Patents by Inventor Tetsuya Nagasaki

Tetsuya Nagasaki 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: 11858421
    Abstract: A vehicle mirror device includes a housing; an imaging device including an image light acquisition unit disposed in a lower surface of the housing in a vehicle-mounted state; a light projection device including an infrared irradiation unit disposed in the lower surface of the housing and disposed side by side with the image light acquisition unit in the left-and-right direction; and a plate-like attachment member including a surface on which the imaging device and the light projection device are mounted, and attached to the housing to hold the imaging device and the light projection device between the attachment member and the housing, the imaging device and the light projection device being fastened to the attachment member with screw members in a first direction. The attachment member is configured such that the imaging device and the light projection device are mountable thereon in a second direction different from the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: Misato Industries Co., Ltd., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Joichi Kawanishi, Yuto Watanabe, Takashi Nakatani, Takuro Yuyama, Ryosuke Iba, Tetsuya Nagasaki
  • Publication number: 20220396980
    Abstract: A vehicle door control system includes a courtesy switch that detects an opened/closed state of a side door, a latch actuator that performs an unlatch operation for releasing a latch that holds the side door in a closed state, an unlatch switch that is provided in a vehicle compartment and is operated by a user when releasing the latch, and a controller that causes the latch actuator to perform the unlatch operation when the unlatch switch is operated. The controller prevents the unlatch operation from being executed in a period during which the side door is in an opened state, even when the unlatch switch is operated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tetsuya Nagasaki
  • Patent number: 11286704
    Abstract: A carrier plate is attached to a guide rail so as to move on the guide rail along the extending direction. An erected portion includes a first surface and a second surface which extend in an extending direction. A slit is formed by a first edge portion which is disposed on a side of the first surface of the erected portion and a second edge portion which is disposed on a side of the second surface of the erected portion. A cutout portion which includes an opening facing the erected portion is provided in at least one of the first edge portion and the second edge portion. The cutout portion includes a space portion which allows grease to be stored therein. The grease stored in the cutout portion is applied to the erected portion which slides in the slit when the carrier plate moves on the guide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: HI-LEX CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Takaoka, Tetsuya Nagasaki
  • Patent number: 11273691
    Abstract: A door structure comprises a door body, a window glass having a substantially rectangular shape, and a window regulator. The door body has a sash being provided to the door body before the window glass is connected to the carrier plate at one side of the door body in a front and rear direction of the vehicle, and the sash has a groove, in which only one edge of the window glass is inserted, and the door structure further includes a separating member configured to separate the window glass from the sliding face of the guide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignees: HI-LEX CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akitsugu Kimura, Masanori Tabayashi, Tetsuya Nagasaki
  • Patent number: 11173844
    Abstract: A vehicle mirror device includes a housing, an imaging device, a light projection device, and a light shield unit. The housing is attached to a side portion of a vehicle and holds a mirror. The imaging device is attached to the housing and includes an image light acquisition unit disposed in a lower surface of the housing in a vehicle-mounted state. The light projection device is attached to the housing and includes an infrared irradiation unit disposed in the lower surface of the housing and disposed side by side with the image light acquisition unit in a left-and-right direction in the vehicle-mounted state. The light shield unit is provided on the lower surface of the housing and blocks infrared light going from the infrared irradiation unit toward the image light acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignees: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Joichi Kawanishi, Takuro Yuyama, Ryosuke Iba, Tomoya Matsubara, Yuto Watanabe, Takashi Nakatani, Tetsuya Nagasaki, Miyuki Omori
  • Publication number: 20210031688
    Abstract: A vehicle mirror device includes a housing; an imaging device including an image light acquisition unit disposed in a lower surface of the housing in a vehicle-mounted state; a light projection device including an infrared irradiation unit disposed in the lower surface of the housing and disposed side by side with the image light acquisition unit in the left-and-right direction; and a plate-like attachment member including a surface on which the imaging device and the light projection device are mounted, and attached to the housing to hold the imaging device and the light projection device between the attachment member and the housing, the imaging device and the light projection device being fastened to the attachment member with screw members in a first direction. The attachment member is configured such that the imaging device and the light projection device are mountable thereon in a second direction different from the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicants: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Joichi KAWANISHI, Yuto WATANABE, Takashi NAKATANI, Takuro YUYAMA, Ryosuke IBA, Tetsuya NAGASAKI
  • Publication number: 20200406726
    Abstract: A door structure 1 comprises a door body 2; a window glass 3 having a substantially rectangular shape; and a window regulator 4, the door body 2 has a sash 22 being provided to the door body 2 before the window glass 3 is connected to the carrier plate at one side of the door body 2 in a front and rear direction D1 of the vehicle, and the sash 22 has a groove 221, in which only one edge 3a of the window glass 3 is inserted, and the door structure 1 further comprises a separating member 5 being configured to separate the window glass 3 from the sliding face SL of the guide rail 42.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicants: HI-LEX CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akitsugu KIMURA, Masanori TABAYASHI, Tetsuya NAGASAKI
  • Publication number: 20200408026
    Abstract: A carrier plate is attached to a guide rail so as to move on the guide rail along the extending direction. An erected portion includes a first surface and a second surface which extend in an extending direction. A slit is formed by a first edge portion which is disposed on a side of the first surface of the erected portion and a second edge portion which is disposed on a side of the second surface of the erected portion. A cutout portion which includes an opening facing the erected portion is provided in at least one of the first edge portion and the second edge portion. The cutout portion includes a space portion which allows grease to be stored therein. The grease stored in the cutout portion is applied to the erected portion which slides in the slit when the carrier plate moves on the guide rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicants: HI-LEX CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroyuki TAKAOKA, Tetsuya NAGASAKI
  • Publication number: 20200406822
    Abstract: A vehicle mirror device includes a housing, an imaging device, a light projection device, and a light shield unit. The housing is attached to a side portion of a vehicle and holds a mirror. The imaging device is attached to the housing and includes an image light acquisition unit disposed in a lower surface of the housing in a vehicle-mounted state. The light projection device is attached to the housing and includes an infrared irradiation unit disposed in the lower surface of the housing and disposed side by side with the image light acquisition unit in a left-and-right direction in the vehicle-mounted state. The light shield unit is provided on the lower surface of the housing and blocks infrared light going from the infrared irradiation unit toward the image light acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicants: Ichikoh Industries, Ltd., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Joichi KAWANISHI, Takuro YUYAMA, Ryosuke IBA, Tomoya MATSUBARA, Yuto WATANABE, Takashi NAKATANI, Tetsuya NAGASAKI, Miyuki OMORI
  • Publication number: 20080027589
    Abstract: A remote control apparatus for drives an openable and closable in-vehicle device to close it remotely by means of an operation by a user carried out on an operation terminal, and, upon receiving a request for driving the in-vehicle device to close it, a driving operation is carried out to open the in-vehicle device once before a deriving operation to close the same is carried out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keiji Hiwano, Tetsuya Nagasaki, Atsushi Watanabe, Naoki Taki