the impact absorbing member 10 is provided with a main body 20 comprised of metal sheet and having a polygonal shape in cross-section vertical to an axial direction and a center sheet 30 comprised of metal sheet and provided at a hollow part in the main body along the axial direction, the polygonal shape of the main body 20 includes a pair of long side (20a, 20b) facing each other, the center sheet 30 is joined to each of the long sides (20a, 20b) of the polygonal shape of the main body 20, and the sheet thickness t1 (mm) of the main body 20 and the sheet thickness t2 (mm) of the center sheet 30 satisfy 1.3×t1?t2.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2015Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Yasunori Sawa, Yoshiaki Nakazawa, Koichi Hamada, Yasunori Ito, Hiroshi Yoshida
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Patent number: 10300952Abstract: An impact absorbing member 10 able to secure absorption energy while lightening weight by absorbing the impact load applied in the axial direction by periodic buckling, wherein the impact absorbing member 10 is provided with a main body 20 comprised of metal sheet and having a polygonal shape in cross-section vertical to an axial direction and a center sheet 30 comprised of metal sheet and provided at a hollow part in the main body along the axial direction, the polygonal shape of the main body 20 includes a pair of long side (20a, 20b) facing each other, the center sheet 30 is joined to each of the long sides (20a, 20b) of the polygonal shape of the main body 20, and the sheet thickness t1 (mm) of the main body 20 and the sheet thickness t2 (mm) of the center sheet 30 satisfy 1.3×t1?t2.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2015Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Yasunori Sawa, Yoshiaki Nakazawa, Koichi Hamada, Yasunori Ito, Hiroshi Yoshida
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Patent number: 10196091Abstract: This automobile member has a closed cross section including joint portions in which edge portions of two side walls of an inner panel are joined with edge portions of two side walls of an outer panel, in which in a first region, a first region outer height ho1 and a first region inner height hi1 have a constant value and the difference between the first region outer height ho1 and the first region inner height hi1 is smaller than the difference between a second region outer height ho2 and a second region inner height hi2; in a second region, the second region outer height ho2 has a value which is larger than the second region inner height hi2 and constant, or the second region outer height ho2 has a value which is smaller than the second region inner height hi2 and constant; in a first transition region, a first transition region outer height ho1˜2 is continuously varied between the first region outer height ho1 and the second region outer height ho2, and a first transition region inner height hi1˜2 is continType: GrantFiled: September 3, 2015Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichiro Otsuka, Yoshiaki Nakazawa, Ryuichi Nishimura, Yasunori Sawa, Atsushi Ono, Takeshi Kawachi
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Publication number: 20180273096Abstract: A vehicle frame member includes: an outer panel configured to be disposed at a vehicle outer side, and having a U-shaped cross-section open toward a vehicle inner side; an inner panel configured to be disposed at the vehicle inner side, having a U-shaped cross-section open toward the vehicle outer side, and configuring a closed cross section structure together with the outer panel by both opening-ends of the inner panel respectively abutting and being joined to both opening-ends of the outer panel; and a bead formed at one or both abutting-joint portions between the outer panel and the inner panel, and projecting toward an outside of the closed cross section structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Koki IKEDA, Shunsuke KANAGAI, Yasunori SAWA
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Publication number: 20170233005Abstract: An impact absorbing member 10 able to secure absorption energy while lightening weight by absorbing the impact load applied in the axial direction by periodic buckling, wherein the impact absorbing member 10 is provided with a main body 20 comprised of metal sheet and having a polygonal shape in cross-section vertical to an axial direction and a center sheet 30 comprised of metal sheet and provided at a hollow part in the main body along the axial direction, the polygonal shape of the main body 20 includes a pair of long side (20a, 20b) facing each other, the center sheet 30 is joined to each of the long sides (20a, 20b) of the polygonal shape of the main body 20, and the sheet thickness t1 (mm) of the main body 20 and the sheet thickness t2 (mm) of the center sheet 30 satisfy 1.3×t1?t2.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2015Publication date: August 17, 2017Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Yasunori SAWA, Yoshiaki NAKAZAWA, Koichi HAMADA, Yasunori ITO, Hiroshi YOSHIDA
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Publication number: 20170233008Abstract: This automobile member has a closed cross section including joint portions in which edge portions of two side walls of an inner panel are joined with edge portions of two side walls of an outer panel, in which in a first region, a first region outer height ho1 and a first region inner height hi1 have a constant value and the difference between the first region outer height ho1 and the first region inner height hi1 is smaller than the difference between a second region outer height ho2 and a second region inner height hi2; in a second region, the second region outer height ho2 has a value which is larger than the second region inner height hi2 and constant, or the second region outer height ho2 has a value which is smaller than the second region inner height hi2 and constant; in a first transition region, a first transition region outer height ho1˜2 is continuously varied between the first region outer height ho1 and the second region outer height ho2, and a first transition region inner height hi1˜2 is continType: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2015Publication date: August 17, 2017Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichiro OTSUKA, Yoshiaki NAKAZAWA, Ryuichi NISHIMURA, Yasunori SAWA, Atsushi ONO, Takeshi KAWACHI
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Publication number: 20170129314Abstract: A main body (2) has door attaching portions respectively formed on both end sides of a long longitudinal direction thereof and a bending deformation generation portion (3) disposed between the door attaching portions, and the bending deformation generation portion (3) has a groove bottom portion (4), two edge line portions (5a, 5b), two vertical wall portions (6a, 6b), two curved portions (7a, 7b), and two flanges (8a, 8b). There is provided a bead (13) which is formed toward the longitudinal direction of the main body (2) in a part of the groove bottom portion (4) in a manner to project in a shape having a curved surface toward the outside of a cross-sectional shape of the bending deformation generation portion (3) so as to oppose an impact load acting on a door impact beam (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2014Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Yasunori SAWA, Yoshiaki NAKAZAWA
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Publication number: 20170008119Abstract: There is provided a welded structure that can reduce fractures at welded portions. The welded structure includes two or three steel sheets and a lapped portion in which the steel sheets are overlapped and joined by spot welding at a plurality of locations, the welded structure including a spot weld portion, and, when a diameter of a nugget is dng (mm), a tip diameter of an electrode used by the spot welding is d (mm), and an average thickness per steel sheet of the steel sheets at the lapped portion is tave (mm), the spot weld portion satisfies dng>d(tave)1/2 when 0.5 mm?tave<1.1 mm and dng>1.05d when 1.1 mm?tave?2.6 mm, in accordance with the average thickness tave (mm).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiaki NAKAZAWA, Tohru OKADA, Yasuhiro ITO, Masanori YASUYAMA, Yasunori SAWA