Patents by Inventor Masayuki Watarai

Masayuki Watarai 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: 20220381081
    Abstract: A mobile body control system includes: a window open or close instruction recognition unit that recognizes an open or close instruction of a window provided to a mobile body in accordance with a voice operation or an operation of a mobile terminal performed by a passenger on the mobile body; a window control unit that executes a window open or close control for opening or closing the window, when the open or close instruction of the window is recognized; and a window operation restriction unit that executes at least one of window operation inhibition processing for inhibiting execution of the window open or close control by the window control unit in accordance with an operation of a switch provided to the mobile body, and window operation stop processing for stopping the window being operated by the window open or close control in accordance with an operation of the switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Mizuki Katsu, Naoki Shibata, Atsushi Sekiguchi, Shigeki Takahashi, Tomohiro Suzuki, Takamune Tsukahara, Kenichiro Kagawa, Futoshi Kobayashi, Masayuki Watarai, Makoto Ono, Katsuyasu Yamane, Koji Hashimoto, Hironori Takano
  • Patent number: 7628448
    Abstract: A roof panel attached to a roof of a vehicle so that the roof panel can be tilted up, and a wind lip provided in peripheral edge portion of the lower surface of the roof panel. The wind lip projects toward the inside of the vehicle. Further, a drain groove extending in up-and-down direction is formed on an outer surface of the wind lip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Yachiyo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Katayama, Shigehito Horiuchi, Kuniyasu Aoki, Masayuki Watarai, Toshiaki Kuroi
  • Publication number: 20080217964
    Abstract: A roof panel attached to a roof of a vehicle so that the roof panel can be tilted up, and a wind lip provided in peripheral edge portion of the lower surface of the roof panel. The wind lip projects toward the inside of the vehicle. Further, a drain groove extending in up-and-down direction is formed on an outer surface of the wind lip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Applicants: YACHIYO KOGYO KABUSIKI KAISYA, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime Katayama, Shigehito Horiuchi, Kuniyasu Aoki, Masayuki Watarai, Toshiaki Kuroi
  • Patent number: 7360825
    Abstract: A drip molding supported by a pillar at a corner of the front or back of a vehicle, for draining waterdrops entering a side edge of a front or back windowpane. The drip molding has a base attached to the pillar; a part for sealing a gap between the base and the side edge; and a lip part extending from the base to the front surface of the windowpane to form a drainage path between the lip part and the windowpane. On the outside of the lip part, a bent surface is arranged so as to form an arc bending toward the front surface of the windowpane, and an inner face of the lip part is formed in a manner such that the larger a distance from the head toward the root of this part, the larger the distance between this inner face and the front surface of the windowpane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Yoshioka, Masayuki Watarai, Shuhei Hamada
  • Publication number: 20070090668
    Abstract: A drip molding supported by a pillar at a corner of the front or back of a vehicle, for draining waterdrops entering a side edge of a front or back windowpane. The drip molding has a base attached to the pillar; a part for sealing a gap between the base and the side edge; and a lip part extending from the base to the front surface of the windowpane to form a drainage path between the lip part and the windowpane. On the outside of the lip part, a bent surface is arranged so as to form an arc bending toward the front surface of the windowpane, and an inner face of the lip part is formed in a manner such that the larger a distance from the head toward the root of this part, the larger the distance between this inner face and the front surface of the windowpane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2006
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Yoshioka, Masayuki Watarai, Shuhei Hamada