Patents by Inventor Hironobu Hashiguchi

Hironobu Hashiguchi 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: 11993141
    Abstract: A vehicle structure includes side sills, pillars, a first battery arrangement portion provided inside the vicinity of the pillars in a vehicle width direction below a floor panel, and a second battery arrangement portion provided at a center portion in the vehicle width direction below the floor panel in a region inside an outer portion of the first battery arrangement portion in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao Toda, Takayuki Kimura, Takehiro Kamei, Hiroshi Tanaka, Haruo Ohe, Masaya Hiramatsu, Masanobu Fukushima, Takao Fukuda, Hironobu Hashiguchi, Hiroyuki Baba
  • Patent number: 11858333
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes a front floor panel provided on a vehicle front side and a rear floor panel provided at the rear of the front floor panel. The front floor panel is positioned higher than the rear floor panel. A first battery arrangement portion is provided long in a vehicle front-rear direction at a center portion of the front floor panel in the vehicle width direction. A second battery arrangement portion is provided outside the first battery arrangement portion in a vehicle width direction below the front floor panel. An upper portion of the first battery arrangement portion is positioned higher than an upper portion of the second battery arrangement portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao Toda, Takayuki Kimura, Takehiro Kamei, Hiroshi Tanaka, Haruo Ohe, Masaya Hiramatsu, Masanobu Fukushima, Takao Fukuda, Hironobu Hashiguchi, Hiroyuki Baba
  • Patent number: 11850933
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes a front floor panel and a rear floor panel provided at the rear of the front floor panel. The front floor panel is positioned higher than the rear floor panel. A front battery that supplies electric power to the traction motor is arranged below the front floor panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao Toda, Takayuki Kimura, Takehiro Kamei, Hiroshi Tanaka, Haruo Ohe, Masaya Hiramatsu, Masanobu Fukushima, Takao Fukuda, Hironobu Hashiguchi, Hiroyuki Baba
  • Patent number: 11807363
    Abstract: An on-vehicle aircraft control system includes a winding device provided on a landing platform, a connecting member connecting the winding device and an aircraft and wound up or drawn out by the winding device, and a controller controlling the winding device and the aircraft. Upon receipt of a landing request to land the aircraft on the landing platform, the controller winds up the connecting member by the winding device and controls an attitude of the aircraft so as to land the aircraft with a photographing unit provided on the aircraft facing in a specified photographing direction determined in advance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironobu Hashiguchi, Akira Yasutake, Tsuyoshi Arinaga
  • Patent number: 11738809
    Abstract: The vehicle body structure includes a front floor panel, a rear floor panel positioned lower than the front floor panel, and a connection panel extending from a rear portion of the front floor panel to a front portion of the rear floor panel and inclined or curved so as to be positioned downward toward a rear side. At least the front portion of the connection panel is positioned at the front of the front portion of the front seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao Toda, Takayuki Kimura, Takehiro Kamei, Hiroshi Tanaka, Haruo Ohe, Masaya Hiramatsu, Masanobu Fukushima, Takao Fukuda, Hironobu Hashiguchi, Hiroyuki Baba
  • Patent number: 11715374
    Abstract: When a start condition determined in advance is satisfied while a vehicle is parked, a controller controls an aircraft such that the aircraft takes off from the vehicle, a photographing unit captures a position notification image including at least the vehicle and notifying a parking position of the vehicle, and the position notification image is transmitted to a mobile terminal having a display unit and carried by a user outside the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hironobu Hashiguchi, Takashi Iwase, Akira Yasutake, Tsuyoshi Arinaga
  • Patent number: 11495027
    Abstract: Upon detection of boarding of a person in a vehicle compartment of a vehicle by a vehicle information detector, a controller controls an aircraft such that the aircraft takes off from the vehicle, a photographing unit photographs a periphery of the vehicle, and a video captured by the photographing unit is transmitted to a communication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hironobu Hashiguchi
  • Publication number: 20220314774
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes a front floor panel and a rear floor panel provided at the rear of the front floor panel. The front floor panel is positioned higher than the rear floor panel. A front battery that supplies electric power to the traction motor is arranged below the front floor panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao TODA, Takayuki KIMURA, Takehiro KAMEI, Hiroshi TANAKA, Haruo OHE, Masaya HIRAMATSU, Masanobu FUKUSHIMA, Takao FUKUDA, Hironobu HASHIGUCHI, Hiroyuki BABA
  • Publication number: 20220315127
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes a front floor panel on which a heel of a pedal operator is placed, and a rear floor panel attached to a front seat. The rear floor panel is positioned lower than the front floor panel. At least part of a seat frame of the front seat is positioned lower than an upper surface of the front floor panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao TODA, Takayuki Kimura, Takehiro Kamei, Hiroshi Tanaka, Haruo Ohe, Masaya Hiramatsu, Masanobu Fukushima, Takao Fukuda, Hironobu Hashiguchi, Hiroyuki Baba
  • Publication number: 20220314770
    Abstract: A vehicle structure includes side sills, pillars, a first battery arrangement portion provided inside the vicinity of the pillars in a vehicle width direction below a floor panel, and a second battery arrangement portion provided at a center portion in the vehicle width direction below the floor panel in a region inside an outer portion of the first battery arrangement portion in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao TODA, Takayuki KIMURA, Takehiro KAMEI, Hiroshi TANAKA, Haruo OHE, Masaya HIRAMATSU, Masanobu FUKUSHIMA, Takao FUKUDA, Hironobu HASHIGUCHI, Hiroyuki BABA
  • Publication number: 20220314771
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes a front floor panel provided on a vehicle front side and a rear floor panel provided at the rear of the front floor panel. The front floor panel is positioned higher than the rear floor panel. A first battery arrangement portion is provided long in a vehicle front-rear direction at a center portion of the front floor panel in the vehicle width direction. A second battery arrangement portion is provided outside the first battery arrangement portion in a vehicle width direction below the front floor panel. An upper portion of the first battery arrangement portion is positioned higher than an upper portion of the second battery arrangement portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao TODA, Takayuki KIMURA, Takehiro KAMEI, Hiroshi TANAKA, Haruo OHE, Masaya HIRAMATSU, Masanobu FUKUSHIMA, Takao FUKUDA, Hironobu HASHIGUCHI, Hiroyuki BABA
  • Publication number: 20220315130
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes a front floor panel for placing a heel of a pedal operator, a rear floor panel attached to a rear seat, and a middle floor panel extending from the front floor panel to the rear floor panel. The front floor panel and the rear floor panel are positioned higher than the middle floor panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao TODA, Takayuki KIMURA, Takehiro KAMEI, Hiroshi TANAKA, Haruo OHE, Masaya HIRAMATSU, Masanobu FUKUSHIMA, Takao FUKUDA, Hironobu HASHIGUCHI, Hiroyuki BABA
  • Publication number: 20220315128
    Abstract: The vehicle body structure includes a front floor panel, a rear floor panel positioned lower than the front floor panel, and a connection panel extending from a rear portion of the front floor panel to a front portion of the rear floor panel and inclined or curved so as to be positioned downward toward a rear side. At least the front portion of the connection panel is positioned at the front of the front portion of the front seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao TODA, Takayuki Kimura, Takehiro Kamei, Hiroshi Tanaka, Haruo Ohe, Masaya Hiramatsu, Masanobu Fukushima, Takao Fukuda, Hironobu Hashiguchi, Hiroyuki Baba
  • Publication number: 20220305915
    Abstract: A bulge portion bulging rearward is provided at a dash panel. A reinforcement is fixed to an inner surface of the bulge portion. A rear end wall portion of the bulge portion is positioned at the rear of a center portion of a rear end portion of a cowl panel in a vehicle width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki KIMURA, Takehiro KAMEI, Isao TODA, Haruo OHE, Hironobu HASHIGUCHI, Hiroshi TANAKA, Masaya HIRAMATSU, Masanobu FUKUSHIMA, Takao FUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20210362856
    Abstract: An on-vehicle aircraft control system includes a winding device provided on a landing platform, a connecting member connecting the winding device and an aircraft and wound up or drawn out by the winding device, and a controller controlling the winding device and the aircraft. Upon receipt of a landing request to land the aircraft on the landing platform, the controller winds up the connecting member by the winding device and controls an attitude of the aircraft so as to land the aircraft with a photographing unit provided on the aircraft facing in a specified photographing direction determined in advance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Hironobu HASHIGUCHI, Akira YASUTAKE, Tsuyoshi ARINAGA
  • Publication number: 20210366282
    Abstract: When a start condition determined in advance is satisfied while a vehicle is parked, a controller controls an aircraft such that the aircraft takes off from the vehicle, a photographing unit captures a position notification image including at least the vehicle and notifying a parking position of the vehicle, and the position notification image is transmitted to a mobile terminal having a display unit and carried by a user outside the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Hironobu HASHIGUCHI, Takashi IWASE, Akira YASUTAKE, Tsuyoshi ARINAGA
  • Publication number: 20210365692
    Abstract: Upon detection of boarding of a person in a vehicle compartment of a vehicle by a vehicle information detector, a controller controls an aircraft such that the aircraft takes off from the vehicle, a photographing unit photographs a periphery of the vehicle, and a video captured by the photographing unit is transmitted to a communication unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventor: Hironobu HASHIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10645489
    Abstract: A sound system for a vehicle including an engine and an audio device for an internal space of a cabin as sound sources disposed at given positions of the vehicle is provided which includes an engine sound localizer configured to localize a first sound generated by the engine to cause a vehicle driver inside the cabin to hear the first sound from a first position, and change the first position, and a traveling state detector configured to detect a traveling state of the vehicle. The engine sound localizer normally sets the first position at a default position and, when a given traveling state is detected by the traveling state detector, changes the first position to a specific position at which the vehicle driver is able to recognize the engine sound more clearly than at the default position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Isao Toda, Kenji Asada, Katsumasa Sogame, Hironobu Hashiguchi
  • Patent number: 10583788
    Abstract: A sound system for a vehicle driven by an engine is provide, which includes an audio device for an internal space of a cabin of the vehicle, and a traveling state determiner configured to determine a traveling state of the vehicle. The audio device is configured to change a quality of a sound reproduced by a sound source and, when the traveling state determined by the traveling state determiner is a given traveling state, degrade the quality of the reproduced sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Isao Toda, Hironobu Hashiguchi, Koji Wakamatsu
  • Patent number: 10425722
    Abstract: A sound system for a vehicle is provided, which includes an engine and an audio device for an internal space of a cabin, as sound sources disposed at given positions of the vehicle. The system includes an engine sound localizer configured to localize a first sound generated by the engine to cause a vehicle driver inside the cabin to hear the first sound from a first position, an audio sound localizer configured to localize a second sound generated by the audio device to cause the driver to hear the second sound from a second position, a traveling state detector configured to detect a traveling state of the vehicle, and a controller configured to cause the audio sound localizer to change, when a given traveling state is detected by the traveling state detector, the second position in a direction away from the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Isao Toda, Kenji Asada, Katsumasa Sogame, Hironobu Hashiguchi