Patents by Inventor Atsuhiko Ito

Atsuhiko Ito 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).

  • Publication number: 20240149594
    Abstract: A processing device includes a processing unit and a medium accommodation portion, and the medium accommodation portion includes a flexible sheet-like accommodation member, a pivot shaft to which one end of the accommodation member is coupled, an operation portion to which the other end of the accommodation member is coupled and that is provided separably from the pivot shaft, and a pair of support portions that supports both ends of the operation portion, and the accommodation member is wound around the pivot shaft and stored inside the housing when the operation portion approaches the pivot shaft, and is unwound from the pivot shaft and hung down to accommodate the medium when the operation portion is separated from the pivot shaft, and holds a weight closer to the other end than to an intermediate position between the one end and the other end in the advance and retreat direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Makoto BOSOKU, Shun ITO, Atsuhiko TAKEUCHI, Yosuke NAKANO
  • Patent number: 11485285
    Abstract: A vehicle body motion informing device includes a vehicular interior part that configures an interior surface of a vehicular compartment of a vehicle, a lighting device mounted on a vehicular exterior side of the vehicular interior part and exiting light to a vehicular compartment, a control unit that receives an information signal relating to the motion of the vehicle body and controls the lighting device to exit light according to the information to inform the vehicle occupant of the motion of the vehicle body, and a surface member having semi-transmissivity and disposed to cover at least a lighting portion included in the vehicular interior part and a surrounding portion of the vehicular interior part. The lighting portion overlaps the lighting device and the light from the lighting device passes through the lighting portion to the vehicular compartment and the surrounding portion is near the lighting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji Murao, Richard Chung, Atsuhiko Ito, Hironori Matsubara
  • Publication number: 20210114520
    Abstract: A vehicle body motion informing device includes a vehicular interior part that configures an interior surface of a vehicular compartment of a vehicle, a lighting device mounted on a vehicular exterior side of the vehicular interior part and exiting light to a vehicular compartment, a control unit that receives an information signal relating to the motion of the vehicle body and controls the lighting device to exit light according to the information to inform the vehicle occupant of the motion of the vehicle body, and a surface member having semi-transmissivity and disposed to cover at least a lighting portion included in the vehicular interior part and a surrounding portion of the vehicular interior part. The lighting portion overlaps the lighting device and the light from the lighting device passes through the lighting portion to the vehicular compartment and the surrounding portion is near the lighting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koji MURAO, Richard CHUNG, Atsuhiko ITO, Hironori MATSUBARA
  • Patent number: 10906460
    Abstract: There is provided a skin material for vehicle interior, which is woven from a side emission type optical fiber and a synthetic resin fiber, forms a design surface in a vehicle compartment and functions as an illumination. The skin material for vehicle interior is a skin material 10 for vehicle interior including a woven fabric woven by using a synthetic resin fiber and a side emission type optical fiber as warp or weft, wherein the ratio (dS/df) of the fineness (dS) of the synthetic resin fiber to the fineness (df) of the side emission type optical fiber ranges from 1.5 to 7.0. When the synthetic resin fiber is a multifilament 11, the ratio (dS1/df) of the fineness (dS1) thereof to the fineness (df) of the side emission type optical fiber 3 ranges from 2.0 to 7.0. Also, when the synthetic resin fiber is a monofilament, the ratio (dS2/df) of the fineness (dS2) thereof to the fineness (df) of the side emission type optical fiber ranges from 1.5 to 6.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignees: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DAIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takamasa Yamada, Atsuhiko Ito, Takayoshi Yamamoto, Hirohiko Sakai, Kousei Egawa
  • Patent number: 10549684
    Abstract: A skin material for vehicle interior includes a woven fabric woven by using a side emission type optical fiber and a multifilament as warp or weft, and is joined to a substrate for vehicle interior to constitute a vehicle interior material. In a surface of the woven fabric which constitutes the inside of a vehicle compartment, a virtual surface constituted by connecting side surfaces, on the inside of the vehicle compartment, of the side emission type optical fibers is in close vicinity to the substrate for vehicle interior, as compared with a virtual surface constituted by connecting side surfaces, on the inside of the vehicle compartment, of the multifilaments. Examples of the vehicle interior material in which the skin material for vehicle interior is used include door trims and roof trims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignees: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DAIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takamasa Yamada, Seiji Chaza, Shingo Okahara, Mitsutaka Sakoh, Hideo Kanamori, Atsuhiko Ito, Takayoshi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10228515
    Abstract: In a woven fabric woven from first constituent yarns as one of warps and wefts and second constituent yarns as the other, a part of the first constituent yarns are side emission type optical fibers; at least a part of the second constituent yarns are light shielding yarns; the woven fabric has a light shielding structure which shields light emission on a design surface side of the side emission type optical fiber; the light shielding structure includes a first group of light shielding yarns and a second group of light shielding yarns each formed of the 2 to 4 continuous light shielding yarns intersecting the side emission type optical fiber on the design surface side; the one light shielding yarn arranged between the first group of light shielding yarns and the second group of light shielding yarns and intersecting the side emission type optical fiber on a non-design surface side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignees: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DAIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takamasa Yamada, Atsuhiko Ito, Takayoshi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10145038
    Abstract: A woven fabric which enables protection of optical fiber yarns while the woven fabric is processed into a design woven fabric and easy exposure of the optical fiber yarns when the protection thereof becomes unnecessary, a method for manufacturing a design woven fabric from this woven fabric, and a method for manufacturing an interior material including: A woven fabric having a first constituent yarn having an optical fiber yarn and a non-light guiding yarn and a second constituent yarn having a non-light guiding yarn. The woven fabric having a first region in which the first and second constituent yarns are woven in one layer and a second region which is positioned adjacent to the first region and in which the first and second constituent yarns and are woven in two or more separable layers. The woven fabric has an optical fiber layer and a back protecting layer as the separable layers. The optical fiber layer is a layer formed of the optical fiber yarns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignees: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DAIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takamasa Yamada, Shingo Okahara, Mitsutaka Sakoh, Hideo Kanamori, Atsuhiko Ito, Takayoshi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10132014
    Abstract: In a woven fabric woven from first constituent yarns as one of warps and wefts and second constituent yarns as the other, a part of the first constituent yarns are 2 to 15 side emission type optical fibers woven in juxtaposition, and, when the number of the side emission type optical fibers is 3 or more, a twist-preventing yarn having a diameter smaller than that of the side emission type optical fibers is interposed between the one or two side emission type optical fibers and the one or two side emission type optical fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignees: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DAIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takamasa Yamada, Atsuhiko Ito, Takayoshi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10054729
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus includes a woven fabric in which optical fibers are woven as a constituent yarn and a light source. The illumination apparatus makes light delivered from the light source incident upon the end surfaces on one end side of the optical fibers and emits the light at least from the end surfaces on the other end side of the optical fibers for illumination. The other end side of the optical fibers is exposed from the woven fabric to constitute exposed parts, and the end parts of a plurality of the exposed parts on the other end side are supported by an end part support to form emitting parts which emit light from the light source. On the end part support, the end parts of the exposed parts on the other end side are individually supported such that their respective end surfaces are aligned on the same plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takamasa Yamada, Seiji Chaza, Shingo Okahara, Mitsutaka Sakoh, Hideo Kanamori, Atsuhiko Ito
  • Publication number: 20180162268
    Abstract: There is provided a skin material for vehicle interior, which is woven from a side emission type optical fiber and a synthetic resin fiber, forms a design surface in a vehicle compartment and functions as an illumination. The skin material for vehicle interior is a skin material 10 for vehicle interior including a woven fabric woven by using a synthetic resin fiber and a side emission type optical fiber as warp or weft, wherein the ratio (dS/df) of the fineness (dS) of the synthetic resin fiber to the fineness (df) of the side emission type optical fiber ranges from 1.5 to 7.0. When the synthetic resin fiber is a multifilament 11, the ratio (dS1/df) of the fineness (dS1) thereof to the fineness (df) of the side emission type optical fiber 3 ranges from 2.0 to 7.0. Also, when the synthetic resin fiber is a monofilament, the ratio (dS2/df) of the fineness (dS2) thereof to the fineness (df) of the side emission type optical fiber ranges from 1.5 to 6.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicants: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DAIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takamasa YAMADA, Atsuhiko ITO, Takayoshi YAMAMOTO, Hirohiko SAKAI, Kousei EGAWA
  • Publication number: 20170343736
    Abstract: In a woven fabric woven from first constituent yarns as one of warps and wefts and second constituent yarns as the other, a part of the first constituent yarns are side emission type optical fibers; at least a part of the second constituent yarns are light shielding yarns; the woven fabric has a light shielding structure which shields light emission on a design surface side of the side emission type optical fiber; the light shielding structure includes a first group of light shielding yarns and a second group of light shielding yarns each formed of the 2 to 4 continuous light shielding yarns intersecting the side emission type optical fiber on the design surface side; the one light shielding yarn arranged between the first group of light shielding yarns and the second group of light shielding yarns and intersecting the side emission type optical fiber on a non-design surface side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicants: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DAIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takamasa YAMADA, Atsuhiko ITO, Takayoshi YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170342608
    Abstract: In a woven fabric woven from first constituent yarns as one of warps and wefts and second constituent yarns as the other, a part of the first constituent yarns are 2 to 15 side emission type optical fibers woven in juxtaposition, and, when the number of the side emission type optical fibers is 3 or more, a twist-preventing yarn having a dimeter smaller than that of the side emission type optical fibers is interposed between the one or two side emission type optical fibers and the one or two side emission type optical fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicants: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DAIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takamasa YAMADA, Atsuhiko ITO, Takayoshi YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170342607
    Abstract: A woven fabric includes a first constituent yarn having an optical fiber yarn and a non-light guiding yarn and a second constituent yarn having a non-light guiding yarn. The woven fabric has a first region in which the first and second constituent yarns are woven in one layer and a second region which is positioned adjacent to the first region and in which the first and second constituent yarns and are woven in two or more separable layers. The woven fabric has an optical fiber layer and a back protecting layer as the separable layers. The optical fiber layer is a layer formed of the optical fiber yarns. The back protecting layer is a layer in which the non-light guiding yarn of the first constituent yarn and the non-light guiding yarn of the second constituent yarn are woven. Further, the woven fabric can further comprise a front protecting layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicants: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DAIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takamasa YAMADA, Shingo OKAHARA, Mitsutaka SAKOH, Hideo KANAMORI, Atsuhiko ITO, Takayoshi YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170297484
    Abstract: A skin material for vehicle interior includes a woven fabric woven by using a side emission type optical fiber and a multifilament as warp or weft, and is joined to a substrate for vehicle interior to constitute a vehicle interior material. In a surface of the woven fabric which constitutes the inside of a vehicle compartment, a virtual surface constituted by connecting side surfaces, on the inside of the vehicle compartment, of the side emission type optical fibers is in close vicinity to the substrate for vehicle interior, as compared with a virtual surface constituted by connecting side surfaces, on the inside of the vehicle compartment, of the multifilaments. Examples of the vehicle interior material in which the skin material for vehicle interior is used include door trims and roof trims.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicants: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DAIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takamasa YAMADA, Seiji CHAZA, Shingo OKAHARA, Mitsutaka SAKOH, Hideo KANAMORI, Atsuhiko ITO, Takayoshi YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170261670
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus includes a woven fabric in which optical fibers are woven as a constituent yarn and a light source. The illumination apparatus makes light delivered from the light source incident upon the end surfaces on one end side of the optical fibers and emits the light at least from the end surfaces on the other end side of the optical fibers for illumination. The other end side of the optical fibers is exposed from the woven fabric to constitute exposed parts, and the end parts of a plurality of the exposed parts on the other end side are supported by an end part support to form emitting parts which emit light from the light source. On the end part support, the end parts of the exposed parts on the other end side are individually supported such that their respective end surfaces are aligned on the same plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takamasa YAMADA, Seiji CHAZA, Shingo OKAHARA, Mitsutaka SAKOH, Hideo KANAMORI, Atsuhiko ITO
  • Patent number: 8446047
    Abstract: A vehicle interior light includes a lighting source that illuminates a vehicle interior; an decorative lighting source that decoratively illuminates the vehicle interior; a lighting switch that controls on-off state of the lighting source; an decorative lighting switch that controls on-off state of the decorative lighting source and the lighting source; and a light dimming unit that lowers illuminance of the lighting source. When the decorative lighting source is turned on, power is supplied to the decorative lighting source so that the decorative lighting source is lit up, while power is supplied to the lighting source through the light dimming unit so that the lighting source is lit up with low illuminance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Atsuhiko Ito, Shinichi Yaoichi, Nobuki Hayashi, Takuma Saito
  • Publication number: 20110121730
    Abstract: A vehicle interior light includes a lighting source that illuminates a vehicle interior; an decorative lighting source that decoratively illuminates the vehicle interior; a lighting switch that controls on-off state of the lighting source; an decorative lighting switch that controls on-off state of the decorative lighting source and the lighting source; and a light dimming unit that lowers illuminance of the lighting source. When the decorative lighting source is turned on, power is supplied to the decorative lighting source so that the decorative lighting source is lit up, while power is supplied to the lighting source through the light dimming unit so that the lighting source is lit up with low illuminance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsuhiko ITO, Shinichi YAOICHI, Nobuki HAYASHI, Takuma SAITO
  • Patent number: 4181204
    Abstract: An oil pressure control means for operating an automatic transmission for automobiles in a manner to establish various speed shift stages in accordance with the balance of the throttle pressure and the governor pressure, including a combination of a brake-sensitive control means operating in response to operation of a brake pedal and an oil passage change-over means, said combination being adapted to supply the line pressure, in lieu of the throttle pressure, to a speed shift valve which establishes the highest speed stage when the brake pedal is stepped on so as positively to shift the speed shift valve to its downshift position by overriding the balance of the governor pressure and the line pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 1, 1980
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Atsuhiko Ito