Patents by Inventor Yukihiro Onishi
Yukihiro Onishi 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: 10882560Abstract: A vehicle-body lower structure includes: a side sill; and a cross member, wherein the side sill includes a side sill outer and a side sill inner, a bulk having a shape corresponding to the cross member is provided on the opposite side of the side sill inner from the cross member in a closed-section space formed by the side sill outer and the side sill inner, and the bulk includes a front wall portion, a rear wall portion placed behind the front wall portion in the vehicle-body front-rear direction, and a connecting wall portion connecting the front wall portion and the rear wall portion, the front wall portion and the connecting wall portion forming a first edge line extending in the vehicle width direction, and the rear wall portion and the connecting wall, portion forming a second edge line extending in the vehicle width direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2019Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yukihiro Onishi, Nobuhiro Ichimura, Mikio Nakashima
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Patent number: 10858045Abstract: A center pillar structure includes a pillar inner panel, a lower pillar outer panel disposed outward of the pillar inner panel in the vehicle-width direction, and an upper pillar outer panel disposed upward of the lower pillar outer panel in the vehicle-height direction. The lower pillar outer panel includes a side wall portion, a front wall portion connected to a front end of the side wall portion, and a rear wall portion connected to a rear end of the side wall portion. The upper pillar outer panel includes an overlapping portion overlapping the side wall portion, and the overlapping portion is provided at a lower end portion of the upper pillar outer panel in the vehicle-height direction. At least one of the front wall portion and the rear wall portion is provided with a linear bent portion extending in the vehicle-height direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yukihiro Onishi, Masamichi Tajima, Toyohisa Kodama, Mikio Nakashima
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Patent number: 10814915Abstract: A center pillar includes: an outer panel located outward in a vehicle-width direction; and an inner panel located inward of the outer panel in a vehicle-width direction, and forming a closed section, wherein the inner panel includes an installation opening formed in a lower end portion in a vehicle-height direction of the inner panel, a predetermined component being housed in the closed section via the installation opening, a pair of longitudinally long bead portions formed at both side edges of the inner panel so as to extend in the vehicle-height direction from an upper end portion to a peripheral edge of the installation opening, and a reinforcing coupling bead portion formed at a position above and near the installation opening in the vehicle-height direction, the reinforcing coupling bead portion coupling the pair of longitudinally long bead portions along the vehicle front-rear direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2019Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yukihiro Onishi, Naoto Taniyama
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Publication number: 20190276086Abstract: A vehicle-body lower structure includes: a side sill; and a cross member, wherein the side sill includes a side sill outer and a side sill inner, a bulk having a shape corresponding to the cross member is provided on the opposite side of the side sill inner from the cross member in a closed-section space formed by the side sill outer and the side sill inner, and the bulk includes a front wall portion, a rear wall portion placed behind the front wall portion in the vehicle-body front-rear direction, and a connecting wall portion connecting the front wall portion and the rear wall portion, the front wall portion and the connecting wall portion forming a first edge line extending in the vehicle width direction, and the rear wall portion and the connecting wall, portion forming a second edge line extending in the vehicle width direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2019Publication date: September 12, 2019Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yukihiro Onishi, Nobuhiro Ichimura, Mikio Nakashima
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Publication number: 20190276089Abstract: A center pillar structure includes a pillar inner panel, a lower pillar outer panel disposed outward of the pillar inner panel in the vehicle-width direction, and an upper pillar outer panel disposed upward of the lower pillar outer panel in the vehicle-height direction. The lower pillar outer panel includes a side wall portion, a front wall portion connected to a front end of the side wall portion, and a rear wall portion connected to a rear end of the side wall portion. The upper pillar outer panel includes an overlapping portion overlapping the side wall portion, and the overlapping portion is provided at a lower end portion of the upper pillar outer panel in the vehicle-height direction. At least one of the front wall portion and the rear wall portion is provided with a linear bent portion extending in the vehicle-height direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2019Publication date: September 12, 2019Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yukihiro Onishi, Masamichi Tajima, Toyohisa Kodama, Mikio Nakashima
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Publication number: 20190276088Abstract: A center pillar includes: an outer panel located outward in a vehicle-width direction; and an inner panel located inward of the outer panel in a vehicle-width direction, and forming a closed section, wherein the inner panel includes an installation opening formed in a lower end portion in a vehicle-height direction of the inner panel, a predetermined component being housed in the closed section via the installation opening, a pair of longitudinally long bead portions formed at both side edges of the inner panel so as to extend in the vehicle-height direction from an upper end portion to a peripheral edge of the installation opening, and a reinforcing coupling bead portion formed at a position above and near the installation opening in the vehicle-height direction, the reinforcing coupling bead portion coupling the pair of longitudinally long bead portions along the vehicle front-rear direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2019Publication date: September 12, 2019Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yukihiro Onishi, Naoto Taniyama
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Publication number: 20020135445Abstract: The tuner has a frame with a mounting leg attached to a motherboard. Thus, when fitting a nut, the frame is not rotated, so that the detachment of the cover is prevented.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2002Publication date: September 26, 2002Applicant: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yukihiro Onishi
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Patent number: 6101092Abstract: A heat-dissipating structure in which a cylindrical projecting portion is formed in a shield case so as to project inwardly of the shield case and contact an electronic part encased in the shield case. This heat-dissipating structure has high heat conductivity and can reduce the amount of interfering signals being emitted from or rushing into the case.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 1997Date of Patent: August 8, 2000Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yukihiro Onishi