Side Patents (Class 296/187.12)
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Patent number: 12221815Abstract: A system for preventing sliding vehicle doors from opening during collisions is disclosed. The system includes at least one roller assembly of a sliding door connected to a guiderail on a vehicle body. The roller assembly includes a protruding member that interfaces with a protrusion engaging member attached to the vehicle body. During normal operation, the protruding member clears the protrusion engaging member. During a collision in which the sliding door is pushed laterally outwards, the protruding member contacts the protrusion engaging member and stops the outward motion of the sliding door. In some cases, a vehicle includes corresponding protruding members and protrusion engaging members for both an upper roller assembly and a lower roller assembly of a sliding door.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2022Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Fukahori, Yuichiro Saiki, Khang C. Nguyen, Hiroshi Shingu
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Patent number: 12187110Abstract: A body structure for an electrically operated vehicle, having an installation space for a traction battery, which space is open toward the vehicle bottom in the vertical vehicle direction, is closed toward the vehicle top by a floor pan part that forms the vehicle floor, and is delimited on both sides in the transverse vehicle direction by a rocker panel that delimits a side-door opening toward the vehicle bottom, wherein a rear body longitudinal member that transitions into the respective rocker panel toward the front of the vehicle in the longitudinal vehicle direction extends on each vehicle side in the rear-end region, and wherein the relevant rear corner of the traction battery is enclosed by an interior corner region, in particular right-angled interior corner region, that stretches between the rocker panel and the front battery cross member.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2022Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Volkswagen AktiengesellschaftInventors: Thomas Schilling, Nicole Wallmann, Ingo Lueken, Werner Krauth
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Patent number: 12172508Abstract: An energy storage underbody for a motor car body-in-white has a vehicle floor laterally delimited by side sills and reinforced by side members and/or cross members. An energy storage device is disposed on the underside of the vehicle floor. In order to obtain an energy storage device of particularly simple construction and a particularly economical, stiffened underbody, the energy storage underbody has at least one housing of the energy storage device, the housing being non-load bearing in terms of the body-in-white, and has at least one additional side member or cross member disposed on the topside of the vehicle floor to reinforce the underbody.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2019Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Nermin Kecalevic, Juergen Leschhorn, Roland Wanka
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Patent number: 12157353Abstract: A panel door applied for a vehicle including a stiffness member made of a plastic material and integrally formed on an internal surface of the panel door, includes an external panel, an internal panel coupled to the external panel, and a stiffness member formed to connect a frame forming a circumference and stiffness elements provided for reinforcing stiffness inside the frame and coupled to at least one of the external panel and the internal panel.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2023Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventor: Je-Won Choi
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Patent number: 12012148Abstract: A vehicle skeleton member 10 includes: a hat-shaped member 1; a closing plate 2; a reinforcement member 6; and a plurality of welds 31. The hat-shaped member 1 includes a first top plate 1a, two first walls 1b, and two flanges 1c. The reinforcement member 6 includes a second top plate 6a and two second walls 6b. The welds 31 join the first and second walls 1b and 6b. The welds 31 joining the first and second walls 1b and 6b are located at positions on the first walls 1b closer to the closing plate 2 than the middle surface C1 between the first top plate 1a and closing plate 2 is. Edge segments 4 of the reinforcement member 6 are located between the welds 31.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2020Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventor: Koichi Hamada
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Patent number: 11975600Abstract: An electric truck that travels by electric power supplied from a battery includes a ladder frame including a pair of side rails, where the side rails face each other in a vehicle width direction, and a power supply unit including the battery, where the power supply unit is disposed between the side rails and is connected to the side rails. The side rails each have flanges having a predetermined width provided at each edge of a respective web. At least one of the flanges at a location facing a corner of the power supply unit as viewed in the vehicle width direction has a narrowed flange portion having a width smaller than the predetermined width.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2020Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Daimler Truck AGInventors: Kiyoshi Kimura, Shigeru Okonogi
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Patent number: 11955650Abstract: An embodiment battery-mounting structure includes a side sill, a mounting bracket connected to the side sill, the mounting bracket being deformable by external force, a connecting member coupled to the mounting bracket and spaced apart from the side sill by a predetermined distance, and a battery assembly including a side flange coupled to the connecting member, the battery assembly being configured to receive a high-voltage battery.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventor: Seung Won An
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Patent number: 11878576Abstract: The vehicle door structure includes: a door outer panel including a projected section that projects outward in a vehicle width direction, a recessed section that is separated from the projected section and recessed inward in the vehicle width direction, and a boundary section between the projected section and the recessed section; and a panel reinforcement fixed to an inner surface in the vehicle width direction of the door outer panel. The panel reinforcement includes: a first frame section that extends in a vehicle front-rear direction; and a second frame section at a position that overlaps the boundary section in the vehicle side view and is configured to be able to transmit a load to the first frame section at the time when the load in an inward direction of the vehicle width direction is applied to the boundary section.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Daisuke Nakayama, Kyohei Yukita, Tomohiro Komaji
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Patent number: 11752851Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle body provided with each of a pair of rockers on each side of a floor panel in a right-left direction, a battery pack that stores electric power to be supplied to a traction motor, and a pair of fixing members that fixes the battery pack to the rockers. The battery pack and the fixing members are joined by a plurality of adhesion members. The adhesion members are intermittently laid out along a vehicle length direction of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Naoki Takahashi, Takuya Hirota, Shunji Shibata
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Patent number: 11724577Abstract: A door structure includes a door panel, a first beam member, a first bracket attached to a rear end portion of the first beam member, a second beam member formed separately from the first beam member, a second bracket attached to a rear end portion of the second beam member and formed separately from the first bracket, and a coupling member, to which the first bracket and the second bracket are fixed to be arranged side by side, and which is attached to the door panel. The coupling member includes an extending portion extending in a vehicle width direction between the first bracket and the second bracket.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2022Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Takashi Kasuya
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Patent number: 11712949Abstract: What is provided is an automobile side structure including: a first impact absorbing member (122) extending in a vehicle height direction inside an automobile door; a second impact absorbing member (126) inside the automobile door; a door inner panel (200) inside the automobile door; and a side sill (520), in which the first impact absorbing member (122), the second impact absorbing member (126), the door inner panel (200), and the side sill (520) are on a straight line in a vehicle width direction, and the second impact absorbing member (126) is disposed between the first impact absorbing member (122) and the door inner panel (200); and an automobile.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2020Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Toshiya Suzuki, Yoshiaki Nakazawa
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Patent number: 11697329Abstract: A vehicle door structure includes: a horizontal beam arranged inside a door of a vehicle to extend in a vehicle front-rear direction; and a vertical beam arranged inside the door to extend in a vehicle up-down direction, wherein a vehicle front-side end and a vehicle rear-side end of the horizontal beam are each fixed to a door frame, and the vertical beam is fixed in a cantilever fashion to an intermediate portion of the horizontal beam in an axial direction thereof.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2022Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Atsushi Hasegawa, Yoshihiro Fujimura, Yasuhisa Egawa, Takuro Nishida, Yumi Saito
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Patent number: 11679809Abstract: A vehicle body includes: side sills coupled to opposite sides of the vehicle body in a forward-rearward longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, rear lower members coupled between the side sills and front side members, and a lower bar coupled to the side sills while being coupled to the rear lower members in a lateral direction of the vehicle body.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2021Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Seong Su Shin, Jang Won Hong
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Patent number: 11628711Abstract: Aside door structure for a vehicle includes a door beam that has hollow sections which are open at two ends in a longitudinal direction, and a hinge reinforcement member including a bent plate body in a crank shape that is joined to one of a front end and a rear end of the door beam. The hinge reinforcement member forms the crank shape by integrally forming a middle portion that closes an opening in the one of the front end and the rear end of the door beam and is joined to a stepped vertical wall of an inner panel of a side door, an outer end portion that is joined to a stepped outer side wall of the inner panel and an outer wall of the door beam, and an inner end portion that is joined to an inner wall of the door beam.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2022Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takayuki Soma, Eiji Hirano, Yu Iemura
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Patent number: 11618304Abstract: A hinge reinforcement comprises a reinforcement face portion which faces a door-hinge attachment face portion, an inside connection portion which longitudinally extends in a direction approaching a door center from an inside end portion, in a vehicle width direction, of the reinforcement face portion and is fixed to a door inside face portion, a first joint portion which longitudinally extends in the direction approaching the door center from the reinforcement face portion and is fixed to an impact bar, and a second joint portion which longitudinally extends in a direction away from the door center from an outside end portion, in the vehicle width direction, of the reinforcement face portion and is fixed to a door flange portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Reiko Tokuno, Shinsuke Hirao, Masahiro Nakashige
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Patent number: 11577787Abstract: A rear vehicle-body structure is provided that can absorb a rear-end collision load by a short frame region on a vehicle-body rear side. Embodiments include a rear side frame having a rear-side breaking frame section including a rear-side breakage starting portion on a rear side among breakage starting portions disposed at intervals in a front-rear direction, a front-side breaking frame section including a front-side breakage starting portion on a front side and at which the direction of breakage is opposite from the direction of breakage at the rear-side breakage starting portion, and a middle frame section between the rear-side breakage starting portion and the front-side breakage starting portion. The axial proof stress of the rear-side breaking frame section is lower than the axial proof stress of the front-side breaking frame section; and the middle frame section includes beads at a predetermined interval in an axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Harumitsu Kubota, Taichi Hirakawa
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Patent number: 11535127Abstract: A seat mounted in the cabin of a vehicle has side supports for supporting the respective right and left lateral sides of the upper half body of an occupant. The seat also has a seat frame and a side support frame incorporated in the side support on the inner side in the vehicle width direction and secured on the seat frame. A console box is mounted adjacent to the seat, on the inner side of the seat in the vehicle width direction. The side support frame and the console box or the console frame are positioned so as to at least partially overlap each other in a side view.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2019Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ippei Kobayashi, Yoichi Tamura, Takahiko Aoki, Mitsuhiro Hamada, Ryouhei Kawagishi
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Patent number: 11485415Abstract: A vehicle body lower structure may include: a hollow rocker arranged at a lower lateral part of a vehicle body and extending along a front-rear direction of the vehicle body; a power source arranged adjacent to the rocker; an energy absorbing member connected to the power source and arranged under the rocker; and a collar arranged between the rocker and the energy absorbing member. The rocker may be provided with a flange extending downward from a bottom plate of the rocker. A height of the collar above the energy absorbing member may be greater than a height of the flange.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Naoki Takahashi, Shunji Shibata
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Patent number: 11440593Abstract: A vehicle body lower structure may include: a rocker; an energy absorbing member (an EA member) arranged under the rocker, the EA member being a hollow beam; and a collar penetrating an upper plate of the EA member and welded to the upper plate. The collar is arranged between the rocker and a lower plate of the EA member. The EA member includes a first/a second/a third vertical plates and a diagonal brace, these plates connect the upper plate and the lower plate of the EA member to each other. The second vertical plate is positioned between the first and the third vertical plates. The collar passes between the first vertical plate and the second vertical plate. The diagonal brace connects a first inner corner where the second vertical plate meets the upper plate and a second inner corner where the third vertical plate meets the lower plate.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2021Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Naoki Takahashi, Shunji Shibata
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Patent number: 11427261Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes a resin floor part provided with a flange portion bent toward an upper side or a lower side at an end in a vehicle width direction, and a metal side sill part joined to the flange portion of the floor part. The side sill part includes a rim portion, a peak portion, and intermediate portions that link the rim portion to the peak portion. The peak portion and the intermediate portions form a protruding portion projecting from the rim portion toward the floor part. The flange portion of the floor part is joined to the peak portion of the protruding portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2018Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Tetsuro Naito, Toshikazu Torigaki, Shinichirou Takemoto, Katsumi Morohoshi
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Patent number: 11407297Abstract: The invention provides an impact energy absorbing carrier including a frame, a carrier, and multiple impact energy absorbing units. Each of the impact energy absorbing units includes a first link, a second link, and an impact energy absorbing member. The first link and the second link are respectively fixed to the frame and the carrier. The impact energy absorbing member includes a periphery part and two protrusion parts. The periphery part includes a first side portion and a second side portion located opposite to each other. The first side portion of the periphery part are respectively and pivotably disposed on the first link and the second link. The periphery part surrounds the protrusion parts, the protrusion parts are respectively connected to the first side portion and the second side portion of the periphery part, and a first buffering space is located between the protrusion parts.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignees: INVENTEC (PUDONG) TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, INVENTEC CORPORATIONInventor: Chi-Cheng Hsiao
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Patent number: 11383770Abstract: A vehicle-body structure which prevent deformation of a floor tunnel caused by a side collision load transmitted from a cross member to the floor tunnel via a seat mounting bracket. A pair of left and right backbone frames extending in a vehicle front-rear direction are provided each of which faces a top and a side of a floor tunnel and is fixed to the floor tunnel. A tunnel reinforcement is provided that includes a front projection, an intermediate projection, and a rear projection abutting on an underside of the floor tunnel. The backbone frame includes multiple beads abutting on the floor tunnel. The tunnel reinforcement is fixed at the front projection, the intermediate projection, and the rear projection to the seat mounting bracket via the floor tunnel and is also fixed to the multiple beads of the backbone frame via the floor tunnel.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2020Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Keisuke Ebisumoto, Hirotaka Natsume, Kazuhiro Kageyama
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Patent number: 11383766Abstract: A vehicle body lower structure may include: a rocker; a power source; an energy absorbing member (EA member) arranged under the rocker; and a collar penetrating an upper plate of the EA member. The EA member includes a first vertical plate, a second vertical plate, and a diagonal brace; the first vertical plate and the second vertical plate connect the upper and lower plates to each other, the first vertical plate is arranged adjacent to the collar, the second vertical plate is arranged adjacent to the first vertical plate on an opposite side from the collar, and the diagonal brace connects a first inner corner where the first vertical plate meets the lower plate and a second inner corner where the second vertical plate meets the upper plate.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2020Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Naoki Takahashi, Shunji Shibata
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Patent number: 11377153Abstract: An elongate vehicle reinforcement member having a U-shaped cross section, wherein the member is disposed inside and welded to a vehicle structural member, wherein the vehicle structural member includes opposite base lateral walls, the vehicle reinforcement member including: opposite reinforcement lateral walls extending in vehicle height and width directions, each having an outward edge on an outer side in vehicle width direction and an inward edge on an inner side; and a reinforcement connecting wall connecting the outward edges of the lateral walls, each lateral wall together with the connecting wall forming a ridge, each lateral wall including a row of welding projections, each protruding outward over the entire width of the lateral wall, each welding projection having a raised welding surface wherein the reinforcement lateral wall is welded to the base lateral wall, the welding projections in each row being arranged at intervals along vehicle height direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2018Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignees: TOYODA IRON WORKS CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, HINO MOTORS, LTD.Inventors: Hiroyasu Kosaka, Daisuke Teramoto, Masanori Izumoto, Katsuya Igarashi
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Patent number: 11345407Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an upper vehicle-body structure that suppresses bending deformation of a front pillar portion with respect to a hinge pillar portion by suppressing the crushing of a closed cross-section portion when external force is applied to the front pillar portion in the direction of bending the front pillar portion in the bending direction thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Tsuneaki Zenitani, Shuji Muraoka, Yusuke Desaki, Arata Osako
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Patent number: 11332193Abstract: A crossmember arrangement for reinforcing a motor-vehicle body includes a crossmember for dissipating loads in the Y direction, an intermediate piece, which is connected directly or indirectly to the crossmember and is intended for fastening the crossmember to a supporting pillar, in particular a B pillar, and a fastening body, which is connected to the intermediate piece and is intended for butting with surface-area contact against the supporting pillar. The fastening body is configured in the form of a chamber profile which runs predominantly in the Y direction. Dissipation of high loads in a motor-vehicle body is made possible, along with straightforward installation capability of the crossmember arrangement in the motor-vehicle body, as a result of the fastening body of the crossmember arrangement, the fastening body is configured in the form of a chamber profile, running essentially in the Y direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Inventors: Hans-Jürgen Schmitt, Björn Dunst
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Patent number: 11286002Abstract: A side-impact crash structure may be positioned proximate an end of a vehicle to reduce impact forces imparted to an occupant during a side collision. The side-impact crash structure may include energy absorbers positioned on lateral sides of the vehicle between the passenger compartment and a longitudinal end of the vehicle. The energy absorbers may be configured to absorb impact forces over a limited ride-down distance (the distance over which the deceleration occurs) to prevent damage to both the occupants and one or more components or systems of the vehicle. The energy absorbers can be configured to deform along an oblique axis of the vehicle under a compressive force. The side-impact crash structure may include one or more load spreaders disposed between the energy absorbers that disperse the impact force to other portions of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2019Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: Zoox, Inc.Inventors: Ramanjaneya Reddy Butukuri, Michael Curno Orr, Thomas Andrew Stoddart, Ashley Williams
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Patent number: 11286004Abstract: The disclosed subject matter generally relates to a lateral push element adapted to be arranged inside a hollow beam structure disposed on a lateral side of a vehicle. The lateral push element is configured to provide a lateral load path in the event of a partial overlap collision involving the vehicle. Some hollow beam structures on the lateral sides of the vehicle are often heavily deformed when the incoming barrier hit the hollow beam structures. The hollow beam structures are not in themselves able to transfer a lateral force. The space inside the hollow beam structures may thus be utilized for enabling additional lateral forces in the event of a partial overlap collision. The present disclosure provides a lateral push element adapted to be arranged inside the hollow beam structure disposed on a lateral side of a vehicle, and that is configured to provide a lateral load path in the event of a partial overlap collision involving the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2020Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: Volvo Car CorporationInventor: Daniel Karlsson
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Patent number: 11260731Abstract: A vehicle door assembly includes an inner door panel that partially defines a cavity therein, a door handle assembly, a main reinforcing bracket, a first reinforcing bracket and a vibration absorbing member. The first reinforcing bracket has an upper end fixedly attached to the main reinforcing bracket and to a rearward area of the inner door panel within the cavity below the door handle assembly. The vibration absorbing member has an outboard surface, an inboard surface and a main projection that extends forward from the main body. The main projection is fixed to the first reinforcing bracket such that the main body is rearward of the first reinforcing bracket. The outboard surface is shaped and dimensioned to correspond to the overall shape of the inboard portion of the door handle assembly.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignees: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC., NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshihiko Itou, Jose Adrian Delgado Hernandez, Ernesto Velazquez Alvarez, Diego Armando Dominguez López
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Patent number: 11254245Abstract: A vehicle seat comprising a seatback pivoting relative to a frame around the first transverse axis, a seat cushion pivoting relative to the seatback around a second transverse axis, a link pivoting relative to the seat cushion around a third transverse axis, wherein the link is further pivoting relative to the frame around a fourth transverse axis, a mechanism for releasing the angular position of the seatback relative to the frame around the first transverse axis, and an actuator, attached under the seat cushion. The angular position of the seatback relative to the frame released, the actuator commands a movement of the link relative to the seat cushion and consequently of the seatback relative to the seat cushion, from a comfort position of the seat to a flat floor position.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2020Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: FAURECIA Sièges d'AutomobileInventors: David Epaud, Farouk Bouzid
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Patent number: 11254366Abstract: A vehicle body joint structure includes a lower panel disposed on a side surface of a floor assembly, an upper panel extending upward from the lower panel and connected to a roof assembly for a roof of a vehicle body, and a connection pipe extending vertically to connect the floor assembly to the roof assembly, disposed to face the upper panel, and coupled to the upper panel.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2020Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Do Hoi Kim
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Patent number: 11254362Abstract: A vehicle including a rocker extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction having a first surface and a second surface, at least one crossmember extending in a vehicle width direction from the first surface of the rocker, and at least one spacer coupled to the second surface of the rocker, the at least one spacer being in line with the at least one crossmember.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2020Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: Paxton S. Williams, James Chung, Tyler Schnug, Rahul Gururaj
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Patent number: 11225291Abstract: A vehicle body structure and a vehicle are provided. The vehicle body structure includes two sill inner plates disposed at intervals along a left-right direction, two strengthening longitudinal beams disposed at intervals along the left-right direction, and at least one strengthening crossbeam. Each strengthening longitudinal beam is connected to one corresponding sill inner plate, and each strengthening crossbeam is connected to the two strengthening longitudinal beams.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2018Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Xinchun Liu, Ming Ji, Cheng Xu, Maoyan Liang, Rongtian Deng
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Patent number: 11186147Abstract: A vehicle door assembly with an inner door panel, an outer door panel and a reinforcement assembly. A first attachment area is defined adjacent to an upper edge and a forward edge and a second attachment area is defined adjacent to the upper edge and a rearward edge of the inner door panel. The inner door panel and the outer door panel are fixedly attached to one another and define a hollow space therebetween. The reinforcement assembly has a first end fixedly attached to the first attachment area of the inner door panel and a second end fixedly attached to the second attachment area of the inner door panel. A mid-section extends of the reinforcement assembly extends along the upper edge of the outer door panel. The mid-section of the reinforcement assembly and the upper edge of the inner door panel define a window receiving slot therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2019Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventors: David Iozzo, David Kovie
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Patent number: 11186320Abstract: An upper body structure includes a pair of left and right roof side rails coupled to respective ends of a roof panel in a vehicle width direction and extending in a vehicle front-rear direction and a roof reinforcement 30 configured to couple intermediate portions in the vehicle width direction of the pair of roof side rails. A vehicle-width-direction inner side end of each roof side rail has a concave-convex shape in a side view along the vehicle front-rear direction, a vehicle-width-direction outer side end of the roof reinforcement has a concave-convex shape in the side view, and the concave-convex shaped end of each roof side rail and the concave-convex shaped end of the roof reinforcement 30 intersect each other in the side view.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2020Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventor: Daisuke Kiyoshita
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Patent number: 11180196Abstract: A structural panel joining part for a vehicle having an underbody hold-down panel, a floor panel, a dash panel, and a cowl side panel includes an underbody coupling first portion configured to couple to at least one of the underbody hold-down panel and the floor panel, a dash panel coupling second portion configured to couple to the dash panel, and a cowl side coupling third portion configured to couple to the cowl side panel. The structural panel joining part maintains structural integrity between the underbody hold-down panel, the floor panel, the dash panel, and the cowl side panel to provide structural reinforcement during small overlap rigid barrier impacts to facilitate reducing structural intrusion into an occupant compartment of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2019Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: FCA US LLCInventors: Amandeep S Gill, Scott E Zilincik, Tusher M Phule, Eric E Lund, Martin L Hilderth
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Patent number: 11148727Abstract: To reduce the amount of intrusion into the vehicle interior at the time of a side collision and achieve weight reduction, a vehicle side body structure includes a pillar member that partitions a side part opening of a body into a front part and a rear part, and the pillar member includes an upper member made of high-tensile steel and a lower member joined to the upper member, made of high-tensile steel, and having a rigidity lower than the upper member. The upper member has a reinforcing member made of high-tensile steel with a tensile strength higher than the upper member and the lower member and the lower half of the reinforcing member are shaped to have a lower bending rigidity against bending toward the inside in the vehicle width direction, toward the lower end of the reinforcing member.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2020Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Tadashi Yamazaki, Takeshi Nakamura, Toshiyuki Gendo
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Patent number: 11148724Abstract: An outer panel of a vehicle body side structure includes a first region overlapping a lower end portion of the pillar, and a second region adjacent to a first region on a front side and a rear side. An inner panel includes: a third region having a part facing the first region in a vehicle width direction; and a fourth region adjacent to the third region on the front side and the rear side. The second region is set to be a first-strength region having a higher strength than the first region. The third region is set to be a second-strength region having a higher strength than the fourth region. The second region and the third region are connected to each other.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2020Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kohei Hisada
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Patent number: 11104212Abstract: A vehicle bodywork panel is formed by an outer wall supported by a structural lining. The structural lining is produced by molding a plastic or composite material. The structural lining may include stiffeners arranged to provide said bodywork panel with a given amount of mechanical strength. One or more added connection elements connect separate fastening points disposed on the structural lining and each end of each of the connection elements is inserted into a housing disposed on a stiffener. The rigidity of the connection elements is adapted to suppress a vibration response of the stiffeners. The housing and the connection element may form a flush-mounted connection.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2019Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Inventors: Bertrand Roze, Mylène Martinez-Robbe
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Patent number: 11091016Abstract: There are provided a pair of side sills, a floor panel, a pair of floor frames, a battery unit provided between the pair of floor frames, a first cross member interconnecting the pair of side sills, and a seat bracket. The seat bracket comprises a protrusion portion which partially covers an upper wall portion of the first side portion and is upwardly spaced apart from the upper wall portion of the first cross member, and the bead portions and the opening portion (low-rigidity portion) are formed at a part of the upper wall portion of the first cross member which is located at a position corresponding to the protrusion portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2020Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Yamato Matsuda, Nobuyuki Nakayama, Katsuhito Kouno, Toshihiro Takebayashi, Toshiyuki Koga
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Patent number: 11088416Abstract: A battery pack attachment assembly includes, among other things, a first bracket configured to be secured directly to a vehicle underbody, and a second bracket. The first bracket extends vertically above the first bracket such that the second bracket is spaced from the vehicle underbody when the first bracket is secured directly to the vehicle underbody.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2019Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Mike Popovski, Ihab Grace, Abigail Christensen, Chelliah Madasamy, Abdelmonaam Sassi, Sean Brady, John Jardine
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Patent number: 11084366Abstract: A mounting arrangement of an electrically drivable motor vehicle has at least one battery module housing that accommodates multiple battery cells to form a battery module. The battery module is oriented with its longitudinal extension transverse to a longitudinal extension of the motor vehicle. In addition, at least one separate load transfer element for transferring a crash load that occurs is present. The load transfer element is situated on each end-face side of the battery module housing, between a body part and an end-face side of the battery module housing. The arrangement is provided in such a way that when a crash load is introduced into the body part, a load path is formed that encompasses at least the body part facing the crash, the load transfer element facing the crash, the battery module housing, the load transfer element facing away from the crash, and the body part facing away from the crash.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2019Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Volker Hohm, Uwe Pabst, Tobias Ströhlein, Krino Bornemann, Helge Herten, Christoph Bokelmann-Grotefend
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Patent number: 11052849Abstract: A vehicle member comprises a wooden member and a resin cover member integrally covering the wooden member. The vehicle member absorbs or transmits a received load. The cover member integrally includes a load acting portion and an attaching portion. The wooden member is positioned in the vehicle member so that a shaft center direction of annual rings is aligned with an input direction of the load. The attaching portion is attachable to an attached member of a vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2017Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA SHATAI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshihisa Miura, Kazunari Kojio
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Patent number: 11046367Abstract: A vehicle side structure (100; 101) comprising a side portion (102; 103) extending in a longitudinal direction (104), wherein the side portion comprises a first and a second member (106, 108) extending in the longitudinal direction. The first and second members (106, 108) form a closed space (114). The side portion (102) comprises a reinforcing member (124) located in closed space (114), the reinforcement member (124) extending in the longitudinal direction. The reinforcement member (124) has a first leg (126) and a second leg (128) extending in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction. Each leg has a foot (130, 132) extending in the longitudinal direction. The first and second legs (126, 129) are joined in a head section (134). Each leg (126, 128) is corrugated, wherein the corrugations of the first and second legs (126, 128) comprise ridges (136, 144) and grooves (138, 142) which extend from the head section (134) to the respective foot (130, 132).Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2018Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Gestamp Hardtech ABInventors: Stefan Arvidsson, Kristoffer Lundstrom, Fredrik Lernstal, Hans Bodin
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Patent number: 11040740Abstract: The present invention relates to a sill of a vehicle body (3). The sill is characterized in that the sill (10) comprises at least a first sill profile (11) and a second sill profile (12), in that the sill profiles (11, 12) extend in the longitudinal direction of the sill (10) and each comprise a connecting surface (111, 121) which faces the further sill profile (11, 12), in that the connecting surfaces (111, 121) at least partially run vertically, in that the at least two sill profiles (11, 12) over at least one area of the connecting surfaces (111, 121) of the sill profiles (11, 12) are adhesively connected to one another, and in that at least on one of the sill profiles (11, 12), adjacent to the connecting surface (111, 121), at least one snap-in protrusion (14) is formed onto it which interlocks with at least one snap-in receiving section (15) of another one of the sill profiles (11, 12).Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2019Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbHInventors: Stefan Grottke, Stefan Schmitz, Jochem Grewe
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Patent number: 11014614Abstract: A body structure of an automobile is provided in which a body floor includes a floor panel having a bulge portion bulging upward formed on the rear part on opposite side parts in the vehicle width direction, and a side member disposed in the fore-and-aft direction along the upper face on opposite side parts in the vehicle width direction of the floor panel and having integrally formed therewith the rear pillar rising upward from the upper face of the bulge portion. Due to the mounting structure of a rear side frame and the roof side rail support member, it is possible to enhance the strength and stiffness of the rear part of the body floor made of CFRP by the bulge portion and the rear pillar and to strongly mount the rear side frame and the roof side rail support member on the rear part of the body floor.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2017Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Shotaro Ayuzawa
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Patent number: 11014613Abstract: A side body vehicle structure is disclosed that has a pair of left and right side sills and opposite swing type side doors. The side sills may have an upper flange portion facing the rear door in the vehicle width direction which functions as a rear door facing part, and the upper flange portion of a more forward part of the vehicle than the rear door facing part may function as a front door facing part. The rear door facing part may be formed in a shape having a length in the vehicle vertical direction longer than a length in a vehicle vertical direction of the front door facing part. In a vertical cross section along the vehicle width direction, a gusset member may form a closed cross section with the side sill inner member, and an upper end thereof may be joined to the rear door facing part.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2019Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Shuji Muraoka, Yamato Matsuda, Toshihiro Takebayashi, Toshiyuki Koga, Kazuhisa Hatano, Morihide Yamada
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Patent number: 11001307Abstract: A B-pillar for a motor vehicle body extends along a longitudinal axis, and comprises an upper metal portion for connecting the B-pillar to a roof area of the motor vehicle body and a lower metal portion for connecting the B-pillar to a sill area of the motor vehicle body; and a fiber composite component comprising fibers and a plastic matrix, the upper metal portion comprising an upper region for force introduction, and the lower metal portion comprising a lower region for force introduction being axially spaced from the upper region for force introduction, the upper region for force introduction and the lower region for force introduction being embedded into the fiber composite component.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2019Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: Muhr und Bender KGInventors: Hubertus Steffens, Bernhard Spielvogel
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Patent number: 10940892Abstract: A vehicle substructure, comprising a pair of side members arranged apart in the vehicle width direction, and extending in the vehicle longitudinal direction, and a cross member that extends in the vehicle width direction and connects the pair of side members, wherein the cross member include a pairs of cross member low-strength sections that are of weaker strength than a center portion, on both sides in the vehicle width direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2019Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuma Otoguro, Shinobu Tanaka
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Patent number: 10926805Abstract: A rocker structure includes: a closed cross-sectional part that extends along a vehicle front-rear direction on an outer side of a floor panel of a vehicle in a vehicle width direction, the closed cross-sectional part including an outer wall and an inner wall located respectively on an outer side and an inner side of the closed cross-sectional part in the vehicle width direction; and a horizontal plate propped between the outer wall and the inner wall along the vehicle width direction, the horizontal plate having ridges protruding upward in a vehicle height direction and valleys depressed downward in the vehicle height direction that are provided alternately along the vehicle width direction, an amount of protrusion of the ridges and an amount of depression of the valleys varying from an outer wall side toward an inner wall side.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2019Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuuki Mukaigawa, Tomohito Sono