Patents by Inventor Ayaka SHIMIZU
Ayaka SHIMIZU 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).
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Publication number: 20240123809Abstract: A vehicle includes: a vehicle body having a bottom portion; a power storage device including a main body having a front wall portion, a rear wall portion, and a lower surface; and a flow regulation plate having a distal end portion at a position spaced downward from the bottom portion, a protruding portion is provided on the lower surface side of the main body; in a fixed state in which the power storage device is fixed to the vehicle body, the lower surface is located downward of the bottom portion; the flow regulation plate is provided to be pivotable; and in the fixed state, the protruding portion abuts against the flow regulation plate to maintain a state in which the flow regulation plate covers at least one of the front wall portion and the rear wall portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tatsuya SHIMIZU, Katsuya Shimazu, Ayaka Kagami, Mutsumi Kawashima
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Publication number: 20240110425Abstract: A vehicle door control device is provided to a vehicle including a door and a drive device. The vehicle door control device executes door control processing when the door moves in a closing direction from a stopped state in a state where a closing operation command signal for commanding a closing operation of the door is not received. In the door control processing, the vehicle door control device executes a braking mode, in which a braking force is applied to the door by regenerative braking action of a motor, when the door opening degree is less than the determination opening degree, and executes a closing operation mode, in which the door performs the closing operation such that a moving speed of the door is constant, when the door opening degree is equal to or greater than the determination opening degree.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: AISIN CORPORATIONInventors: Taishi IIKAWA, Masafumi SUZUKI, Gen TAKATSUKA, Ayaka SHIMIZU, Hiroki EBA, Takayuki SENGOKU
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Patent number: 11702033Abstract: A vehicle operation detection device includes sensors laid out in a vehicle along an axis in an opening-closing direction of a door of the vehicle. When the user moves a part of a body toward the sensors and a motion of moving the part of the body along the axis is detected, the sensors detect an opening-closing operation for the door. The vehicle operation detection device further includes light-emitting members laid out in the vehicle along the axis in the opening-closing direction and an operation direction indicator configured to drive the light-emitting members in sequence in a first direction in a fully-closed state of the door and drives the light-emitting members in sequence in a second direction in a fully-open state of the door.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2020Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignees: AISIN CORPORATION, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Ayaka Shimizu, Takaya Aiyama, Koichi Hirota, Hiroshi Shingu, Kenichiro Kagawa, Toshihiro Kaneda, Makoto Ono, Satoshi Katayama
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Patent number: 11028634Abstract: A manipulation detecting device for a vehicle includes a sensor electrode that is configured to have a capacitance that increases as a detection target approaches the sensor electrode and circuitry that is configured to selectively open and close an opening-closing body of a vehicle by controlling an actuator. A first determination value is used to determine proximity of the detection target to the sensor electrode. The circuitry is configured to selectively open and close the opening-closing body when the opening-closing body is in a stopped state and the capacitance of the sensor electrode is greater than or equal to the first proximity determination value and smaller than a second proximity determination value, which is greater than the first proximity determination value.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2019Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignees: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Ayaka Shimizu, Hiroshi Shingu, Kenichiro Kagawa, Toshihiro Kaneda
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Publication number: 20200282950Abstract: A vehicle operation detection device includes sensors laid out in a vehicle along an axis in an opening-closing direction of a door of the vehicle. When the user moves a part of a body toward the sensors and a motion of moving the part of the body along the axis is detected, the sensors detect an opening-closing operation for the door. The vehicle operation detection device further includes light-emitting members laid out in the vehicle along the axis in the opening-closing direction and an operation direction indicator configured to drive the light-emitting members in sequence in a first direction in a fully-closed state of the door and drives the light-emitting members in sequence in a second direction in a fully-open state of the door.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2020Publication date: September 10, 2020Applicants: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Ayaka SHIMIZU, Takaya AIYAMA, Koichi HIROTA, Hiroshi SHINGU, Kenichiro KAGAWA, Toshihiro KANEDA, Makoto ONO, Satoshi KATAYAMA
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Publication number: 20190301232Abstract: A manipulation detecting device for a vehicle includes a sensor electrode that is configured to have a capacitance that increases as a detection target approaches the sensor electrode and circuitry that is configured to selectively open and close an opening-closing body of a vehicle by controlling an actuator. A first determination value is used to determine proximity of the detection target to the sensor electrode. The circuitry is configured to selectively open and close the opening-closing body when the opening-closing body is in a stopped state and the capacitance of the sensor electrode is greater than or equal to the first proximity determination value and smaller than a second proximity determination value, which is greater than the first proximity determination value.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicants: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Ayaka SHIMIZU, Hiroshi SHINGU, Kenichiro KAGAWA, Toshihiro KANEDA