Patents by Inventor Futoshi Kobayashi
Futoshi Kobayashi 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: 20220381081Abstract: A mobile body control system includes: a window open or close instruction recognition unit that recognizes an open or close instruction of a window provided to a mobile body in accordance with a voice operation or an operation of a mobile terminal performed by a passenger on the mobile body; a window control unit that executes a window open or close control for opening or closing the window, when the open or close instruction of the window is recognized; and a window operation restriction unit that executes at least one of window operation inhibition processing for inhibiting execution of the window open or close control by the window control unit in accordance with an operation of a switch provided to the mobile body, and window operation stop processing for stopping the window being operated by the window open or close control in accordance with an operation of the switch.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Mizuki Katsu, Naoki Shibata, Atsushi Sekiguchi, Shigeki Takahashi, Tomohiro Suzuki, Takamune Tsukahara, Kenichiro Kagawa, Futoshi Kobayashi, Masayuki Watarai, Makoto Ono, Katsuyasu Yamane, Koji Hashimoto, Hironori Takano
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Patent number: 10549618Abstract: A weather strip that is designed to prevent appearance degradation, designed to prevent a decrease in sealing properties, and designed to prevent a decrease in sound insulating properties at a peripheral section of a sashless door opening. In particular, the weather strip (1) includes a base, a seal lip section (first seal lip section (12)) and a protruding section (13) supporting the seal lip section (first seal lip section (12)) in a state where a door opening is closed.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: NISHIKAWA RUBBER CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirokazu Kuwabara, Yoshitaka Nishimoto, Futoshi Kobayashi
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Patent number: 10266043Abstract: A vehicle body structure is provided that prevents a glass window in a fully closed state from moving toward inside a vehicle. The vehicle body structure for use with a door includes: a vehicle body; and a run channel that is interposed for sealing between the vehicle body and a glass window that is slidably arranged in the door, wherein the run channel includes a base portion that is mounted to the vehicle body, and a hollow frame portion that elastically contacts the glass window and defines a hollow portion with the base portion, and the hollow frame portion is deformed when the glass window is fully closed so that the hollow portion is shrunk by the glass window, to cause at least a part of the hollow frame portion to closely contact the base portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2017Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.Inventors: Futoshi Kobayashi, Hiroshi Sugawa
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Patent number: 10252604Abstract: According to an attaching structure of a roof side weather strip, a retainer includes a vehicle upper side wall, a connecting part, and an inboard side wall. A first tip locking part, formed in a tip of the vehicle upper side wall, is engaged in a tip locking groove, formed in a tip of a vehicle upper side wall of the weather strip. The vehicle upper side wall of the weather strip is held by the vehicle upper side wall of the retainer. The inboard side wall of the retainer is allowed to abut on an inboard side wall of the weather strip, and a tip of a second tip locking part formed by bending the tip obliquely in the inboard direction is engaged in the engaging groove, so that the inboard side wall of the weather strip is held by the inboard side wall of the retainer.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2017Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignees: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Sugawa, Futoshi Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20180009301Abstract: A vehicle body structure is provided that prevents a glass window in a fully closed state from moving toward inside a vehicle. The vehicle body structure for use with a door includes: a vehicle body; and a run channel that is interposed for sealing between the vehicle body and a glass window that is slidably arranged in the door, wherein the run channel includes a base portion that is mounted to the vehicle body, and a hollow frame portion that elastically contacts the glass window and defines a hollow portion with the base portion, and the hollow frame portion is deformed when the glass window is fully closed so that the hollow portion is shrunk by the glass window, to cause at least a part of the hollow frame portion to closely contact the base portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2017Publication date: January 11, 2018Inventors: Futoshi KOBAYASHI, Hiroshi SUGAWA
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Publication number: 20180009299Abstract: According to an attaching structure of a roof side weather strip, a retainer includes a vehicle upper side wall, a connecting part, and an inboard side wall. A first tip locking part, formed in a tip of the vehicle upper side wall, is engaged in a tip locking groove, formed in a tip of a vehicle upper side wall of the weather strip. The vehicle upper side wall of the weather strip is held by the vehicle upper side wall of the retainer The inboard side wall of the retainer is allowed to abut on an inboard side wall of the weather strip, and a tip of a second tip locking part formed by bending the tip obliquely in the inboard direction is engaged in the engaging groove, so that the inboard side wall of the weather strip is held by the inboard side wall of the retainer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2017Publication date: January 11, 2018Inventors: Hiroshi SUGAWA, Futoshi KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20170368923Abstract: To prevent degradation of appearance and decrease in sealing properties and sound insulating properties at a peripheral section of a sashless door opening. A weather strip 1 includes a base and a seal lip section (first seal lip section 12) which is provided with a protruding section 13 supporting the seal lip section (first seal lip section 12) in a state where a door opening is closed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2017Publication date: December 28, 2017Inventors: Hirokazu Kuwabara, Yoshitaka Nishimoto, Futoshi Kobayashi
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Patent number: 9649922Abstract: A vehicle structure with a door seal includes an upper-edge seal member which is attached to a vehicle body along an upper edge of a front door opening and a vertical seal member which is attached to a rear end portion of a front side door (door body) in a state of being separated from the upper-edge seal member in a vertical direction. The vertical seal member includes a hollow portion which is formed downward in a hollow shape, an upper-end opening which is open upward in communication with an upper end of the hollow portion, and an enlarged portion which is interposed between the upper-end opening and the hollow portion and is enlarged larger than the hollow portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2014Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toyohisa Amagai, Futoshi Kobayashi, Kinji Hoshikawa
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Publication number: 20160368356Abstract: A vehicle structure with a door seal includes an upper-edge seal member which is attached to a vehicle body along an upper edge of a front door opening and a vertical seal member which is attached to a rear end portion of a front side door (door body) in a state of being separated from the upper-edge seal member in a vertical direction. The vertical seal member includes a hollow portion which is formed downward in a hollow shape, an upper-end opening which is open upward in communication with an upper end of the hollow portion, and an enlarged portion which is interposed between the upper-end opening and the hollow portion and is enlarged larger than the hollow portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2014Publication date: December 22, 2016Inventors: Toyohisa AMAGAI, Futoshi KOBAYASHI, Kinji HOSHIKAWA
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Patent number: 9500934Abstract: A light quantity control apparatus includes multiple blade members each including a first curved surface-shaped portion and a hole portion, and a member including multiple protrusion portions each inserted into the hole portion of one of the blade members. The member includes a second curved surface-shaped portion shaped along the first curved surface-shaped portion of each of the blade members. The protrusion portions extend from the second curved surface-shaped portion and extend in parallel with each other.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2014Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Futoshi Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20150098012Abstract: The light quantity control apparatus includes multiple blade members each including a first curved surface-shaped portion and a hole portion, and a member including multiple protrusion portion each inserted into the hole portion of each of the blade members. The member includes a second curved surface-shaped portion in contact with the first curved surface-shaped portion of each of the blade members. The protrusion portions extend from the second curved surface-shaped portion in parallel to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2014Publication date: April 9, 2015Inventor: Futoshi Kobayashi
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Patent number: 7973854Abstract: An image pickup apparatus which permits reduction of the thickness of a mechanism for holding an optical filter component and prevents failure of the optical filter component. A CCD is configured to convert an object image having passed through the photographic lens into an electric signal. A CCD plate holds the CCD. A CCD rubber is disposed on the object-side surface of the CCD, and an optical LPF is disposed on the object-side surface of the CCD rubber. An LPF cover is opposed to the CCD rubber in a manner sandwiching the optical LPF between the CCD rubber and the LPF cover itself. The LPF cover is supported by the CCD plate such that the CCD, the CCD plate, the CCD rubber, the optical LPF, and the LPF cover are combined into a unitary assembly.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2008Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Futoshi Kobayashi
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Patent number: 7957866Abstract: In a configuration in which a control is performed for actuating the steering cylinder 17 so that the steering angle of the front wheel 11a (steering wheel), which is detected by the steering angle detector 62, becomes a target steering angle which is set in accordance with an operational state of the steering dial 42, the target steering angle of the front wheel 11a (steering wheel), which is set in accordance with an operational state of the steering dial 42, is compared with a detected steering angle of the front wheel 11a, which is detected by the steering detector 62, and when the difference between the target steering angle and the detected steering angle is a predetermined value or higher, the traveling speed of the vehicle 10 is regulated so that the traveling speed of the vehicle 10 becomes a predetermined speed or lower.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2006Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Aichi CorporationInventors: Takaaki Oba, Shunichi Nakazawa, Futoshi Kobayashi, Yukio Yoshida, Motoaki Suda
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Patent number: 7871208Abstract: A lens barrel unit with a lens barrier highly resistant to infiltration of external dirt, dust, and water has a pair of blade members each pivotally movable about a barrier joint hole. Engaging shafts connect to the blade members. The engaging shafts extend coaxially with the barrier joint holes about which the blade members pivotally move. A barrier driving ring applies a driving force to each engaging shafts to rotate it about the corresponding barrier joint hole. The lens barrel has a pair of through holes through which the engaging shafts are rotatably inserted. The engaging shafts are driven for rotation by the driving force transmitted to hook parts of the rotary shaft. The blade members are pivotally movable in the optical axis direction. The lens barrel also serves as a barrier base plate and is disposed between the blade members and the barrier driving ring.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2005Date of Patent: January 18, 2011Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Futoshi Kobayashi
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Patent number: 7733577Abstract: A lens barrel having a configuration lending itself to effectively reducing the size thereof and ensuring appropriate and safe operation thereof. The lens barrel includes a guiding portion provided for a lens holding member for guiding a cam follower in a radial direction of a cam barrel; a tabular elastic member provided for the lens holding member for urging the cam follower in a guiding direction of the guiding portion; and a regulating member limiting the transfer of the cam follower that is to be moved in a direction opposite to the urging direction by the elastic member. The regulating member is configured to be brought into contact with a predetermined portion of the lens holding member.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2007Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Futoshi Kobayashi
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Patent number: 7710660Abstract: A lens barrel includes a first holding member configured to hold a lens, a second holding member configured to hold the first holding member, a protection member located at an object side of the lens in an openable and closable manner and configured to protect the lens when in a closed state, and a drive member configured to open and close the protection member. The first holding member includes an adjustment surface configured to support the first holding member rotatable with respect to the second holding member around a point located on an optical axis of the lens. The drive member is located such that the drive member overlaps the first holding member as viewed from an optical axis direction of the lens.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2008Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Futoshi Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20090034074Abstract: A lens barrel includes a first holding member configured to hold a lens, a second holding member configured to hold the first holding member, a protection member located at an object side of the lens in an openable and closable manner and configured to protect the lens when in a closed state, and a drive member configured to open and close the protection member. The first holding member includes an adjustment surface configured to support the first holding member rotatable with respect to the second holding member around a point located on an optical axis of the lens. The drive member is located such that the drive member overlaps the first holding member as viewed from an optical axis direction of the lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2008Publication date: February 5, 2009Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Futoshi Kobayashi
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Patent number: 7457056Abstract: An optical unit is transitional between a first mode for shooting and a second mode for non-shooting, and a supporting unit and a driving unit are located within a cylinder for substantially containing a tilting unit to be disposed about an optical axis as a center while are arranged so as to move together with a movable group and to avoid an imager and the retaining unit viewed from the optical axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2004Date of Patent: November 25, 2008Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Futoshi Kobayashi
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Patent number: 7452141Abstract: At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a driving unit which has a through-hole that guides a flexible printed board. A position of the flexible printed board with respect to the driving unit changes in an optic-axial direction in accordance with rotation of the driving unit, reducing the occurrence of image ghost caused by the flexible printed board.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2005Date of Patent: November 18, 2008Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Futoshi Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20080180562Abstract: An image pickup apparatus which permits reduction of the thickness of a mechanism for holding an optical filter component and prevents failure of the optical filter component. A CCD is configured to convert an object image having passed through the photographic lens into an electric signal. A CCD plate holds the CCD. A CCD rubber is disposed on the object-side surface of the CCD, and an optical LPF is disposed on the object-side surface of the CCD rubber. An LPF cover is opposed to the CCD rubber in a manner sandwiching the optical LPF between the CCD rubber and the LPF cover itself. The LPF cover is supported by the CCD plate such that the CCD, the CCD plate, the CCD rubber, the optical LPF, and the LPF cover are combined into a unitary assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2008Publication date: July 31, 2008Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Futoshi Kobayashi