Patents by Inventor Motoki TACHIIRI

Motoki TACHIIRI 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).

  • IN-VEHICLE MANIPULATION APPARATUS AND IN-VEHICLE INPUT APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20100073291
    Abstract: A two-dimensional operation section includes a stick-shaped rocking shaft having an end having an operation knob. The operation knob is operated within a predetermined two-dimensional operation surface determined as an operation range such that a rocking axis of the rocking shaft tilts from a predetermined neutral angular position to a direction corresponding to an instructed position. A one-dimensional operation section has an operation surface exposed in a main surface of the operation knob, the main surface being an end surface of the rocking shaft. The one-dimensional operation section can be operated in a predetermined one-dimensional operation direction determined within the two-dimensional operation surface relative to the operation surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinsuke HISATSUGU, Motoki TACHIIRI, Koichi MASUDA, Tsuneo UCHIDA, Takashi AOKI, Hiroaki SASAKI, Kunihiro NAKAGAWA, Hiromune WADA