Patents by Inventor Yukinobu Nakanishi

Yukinobu Nakanishi 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).

  • Publication number: 20240075989
    Abstract: A vehicle front body structure includes: a vehicle body frame member arranged behind a front tire of a vehicle; and an extending member located in front of the vehicle body frame member so as to face the front tire and arranged at a height overlapping in a vehicle up-down direction with the front tire, wherein the extending member extends outward in a vehicle width direction beyond a front pillar and a side sill. The front pillar and side sill constitute the vehicle body frame member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventor: Yukinobu NAKANISHI
  • Patent number: 11459036
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle body front structure including a front hood (7) provided in a front part of a vehicle body (3), and a port device (30) mounted to the vehicle body and positioned under the front hood. The front hood includes an outer panel (7A) and an inner panel (7B) attached to a back side of the outer panel, the outer panel and the inner panel defining a port opening (21) facing the port device and passed through the outer panel and the inner panel in a thicknesswise direction thereof, and being welded to each other along a peripheral edge (22) of the port opening, and a garnish (23) is provided on an outer surface of a peripheral part of the outer panel surrounding the port opening, and a lid (58) for selectively closing the port opening is provided on the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukinobu Nakanishi, Daisuke Ebihara, Seiichi Kato
  • Patent number: 11325486
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle front body structure comprising a port device (30) received in a housing (36) and mounted to a vehicle body under a front hood (7). A lid (58) is provided on the housing to selectively close a port opening (21) in the front hood, the lid being provided with a lid plate (59) that selectively closes the port opening, and a hinge arm (61) extending from the lid plate into the housing and rotatably connected to the housing via a hinge shaft (75) extending laterally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukinobu Nakanishi, Daisuke Ebihara, Tomofumi Ichinose
  • Patent number: 11104238
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle front body structure including a port device (30) received in a housing (36) and mounted to a vehicle body under a front hood (7). A lid (58) is provided on the housing to selectively close a port opening (21) in the front hood, and the lid includes a lid plate (59) including a light transmitting base material, and a reinforcing member (60) attached to an inner surface of the lid plate, the reinforcing member extending along an intermediate part of the lid plate with respect to a fore and aft direction of the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukinobu Nakanishi, Hirotaka Iguchi, Hideaki Ito
  • Patent number: 10878644
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle port device that includes a lid (38) that selectively closes an opening (44) of a port accommodating space facing outwardly on a vehicle body, a first display unit (52) positioned in the port accommodating space, and a second display unit (54) configured to indicate a failure in the port module and positioned in the port accommodating space. The lid includes a translucent part (46A) opposing the first display unit and an opaque part (46B) opposing the second display unit in a closed state of the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuta Fukuda, Hideaki Ito, Yukinobu Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 10800277
    Abstract: A vehicle body front structure provided with a charging port device to which a charging connector is selectively connected is provided. The vehicle body front structure includes: a pair of longitudinal members extending in a fore and aft direction on either side of a vehicle body; a bulkhead including an upper member extending laterally and having lateral ends connected to the respective longitudinal members; a lateral member extending laterally behind the bulkhead, and having lateral ends connected to the respective longitudinal members; and a support member having a front part fixed to the upper member and a rear part fixed to the lateral member to support the charging port device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Hatami, Yukinobu Nakanishi
  • Publication number: 20200102018
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle body front structure including a front hood (7) provided in a front part of a vehicle body (3), and a port device (30) mounted to the vehicle body and positioned under the front hood. The front hood includes an outer panel (7A) and an inner panel (7B) attached to a back side of the outer panel, the outer panel and the inner panel defining a port opening (21) facing the port device and passed through the outer panel and the inner panel in a thicknesswise direction thereof, and being welded to each other along a peripheral edge (22) of the port opening, and a garnish (23) is provided on an outer surface of a peripheral part of the outer panel surrounding the port opening, and a lid (58) for selectively closing the port opening is provided on the vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Yukinobu NAKANISHI, Daisuke EBIHARA, Seiichi KATO
  • Publication number: 20200105074
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle port device that includes a lid (38) that selectively closes an opening (44) of a port accommodating space facing outwardly on a vehicle body, a first display unit (52) positioned in the port accommodating space, and a second display unit (54) configured to indicate a failure in the port module and positioned in the port accommodating space. The lid includes a translucent part (46A) opposing the first display unit and an opaque part (46B) opposing the second display unit in a closed state of the lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Shuta FUKUDA, Hideaki ITO, Yukinobu NAKANISHI
  • Publication number: 20200101853
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle front body structure comprising a port device (30) received in a housing (36) and mounted to a vehicle body under a front hood (7). A lid (58) is provided on the housing to selectively close a port opening (21) in the front hood, the lid being provided with a lid plate (59) that selectively closes the port opening, and a hinge arm (61) extending from the lid plate into the housing and rotatably connected to the housing via a hinge shaft (75) extending laterally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Yukinobu NAKANISHI, Daisuke EBIHARA, Tomofumi ICHINOSE
  • Publication number: 20200101852
    Abstract: A vehicle body front structure provided with a charging port device to which a charging connector is selectively connected is provided. The vehicle body front structure includes: a pair of longitudinal members extending in a fore and aft direction on either side of a vehicle body; a bulkhead including an upper member extending laterally and having lateral ends connected to the respective longitudinal members; a lateral member extending laterally behind the bulkhead, and having lateral ends connected to the respective longitudinal members; and a support member having a front part fixed to the upper member and a rear part fixed to the lateral member to support the charging port device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Makoto HATAMI, Yukinobu NAKANISHI
  • Publication number: 20200101854
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle front body structure including a port device (30) received in a housing (36) and mounted to a vehicle body under a front hood (7). A lid (58) is provided on the housing to selectively close a port opening (21) in the front hood, and the lid includes a lid plate (59) including a light transmitting base material, and a reinforcing member (60) attached to an inner surface of the lid plate, the reinforcing member extending along an intermediate part of the lid plate with respect to a fore and aft direction of the vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Yukinobu NAKANISHI, Hirotaka IGUCHI, Hideaki ITO
  • Patent number: 9764770
    Abstract: A structure for an upper part of vehicle body includes: right and left side rail members extending in a vehicle front-rear direction; a roof member having right and left end portions in a vehicle width direction supported by the right and left side rail members, respectively; and gussets connected at one ends thereof to the respective side rail members, each extending from one end upwardly and inwardly in the vehicle width direction, and connected at the other end thereof to the roof member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukinobu Nakanishi, Sadayuki Asano
  • Publication number: 20160288841
    Abstract: A structure for an upper part of vehicle body includes: right and left side rail members extending in a vehicle front-rear direction; a roof member having right and left end portions in a vehicle width direction supported by the right and left side rail members, respectively; and gussets connected at one ends thereof to the respective side rail members, each extending from one end upwardly and inwardly in the vehicle width direction, and connected at the other end thereof to the roof member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Yukinobu Nakanishi, Sadayuki Asano