Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Oota

Kazuhiro Oota 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: 9085233
    Abstract: An adjustable air diffuser is disposed in an airflow channel into which travelling wind is directed through an opening provided in a bumper face. The diffuser substantially opens and closes the airflow channel by using a movable louver blade driven by an actuator. An upper part of the diffuser is disposed to face a rear wall of the bumper face and is attached to a bumper beam extending substantially along a vehicle width direction. A lower part of the diffuser is either one of attached to a vehicle body structural member and a load transmission member projecting forward from the vehicle body structural member. The upper part of the diffuser and the bumper beam are connected with each other with an upper bracket having a weak portion that is configured to be broken in response to pivotal movement of the diffuser relative to the bumper beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Oota
  • Patent number: 9061636
    Abstract: A front vehicle structure includes: a bumper fascia; a radiator panel upper disposed in a vehicle width direction behind the bumper fascia; and an upper energy absorbing (EA) member for pedestrian protection. The upper EA member is provided in the vehicle width direction in a substantially ? shape as a side view between the top of the bumper fascia and the radiator panel upper. A rear of the upper EA member for pedestrian protection is fixed to the radiator panel upper. An upper projection and a lower projection are respectively formed above and below the upper EA member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masami Hasegawa, Hiroshi Suemune, Kazutoshi Hatsusaki, Kazuhiro Oota, Takashi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8931825
    Abstract: A vehicle front structure includes: an exterior member provided at a lower portion of a front end of a vehicle; and an energy absorbing bracket having front and rear ends, the front end facing a rear surface of the exterior member and the rear end being mounted on a vehicle structural member. The energy absorbing bracket has an upper surface which is disposed to be inclined downward toward a front of the vehicle, and the inclination increases continuously or stepwise from a rear of the vehicle to the front of the vehicle, lower vehicle width direction ribs which project downward from the upper surface, extend substantially in a vehicle width direction, and are disposed in a vehicle front-rear direction, and lower vehicle front-rear direction ribs which project downward from the upper surface, extend substantially in the vehicle front-rear direction, and disposed in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Oota
  • Publication number: 20140090911
    Abstract: An adjustable air diffuser is disposed in an airflow channel into which travelling wind is directed through an opening provided in a bumper face. The diffuser substantially opens and closes the airflow channel by using a movable louver blade driven by an actuator. An upper part of the diffuser is disposed to face a rear wall of the bumper face and is attached to a bumper beam extending substantially along a vehicle width direction. A lower part of the diffuser is either one of attached to a vehicle body structural member and a load transmission member projecting forward from the vehicle body structural member. The upper part of the diffuser and the bumper beam are connected with each other with an upper bracket having a weak portion that is configured to be broken in response to pivotal movement of the diffuser relative to the bumper beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazuhiro OOTA
  • Publication number: 20140084608
    Abstract: A front vehicle structure includes: a bumper fascia; a radiator panel upper disposed in a vehicle width direction behind the bumper fascia; and an upper energy absorbing (EA) member for pedestrian protection. The upper EA member is provided in the vehicle width direction in a substantially ? shape as a side view between the top of the bumper fascia and the radiator panel upper. A rear of the upper EA member for pedestrian protection is fixed to the radiator panel upper. An upper projection and a lower projection are respectively formed above and below the upper EA member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masami HASEGAWA, Hiroshi SUEMUNE, Kazutoshi HATSUSAKI, Kazuhiro OOTA, Takashi SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20140028051
    Abstract: A vehicle front structure includes: an exterior member provided at a lower portion of a front end of a vehicle; and an energy absorbing bracket having front and rear ends, the front end facing a rear surface of the exterior member and the rear end being mounted on a vehicle structural member. The energy absorbing bracket has an upper surface which is disposed to be inclined downward toward a front of the vehicle, and the inclination increases continuously or stepwise from a rear of the vehicle to the front of the vehicle, lower vehicle width direction ribs which project downward from the upper surface, extend substantially in a vehicle width direction, and are disposed in a vehicle front-rear direction, and lower vehicle front-rear direction ribs which project downward from the upper surface, extend substantially in the vehicle front-rear direction, and disposed in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazuhiro OOTA
  • Patent number: 8559192
    Abstract: The display device includes: a panel module 4 that includes a display panel 16 and a driving circuit for driving the display panel 16; a metallic front housing 11 that partially covers the panel module 4 from a display surface side of the display panel 16; and a metallic back housing 12 that covers the panel module 4 from a back surface side of the display panel 16. A conductive cloth 24 is disposed between the panel module 4, and the front housing 11 and the back housing 12, the conductive cloth 24 continuously covering a circumferential edge portion of the panel module 4 on the display surface side, a side surface portion of the panel module 4 and a circumferential edge portion of the panel module 4 on the back surface side and being connected electrically to the front housing 11 and the back housing 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Murakata, Kazuhiro Oota, Toshiharu Ishimura
  • Publication number: 20110222220
    Abstract: The display device includes: a panel module 4 that includes a display panel 16 and a driving circuit for driving the display panel 16; a metallic front housing 11 that partially covers the panel module 4 from a display surface side of the display panel 16; and a metallic back housing 12 that covers the panel module 4 from a back surface side of the display panel 16. A conductive cloth 24 is disposed between the panel module 4, and the front housing 11 and the back housing 12, the conductive cloth 24 continuously covering a circumferential edge portion of the panel module 4 on the display surface side, a side surface portion of the panel module 4 and a circumferential edge portion of the panel module 4 on the back surface side and being connected electrically to the front housing 11 and the back housing 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato MURAKATA, Kazuhiro OOTA, Toshiharu ISHIMURA
  • Patent number: 5450338
    Abstract: An add-compare-select device capable of generating a plurality of new path metrics at each point in time on the basis of prescribed combinations between a plurality of input branch metrics and a plurality of stored path metrics, thereby to handle high data transmission rates: is disclosed wherein simplified addition and comparison operations on branch metrics and path metrics are performed concurrently with usual operations for adding these metrics, thereby accomplishing a reduction in the signal processing time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1995
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Oota, Tomohiro Kimura, Yasuo Nagaisi
  • Patent number: 4730176
    Abstract: An electromagnet device is assembled to, e.g., an electromagnetic relay. This device comprises a movable assembly which is swingably supported and a core in which a coil is wound around a part thereof. The movable assembly has two magnetic plates arranged so as to face each other with a distance and one permanent magnet arranged between those magnetic plates. Each magnetic plate has operating portions at both end portions thereof in which magnetic poles appear due to the permanent magnet. The core has two end portions which are arranged so as to respectively face the operating portions of the magnetic plates. At least one of the operating portions which faces at least one of the end portions of the core is formed at the edge surface of the magnetic plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1988
    Assignee: Omron Tateisi Electronics Co.
    Inventors: Kenichi Matsuo, Muneo Nakata, Kazuhiro Oota, Mitukazu Hori, Tooru Oohara, Makoto Yazawa
  • Patent number: 4212744
    Abstract: A haemodialyzer apparatus in which there are disposed two different types of membranes, namely, semi-permeable membranes that are substantially incapable of passing therethrough blood plasma proteins and filter membranes that are capable of passing therethrough blood plasma proteins. By the use of the present haemodialyzer apparatus, in addition to urea, creatinine and the like, the relatively high molecular weight substances such as the peptides having a molecular weight of more than 1,000 as well as the plasma proteins with their functions lowered, which relatively high molecular weight substances cannot be removed by any of the conventional haemodialyzers, can be effectively removed, to a desired extent, from the blood, thereby not only purifying or detoxifying the blood or components thereof but also recovering the toxic substances-absoring abilities of the plasma proteins so that the patients suffering from renal and/or liver failure may be remedied more satisfactorily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1980
    Assignee: Asahi Medical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Oota