Patents by Inventor Yoshito Kuroda

Yoshito Kuroda 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: 10675787
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a composite molded body includes a first step of introducing an FRP base material into a mold via a slit part provided in the mold, and inserting the FRP base material along a mold cavity; and a second step of injecting a molten thermoplastic resin composition A into the mold cavity to form the FRP base material into a three-dimensional shape and integrate the injected thermoplastic resin composition A and the FRP base material. The method makes it possible to easily and accurately mold a composite molded body of which a desired portion is efficiently and accurately reinforced in the same mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kimihiko Hattori, Masato Sugamori, Kazuyoshi Nakano, Yoshito Kuroda, Hideo Matsuoka, Tomoyuki Onodera, Yoshiyuki Honda, Nobuhiko Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20190030760
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a composite molded body includes a first step of introducing an FRP base material into a mold via a slit part provided in the mold, and inserting the FRP base material along a mold cavity; and a second step of injecting a molten thermoplastic resin composition A into the mold cavity to form the FRP base material into a three-dimensional shape and integrate the injected thermoplastic resin composition A and the FRP base material. The method makes it possible to easily and accurately mold a composite molded body of which a desired portion is efficiently and accurately reinforced in the same mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Kimihiko Hattori, Masato Sugamori, Kazuyoshi Nakano, Yoshito Kuroda, Hideo Matsuoka, Tomoyuki Onodera, Yoshiyuki Honda, Nobuhiko Shimizu
  • Patent number: 9644700
    Abstract: An energy-absorbing member has a structure in which a plurality of fiber reinforced resin layers are layered in a thickness direction of said member and includes as the plurality of fiber reinforced resin layers, at least a plurality of unidirectional materials each including unidirectionally aligned reinforcing fibers and a resin and a plurality of cross materials each including a reinforcing fiber woven fabric and a resin, wherein lengths of the plurality of unidirectional materials in an external-loading direction are sequentially changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroki Wakabayashi, Yoshito Kuroda, Yukitane Kimoto
  • Patent number: 9487118
    Abstract: A backrest frame structure made of a resin and having a gate-shaped profile includes side frames extending in parallel to each other on both sides thereof and a transverse frame extending between top portion of the side frames integrally connected to the transverse frame, wherein a belt-shaped FRP sheet in which reinforcing fibers are unidirectionally-oriented is set as extending continuously or intermittently at least on the transverse frame between the side frames, and a matrix resin of the set FRP sheet and a resin constituting the transverse frame are integrally joined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi Matsumoto, Koji Yamaguchi, Yoshito Kuroda
  • Patent number: 9434285
    Abstract: A frame structure to be provided in a seat back having a seatbelt retractor and a seatbelt guide at a top of a seat, wherein the frame structure is an integral structure including an oblique frame obliquely extending upwardly to a seatbelt guide installation section from a first support point located at an end side of a lower part of the seat back in a seat width direction, a vertical frame extending upwardly from a second support point located at another end side of the lower part of the seat back in the seat width direction and connects to the oblique frame at a top, and a transverse frame extending between a lower end of the oblique frame and a lower end of the vertical frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi Matsumoto, Yoshito Kuroda, Koji Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20160114641
    Abstract: The present invention comprises: a vehicle link component which is characterized in that a collar member is provided to a rotation fulcrum member-mounting hole section of a link body formed from carbon-fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP), said collar member having a cylindrical section that extends inside the hole section in the direction of penetration of the hole section, and having an engagement section that extends in the direction along the surface of the link body from the cylindrical section; and a manufacturing method therefor. By employing the CFRP link body, a significant reduction in the weight of the vehicle link component can be achieved, and assembly can easily be performed as desired without causing damage by press-fitting a bush, or the like, even in the CFRP link body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicants: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC., YOROZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeo IWASAWA, Yoshito KURODA, Shuichiro KAWAGUCHI, Yoshihiro MORIWAKI, Shota TABATA
  • Patent number: 9243007
    Abstract: The present invention provides organopolysiloxane comprising one or more unsaturated bond-containing group(s) in one molecule and having constitutional units F1, M1, and T in any combination of (i) F1 and M1, (ii) F1 and T, and (iii) F1, M1, and T: wherein R1 represents any selected from the group consisting of a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, and a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group; R2 represents an unsaturated bond-containing group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms; X represents a divalent hydrocarbon group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms; Y represents a divalent hydrocarbon group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms; and a, b, and c each independently represent an integer of 1 or larger, wherein F1 represents a unit constituting cyclic organopolysiloxane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Yuji Okada, Yoshito Kuroda
  • Patent number: 9211826
    Abstract: A frame structure for a seat back to be provided in the seat back having a seatbelt retractor and a seatbelt guide at a frame top, wherein the frame structure includes an oblique frame and a vertical frame, the oblique frame obliquely extending upward to a seatbelt guide installation section from a first support point located at an end side of a lower part of the seat back in a seat width direction, the vertical frame extending upward from a second support point located at another end side of the lower part of the seat back in the seat width direction and connecting to the oblique frame at a top.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi Matsumoto, Yoshito Kuroda, Koji Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 9132760
    Abstract: A frame structure for a backrest made of a resin and having a gate-shaped profile includes side frames extending parallel to each other on both sides thereof and a transverse frame extending like a sheet between top portions of the side frames integrally connected to the transverse frame, wherein the transverse frame connects to backrest back-side portions of the side frames at the top portions and connects to backrest front-side portions of the side frames at bottom portions, the transverse frame being formed into a sheet-like shape smoothly extending obliquely with respect to the side frames in a longitudinal cross section, and provided with reinforcing fibers extending continuously or intermittently at least between both side frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi Matsumoto, Koji Yamaguchi, Yoshito Kuroda
  • Publication number: 20150226281
    Abstract: An energy-absorbing member has a structure in which a plurality of fiber reinforced resin layers are layered in a thickness direction of said member and includes as the plurality of fiber reinforced resin layers, at least a plurality of unidirectional materials each including unidirectionally aligned reinforcing fibers and a resin and a plurality of cross materials each including a reinforcing fiber woven fabric and a resin, wherein lengths of the plurality of unidirectional materials in an external-loading direction are sequentially changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroki Wakabayashi, Yoshito Kuroda, Yukitane Kimoto
  • Patent number: 9096269
    Abstract: A structure for a passenger vehicle interior is a structure for constituting the vehicle interior of a passenger vehicle, is formed in a monocoque structure in which the entire structure from the front side to the rear side of the vehicle interior is integrally formed by a fiber-reinforced resin, has a bowl-shaped structure part which is provided at least on the front side among the front side and the rear side of the structure and which opens toward the rear side, and has a side-wall part formed as a vertical wall that is continuous with the bowl-shaped structure part and extends in a front-rear direction of the structure, at each of both side parts of the structure, and a manufacturing method therefor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Yukitane Kimoto, Toshihide Sekido, Nobuhiko Shimizu, Toru Yamanaka, Kosaku Hashimoto, Yoshito Kuroda, Takao Sano, Hiroki Wakabayashi
  • Publication number: 20140327290
    Abstract: A frame structure for a seat back to be provided in the seat back having a seatbelt retractor and a seatbelt guide at a frame top, wherein the frame structure includes an oblique frame and a vertical frame, the oblique frame obliquely extending upward to a seatbelt guide installation section from a first support point located at an end side of a lower part of the seat back in a seat width direction, the vertical frame extending upward from a second support point located at another end side of the lower part of the seat back in the seat width direction and connecting to the oblique frame at a top.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Satoshi Matsumoto, Yoshito Kuroda, Koji Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20140300165
    Abstract: A frame structure to be provided in a seat back having a seatbelt retractor and a seatbelt guide at a top of a seat, wherein the frame structure is an integral structure including an oblique frame obliquely extending upwardly to a seatbelt guide installation section from a first support point located at an end side of a lower part of the seat back in a seat width direction, a vertical frame extending upwardly from a second support point located at another end side of the lower part of the seat back in the seat width direction and connects to the oblique frame at a top, and a transverse frame extending between a lower end of the oblique frame and a lower end of the vertical frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Satoshi Matsumoto, Yoshito Kuroda, Koji Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20140159462
    Abstract: A frame structure for a backrest made of a resin and having a gate-shaped profile includes side frames extending parallel to each other on both sides thereof and a transverse frame extending like a sheet between top portions of the side frames integrally connected to the transverse frame, wherein the transverse frame connects to backrest back-side portions of the side frames at the top portions and connects to backrest front-side portions of the side frames at bottom portions, the transverse frame being formed into a sheet-like shape smoothly extending obliquely with respect to the side frames in a longitudinal cross section, and provided with reinforcing fibers extending continuously or intermittently at least between both side frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Satoshi Matsumoto, Koji Yamaguchi, Yoshito Kuroda
  • Publication number: 20140139004
    Abstract: A backrest frame structure made of a resin and having a gate-shaped profile includes side frames extending in parallel to each other on both sides thereof and a transverse frame extending between top portion of the side frames integrally connected to the transverse frame, wherein a belt-shaped FRP sheet in which reinforcing fibers are unidirectionally-oriented is set as extending continuously or intermittently at least on the transverse frame between the side frames, and a matrix resin of the set FRP sheet and a resin constituting the transverse frame are integrally joined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi Matsumoto, Koji Yamaguchi, Yoshito Kuroda
  • Publication number: 20140114021
    Abstract: The present invention provides organopolysiloxane comprising one or more unsaturated bond-containing group(s) in one molecule and having constitutional units F1, M1, and T in any combination of (i) F1 and M1, (ii) F1 and T, and (iii) F1, M1, and T: wherein R1 represents any selected from the group consisting of a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, and a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group; R2 represents an unsaturated bond-containing group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms; X represents a divalent hydrocarbon group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms; Y represents a divalent hydrocarbon group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms; and a, b, and c each independently represent an integer of 1 or larger, wherein F1 represents a unit constituting cyclic organopolysiloxane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: ASAHI KASEI CHEMICALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Okada, Yoshito Kuroda
  • Publication number: 20130249242
    Abstract: A structure for a passenger vehicle interior is a structure for constituting the vehicle interior of a passenger vehicle, is formed in a monocoque structure in which the entire structure from the front side to the rear side of the vehicle interior is integrally formed by a fiber-reinforced resin, has a bowl-shaped structure part which is provided at least on the front side among the front side and the rear side of the structure and which opens toward the rear side, and has a side-wall part formed as a vertical wall that is continuous with the bowl-shaped structure part and extends in a front-rear direction of the structure, at each of both side parts of the structure, and a manufacturing method therefor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Yukitane Kimoto, Toshihide Sekido, Nobuhiko Shimizu, Toru Yamanaka, Kosaku Hashimoto, Yoshito Kuroda, Takao Sano, Hiroki Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: D677067
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Toru Yamanaka, Nobuhiko Shimizu, Kosaku Hashimoto, Yukitane Kimoto, Yoshito Kuroda, Yuki Sakamoto, Gordon Murray, Barry Lett, Frank Coppuck, Kevin Richards, Andy Jones, Mark Lewis, Zachary Seward
  • Patent number: D687740
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Toru Yamanaka, Nobuhiko Shimizu, Kosaku Hashimoto, Yukitane Kimoto, Yoshito Kuroda, Yuki Sakamoto, Gordon Murray, Barry Lett, Frank Coppuck, Kevin Richards, Andy Jones, Mark Lewis, Zachary Seward
  • Patent number: D718199
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Toru Yamanaka, Nobuhiko Shimizu, Kosaku Hashimoto, Yukitane Kimoto, Yoshito Kuroda, Yuki Sakamoto, Gordon Murray, Barry Lett, Frank Coppuck, Kevin Richards, Andy Jones, Mark Lewis, Zachary Seward