Patents by Inventor Chiharu Totani

Chiharu Totani 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: 12023982
    Abstract: A proximity air conditioner is capable of performing energy-saving and efficient air-conditioning. A proximity air-conditioning unit for vehicles includes: a housing; a temperature adjustment unit including a temperature adjuster and a blower; and ducts, wherein upper ends of blowout ports of ducts are located above seat surfaces of seats, end portions in a long-side direction of the blowout ports are located on a front side with respect to other end portions thereof in a front-back direction of the seats, and the temperature adjustment unit is disposed between both end portions in the long-side direction of each of the blowout ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Terai, Chiharu Totani, Yoshinori Masatsugu, Naoyuki Fukui, Hiroto Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11648815
    Abstract: A vehicle air conditioner includes an outlet and an inlet. The outlet is provided on a side surface of a center console that is located, in the vehicle width direction, on the inner side of a seat, in which an occupant of the vehicle is seated. The outlet blows out air toward the occupant. The inlet is provided on a side surface of a door trim, which is located on the outer side of the seat in the vehicle width direction, and draws in air that has been blown out from the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Terai, Chiharu Totani, Yasuhiro Maruta, Hisashi Takaya, Takashi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11603051
    Abstract: A garnish includes a heating element, a base member, and a circuit board. The heating element is configured by stacking first and second sheet materials and interposing a heater wire in between. The circuit board includes a power source line and is fixed to a back surface of the base member. The heating element includes a main body portion and an extending portion. The extending portion includes a power source connection portion for connecting the heater wire to the power source line and extends to the back surface of the base member. The main body portion of the heating element is fixed to a laying surface of the base member by fixing the second sheet material to the base member. The heater wire is exposed in the power source connection portion without stacking the second sheet material on the first sheet material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kozo Hirotani, Hiroyuki Yamada, Tohoru Matsunami, Hiroaki Ando, Kimihiro Iimura, Hideto Maeda, Tetsuo Yasuda, Akihiro Misawa, Chiharu Totani
  • Publication number: 20220314899
    Abstract: A garnish includes a heating element, a base member, and a circuit board. The heating element is configured by stacking first and second sheet materials and interposing a heater wire in between. The circuit board includes a power source line and is fixed to a back surface of the base member. The heating element includes a main body portion and an extending portion. The extending portion includes a power source connection portion for connecting the heater wire to the power source line and extends to the back surface of the base member. The main body portion of the heating element is fixed to a laying surface of the base member by fixing the second sheet material to the base member. The heater wire is exposed in the power source connection portion without stacking the second sheet material on the first sheet material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Kozo HIROTANI, Hiroyuki YAMADA, Tohoru MATSUNAMI, Hiroaki ANDO, Kimihiro IIMURA, Hideto MAEDA, Tetsuo YASUDA, Akihiro MISAWA, Chiharu TOTANI
  • Patent number: 11383650
    Abstract: A box apparatus for vehicles is disposed to a side of a seat and includes: a box having an internal space having an opening facing upward; and a lid having a lid body and a pivotal shaft integrated with the lid body and pivotally supported relative to the box, configured to open and close the opening of the box, and positionally changed between a closed position where the lid body is disposed above the box and closes the opening, and an opened position where the lid body is disposed at a side of the box and opens the opening. The lid body has an opened-position upper-surface portion becoming an upper surface at the opened position and a closed-position upper-surface portion becoming an upper surface at the closed position and becoming a side surface at the opened position, and a heating element is disposed at the opened-position and closed-position upper-surface portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Fukui, Hiroshi Iwata, Chiharu Totani
  • Patent number: 11370366
    Abstract: A garnish includes a heating element, a base member, and a circuit board. The heating element is configured by stacking first and second sheet materials and interposing a heater wire in between. The circuit board includes a power source line and is fixed to a back surface of the base member. The heating element includes a main body portion and an extending portion. The extending portion includes a power source connection portion for connecting the heater wire to the power source line and extends to the back surface of the base member. The main body portion of the heating element is fixed to a laying surface of the base member by fixing the second sheet material to the base member. The heater wire is exposed in the power source connection portion without stacking the second sheet material on the first sheet material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kozo Hirotani, Hiroyuki Yamada, Tohoru Matsunami, Hiroaki Ando, Kimihiro Iimura, Hideto Maeda, Tetsuo Yasuda, Akihiro Misawa, Chiharu Totani
  • Publication number: 20220185059
    Abstract: A proximity air conditioner is capable of performing energy-saving and efficient air-conditioning. A proximity air-conditioning unit for vehicles includes: a housing; a temperature adjustment unit including a temperature adjuster and a blower; and ducts, wherein upper ends of blowout ports of ducts are located above seat surfaces of seats, end portions in a long-side direction of the blowout ports are located on a front side with respect to other end portions thereof in a front-back direction of the seats, and the temperature adjustment unit is disposed between both end portions in the long-side direction of each of the blowout ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Nobuhiro TERAI, Chiharu TOTANI, Yoshinori MASATSUGU, Naoyuki FUKUI, Hiroto WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11279313
    Abstract: An airbag door structure includes a base material and a door member. The door member has a frame portion formed in a tubular shape and a first door portion and a second door portion which are partitioned while interposing a predetermined dividing line to be split when an airbag is deployed. The base material has a tear portion formed on an inner side of a frame than the frame portion in a back surface of the base material. The tear portion has a frame alongside portion formed along the frame portion, a dividing line portion formed along the predetermined dividing line, and a pair of protruding portions protruding toward the frame outside direction from the frame alongside portion and formed so that both skirt ends are connected to the frame alongside portion and vertices are connected to ends of the dividing line portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime Takai, Chiharu Totani
  • Patent number: 11267428
    Abstract: An airbag cover includes a substrate and a skin adhered to the substrate. The substrate includes an H-shaped tear seam and doors that are disposed on both sides of a crossbar portion of the tear seam and openable for forming an emergence opening when the tear seam tears. The skin includes a breakable region that is formed into a straight line and breakable to form the emergence opening. The breakable region includes a central portion disposed immediately above the crossbar portion, and two extended portions which extend from opposite ends of the central portion to outside of the vertical portions. The skin further includes, in each of the extended portions of the breakable region, an unadhered region where the skin is not adhered to the substrate. Each of the unadhered regions has a band shape whose width is smaller than a length of the vertical-bar portion of the tear seam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chiharu Totani, Toshihiko Kajiyama, Hajime Takai, Yuka Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20210229620
    Abstract: An airbag cover includes a substrate and a skin adhered to the substrate. The substrate includes an H-shaped tear seam and doors that are disposed on both sides of a crossbar portion of the tear seam and openable for forming an emergence opening when the tear seam tears. The skin includes a breakable region that is formed into a straight line and breakable to form the emergence opening. The breakable region includes a central portion disposed immediately above the crossbar portion, and two extended portions which extend from opposite ends of the central portion to outside of the vertical portions. The skin further includes, in each of the extended portions of the breakable region, an unadhered region where the skin is not adhered to the substrate. Each of the unadhered regions has a band shape whose width is smaller than a length of the vertical-bar portion of the tear seam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Chiharu TOTANI, Toshihiko KAJIYAMA, Hajime TAKAI, Yuka KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20210229523
    Abstract: Provided is a novel heating system for an electric vehicle. A heating system for a vehicle compartment includes: a heat source storage chamber disposed below a vehicle compartment floor of an electric vehicle and configured to store at least one heat source element unit selected from an automotive battery, a motor, a converter, and an inverter; and a connection chamber configured to connect between the heat source storage chamber and the vehicle compartment. A heat exchange medium flows in the heat source storage chamber and the connection chamber. The heat source element unit and air in the vehicle compartment exchange heat with each other through the heat exchange medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Nobuhiro TERAI, Koichi SUZUKI, Chiharu TOTANI, Yoshinori MASATSUGU, Hiroshi IWATA, Hiroto WATANABE, Yasuhiro MARUTA, Hisashi TAKAYA
  • Publication number: 20210155168
    Abstract: A garnish includes a heating element, a base member, and a circuit board. The heating element is configured by stacking first and second sheet materials and interposing a heater wire in between. The circuit board includes a power source line and is fixed to a back surface of the base member. The heating element includes a main body portion and an extending portion. The extending portion includes a power source connection portion for connecting the heater wire to the power source line and extends to the back surface of the base member. The main body portion of the heating element is fixed to a laying surface of the base member by fixing the second sheet material to the base member. The heater wire is exposed in the power source connection portion without stacking the second sheet material on the first sheet material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Kozo HIROTANI, Hiroyuki YAMADA, Tohoru MATSUNAMI, Hiroaki ANDO, Kimihiro IIMURA, Hideto MAEDA, Tetsuo YASUDA, Akihiro MISAWA, Chiharu TOTANI
  • Patent number: 10988098
    Abstract: An air bag mounting interior trim that efficiently pressurizes and welds ribs of a retainer and an instrument panel includes: a retainer having a first wall portion disposed at a deployment side of the air bag; and a panel having a second wall portion opposed to the first wall portion, at the deployment side of the first wall portion. The first and second wall portions each have an inclined face inclined in a pressurizing direction at assembly of the retainer and the panel. The retainer has a first rib protruding along the pressurizing direction from the inclined face of the first wall portion toward the panel side. The panel has a second rib protruding along the pressurizing direction from the inclined face of the second wall portion toward the retainer side. The first and second ribs have weld end faces that face each other in parallel, and that are aligned with the pressurizing direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunta Asakuma, Chiharu Totani, Hiroshi Iwata, Hajime Takai
  • Publication number: 20210107424
    Abstract: An airbag door structure includes a base material and a door member. The door member has a frame portion formed in a tubular shape and a first door portion and a second door portion which are partitioned while interposing a predetermined dividing line to be split when an airbag is deployed. The base material has a tear portion formed on an inner side of a frame than the frame portion in a back surface of the base material. The tear portion has a frame alongside portion formed along the frame portion, a dividing line portion formed along the predetermined dividing line, and a pair of protruding portions protruding toward the frame outside direction from the frame alongside portion and formed so that both skirt ends are connected to the frame alongside portion and vertices are connected to ends of the dividing line portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Hajime TAKAI, Chiharu TOTANI
  • Publication number: 20210086698
    Abstract: A box apparatus for vehicles is disposed to a side of a seat and includes: a box having an internal space having an opening facing upward; and a lid having a lid body and a pivotal shaft integrated with the lid body and pivotally supported relative to the box, configured to open and close the opening of the box, and positionally changed between a closed position where the lid body is disposed above the box and closes the opening, and an opened position where the lid body is disposed at a side of the box and opens the opening. The lid body has an opened-position upper-surface portion becoming an upper surface at the opened position and a closed-position upper-surface portion becoming an upper surface at the closed position and becoming a side surface at the opened position, and a heating element is disposed at the opened-position and closed-position upper-surface portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Naoyuki FUKUI, Hiroshi IWATA, Chiharu TOTANI
  • Publication number: 20200101812
    Abstract: A vehicle air conditioner includes an outlet and an inlet. The outlet is provided on a side surface of a center console that is located, in the vehicle width direction, on the inner side of a seat, in which an occupant of the vehicle is seated. The outlet blows out air toward the occupant. The inlet is provided on a side surface of a door trim, which is located on the outer side of the seat in the vehicle width direction, and draws in air that has been blown out from the outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Nobuhiro TERAI, Chiharu TOTANI, Yasuhiro MARUTA, Hisashi TAKAYA, Takashi ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20190091938
    Abstract: Provided are a resin molded component, a method for producing the resin molded component, and a method for producing a welded resin-molded article which ensure appropriate welding at a portion to be welded, without causing insufficient strength. A resin molded component 1 includes a body portion 10 and a rib 11 integrally molded with each other, the rib 11 protruding from the body portion 10 and configured to be infrared welded to a predetermined resin component 2, the resin molded component 1 having a foamed layer 12 formed at least in the body portion 10. A leading end portion of the rib 11 of the resin molded component 1 has a thinned remainder 11b which has been thinned relative to a root portion of the rib. For example, the rib width of the thinned remainder 11b of the rib 11 is smaller than the rib width of the root portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Tatsuya MATSUI, Chiharu TOTANI, Eiji KOJIMA
  • Publication number: 20180281362
    Abstract: To provide a decorative panel that expresses a deep jet-black color represented by Japanese lacquer or the like. Provided are: a base member; a black-colored layer provided on the base member; and a laminate provided on the black-colored layer, the laminate having a plurality of transparent layers having different refractive indexes such that the plurality of transparent layers are layered. The refractive indexes of the transparent layers in the laminate are increased in order toward the base member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Sadanori ANDO, Chiharu TOTANI, Tatsuo ITO, Hiroshi IWATA
  • Publication number: 20180281729
    Abstract: An air bag mounting interior trim that efficiently pressurizes and welds ribs of a retainer and an instrument panel includes: a retainer having a first wall portion disposed at a deployment side of the air bag; and a panel having a second wall portion opposed to the first wall portion, at the deployment side of the first wall portion. The first and second wall portions each have an inclined face inclined in a pressurizing direction at assembly of the retainer and the panel. The retainer has a first rib protruding along the pressurizing direction from the inclined face of the first wall portion toward the panel side. The panel has a second rib protruding along the pressurizing direction from the inclined face of the second wall portion toward the retainer side. The first and second ribs have weld end faces that face each other in parallel, and that are aligned with the pressurizing direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Shunta ASAKUMA, Chiharu TOTANI, Hiroshi IWATA, Hajime TAKAI
  • Patent number: 10081327
    Abstract: An automobile airbag door includes a base member, a cover member, which is bonded to the surface of the base member, and a tear line, which is formed in the back side of the base member. The tear line is configured to be a starting point of tearing when the base member is pressed by an airbag being deployed and inflated. The cover member includes a three-dimensionally knitted cushion layer bonded to the surface of the base member and a covering bonded to the surface of the three-dimensionally knitted cushion layer. The three-dimensionally knitted cushion layer is made of a double-raschel knitted fabric. The base member includes at least one projection that is formed on the surface of the base member and arranged to be adjacent to the tear line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Toda, Chiharu Totani, Shunta Asakuma