Patents by Inventor Yoshito Nagafuchi

Yoshito Nagafuchi 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).

  • Vehicle body structure
    Patent number: 6938950
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure in which a ridge of a front side member is continuous with a ridge of a dash brace to make it possible to efficiently transmit an impact force, and which is capable of realizing an intended deformation of the front side member suited to the impact force, while effectively utilizing a reaction force generated in a side frame member. A front portion of the dash brace is inserted into the front side member through a notch formed in a dash panel, and is overlapped with and spot-welded to a side face of the front side member, whereby the ridge of the front side member is directly continuous with the ridge of the dash brace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Mitsubishi Jidosha Engineering Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshito Nagafuchi, Nobuhiro Oikawa, Katsuhiko Takashina
  • Vehicle body structure
    Publication number: 20040256890
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure in which a ridge of a front side member is continuous with a ridge of a dash brace to make it possible to efficiently transmit an impact force, and which is capable of realizing an intended deformation of the front side member suited to the impact force, while effectively utilizing a reaction force generated in a side frame member. A front portion of the dash brace is inserted into the front side member through a notch formed in a dash panel, and is overlapped with and spot-welded to a side face of the front side member, whereby the ridge of the front side member is directly continuous with the ridge of the dash brace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: Yoshito Nagafuchi, Nobuhiro Oikawa, Katsuhiko Takashina