Patents by Inventor Chie Fukuhara

Chie Fukuhara 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: 20250149018
    Abstract: An interior sound to be output from a room speaker of an electric vehicle is generated. An environmental state of the electric vehicle is estimated based on at least one of information on driving environment of the electric vehicle and information on surrounding environment of the electric vehicle. It is determined whether a process condition of the interior sound is satisfied based on the estimated result of the environmental state. When it is determined that the process condition of the interior sound is satisfied, the interior sound is processed based on the information on a sound process specification corresponding to the estimated result used for the determination of the process condition and is output from the room speaker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshikazu HARA, Tomio YAMANAKA, Hiroshi HIRAIWA, Chie FUKUHARA
  • Publication number: 20250145160
    Abstract: An electric vehicle is configured to be switchable to an autonomous driving mode. The electric vehicle comprises an accelerator pedal, a shift device, a speaker, and a controller. The speaker outputs a pseudo engine sound. When the electric vehicle is not in the autonomous driving mode, the controller changes a motor torque and the pseudo engine sound in response to an operation state of the accelerator pedal and the shift device operated by a driver. When the electric vehicle is in the autonomous driving mode, the controller virtually determines the operation state of the accelerator pedal and the shift device and changes at least one of the motor torque and the pseudo engine sound in response to the virtual operation state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro UCHIDA, Seiji ARAKAWA, Kazuhito SAKAI, Chie FUKUHARA
  • Publication number: 20250131779
    Abstract: A battery electric vehicle that uses an electric motor as a traction power unit includes one or more speakers that output sound to at least one of inside and outside of the vehicle, one or more processors, and one or more storage devices for storing usage state information of the electric vehicle and sound source data. The one or more processors estimate fitness of the battery electric vehicle based on the usage state information. The one or more processors generate, based on the sound source data, a sound in accordance with the fitness. The one or more processors are configured to output the generated sound through the one or more speakers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro UCHIDA, Seiji ARAKAWA, Kazuhito SAKAI, Chie FUKUHARA
  • Patent number: 7789196
    Abstract: Disclosed is a sound-absorbing material, which has a flow resistivity R of 3.3×104 N·s/m4 or more, a Young's modulus E of 1.2×103 to 2.0×104 N/m2, and a loss factor ? of 0.12 or less. The sound-absorbing material of the present invention can enhance a sound absorption capability in a wide range of a low/intermediate-frequency region to a high-frequency region at a higher level as compared with conventional sound-absorbing materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Chie Fukuhara, Naoko Yorozu, Eiji Murasawa, Tsuyoshi Sugihara
  • Publication number: 20090038881
    Abstract: Disclosed is a sound-absorbing material, which has a flow resistivity R of 3.3×104 N·s/m4 or more, a Young's modulus E of 1.2×103 to 2.0×104 N/m2, and a loss factor ? of 0.12 or less. The sound-absorbing material of the present invention can enhance a sound absorption capability in a wide range of a low/intermediate-frequency region to a high-frequency region at a higher level as compared with conventional sound-absorbing materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chie FUKUHARA, Naoko YOROZU, Eiji MURASAWA, Tsuyoshi SUGIHARA
  • Patent number: 7182382
    Abstract: The resin-made floor panel structure including a trunk floor F1 made of resin integrally forming a spare tire storage space S1, and a trunk board B1 made of resin disposed so as to cover the floor panel, fitting parts Sw1, Bk1 for achieving the closure of the spare tire storage space are integrally formed respectively in the trunk floor and trunk board. Thereby, in using resin materials for a floor panel, transmission of noise in the floor section to the compartment side can be suppressed by a relatively simple structure without increasing the weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignees: G P Daikyo Corporation, Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Issei Harima, Yoshihiro Takemoto, Takanobu Kamura, Chie Fukuhara, Takahiro Tochioka, Mitsuharu Kaneko, Shinya Nakamura, Fumiya Mouri
  • Patent number: 6966592
    Abstract: The resin-made floor panel structure including a trunk floor F made of resin, and a trunk board B made of resin disposed so as to cover the trunk floor, a foamed layer having foams exposed at least in part is provided only on the side of the trunk board facing the floor panel. Thereby, in using resin materials for a floor panel, transmission of noise in the floor to the compartment side can be suppressed by a relatively simple structure without increasing the weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignees: G P Daikyo Corporation
    Inventors: Issei Harima, Yoshihiro Takemoto, Takanobu Kamura, Chie Fukuhara, Takahiro Tochioka, Mitsuharu Kaneko, Fumiya Mouri
  • Publication number: 20040262936
    Abstract: The resin-made floor panel structure including a trunk floor F made of resin, and a trunk board B made of resin disposed so as to cover the trunk floor, a foamed layer having foams exposed at least in part is provided only on the side of the trunk board facing the floor panel. Thereby, in using resin materials for a floor panel, transmission of noise in the floor to the compartment side can be suppressed by a relatively simple structure without increasing the weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicants: G P Daikyo Corporation, Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Issei Harima, Yoshihiro Takemoto, Takanobu Kamura, Chie Fukuhara, Takahiro Tochioka, Mitsuharu Kaneko, Fumiya Mouri
  • Publication number: 20040262934
    Abstract: Rigidity distribution of trunk floor is uneven, and intervals between high rigidity portions and low rigidity portions are set uneven, and more specifically a plurality of concave commodity storage spaces are integrally formed in the trunk floor, and dimensions of the these storage spaces and/or walls formed among storage spaces are set differently from each other, so that the rigidity of the trunk floor is set uneven. Thereby, in using resin materials for a floor panel, vibrations in the floor can be suppressed by a relatively simple structure without increasing the weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicants: G P Daikyo Corporation, MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Issei Harima, Yoshihiro Takemoto, Takanobu Kamura, Chie Fukuhara, Takahiro Tochioka
  • Publication number: 20040262935
    Abstract: The resin-made floor panel structure including a trunk floor F1 made of resin integrally forming a spare tire storage space S1, and a trunk board B1 made of resin disposed so as to cover the floor panel, fitting parts Sw1, Bk1 for achieving the closure of the spare tire storage space are integrally formed respectively in the trunk floor and trunk board. Thereby, in using resin materials for a floor panel, transmission of noise in the floor section to the compartment side can be suppressed by a relatively simple structure without increasing the weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicants: G P Daikyo Corporation, MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Issei Harima, Yoshihiro Takemoto, Takanobu Kamura, Chie Fukuhara, Takahiro Tochioka, Mitsuharu Kaneko, Shinya Nakamura, Fumiya Mouri