Patents by Inventor Yoshiyuki Matsumoto

Yoshiyuki Matsumoto 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: 7850318
    Abstract: A vehicle interior mirror device disposed in a passenger compartment for reflecting a state of rear seats and traffic conditions behind a vehicle. The interior mirror device has reflection restricting means notched in a lower end of the interior mirror device to prevent a face of a passenger from being reflected, so that eyes of passengers seated in seats other than the driver's seat do not meet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20100259841
    Abstract: An oblique forward vision device for making an area constituting a blind spot diagonally in front a vehicle visible to a driver. The device includes a first reflective mirror, provided on a reverse side of a door mirror oriented in a forward direction, for showing an area located diagonally in front of the vehicle, and a second reflective mirror, provided on an interior side of a front pillar, for reflecting light reflected off the first reflective mirror toward the driver. The driver looks at the second reflective mirror via the first reflective mirror and checks the blind spot diagonally in front of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2009
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Matsumoto, Yuya Kishimoto
  • Patent number: 7755508
    Abstract: A driving assistance system may include a device for obtaining an image of an area behind and next to the present vehicle, the area including a lane other than the present lane; a device for displaying the obtained image so that it is visible to the driver; and a device for superimposing a mark on the image, which indicates degree of danger with respect to another vehicle running on the other lane when the present vehicle enters the other lane. The system may include a mirror for reflecting such an area behind and next to the present vehicle in a manner such that the area is visible to a driver of the present vehicle; and a device for displaying a mark on the mirror, wherein the mark indicates a degree of danger with respect to another vehicle running on the other lane when the present vehicle enters the other lane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Watanabe, Kei Oshida, Yoshiyuki Matsumoto, Yoichi Sugimoto, Tatsuya Iwasa
  • Publication number: 20100007961
    Abstract: A vehicular integrated mirror system is provided that is supported on a vehicle body that includes a door, and has an outside mirror disposed outside a vehicle compartment and an interior mirror disposed within the vehicle compartment at a position in the proximity of the outside mirror so that, in cooperation with the outside mirror, a vehicle rear field of vision is obtained, wherein a mirror holder retaining the outside mirror and the inside mirror is swingably supported on mirror support means mounted on the vehicle body in order to change the reflection angle of the two mirror relative to a vehicle driver, and the reflection angle of the outside mirror and the inside mirror is changed by remote drive means that makes the mirror holder swing by remote operation. This enables the reflection angle of the outside mirror and the inside mirror to be remotely controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Kukita, Mitsuo Sasaki, Yoshiyuki Matsumoto, Masaaki Abe
  • Patent number: 7641269
    Abstract: In a vehicular body structure, left and right front pillars are provided closer to the longitudinal centerline of a vehicle than left and right corner sections of a compartment of the vehicle. First corner window (26) provided adjacent to one of the left and right front pillars (13) which is more remote from a driver's seat (24) has a greater opening area than a second corner window (25) provided adjacent to the other of the left and right pillars (11) which is closer to the driver's seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Matsumoto, Yojiro Tsutsumi, Masaaki Abe, Isao Uematsu, Kazuyuki Maruyama
  • Patent number: 7635209
    Abstract: The present invention provides a lamp for a vehicle provided to a forward inclined face of a roof of a vehicle. The forward inclined face inclines downward and forward of the vehicle from a top of the roof. The lamp for a vehicle is provided with a light emitting face at least on a top face thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Uematsu, Yoshiyuki Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20090265562
    Abstract: In a data conversion auxiliary module which is at a higher level than a file system in a disk management hierarchy, data stored in a storage medium, which becomes an object, is successively accessed. Then, a data conversion module captures a sector-unit access request to a device driver from the file system, converts data of a sector which is returned from the device driver, and writes the conversion data in the sector. Thereby, data conversion can be executed on a specific region of the storage medium, which is associated with the data in the storage medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: HUMMING HEADS INC.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Oe, Takahiro Shima, Yoshiyuki Matsumoto, Hiroki Shima, Yusuke Minamii, Takahiro Takeda
  • Patent number: 7573378
    Abstract: A vehicle brake light system includes a plurality of lighting units arranged in a horizontally and vertically spaced apart relation on the rear of a vehicle. Horizontally spaced apart lighting units which are lower in position have a greater distance between their centers of gravity, and are adapted to be turned on when a larger braking force is applied to a brake pedal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Matsumoto, Masaaki Abe, Yuji Kuwashima, Mari Sakamoto, Hirosni Uematsu
  • Patent number: 7557113
    Abstract: A compound having GSK-3 inhibitory activity. A1 and A3 are a single bond, an aliphatic hydrocarbon group; A2 and A4 are a single bond, CO, COO, CONR, O, OCO, NR, NRCO, NRCOO, etc.; G1 is a single bond, an aliphatic hydrocarbon, aromatic hydrocarbon, heterocyclic; G2 is H, an aliphatic hydrocarbon, an alicyclic hydrocarbon, an aromatic hydrocarbon, heterocyclic; A5 is a single bond, NR; R2 is H, halogen, an aliphatic hydrocarbon, alicyclic hydrocarbon, aromatic hydrocarbon, heterocyclic; A6 is a single bond, NR, CO, NRCO, NRCONR, CONR, COO, O, etc.; R3 is H, halogen, nitro, saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon, alicyclic hydrocarbon, aromatic hydrocarbon, heterocyclic; and R3 may be a trimethylsilyl, formyl, acyl, carboxyl, alkoxylcarbonyl, carbamoyl, alkylcarbamoyl, or cyano group when A6 is CR?CR or C?C, wherein R is H or an lower aliphatic hydrocarbon group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Teijin Pharma Limited
    Inventors: Takaharu Tsutsumi, Satoshi Sugiura, Masahiro Koga, Yoshiyuki Matsumoto, Toshihiro Ishii, Akira Nakano, Gen Unoki, Yuri Sakai, Reiko Takarada, Hiroko Ogawa
  • Patent number: 7543545
    Abstract: Visual recognition assistance device (10) for a vehicle includes a pole section (11) provided at a corner area of the vehicle, and a plate section (12) provided at an intermediate portion or end portion of the pole section in substantially parallel relation to the ground surface. The plate section is in any one of disk, rectangular, triangular, kite and bar shapes. The plate section includes a pole-section position indicating portion (13) to point to the pole section in a highlighted fashion. The pole-section-position indicating portion may be in the form of a recessed portion, colored portion, light emitting portion, projecting portion or bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Matsumoto, Kazuyuki Maruyama
  • Patent number: 7537362
    Abstract: A vehicular lighting system that enhances motorcycle visibility is provided. Vehicle front headlights, arranged so as to be laterally symmetrical, are formed in a shape of eyes capable of evoking a face. A headlight includes a circular main light forming a pupil portion, an annular ring forming an iris portion, plates each forming a sclera portion (white of eye), an upper frame forming the contour of an upper eyelid portion, and a lower frame forming the contour of a lower eyelid portion. When the main light and the plates are made to emit light, and the ring is non-light emitting, the pupil portion and the sclera portion are clearly discriminated from each other, thus enabling recognition as “eyes” not only in the daytime but also in the nighttime. The light emitting portions may be set as the main light, the upper frame and the lower frame, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazumitsu Kushida, Yoshiyuki Matsumoto, Yutaka Murata
  • Patent number: 7524841
    Abstract: The invention provides low molecular compounds having activity which inhibits binding of CCR3 ligands to CCR3 on target cells, i.e. CCR3 antagonists. The invention also provides 4,4-(disubstituted)piperidine derivatives represented by formula (I) below, pharmaceutically acceptable acid adducts thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable C1-C6 alkyl adducts thereof, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising them as effective ingredients, which are useful for treatment or prevention of diseases associated with CCR3, such as asthma and allergic rhinitis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Matsumoto, Minoru Imai, Yoshiyuki Sawai, Susumu Takeuchi, Akinobu Nakanishi, Kunio Minamizono, Tomonori Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 7517875
    Abstract: The invention provides low molecular compounds having activity which inhibits binding of CCR3 ligands to CCR3 on target cells, i.e. CCR3 antagonists. The invention also provides compounds represented by formula (I) below, pharmaceutically acceptable acid adducts thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable C1-C6 alkyl adducts thereof, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising them as effective ingredients, which are useful for treatment or prevention of diseases associated with CCR3, such as asthma and allergic rhinitis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Matsumoto, Minoru Imai, Yoshiyuki Sawai, Susumu Takeuchi, Akinobu Nakanishi, Kunio Minamizono, Tomonori Yokoyama
  • Publication number: 20090066132
    Abstract: A vehicle seat cushion structure whereby even when a steering wheel or other object is pushed closer toward a vehicle occupant after a vehicle is involved in a head-on collision and little space is left in front of the vehicle occupant, the space can be readily enlarged. The cushion structure comprises a supporting member provided on a seat frame and a cushion member disposed in a folded state on the supporting member. The folded cushion member is capable of being withdrawn from a cushion removal opening formed on a side of a seat. Space is provided between the vehicle occupant and the steering wheel or the like when the cushion member is removed via the cushion removal opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Matsumoto, Kenji Hattori, Koichi Suyama
  • Publication number: 20090049325
    Abstract: It is aimed at providing a data processor capable of suppressing a sudden current change from the viewpoint of a synchronization clock. A data processor 1 comprises a clock pulse generation circuit and a circuit module operating on input clock signal CLKi output from the clock pulse generation circuit. In case of restoration from a power-on reset period or a standby state, the clock pulse generation circuit stepwise changes frequencies of the clock signal from low to high frequencies. This makes it possible to prevent a power supply current from suddenly increasing in case of restoration from the power-on reset period or the standby state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventors: TAKANOBU NARUSE, Hirokatsu Noguchi, Kazuhide Kawade, Yoshiyuki Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20080247184
    Abstract: A conventional keyless entry system uses a radio wave as an unlocking or locking signal and is therefore substantially non-directional. For example, when an unlocking operation is performed, keys of all doors are unlocked, so that for example in a vehicle having a certain slide door or a kick-up door, an occupant of the vehicle may forget to lock the door. According to the presently disclosed subject matter a keyless entry system for locking and unlocking lock(s) of a vehicle can include an infrared light projector having a narrow radiation angle, and a light receiving/emitting unit corresponding to operating conditions of keys/locks. The light receiving/emitting unit can include a combination of a light receiving element for receiving the infrared light and a light emitting element for indicating the position of a key/lock which is operated correspondingly to the infrared light received by the light receiving element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Matsumoto, Hiroshi Uematsu, Takuya Kushimoto, Yutaka Ishiyama
  • Patent number: 7417053
    Abstract: A pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridine derivative represented by formula (I) and salt thereof exhibit excellent MAPKAP-K2 inhibitory activity. Accordingly, medicines comprising this compound as an active ingredient are expected to be valuable for treating or preventing diseases mediated by MAPKAP-K2 such as inflammatory injury, autoimmune diseases, asteropathia destruens, cancer and/or growth of tumor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Teijin Pharma Limited
    Inventors: Gen Unoki, Yoshiyuki Matsumoto, Yohei Matsueda, Tomomi Kosugi, Mika Takakuwa, Hiroaki Makino, Kenichiro Kataoka, Yuko Yamakoshi, Motoko Hamada
  • Publication number: 20080192370
    Abstract: A vehicle interior mirror device disposed in a passenger compartment for reflecting a state of rear seats and traffic conditions behind a vehicle. The interior mirror device has reflection restricting means notched in a lower end of the interior mirror device to prevent a face of a passenger from being reflected, so that eyes of passengers seated in seats other than the driver's seat do not meet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 7404584
    Abstract: Disclosed is a seat apparatus for a vehicle, which has the functions of supporting a seat main body being placed on a floor and behind pedals in the vehicle in such a way that the seat main body is movable forward, backward, upward and downward and that the seat main body is made higher in height as it moves forward, and adjusting a position of the seat main body forward, backward, upward and downward in a predetermined adjusting orbit, so that the position fits different builds of drivers. Furthermore, the adjusting orbit is determined based on hip points of the drivers, and the hip points are set on the condition that a viewpoint and heels of the drivers are fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Maruyama, Yoshiyuki Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 7398406
    Abstract: It is aimed at providing a data processor capable of suppressing a sudden current change from the viewpoint of a synchronization clock. A data processor 1 comprises a clock pulse generation circuit and a circuit module operating on input clock signal CLKi output from the clock pulse generation circuit. In case of restoration from a power-on reset period or a standby state, the clock pulse generation circuit stepwise changes frequencies of the clock signal from low to high frequencies. This makes it possible to prevent a power supply current from suddenly increasing in case of restoration from the power-on reset period or the standby state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Renesas Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Takanobu Naruse, Hirokatsu Noguchi, Kazuhide Kawade, Yoshiyuki Matsumoto