Patents by Inventor Tomohiro MEIGI

Tomohiro MEIGI 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).

  • Control knob device
    Patent number: 9559649
    Abstract: A control knob device that may be used in a vehicle to control audio volume or the like includes a shaft connected with a knob cap, an elastic member pressed by the shaft to be elastically deformed, and a switch located adjacent to the elastic member. The switch includes a switch part configured to output a signal upon a deformation of the elastic member. A deformable member deformed by a load greater than that when the elastic member is deformed and the switch outputs the signal, is configured to change a relative position between the knob cap and the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Seungryong Noh, Seung Hai Hwang, Takahiro Nishimura, Tomohiro Meigi, Jun Sato
  • CONTROL KNOB DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160036401
    Abstract: A control knob device that may be used in a vehicle to control audio volume or the like includes a shaft connected with a knob cap, an elastic member pressed by the shaft to be elastically deformed, and a switch located adjacent to the elastic member. The switch includes a switch part configured to output a signal upon a deformation of the elastic member. A deformable member deformed by a load greater than that when the elastic member is deformed and the switch outputs the signal, is configured to change a relative position between the knob cap and the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Seungryong NOH, Seung Hai HWANG, Takahiro NISHIMURA, Tomohiro MEIGI, Jun SATO