Patents Assigned to Honda Access Corp.
  • Patent number: 12024230
    Abstract: An instrument panel support apparatus including a support portion configured by an on-board equipment or a fixing member fixed to the on-board equipment, and a connecting portion connecting the support portion and the end of the instrument panel. The connecting portion includes an engaging portion provided at the end of the instrument panel, and an engaged portion provided at the support portion so as to be engaged with the engaging portion when the instrument panel and the support portion are connected by pushing of one of the instrument panel and the support portion to the other of the instrument panel and the support portion in a predetermined direction. The engaging portion is configured to engage with the engaged portion in contact with the engaged portion or a periphery of the engaged portion by an elastic deformation of the engaging portion in the connecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Honda Access Corp.
    Inventors: Takumi Yonezawa, Tomoya Akutsu
  • Patent number: 11987159
    Abstract: Provided is a connection member that is to be bridged between a seat back and a luggage room floor, and stretches and contracts as at least one of the seat back and the luggage room floor moves. The connection member has a main body portion formed into the shape of a thin plate or a sheet; and a plurality of long convex portions provided on the main body portion in a parallel manner. The long convex portions are extendedly provided in a direction orthogonal to a direction along which the connection member stretches and contracts. As the seat back and the luggage room floor approach each other, a first bending portion and second bending portion having the plurality of the long convex portions will be bended in a manner such that the plurality of the long convex portions will be positioned inward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA ACCESS CORP.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Koinuma, Hideki Oino
  • Publication number: 20230098035
    Abstract: An information providing system 1 includes: an item list generator 55 that generates a match-pair list including items associated with a subject user based on information registered in a user profile database 51 and information registered in an item profile database 52; a session information processing system 6 that acquires session information in a session with the subject user via a user interface 2 and calculates a target social position of the subject user in a social space formed by reflection of sense of values of a plurality of registered users registered in the user profile database 51, based on the session information; and an item proposer 7 that proposes items to the subject user based on the match-pair list and the target social position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: HONDA ACCESS CORP.
    Inventor: Koji Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 11603046
    Abstract: Provided is an escape tool housing member to be wound around an assist grip of a vehicle, in which a main body is to be wound around a grip portion, and a housing portion housing an escape tool is arranged to abut against an inner side of the grip portion. By pinching and then pulling with fingers a left convex portion, a pull portion, a concave portion and a right convex portion that are positioned on a front surface side of the grip portion, a left inner fixation portion and a left outer fixation portion will be disconnected from each other, and a right inner fixation portion and a right outer fixation portion will be disconnected from each other as well, thereby allowing the escape tool housing member to be removed from the assist grip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA ACCESS CORP.
    Inventors: Akihiko Saito, Shinpei Takenaka
  • Patent number: 11507219
    Abstract: A touch panel apparatus including a first detector detecting a first operation of a touch operation unit, a second detector detecting a second operation of a rotating operation unit disposed close to the touch operation unit, and a microprocessor performing making a determination whether to prioritize the first or second operation, and outputting an operation command corresponding to the first or second operation in accordance with the determination. The second detector includes six or more touch sensors disposed on an outer peripheral surface of the rotating operation unit, and the microprocessor performs outputting the operation command corresponding to the first operation when the first operation is detected, while not outputting the operation command corresponding to the first operation even if the first operation is detected when the touch operation over a predetermined area on the outer peripheral surface is detected by the touch sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA ACCESS CORP.
    Inventor: Takahiro Mitsunari
  • Patent number: 11479193
    Abstract: Provided is a bumper capable of improving a maneuvering stability of a vehicle. The bumper is a front bumper 7 to be attached to a front lower portion of a vehicle 1. Flow-straightening protrusions 31 each formed along a vehicular front-rear direction are provided on a lower portion of the front bumper 7 in a way such that they are aligned along a vehicular width direction across a region on an extended line 36 of a vehicular width direction inner end portion 2T of each of front wheels 2L, 2R of the vehicle 1. Thus, the occurrence of turbulent flows around the front wheels 2L, 2R can be restricted so that a vehicle stability can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA ACCESS CORP.
    Inventors: Ryo Shiogai, Seiko Fukuda, Takashi Yuzawa, Masahiro Abe, Jun Takada
  • Publication number: 20220129104
    Abstract: A touch panel apparatus including a first detector detecting a first operation of a touch operation unit, a second detector detecting a second operation of a rotating operation unit disposed close to the touch operation unit, and a microprocessor performing making a determination whether to prioritize the first or second operation, and outputting an operation command corresponding to the first or second operation in accordance with the determination. The second detector includes six or more touch sensors disposed on an outer peripheral surface of the rotating operation unit, and the microprocessor performs outputting the operation command corresponding to the first operation when the first operation is detected, while not outputting the operation command corresponding to the first operation even if the first operation is detected when the touch operation over a predetermined area on the outer peripheral surface is detected by the touch sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: HONDA ACCESS CORP.
    Inventor: Takahiro Mitsunari
  • Publication number: 20220126740
    Abstract: Provided is a connection member that is to be bridged between a seat back and a luggage room floor, and stretches and contracts as at least one of the seat back and the luggage room floor moves. The connection member has a main body portion formed into the shape of a thin plate or a sheet; and a plurality of long convex portions provided on the main body portion in a parallel manner. The long convex portions are extendedly provided in a direction orthogonal to a direction along which the connection member stretches and contracts. As the seat back and the luggage room floor approach each other, a first bending portion and second bending portion having the plurality of the long convex portions will be bended in a manner such that the plurality of the long convex portions will be positioned inward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: HONDA ACCESS CORP.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Koinuma, Hideki Oino
  • Patent number: 11180946
    Abstract: A door opening/closing device includes a detection unit which detects a foot of a person present near a front door; and a vehicle door opening/closing device main body which opens a rear slide door, when the detection unit detects the foot of the person, wherein when the foot of the person is not detected within a prescribed time after being detected, the detection unit outputs a pseudo outer door handle switch on signal which demands the vehicle door opening/closing device main body to open the rear slide door, and when detection is continuously performed during a prescribed time or longer from when the detection unit has detected a detection target, the detection unit does not output the pseudo outer door handle switch on signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA ACCESS CORP.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Tamura, Ryoichi Enoki, Shoji Yokoyama, Jun Sugimoto, Tatsuya Tachibana
  • Patent number: 11173535
    Abstract: A drilling jig for drilling a punching hole with a boundary between a basis material and a coating of a workpiece less noticeable, and a drilling method using this drilling jig. It includes a male blade, a female blade, and a hexagon bolt; the male blade and the hexagon bolt are capable of being coupled to each other; a screw hole, through which the hexagon bolt is inserted, and a blade portion are formed in the male blade; the blade portion has a planar blade surface; a shaft insertion hole, through which the hexagon bolt is inserted, and a blade portion housing hole capable of housing the blade portion are formed in the female blade, whereby the boundary between the basis material and the coating of a bumper can be positioned on the inside of the punching hole, preventing the appearance of the punching hole from being impaired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA ACCESS CORP.
    Inventors: Shoji Yokoyama, Tomohiro Ogawa, Kazuya Takita, Ichiro Hosoya, Takashi Kumamoto, Yukio Kimura
  • Patent number: 11098520
    Abstract: A door opening/closing device drives a slide door to a locked state under authentication communication between an authentication ECU of a vehicle side and a mobile device, when the slide door is in a closed and unlocked state and the presence of a user is detected by a detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA ACCESS CORP.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Tamura, Ryoichi Enoki, Shoji Yokoyama, Jun Sugimoto, Tatsuya Tachibana
  • Patent number: 11097654
    Abstract: A door handle providing a superior visibility from both front and rear directions of a vehicle is provided. The door handle includes: an operating portion that bulges from a door outer surface, defining a space between the door outer surface and the operating portion, allowing a user to insert his or her hand into the space; a fixation portion arranged adjacent to the operating portion, including a lens as a translucent member; an outer surface provided in the lens, the outer surface having such a region that a vehicle rear side of the region is positioned outward as compared to a vehicle front side thereof; and a lighting body serving as a direction indicator allowing a transmissive illumination to be made from the inner surface side of the lens. Thus, the lens can be made visible not only from the vehicular lateral side but from the vehicular front side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA ACCESS CORP.
    Inventors: Kunihiko Seki, Kenichi Nara
  • Patent number: D1008131
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA ACCESS CORP.
    Inventors: Junichiro Kogawa, Tatsuya Shibuya
  • Patent number: D1024872
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA ACCESS CORP.
    Inventor: Junichiro Kogawa
  • Patent number: D1037955
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA ACCESS CORP.
    Inventors: Natsumi Oigawa, Yuichi Ohnishi, Tamaki Takekoshi, Kenichi Nara
  • Patent number: D1043498
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA ACCESS CORP.
    Inventors: Makoto Imazato, Junichiro Kogawa
  • Patent number: D1044638
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA ACCESS CORP.
    Inventor: Junichiro Kogawa
  • Patent number: D1048972
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA ACCESS CORP.
    Inventors: Junichiro Kogawa, Tabito Sugiyama
  • Patent number: D1051795
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA ACCESS CORP.
    Inventor: Junichiro Kogawa
  • Patent number: D1051796
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA ACCESS CORP.
    Inventor: Junichiro Kogawa