Patents by Inventor Yoshihiro Mizokawa

Yoshihiro Mizokawa 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).

  • Seat occupancy sensor having an array of sensors shifted from a center of a seat of a vehicle
    Patent number: 10640009
    Abstract: A seat occupancy sensor includes: a first sensor group having a plurality of first sensor cells that are arrayed in a front-rear direction of a seat and become conductive as a load is applied thereto; a second sensor group having a plurality of second sensor cells that are arrayed in the front-rear direction, farther on a front side of the seat and closer to an end of the seat in a width direction than the first sensor group, and that become conductive as a load is applied thereto; and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit determines that someone is sitting on the seat when both of at least one of the first sensor cells and at least one of the second sensor cells become conductive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignees: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Mizokawa, Keiichi Yanai, Atsushi Kobayashi, Keiichi Kondo, Shunsuke Nagai
  • SEAT OCCUPANCY SENSOR
    Publication number: 20180257513
    Abstract: A seat occupancy sensor includes: a first sensor group having a plurality of first sensor cells that are arrayed in a front-rear direction of a seat and become conductive as a load is applied thereto; a second sensor group having a plurality of second sensor cells that are arrayed in the front-rear direction, farther on a front side of the seat and closer to an end of the seat in a width direction than the first sensor group, and that become conductive as a load is applied thereto; and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit determines that someone is sitting on the seat when both of at least one of the first sensor cells and at least one of the second sensor cells become conductive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicants: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Mizokawa, Keiichi Yanai, Atsushi Kobayashi, Keiichi Kondo, Shunsuke Nagai