Patents by Inventor Toru Okinaga

Toru Okinaga 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: 11661112
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an instrument panel structure of a vehicle, which is connected to a steering device of the vehicle and configured to mount an in-vehicle device. The instrument panel structure of the vehicle includes an the instrument panel, a hanger beam member, and a bracket. The instrument panel has an instrument panel upper portion, and an instrument panel middle portion located below the instrument panel upper portion and having an opening for placing the in-vehicle device. The hanger beam member is configured to support the instrument panel and extends in a left-right direction of the vehicle and is connected between a left side and a right side of a vehicle body. The bracket is disposed on the hanger beam member and configured to support the in-vehicle device. The in-vehicle device and the instrument panel middle portion are connected to the hanger beam member via the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Chiba, Toru Okinaga, Sho Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20220297507
    Abstract: A defroster structure includes: a window panel; an instrument panel; an air outlet member formed with an opening through which defrost air is blown out; and a duct member. The air outlet member includes an adjacent part forming a front edge of the opening and adjacent to the window panel, and a fixed part continuous to the adjacent part. The fixed part is fixed to the duct member at a position in front of a front end part of the window panel, which is exposed to the vehicle compartment, in cross-sectional view in a front-rear direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Toru OKINAGA, Eishi KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11179995
    Abstract: A blowing device includes: a casing which is connected to an air conditioner of a vehicle; a ventilation path which is formed from an inlet to an outlet of the casing; a second inclined portion which is provided on the side of the outlet in the casing; an intermediate portion which is formed between the inlet and the second inclined portion; a wind direction variable member that is provided in the ventilation path and is able to change a wind direction of an inflow wind through the inlet toward the intermediate portion or the outlet; and a cover member that is provided with a hole portion penetrating therethrough in an X direction and the cover member is disposed in the +X direction in relation to an end portion of the second inclined portion in the ?X direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Nakashima, Toru Okinaga, Hiroshi Endo
  • Publication number: 20210206433
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an instrument panel structure of a vehicle, which is connected to a steering device of the vehicle and configured to mount an in-vehicle device. The instrument panel structure of the vehicle includes an the instrument panel, a hanger beam member, and a bracket. The instrument panel has an instrument panel upper portion, and an instrument panel middle portion located below the instrument panel upper portion and having an opening for placing the in-vehicle device. The hanger beam member is configured to support the instrument panel and extends in a left-right direction of the vehicle and is connected between a left side and a right side of a vehicle body. The bracket is disposed on the hanger beam member and configured to support the in-vehicle device. The in-vehicle device and the instrument panel middle portion are connected to the hanger beam member via the bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi CHIBA, Toru OKINAGA, Sho Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20200406706
    Abstract: A blowing device includes: a casing 20 which is connected to an air conditioner of a vehicle; a ventilation path 50 which is formed from an inlet 50c to an outlet 50d of the casing 20; a second inclined portion 52 which is provided on the side of the outlet 50d in the casing 20; an intermediate portion 53 which is formed between the inlet 50c and the second inclined portion 52; a wind direction variable member 40 that is provided in the ventilation path 50 and is able to change a wind direction of an inflow wind through the inlet 50c toward the intermediate portion 53 or the outlet 50d; and a cover member 90 that is provided with a hole portion 92 penetrating therethrough in an X direction and the cover member 90 is disposed in the +X direction in relation to an end portion of the second inclined portion 52 in the ?X direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Yu Nakashima, Toru Okinaga, Hiroshi Endo
  • Patent number: 9975493
    Abstract: A vehicular console device includes a console outer casing disposed in the interior of a vehicle, a console box disposed in the console outer casing, and a tray supported in the console box. The tray includes a tray body and a tray vertical wall. The tray body is supported in the console box to be movable in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The tray vertical wall is formed to extend upward from a tray rear wall of the tray body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Okinaga, Katsuhiko Imai, Shoji Nakauchi, Takafumi Kaibara, Satoru Konishi, Tomohiko Uematsu
  • Publication number: 20170259749
    Abstract: A vehicular console device includes a console outer casing disposed in the interior of a vehicle, a console box disposed in the console outer casing, and a tray supported in the console box. The tray includes a tray body and a tray vertical wall. The tray body is supported in the console box to be movable in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The tray vertical wall is formed to extend upward from a tray rear wall of the tray body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Okinaga, Katsuhiko Imai, Shoji Nakauchi, Takafumi Kaibara, Satoru Konishi, Tomohiko Uematsu