Patents by Inventor Akihiro Furuzawa

Akihiro Furuzawa 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: 7408446
    Abstract: There is provided in back of the instrument panel the motion sensor that transmits the radio wave continuously or periodically and receive the radio wave reflected in the vehicle compartment. Also, there is provided the burglar horn that executes specified alarming when a specified change in the reflected radio wave received by the motion sensor occurs. Herein, the motion sensor transmits the radio wave toward the instrument panel. Thereby, the stable burglar alarm operation can be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Umeo, Akihiro Furuzawa, Yasushi Hamada
  • Publication number: 20060087412
    Abstract: There is provided in back of the instrument panel the motion sensor that transmits the radio wave continuously or periodically and receive the radio wave reflected in the vehicle compartment. Also, there is provided the burglar horn that executes specified alarming when a specified change in the reflected radio wave received by the motion sensor occurs. Herein, the motion sensor transmits the radio wave toward the instrument panel. Thereby, the stable burglar alarm operation can be performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Publication date: April 27, 2006
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Umeo, Akihiro Furuzawa, Yasushi Hamada
  • Patent number: 5205781
    Abstract: In a vehicle incorporating a control device connected to a solar battery, a storage battery, an operation unit, a first ventilating fan 3 and a second ventilating fan 4, when the operation mode is set by a change-over operation of the operation unit 2 to a parking ventilation mode in which the first and second ventilating fans 3 and 4 are driven by supply of an electromotive force of the solar battery 6, a voltage and a current from the electromotive force of the solar battery 6 are gradually increased and continuously applied to the fan to perform gradual activation of the first ventilating fan 3. Thereafter, a switch unit 26 is closed, and the voltage and the current from the electromotive force of the solar battery are thereby simultaneously applied to the second ventilating fan 4, thus completing activation of the first and second ventilating fans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1993
    Assignees: Naldec Corporation, Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Kanno, Shinshi Kajimoto, Masayuki Jinno, Akihiro Furuzawa
  • Patent number: 5167573
    Abstract: In a vehicle incorporating a control device connected to a solar battery, a storage battery, an operation unit and a ventilation unit, a preliminary ventilating device is set to either of charging mode in which the storage battery is charged from the solar battery, forced exhaust mode in which the ventilation unit is driven by power supplied from the storage battery, and in parking ventilating mode in which the ventilation unit is driven by an electromotive force supplied from the solar battery. Charging of the storage battery from the solar battery is possible even when the charging is controlled on the basis of the results of the measurement of the open-circuit voltage of the solar battery. When the solar battery exhibiting a voltage current curve lower than the reference curve is used, the ventilating fan can be activated before the amount of sunlight received by the solar battery has been maximized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1992
    Assignees: NALDEC Corporation, Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Kanno, Shinshi Kajimoto, Masayuki Jinno, Akihiro Furuzawa
  • Patent number: 5020619
    Abstract: A rear wheel steering device for a vehicle has a steering control mechanism which steers rear wheels of the vehicle on the following formula:TG.theta..sub.R =-K.sub.F .multidot..theta..sub.F +K.sub.R .multidot.V.multidot..psi.whereTG.theta..sub.R : target steering angle of rear wheels.theta..sub.F : steering angle of front wheelsV: vehicle speed.theta.: yaw rateK.sub.F, K.sub.R : coefficients determined by the properties of vehicle.To achieve slip angle .beta.=0, the device further includes a vehicle condition detecting mechanism which detects various conditions of the vehicle, and a changing mechanism being connected with the steering control mechanism and the vehicle condition detecting mechanism for changing at least one of the coefficients K.sub.F, K.sub.R based on the conditions of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1991
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotaka Kanazawa, Hiroshi Ohmura, Atsuo Tomoda, Akihiro Furuzawa, Takashi Nakashima, Masao Hideshima