Patents by Inventor Hidehiko Soda

Hidehiko Soda 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: 10981513
    Abstract: A center console structure includes a columnar part erected on a vehicle interior floor surface between a driver seat and a passenger seat and extends upward to the vicinity of the cushion surfaces of the seats and an upper body that is disposed above the columnar part, extends in a front-rear direction, has an upper surface part forming a center console surface, and accommodates a shift operation mechanism, in which the upper body extends forward of the columnar part that is cantilevered and has an extension part that is bent and then rises forward and obliquely upward in the front part thereof, a surface part of the extension part close to a sitting occupant forms an outer surface continuous with the center console surface and a portion of the extension part close to the front of the vehicle is locked to a rear projecting part of an instrument panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kawai, Masanori Taguchi, Eiji Okada, Junko Karube, Yamato Matsuda, Yohichi Yanagi, Kazuki Hikawa, Junko Nakamura, Koji Miyamoto, Atsuo Iwabuchi, Hidehiko Soda, Ryoichi Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20190366935
    Abstract: A center console structure includes a metal internal frame that supports a shift operation mechanism, and an outer sheath body made of resin that encloses the internal frame and forms a dressed surface. A front side part of the internal frame is slanted so that an upper member is positioned forward and obliquely upward of a base part member closer to the floor surface, and a storage part is formed in front of the base part member in which a bottom part extending in a vehicle front-rear direction to a position immediately below an instrument panel is provided. Both left and right side walls of the bottom part are surrounded by left and right fence parts formed by extending lower parts of left and right side wall parts of the outer sheath body forward, a rear part is surrounded by a front lower part of the outer sheath body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KAWAI, Masanori TAGUCHI, Eiji OKADA, Junko KARUBE, Yamato MATSUDA, Yohichi YANAGI, Kazuki HIKAWA, Junko NAKAMURA, Koji MIYAMOTO, Atsuo IWABUCHI, Hidehiko SODA, Ryoichi HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190366936
    Abstract: A center console structure includes a columnar part erected on a vehicle interior floor surface between a driver seat and a passenger seat and extends upward to the vicinity of the cushion surfaces of the seats and an upper body that is disposed above the columnar part, extends in a front-rear direction, has an upper surface part forming a center console surface, and accommodates a shift operation mechanism, in which the upper body extends forward of the columnar part that is cantilevered and has an extension part that is bent and then rises forward and obliquely upward in the front part thereof, a surface part of the extension part close to a sitting occupant forms an outer surface continuous with the center console surface and a portion of the extension part close to the front of the vehicle is locked to a rear projecting part of an instrument panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KAWAI, Masanori TAGUCHI, Eiji OKADA, Junko KARUBE, Yamato MATSUDA, Yohichi YANAGI, Kazuki HIKAWA, Junko NAKAMURA, Koji MIYAMOTO, Atsuo IWABUCHI, Hidehiko SODA, Ryoichi HASHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 10115218
    Abstract: A vehicular display device mounted on a vehicle, including: a display panel; a display controller that displays an opening animation image in a predetermined display region of the display panel; and a detector that detects a getting-in action associated with an occupant getting in the vehicle, wherein the display controller displays a checklist in the predetermined display region as information relating to the vehicle after a driving source for traveling of the vehicle is started, the display controller starts a display operation of displaying the opening animation image in the display region when the getting-in action is detected by the detector, and continues the display operation at least until the checklist is displayed, and the display controller displays, as the opening animation image, an animation image in which an image display operation of changing a display form of a graphic object is periodically repeated, on the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji Hisada, Shigeyuki Sato, Hado Morokawa, Yo Kitamura, Hidehiko Soda, Tatsuya Shimmura
  • Patent number: 9956908
    Abstract: The present application discloses a vehicle display device including an image display device with a display surface on which images are displayed; and a ring member configured to surround a first region, which overlaps the display surface, and a second region, which protrudes from the display surface. The image display device displays an indicator indicating a physical quantity along the ring member in the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji Hisada, Shigeyuki Sato, Yo Kitamura, Hado Morokawa, Hidehiko Soda
  • Publication number: 20170287193
    Abstract: A vehicular display device mounted on a vehicle, including: a display panel; a display controller that displays an opening animation image in a predetermined display region of the display panel; and a detector that detects a getting-in action associated with an occupant getting in the vehicle, wherein the display controller displays a checklist in the predetermined display region as information relating to the vehicle after a driving source for traveling of the vehicle is started, the display controller starts a display operation of displaying the opening animation image in the display region when the getting-in action is detected by the detector, and continues the display operation at least until the checklist is displayed, and the display controller displays, as the opening animation image, an animation image in which an image display operation of changing a display form of a graphic object is periodically repeated, on the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji HISADA, Shigeyuki SATO, Hado MOROKAWA, Yo KITAMURA, Hidehiko SODA, Tatsuya SHIMMURA
  • Publication number: 20170129336
    Abstract: The present application discloses a vehicular display device mounted on a vehicle. The vehicular display device has a display panel including a display surface, on which an image is displayed, and a housing, which supports the display surface; and a first analog meter including a first frame curved in a direction away from the display surface between a first end and a second end, which are aligned along a boundary line between the display surface and the housing. The display panel displays a first frame image curved in a direction opposite to the first frame. The first frame image extends from the first end to the second end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji HISADA, Shigeyuki SATO, Yo KITAMURA, Hado MOROKAWA, Hidehiko SODA
  • Publication number: 20160207456
    Abstract: The present application discloses a vehicle display device including an image display device with a display surface on which images are displayed; and a ring member configured to surround a first region, which overlaps the display surface, and a second region, which protrudes from the display surface. The image display device displays an indicator indicating a physical quantity along the ring member in the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji Hisada, Shigeyuki Sato, Yo Kitamura, Hado Morokawa, Hidehiko Soda