Patents by Inventor Yuuki NAGASE

Yuuki NAGASE 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: 11078873
    Abstract: Provided is a fuel tank made of resin, including: a fuel tank body that is enclosed by a bottom wall, side walls, and an upper wall, the fuel tank body including a first storage portion, a second storage portion, and a coupling portion, the coupling portion communicating an upper portion of the first storage portion and an upper portion of the second storage portion; a pump module disposed in the first storage portion; an open portion formed in the first storage portion; a strut provided in the first storage portion; a separator provided on the strut; a suction portion disposed in the second storage portion; a fuel transfer line that communicates the suction portion to the pump module; a holding portion and a provisional holding portion provided at the separator, the provisional holding portion being configured to removably hold the extra-length portion of the fuel transfer line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinsuke Amano, Yuuki Nagase
  • Patent number: 10688865
    Abstract: A fuel tank includes a fuel tank main body portion, a first supporting pillar portion, and a second supporting pillar portion. The first supporting pillar portion is provided at a vehicle rear side of an inner side of the fuel tank main body portion. The second supporting pillar portion is provided at a vehicle front side of the first supporting pillar portion at the inner side of the fuel tank main body portion and is longer in the vehicle vertical direction than the first supporting pillar portion is in the vehicle vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinsuke Amano, Yuuki Nagase, Toshiaki Asahara
  • Publication number: 20190128227
    Abstract: Provided is a fuel tank made of resin, including: a fuel tank body that is enclosed by a bottom wall, side walls, and an upper wall, the fuel tank body including a first storage portion, a second storage portion, and a coupling portion, the coupling portion communicating an upper portion of the first storage portion and an upper portion of the second storage portion; a pump module disposed in the first storage portion; an open portion formed in the first storage portion; a strut provided in the first storage portion; a separator provided on the strut; a suction portion disposed in the second storage portion; a fuel transfer line that communicates the suction portion to the pump module; a holding portion and a provisional holding portion provided at the separator, the provisional holding portion being configured to removably hold the extra-length portion of the fuel transfer line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinsuke AMANO, Yuuki NAGASE
  • Publication number: 20190111776
    Abstract: A fuel tank made of resin includes: a fuel tank main body enclosed by a bottom wall, side walls, and a top wall, and configured to internally store fuel, the fuel tank main body including a pair of storage portions and a joining portion, the joining portion enables the pair of storage portions to mutually communicate with each other, and a distance from the bottom wall to the top wall of the joining portion is shorter than in the storage portions; and plural stand-offs formed at the joining portion by bonding together a portion of the top wall and a portion of the bottom wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinsuke Amano, Yuuki Nagase
  • Publication number: 20190092163
    Abstract: A fuel tank includes a fuel tank main body portion, a first supporting pillar portion, and a second supporting pillar portion. The first supporting pillar portion is provided at a vehicle rear side of an inner side of the fuel tank main body portion. The second supporting pillar portion is provided at a vehicle front side of the first supporting pillar portion at the inner side of the fuel tank main body portion and is longer in the vehicle vertical direction than the first supporting pillar portion is in the vehicle vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinsuke AMANO, Yuuki NAGASE, Toshiaki ASAHARA
  • Publication number: 20190092159
    Abstract: A built-in support pillar for a fuel tank including: a support pillar main body that is configured to be disposed inside a box-shaped fuel tank, and that joins together mutually facing internal walls of the fuel tank; an engaging portion for positioning that is formed on an outer circumferential surface of the support pillar main body; and a bracket that is mounted on the support pillar main body, the bracket including an engaged portion configured to be engaged with the engaging portion, and a fixing portion to which a built-in component is fixed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinsuke AMANO, Yuuki NAGASE, Tomoki TADA
  • Publication number: 20180194219
    Abstract: A vehicle fuel tank includes: a fuel tank body including a first wall and a second wall facing the first wall; and a support column member disposed in the inside of the fuel tank body and extending from the first wall to the second wall. The first wall includes a first projection projecting toward an inside of the fuel tank body. A first end of the support column member in a longitudinal direction of the support column member is welded to the first projection. A second end of the support column member in the longitudinal direction is welded to the second wall. The support column member includes a first deformation-start portion located at a position closer to the first projection than to a center of the support column member in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinsuke AMANO, Yuuki NAGASE, Toshiaki ASAHARA