Patents by Inventor Kazuteru Itou

Kazuteru Itou 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: 11768553
    Abstract: An input device has an operative member on which switches are arranged to receive a pushing force. The input device has a control unit which is configured to store both a first correction coefficient and a second correction coefficient. The first correction coefficient may correct variations in displacement caused by differences in pushing positions on the operative member. The second correction coefficient may correct differences in sensitivity among a plurality of sensors. The control unit is configured to perform: correcting a plurality of displacements by the first correction coefficient and the second correction coefficient; and determining whether presence or absence of a push operation by comparing a summation of corrected values with a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Ito, Kazuteru Itou
  • Publication number: 20230070324
    Abstract: An input device has an operative member on which switches are arranged to receive a pushing force. The input device has a control unit which is configured to store both a first correction coefficient and a second correction coefficient. The first correction coefficient may correct variations in displacement caused by differences in pushing positions on the operative member. The second correction coefficient may correct differences in sensitivity among a plurality of sensors. The control unit is configured to perform: correcting a plurality of displacements by the first correction coefficient and the second correction coefficient; and determining whether presence or absence of a push operation by comparing a summation of corrected values with a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Masahiro ITO, Kazuteru ITOU
  • Patent number: 11385717
    Abstract: A vehicle input device includes: an interior panel that is an opaque plate-shaped member; and multiple fixing portions for fixing the interior panel to a vehicle. In the interior panel, an operation area portion in which multiple symbols indicating multiple control contents and a non-operation area portion are set. On a rear surface side of the operation area portion, a press sensor for detecting a press operation on a switch portion and a vibrator that vibrates the operation area portion are placed. The switch portion is a portion in which the multiple symbols are placed. The vehicle input device includes a controller that specifies an operation content and causes the vibrator to vibrate. The multiple fixing portions are placed in the non-operation area portion and are not placed in the operation area portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunji Yamauchi, Harunori Fujitsu, Kazuteru Itou
  • Publication number: 20210132696
    Abstract: A vehicle input device includes: an interior panel that is an opaque plate-shaped member; and multiple fixing portions for fixing the interior panel to a vehicle. In the interior panel, an operation area portion in which multiple symbols indicating multiple control contents and a non-operation area portion are set. On a rear surface side of the operation area portion, a press sensor for detecting a press operation on a switch portion and a vibrator that vibrates the operation area portion are placed. The switch portion is a portion in which the multiple symbols are placed. The vehicle input device includes a controller that specifies an operation content and causes the vibrator to vibrate. The multiple fixing portions are placed in the non-operation area portion and are not placed in the operation area portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: SHUNJI YAMAUCHI, HARUNORI FUJITSU, KAZUTERU ITOU
  • Patent number: 8970085
    Abstract: A rotor includes a rotor core comprised of magnetic steel sheets laminated in the axial direction and a pair of end plates that are respectively provided on the axial end faces of the rotor core so as to together sandwich the rotor core in the axial direction. The rotor is rotatably disposed in an electric rotating machine with a circumferential surface of the rotor core facing a stator. At least one of the end plates is configured to have through-holes, each of which is formed so as to axially penetrate the end plate, and a pressing portion that is radially positioned on the stator side of the through-holes. The pressing portion abuts a corresponding one of the axial end faces of the rotor core and exerts an axial load on the corresponding axial end face of the rotor core by an elastic force of the end plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Kazuteru Itou, Yuuichirou Itou
  • Publication number: 20120248920
    Abstract: A rotor includes a rotor core comprised of magnetic steel sheets laminated in the axial direction and a pair of end plates that are respectively provided on the axial end faces of the rotor core so as to together sandwich the rotor core in the axial direction. The rotor is rotatably disposed in an electric rotating machine with a circumferential surface of the rotor core facing a stator. At least one of the end plates is configured to have through-holes, each of which is formed so as to axially penetrate the end plate, and a pressing portion that is radially positioned on the stator side of the through-holes. The pressing portion abuts a corresponding one of the axial end faces of the rotor core and exerts an axial load on the corresponding axial end face of the rotor core by an elastic force of the end plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Takahashi, Kazuteru Itou, Yuuichirou Itou