Patents Assigned to Kojima Industries Corporation
  • Publication number: 20180181903
    Abstract: A real-time balance sheet generating system includes a material flow tracking block for obtaining material flow information about each lot of an item in real time throughout processes from purchasing raw materials to shipping the product, a production data obtaining block for obtaining production data including a bill of materials (BOM) data and conversion process related data, a balance sheet storage block for storing a balance sheet as a reference, an immediate journal entry block for immediately and sequentially journalizing inventory assets related accounts in the material flow information obtained until a most recent moment, and a balance sheet update block for immediately and sequentially updating the balance sheet based on journalized results and for generating real-time balance sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: KOJIMA INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichiro KOJIMA, Makoto KAWADA, Eiichi IHARA, Kenji KISHIDA
  • Patent number: 9981564
    Abstract: A foreign object detector includes a plurality of first coils and a plurality of second coils. The plurality of first coils are arranged along an upper surface of a power transmission coil. The plurality of second coils are provided to correspond to the plurality of first coils, with the second coils each being arranged to face a corresponding one of the first coils. An outer shape of each of the plurality of first coils and each of the plurality of second coils is smaller than an outer shape of the power transmission coil when the power transmission coil is viewed two-dimensionally from above the power transmission coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOJIMA INDUSTRIES CORPORATION, YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Nakamura, Hideaki Yamada, Makoto Kawaide, Satoru Horiuchi, Hiroaki Saito
  • Patent number: 9917353
    Abstract: A roof antenna for a vehicle is provided having an antenna unit that receives radio waves, an antenna cover that covers the antenna unit, and an annular pad interposed between the antenna cover and the roof, wherein the pad includes a base that is retained at an inner side of a lower end of the antenna cover, an extension portion provided at a position opposing the lower end of the antenna cover, that extends from the base to an outer side of the lower end of the antenna cover, that can be tilted in a direction away from the lower end of the antenna cover, and that is formed from an elastic structure, and a lip formed at a tip of the extension portion and that is distanced from the outer side of the lower end of the antenna cover, and the extension portion is tilted to move away from the lower end of the antenna cover when a force in a direction away from the lower end of the antenna cover acts on the lip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignees: KOJIMA INDUSTRIES CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Motomura, Yuki Tomida
  • Patent number: 9909028
    Abstract: A ligneous decorative design part having a high degree of originality and excellent design, and exhibiting a novel handsome appearance, due to properties of a ligneous material which has translucency when impregnated with a resin material. The ligneous decorative design part has a surface layer portion including a ligneous sliced veneer which is impregnated with a resin material and disposed on a side of a front surface of the surface layer portion, and which defines a decorative design surface, and a base layer portion superposed on a back surface of the surface layer portion, and formed integrally with the surface layer portion. The surface layer portion has translucency, and the ligneous decorative design part further includes another material interposed between the surface layer portion and the base layer portion and which is visible on a side of the front surface of the surface layer portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Kojima Industries Corporation
    Inventors: Kimihiro Nagase, Kozo Kanayama, Tsunehisa Miki, Ichinori Shigematsu, Masako Seki
  • Patent number: 9912046
    Abstract: A roof antenna for a vehicle is provided having an antenna unit that receives radio waves, an antenna cover that covers the antenna unit, and an annular pad interposed between the antenna cover and the roof, wherein the pad has an antenna cover reception unit formed from an elastic structure formed at a portion, of the pad, opposing a lower end of the antenna cover, and that is pressed by the lower end of the antenna cover to elastically deform in a pressed direction, and a lip unit formed on an outer circumferential end of the antenna cover reception unit, that covers an outer circumference of the lower end of the antenna cover, and that is in contact with the roof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignees: KOJIMA INDUSTRIES CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Motomura, Yuki Tomida
  • Patent number: 9908269
    Abstract: A formed ligneous body having a highly original and excellent design and exhibiting a novel handsome appearance is provided, and a method of making the formed ligneous body. The formed ligneous body includes a translucent base portion, and decorative spot portions whose degree of translucency is different from that of the base portion and which are integrated with the base portion. The base portion and the decorative spot portion are formed of respective resin-impregnated ligneous materials having respective different color tones. The base portion is formed with a predetermined thickness, while the decorative spot portions are integrally embedded within and/or exposed on at least one of front and back surfaces of the base portion in a predetermined pattern of local arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Kojima Industries Corporation
    Inventors: Kimihiro Nagase, Kozo Kanayama, Tsunehisa Miki, Ichinori Shigematsu, Masako Seki
  • Publication number: 20180034142
    Abstract: A vehicular antenna device includes an antenna unit transmitting and receiving various electromagnetic waves or signals, an antenna cover configured to cover the antenna unit, and a pad configured to be attached to an inner peripheral surface of the antenna cover. The antenna unit is configured to be attached to the antenna cover with the pad disposed therebetween. The pad includes a plurality of pressure ribs formed in an inner surface of a peripheral wall thereof. The pressure ribs are configured to be pressed by the antenna unit being attached to the antenna cover in a condition in which the pad is partially displaced from a predetermined position relative to the antenna cover before the antenna unit is attached to the antenna cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicants: KOJIMA INDUSTRIES CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi NISHIKAWA, Keita YAMAGISHI, Takashi SAITO
  • Publication number: 20180034143
    Abstract: A vehicular antenna device includes an antenna unit transmitting and receiving various electromagnetic waves or signals, an antenna cover configured to cover the antenna unit, and a pad attached to an inner peripheral surface of the antenna cover. The antenna unit is attached to the antenna cover with the pad disposed therebetween. The pad includes a postural adjusting member formed therein. The postural adjusting member is configured to be elastically compressed in a condition in which the antenna device is attached to a roof of a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicants: KOJIMA INDUSTRIES CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi NISHIKAWA, Keita YAMAGISHI, Shinobu WAKAHARA
  • Publication number: 20180022281
    Abstract: A dual swing-mode console lid opening/closing mechanism configured to allow a console lid to be selectively opened and closed about opposite sides of a console body includes a pair of hinge units positioned on opposite sides of the console lid. The hinge units correspond to the opposite sides of the console body. In addition, the mechanism includes a pair of manipulation knobs corresponding to the hinge units. The hinge units are rotatably attached to the console lid and include hinge stoppers associated with the manipulation knobs. The hinge units are configured to be connected to the console body in a lid-closed condition to form connected conditions of the hinge units to the console body. Each of the hinge stoppers is configured to engage the console body in the lid-closed condition. Each of the hinge stoppers is configured to be disengaged from the console body by manipulating the corresponding manipulation knob.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: KOJIMA INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro HATAKEYAMA
  • Patent number: 9830906
    Abstract: A speech recognition control device has a plurality of microphones placed at different positions, a speech transmission control unit, and a speech recognition execution control unit. The speech transmission control unit stores data based on the speeches which are input from the microphones and time data related to ranks among the microphones, assigns ranks to the plurality of microphones using the time data based on a preset condition, and transmits a speech data signal corresponding to the microphone to the speech recognition execution control unit in the order of the ranks. The speech recognition execution control unit executes the speech recognition process according to the order of the speech data signals transmitted from the speech transmission control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Kojima Industries Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Inose, Shinobu Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9666936
    Abstract: The antenna device is disposed inside a vehicle exterior accessory such as a spoiler which is mounted on the exterior of the vehicle body. An amplifier substrate is fixed to a bracket, amplifies wave signals received from an antenna element, and outputs the amplified signals. A GND bolt fixes the bracket to the vehicle body and electrically connects between the bracket and the vehicle body. An amplifier cover is fixed to the bracket to cover the amplifier substrate. An elastic member is provided covering the outer periphery of the amplifier cover between the amplifier cover and the vehicle body. The elastic member is compressed as the amplifier cover is pressed against the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Kojima Industries Corporation
    Inventors: Tomiyasu Hirayama, Kimitaka Kuramoto
  • Patent number: 9666368
    Abstract: A film capacitor having: a stack of at least one dielectric resin film formed of polypropylene and a plurality of vapor-deposited metal films which are superposed on each other such that the at least one dielectric film and the plurality of vapor-deposited metal films are alternately arranged; and two external electrodes formed on a pair of side surfaces of the stack; wherein cover films are formed of a polyolefin-based hot-melt resin on a pair of side surfaces of the stack other than the side surfaces on which the two external electrodes are formed, such that the cover films cover entireties of those side surfaces and are fusion-bonded to end faces of the at least one dielectric film exposed at those side surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Kojima Industries Corporation
    Inventors: Yoichiro Kojima, Kensuke Suenami
  • Patent number: 9618676
    Abstract: A light-conducting apparatus includes a light source, a light-conducting member and a light-reflecting structure. The light-conducting member includes a ring-shaped portion, a light-receiving surface and a radially outwardly bulged portion. The ring-shaped portion extends continuously over an entire circumference of the ring-shaped portion in a circumferential direction of the ring-shaped portion. The light-receiving surface causes light from the light source to enter the light-conducting member through the light-receiving surface. The radially outwardly bulged portion is bulged radially outwardly from the ring-shaped portion and causes the light having entered the light-conducting member through the light-receiving surface to enter the ring-shaped portion in one direction in the circumferential direction of the ring-shaped portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: KOJIMA INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsutoshi Sakanashi, Tomoya Une, Hirokazu Kandori
  • Patent number: 9555565
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing a two-color molded article, including a pair of primary forming molds, which constitute a primary molding unit for molding a primary molded body by a primary injection molding operation using a first injection unit, are opened while retaining the primary molded body by one of the pair of primary forming molds, and a second injection unit, which constitutes a secondary molding unit for molding a secondary molded body by secondary injection molding operation, is assembled in one of a pair of secondary forming molds with at least part of the second injection unit being accommodated in the one of the pair of secondary forming molds. A secondary molding cavity is formed between the pair of secondary forming molds so as to accommodate at least a part of the primary molded body retained by the above-described one of the pair of primary forming molds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Kojima Industries Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Takahashi, Tomoyuki Sato
  • Patent number: 9545885
    Abstract: An in-vehicle microphone apparatus includes one or more microphone elements having a diaphragm and converting a vibration received by the diaphragm into an electric signal, an acoustic retainer retaining the one or more microphone elements and having an end surface provided with a plurality of sound collection ports, a bezel attached to the end surface of the acoustic retainer and having a plurality of through-holes formed at positions directly facing the plurality of the sound collection portion, and lips disposed on one of the bezel and the acoustic retainer and coming into close contact with the other at a position surrounding each of the plurality of the sound collection ports so as to fill the gap between the bezel and the acoustic retainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: KOJIMA INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9539953
    Abstract: A vehicle interior component includes a base member fixed to a structural member, and a panel member attached to a vehicle compartment inner side of the base member so that its outer peripheral portion is pressed to a lining member from the vehicle compartment inner side. The panel member includes a panel protrusion protruding on a vehicle compartment outer side in the peripheral part of its outer peripheral edge, and the panel protrusion has an insertion hole into which a lock portion formed in the base member or a base fixing member fixed to the base member is inserted, and an auxiliary claw protruding on an outer peripheral edge side. The auxiliary claw engages with the base member to prevent the displacement of the panel protrusion to the vehicle compartment inner side when the outer peripheral portion of the panel member receives a load from the lining member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: KOJIMA INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takatsugu Nagata
  • Patent number: 9536663
    Abstract: A metallized film capacitor includes an element formed by cutting a laminate made of a pair of metallized films to a predetermined length, and the element includes metallized contact electrodes disposed on both end faces in a width direction of the element. On each dielectric film, there are formed a protection mechanism portion including a plurality of segmented electrodes that are coupled with each other via a fuse, a solid electrode connecting with the metallized contact electrode of a corresponding polarity, and a vertical pattern extending across the dielectric film in the length direction between the protection mechanism portion and the solid electrode. The position and the width of the vertical pattern are set such that the range of the vertical pattern in the width direction overlaps the vertical pattern of a metallized film which forms a pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Kojima Industries Corporation
    Inventor: Naoya Hirota
  • Patent number: 9511518
    Abstract: A formed ligneous body is provided which has high scratch-proof, water-proof and weather-proof properties, a decorative design surface with a natural and fine woody grain, a high degree of aesthetic dignity and a high ligneous property. The formed ligneous body includes a surface layer portion of-fiber cells of which are impregnated with a first resin material in a cured state and which has a decorative design surface, and a base layer portion of fiber cells of which are impregnated with a second resin material in a cured state. The surface layer portion and the base layer portion are formed integrally with each other in a flow molding process, and an amount of change of relative positions of the fiber cells of the surface layer portion during the flow molding process is less than that of the fiber cells of the base layer portion during the flow molding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Kojima Industries Corporation
    Inventor: Kimihiro Nagase
  • Publication number: 20160250978
    Abstract: A container includes a bottom wall, an upper surface, and an outer end portion having an outwardly directed end surface. A side wall is provided that includes an inner surface and a lower end portion. An integral hinge is provided connecting a lower end portion of an inside wall integrally connected to an outer end portion of a bottom of the container and a lower end portion of the outside wall. The inner surface of the outside wall is offset from a downward extension of the side wall's inner surface. A lower surface of part the lower end portion of the side wall and lateral wall contacts the upper surface of the bottom wall in an up-down direction of the container. The inner surface of the outside wall contacts at least one of the outwardly directed end surfaces of the bottom wall and the outer surface of the inside wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicants: KOJIMA INDUSTRIES CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro SUZUKI, Kikuo SUGIMURA, Michio NISHIYAMA
  • Patent number: 9416699
    Abstract: A heating device of a PCV valve includes a PCV valve, a conduit and a bush. The PCV valve contacts the bush. The bush includes an outward protrusion. The outward protrusion includes a curved surface contacting an outside surface of the conduit in a manner of a surface-to-surface contact. Therefore, when the conduit is heated by engine cooling water, the bush contacting the conduit in the manner of a surface-to-surface contact is heated and the PCV valve contacting the bush is heated. Therefore, the PCV valve can be heated by the engine cooling water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: KOJIMA INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naohiro Hasegawa