Patents by Inventor Chieko NAKAGAMI

Chieko NAKAGAMI 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: 11912284
    Abstract: An alighting assistance device D of the present disclosure may be a device moving a driver seat rearward in a case where a determination may be made that an occupant seated on the driver seat of a vehicle alights. The device may include a height changer which changes a height of a steering wheel, a sitting height acquirer which acquires a sitting height of the occupant, and a steering wheel controller 33 as one example of a height controller which controls the height changer such that the height of the steering wheel becomes lower as the sitting height acquired by the sitting height acquirer may be higher in the case where a determination is made that the occupant alights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshito Hirata, Tomonori Ohtsubo, Hiroki Uemura, Kengo Iwata, Masato Maeda, Hiroaki Matsuda, Masahito Kashihara, Chieko Nakagami
  • Patent number: 11772523
    Abstract: An alighting assistance device D of the present disclosure may be a device moving a driver seat rearward in a case where a determination is made that an occupant seated on the driver seat of a vehicle alights. The device may include a reclining mechanism as one example of an angle changer which changes an angle of a seat back of the driver seat with respect to a horizontal plane, a sitting height acquirer which acquires a sitting height of the occupant, and a seat controller as one example of an angle controller which controls the angle changer such that the angle of the seat back becomes closer to be perpendicular as the sitting height acquired by the sitting height acquirer is higher in the case where a determination is made that the occupant alights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshito Hirata, Tomonori Ohtsubo, Hiroki Uemura, Kengo Iwata, Masato Maeda, Hiroaki Matsuda, Masahito Kashihara, Chieko Nakagami
  • Publication number: 20220297598
    Abstract: A sound generation device for a vehicle, the sound generation device being installed in a vehicle which travels using an electric-powered motor as a power source, includes a sound control apparatus which sets a plurality of frequencies corresponding to a motor rotation speed and generates a synthetic sound signal indicating a synthetic sound including sounds at the plurality of frequencies and a speaker which outputs the synthetic sound based on the synthetic sound signal generated by the sound control apparatus, and the sound control apparatus sets an increase amount of an output of a sound in a low frequency band large compared to an increase amount of an output of a sound in a high frequency band in a frequency range of the synthetic sound in accordance with an increase in a motor torque value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Yukifusa Hattori, Seisuke Mitsunaga, Hidekazu Shiraishi, Katsuya Shimizu, Ryuichi Yamada, Chieko Nakagami
  • Publication number: 20220212674
    Abstract: An alighting assistance device D of the present disclosure may be a device moving a driver seat rearward in a case where a determination may be made that an occupant seated on the driver seat of a vehicle alights. The device may include a height changer which changes a height of a steering wheel, a sitting height acquirer which acquires a sitting height of the occupant, and a steering wheel controller 33 as one example of a height controller which controls the height changer such that the height of the steering wheel becomes lower as the sitting height acquired by the sitting height acquirer may be higher in the case where a determination is made that the occupant alights.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshito HIRATA, Tomonori OHTSUBO, Hiroki UEMURA, Kengo IWATA, Masato MAEDA, Hiroaki MATSUDA, Masahito KASHIHARA, Chieko NAKAGAMI
  • Publication number: 20220212572
    Abstract: An alighting assistance device D of the present disclosure may be a device moving a driver seat rearward in a case where a determination is made that an occupant seated on the driver seat of a vehicle alights. The device may include a reclining mechanism as one example of an angle changer which changes an angle of a seat back of the driver seat with respect to a horizontal plane, a sitting height acquirer which acquires a sitting height of the occupant, and a seat controller as one example of an angle controller which controls the angle changer such that the angle of the seat back becomes closer to be perpendicular as the sitting height acquired by the sitting height acquirer is higher in the case where a determination is made that the occupant alights.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshito HIRATA, Tomonori OHTSUBO, Hiroki UEMURA, Kengo IWATA, Masato MAEDA, Hiroaki MATSUDA, Masahito KASHIHARA, Chieko NAKAGAMI