Patents by Inventor Jun Kondo

Jun Kondo 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: 20190132719
    Abstract: An information providing system includes a server, a plurality of power-supplying vehicles, and a plurality of power-receiving vehicles. Each power-supplying vehicle is configured to transmit power-supplying permission information to the server, the power-supplying permission information indicating current location and possible power-supplying amount of the power-supplying vehicle. Each power-receiving vehicle is configured to transmit power-receiving request information to the server, the power-receiving request information indicating current location and requested power-receiving amount of the power-receiving vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi MIZUTANI, Daiki KANEICHI, Hirotaka KARUBE, Jun KONDO, Kenichi KOMURO
  • Publication number: 20190126903
    Abstract: The delivery system includes a vehicle and a server. The vehicle includes a power storage device and a refrigerator. The server performs a delivery planning process for determining an expected delivery time. In the delivery planning process, the server is configured to transmit, to the vehicle, an inquiry as to reception of the delivery matter. When the vehicle receives the inquiry from the server, the vehicle is configured to set a receivable time period and transmit it to the server. When the vehicle sets the receivable time period, if the vehicle is in a state that the vehicle is able to receive power from the power supply facility, the vehicle is configured to set the receivable time period to be longer than the receivable time period set if the vehicle is not in the state that the vehicle is able to receive power from the power supply facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi MIZUTANI, Hirotaka KARUBE, Daiki KANEICHI, Kenichi KOMURO, Jun KONDO
  • Publication number: 20190128684
    Abstract: An information providing system includes: a power-supplying vehicle; a plurality of power-receiving vehicles; and a server. The server is configured to generate a candidate power-supplying target list including information of the plurality of power-receiving requesting vehicles, and notify the candidate power-supplying target list to the power-supplying vehicle so as to make an inquiry to a user of the power-supplying vehicle to select any of the plurality of power-receiving requesting vehicle. The power-supplying vehicle having received this inquiry is configured to present locations of candidate power-supplying targets on a map screen and make a response to the server by notifying, to the server, a power-supplying target selected by the user. The server having received this response matches the power-supplying target notified from the power-supplying vehicle to the power-supplying vehicle, and notifies matching determination information to both the matched vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi MIZUTANI, Daiki KANEICHI, Hirotaka KARUBE, Jun KONDO, Kenichi KOMURO
  • Publication number: 20190130661
    Abstract: An information providing system includes: a plurality of vehicles; and a server configured to communicate with the plurality of vehicles. Each of the plurality of vehicles is configured to supply power to and receive power from another vehicle. The server performs a matching process for setting a power-supplying vehicle and a power-receiving vehicle from the plurality of vehicles and for matching the power-supplying vehicle and the power-receiving vehicle. The server prohibits setting, as the power-supplying vehicle in the matching process, a vehicle included in the plurality of vehicles and having a history that power has been received from another vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi MIZUTANI, Daiki KANEICHI, Hirotaka KARUBE, Jun KONDO, Kenichi KOMURO
  • Publication number: 20190130751
    Abstract: The server is configured to communicate with a plurality of power-supplying vehicles and a plurality of power-receiving vehicles. The server is configured to notify, to matched vehicles (candidate power-receiving vehicle and candidate power-supplying vehicle), a candidate gathering location list including respective pieces of information of a plurality of parking areas owned by third parties different from users of the matched vehicles, so as to make an inquiry to the users of the matched vehicles to select one of the plurality of parking areas included in the candidate gathering location list. The server is configured to determine a gathering location for the matched vehicles using the respective pieces of information of the parking areas selected by the users of the matched vehicles, and is configured to transmit the information of the parking area of the determined gathering location to the matched vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi MIZUTANI, Daiki KANEICHI, Hirotaka KARUBE, Jun KONDO, Kenichi KOMURO
  • Publication number: 20190132720
    Abstract: An information providing system includes: a plurality of vehicles each configured to perform inter-vehicle charging; and a server. Each of the plurality of vehicles is configured to transmit unattended power-supplying permission information to the server when the user performs an operation of permitting unattended power supplying. In the matching process, the server is configured to permit to set, as a power-supplying vehicle, a vehicle having transmitted the unattended power-supplying permission information. The server is configured to notify, to the unattended power-supplying vehicle matched through the matching process, a confirmed matching content including information of the power-receiving vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi MIZUTANI, Daiki KANEICHI, Hirotaka KARUBE, Jun KONDO, Kenichi KOMURO
  • Publication number: 20190130449
    Abstract: An information providing system includes: a power supply facility installed at a parking area of a shop; and a vehicle connectable to the power supply facility via a power cable. When the vehicle is connected to the power supply facility via the power cable, the power supply facility is configured to transmit information to the vehicle via the power cable. The information includes: a merchandise item list of merchandise items that can be offered by the shop to a user of the vehicle; and content information (movie, video, still image, music, speech, newspaper, magazine, electronic book, game, comics, and the like) that can be utilized by the user of the vehicle in the passenger compartment of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daiki KANEICHI, Hirotaka KARUBE, Atsushi MIZUTANI, Jun KONDO, Kenichi KOMURO
  • Publication number: 20190118665
    Abstract: A power management system includes a plurality of power stations, a plurality of vehicles capable of exchanging power with any of the power stations, and a server configured to communicate with the plurality of vehicles and the plurality of power stations. When each power station receives power from the vehicle or supplies power to the vehicle, each power station associates a power amount received from the vehicle or a power amount supplied to the vehicle with a user ID of the vehicle, and transmits the power amount to the server. The server sets a value point based on the power amount received from the power station, and provides the value point to the user having the user ID associated with the power amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi MIZUTANI, Daiki KANEICHI, Hirotaka KARUBE, Jun KONDO, Kenichi KOMURO
  • Publication number: 20190049725
    Abstract: A head-up display device that superimposes a plurality of virtual images different in display distance (depth perception) on each other and display the superimposed virtual images is provided with a simple configuration. A head-up display device includes a synthetic optical system and a projection optical system. The synthetic optical system superimposes and emits first image light that travels through a first optical path and second image light that travels through a second optical path having an optical path length different from an optical path length of the first optical path. The projection optical system projects, as a virtual image, the first image light and the second image light superimposed and emitted by the synthetic optical system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun KONDO, Shota NAKAHARA, Atsushi MICHIMORI
  • Publication number: 20190017478
    Abstract: A fuel injection device is provided with a valve body, a nozzle needle, a movable plate, and a support spring. The valve body has a control chamber therein. The control chamber is defined by a defining wall which has a dividing wall portion. The dividing wall portion divides the control chamber into an accommodation chamber and a backpressure chamber. The accommodation chamber accommodates a movable plate and a support spring. A fuel pressure in the backpressure chamber is applied to the nozzle needle. The dividing wall portion has a restriction hole fluidly connecting the accommodation chamber and the backpressure chamber with each other, and a support surface supporting the support spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Kojiro INOUE, Jun KONDO
  • Publication number: 20180309152
    Abstract: A fuel battery stack is provided with: hole portions formed in a coolant supplying manifold; cylindrical collar members provided in the hole portions; and fastening bolts inserted in the cylindrical collar members and screwed in a second end plate. On the inner circumferential surface of each of the hole portions, a plurality of projections that support the outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical collar member are provided so as to protrude radially inward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Motohiro Takahashi, Jun Kondo, Mitsuru Ikeo, Hiromitsu Sato
  • Publication number: 20180266638
    Abstract: A light source device includes a light source, a wavelength conversion member, and a retroreflective optical member. The light source emits excitation light. The wavelength conversion member includes a first region irradiated with the excitation light and radiates, from the first region, converted light having a wavelength different from that of the excitation light. The retroreflective optical member reflects the converted light toward the first region. The first region is a region that is a part of the wavelength conversion member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatoshi NISHIMURA, Akihiro YAMADA, Jun KONDO
  • Publication number: 20180051857
    Abstract: An illumination device includes: a light source that emits light; a condensing optical element that converts the light emitted from the light source into concentrated light and emits the concentrated light; a projection lens that projects the concentrated light; and a plate-like transmission element that transmits the concentrated light, the transmission element being located between the condensing optical element and the projection lens, and supported rotatably about an axis perpendicular to an optical axis of the projection lens. A light concentration position of the concentrated light is located between the condensing optical element and the projection lens. The light concentration position is located between the transmission element and the projection lens. The illumination device shifts the light concentration position in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis of the projection lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro YAMADA, Masatoshi NISHIMURA, Jun KONDO
  • Publication number: 20170371156
    Abstract: A vehicular display control device includes an image acquisition section configured to acquire a first captured image obtained by capturing a back or a side of a vehicle and a second captured image including an image obtained by a driver of the vehicle by facing to a left side or a right side with respect to a vehicle's traveling direction and a display controller configured to make a head-up display mounted on the vehicle display both of a first display image based on the first captured image and a second display image based on the second captured image on different display screens respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinori HEISHI, Atsushi MICHIMORI, Shota NAKAHARA, Jun KONDO
  • Publication number: 20170133702
    Abstract: A fuel cell stack includes power generation cells stacked in a stacking direction. Each of the power generation cells includes a membrane electrode assembly and a separator. The membrane electrode assembly includes an electrolyte membrane, and electrodes between which the electrolyte membrane is sandwiched in the stacking direction. The separator is stacked on the membrane electrode assembly in the stacking direction. The power generation cells are sandwiched between end plates in the stacking direction. A resin fluid manifold member is disposed on one of the end plates opposite to the power generation cells in the stacking direction and through which a fluid is to flow. The resin fluid manifold member has a contact surface which is in contact with the one of the end plates. The resin fluid manifold member includes recessed portions provided in the contact surface and ribs provided between the recessed portions in the contact surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Motohiro TAKAHASHI, Jun KONDO, Hiromitsu SATO
  • Publication number: 20170110745
    Abstract: A fuel cell includes a first separator including a reactant gas buffer portion which includes a first buffer region and a second buffer region. The first buffer region has a first depth in the stacking direction. First embossed portions are formed in the first buffer region. Each of the first embossed portions has a first diameter and a first radius of a corner at a distal end of each of the first embossed portions. The second buffer region has a second depth in the stacking direction larger than the first depth. Second embossed portions are formed in the second buffer region. Each of the second embossed portions has a second diameter and a second radius of a corner at a distal end of each of the second embossed portions. The second diameter is smaller than the first diameter or the second radius is smaller than the second diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki YAMANO, Narutoshi SUGITA, Jun KONDO
  • Patent number: 9625803
    Abstract: A screen is provided with microcapsules and a base material. The microcapsules each contain encapsulated liquid inside a capsule membrane. The microcapsules are planarly arranged on the base material. The encapsulated liquid includes light diffusion particles for scattering light, and a dispersion medium for dispersing the light diffusion particles. In a cross sectional area of the microcapsule projected in the direction perpendicular to the surface of the base material on which the microcapsules are planarly arranged, the ratio of the area of the encapsulated region to the area of the microcapsule ranges from 0.9025 to 0.990.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru Okagaki, Jun Kondo, Kuniko Kojima, Yuzo Nakano, Akihisa Miyata
  • Publication number: 20150009569
    Abstract: A screen is provided with microcapsules and a base material. The microcapsules each contain encapsulated liquid inside a capsule membrane. The microcapsules are planarly arranged on the base material. The encapsulated liquid includes light diffusion particles for scattering light, and a dispersion medium for dispersing the light diffusion particles. In a cross sectional area of the microcapsule projected in the direction perpendicular to the surface of the base material on which the microcapsules are planarly arranged, the ratio of the area of the encapsulated region to the area of the microcapsule ranges from 0.9025 to 0.990.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Satoru Okagaki, Jun Kondo, Kuniko Kojima, Yuzo Nakano, Akihisa Miyata
  • Patent number: D813233
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hongkue Lee, Ian Emerson Random, Jun Kondo
  • Patent number: D820259
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Hongkue Lee, Ian Emerson Random, Jun Kondo