Patents by Inventor Hiroki Ono

Hiroki Ono 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: 20260298333
    Abstract: A shift device includes: a shift body having an operation rod that can rotate with respect to a rotation axis; and a sensor substrate disposed at one side, in a rotating direction of the operation rod, with respect to the rotation axis, and having a sensor that detects a rotational position of the operation rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2024
    Publication date: October 1, 2026
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO
    Inventor: Hiroki ONO
  • Publication number: 20260276079
    Abstract: A shift device includes: a shift body having a shaft body that is rotatably supported; plural projecting portions projecting out from the shaft body; and a mechanism portion provided at each of the plural projecting portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2024
    Publication date: September 17, 2026
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO
    Inventor: Hiroki ONO
  • Publication number: 20260274266
    Abstract: A vehicle suggestion apparatus is provided. The vehicle suggestion apparatus acquires stored data including a stored route that is a route stored when a vehicle is traveling, and a merging route that is a route that merges the vehicle onto the stored route from a current position of the vehicle. In response to an evaluation distance being less than an evaluation distance threshold, the vehicle suggestion apparatus makes a suggestion to automatically control a behavior of the vehicle. The evaluation distance is a distance from a position on the merging route to a position on the stored route closest to the position on the merging route. While the suggestion is being made, the vehicle suggestion apparatus continues the suggestion in response to the evaluation distance being equal to or less than a continuation distance threshold that is greater than the evaluation distance threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2026
    Publication date: September 17, 2026
    Inventor: Hiroki ONO
  • Patent number: 12729763
    Abstract: A shift device includes an assembly body that is provided at a vehicle body side, a shift body that is assembled to the assembly body and that is moved to change a shift position, a moving portion that is assembled to the assembly body and that is moved when the shift body is moved, and a detection mechanism that is assembled to the assembly body and that detects a movement position of the shift body by detecting a relative position between the detection mechanism and the moving portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2026
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Hiroki Ono, Yasuhiro Oka
  • Publication number: 20250341251
    Abstract: A shift device includes an assembly body that is provided at a vehicle body side, a shift body that is assembled to the assembly body and that is moved to change a shift position, a moving portion that is assembled to the assembly body and that is moved when the shift body is moved, and a detection mechanism that is assembled to the assembly body and that detects a movement position of the shift body by detecting a relative position between the detection mechanism and the moving portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 6, 2025
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Hiroki ONO, Yasuhiro OKA
  • Patent number: 11796050
    Abstract: In a shift device, a shift position of a knob is altered as a result of the knob being displaced in a vertical direction, and also being rotated in one direction or in another direction. Here, the knob is disposed on an outer side in a radial direction of a supporting column. Because of this, the knob can be inhibited by the supporting column from being unnecessarily displaced downwards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki Ono, Nobuhisa Inoue
  • Patent number: 11746889
    Abstract: In a shift device, a shift position of a knob is altered as a result of a knob being rotated. Furthermore, a Hall IC on a wiring substrate detects a rotation position of a magnet in the knob, thereby enabling the shift position of the knob to be detected. Here, the Hall IC is placed on an outer side in a rotation radial direction of the magnet. Because of this, it is possible to enlarge the change in the relative position between the magnet and the Hall IC that is generated by the rotation of the magnet, thereby enabling the detection accuracy when detecting the shift position of the knob to be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Hayato Mori, Hiroki Ono, Masatsugu Shimizu, Masaaki Shiozaki, Yoya Ogawa, Takuya Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11441674
    Abstract: A strength of an outer side portion in a second direction of a shift body is increased. In a shift device, when a lever is placed in an ‘M’ position, a right avoidance hole of the lever avoids interference with a right restricting portion, rotational movement of a left restricting surface of the lever is restricted by a left restricting portion, and an operation to rotationally move the lever towards the right side is restricted. Furthermore, when the lever is placed in a ‘D’ position, a left avoidance hole of the lever avoids interference with the left restricting portion, rotational movement of a right restricting surface of the lever is restricted by the right restricting portion, and an operation to rotationally move the lever towards the left side is restricted. The right avoidance hole and the left avoidance hole can be made smaller, so that the strength of both outer side portions in a lateral directions of the lever can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Takahiro Hirashita, Hiroki Ono, Masaaki Shiozaki
  • Patent number: 11321699
    Abstract: A payment support system includes a terminal ID acquisition processing unit, a position acquisition processing unit, an association processing unit, and a payment processing unit. The terminal ID acquisition processing unit acquires identification information of a user terminal of a user who entered a facility. The position acquisition processing unit acquires position information of the user terminal. The association processing unit stores the identification information acquired by the terminal ID acquisition processing unit and a use price of the facility of the user in a storage unit in association with each other. The payment processing unit executes a payment process of the use price when the user terminal is separated from a predetermined area of the facility by a predetermined distance or more after exiting the predetermined area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: GURUNAVI, INC.
    Inventors: Shoki Aoyama, Hiroki Ono
  • Patent number: 11287030
    Abstract: In a shift device, the placement of magnets relative to sensors can be changed by rotating a ball shaft of a lever. The sensors detect magnetic fields generated by the magnets in order to detect a shift position of the lever. Shields suppress a magnetic field outside the ball shaft from reaching the sensors. The magnets, the sensors, and the shields are disposed on the ball shaft. This enables a reduction in the size of the shift device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Takahiro Hirashita, Hiroki Ono, Masayoshi Iwata
  • Publication number: 20210317910
    Abstract: In a shift device, a shift position of a knob is altered as a result of a knob being rotated. Furthermore, a Hall IC on a wiring substrate detects a rotation position of a magnet in the knob, thereby enabling the shift position of the knob to be detected. Here, the Hall IC is placed on an outer side in a rotation radial direction of the magnet. Because of this, it is possible to enlarge the change in the relative position between the magnet and the Hall IC that is generated by the rotation of the magnet, thereby enabling the detection accuracy when detecting the shift position of the knob to be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Hayato MORI, Hiroki ONO, Masatsugu SHIMIZU, Masaaki SHIOZAKI, Yoya OGAWA, Takuya SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20210317909
    Abstract: In a shift device, a shift position of a knob is altered as a result of the knob being displaced in a vertical direction, and also being rotated in one direction or in another direction. Here, the knob is disposed on an outer side in a radial direction of a supporting column. Because of this, the knob can be inhibited by the supporting column from being unnecessarily displaced downwards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroki ONO, Nobuhisa INOUE
  • Publication number: 20210052349
    Abstract: A robotic operating table according to an embodiment may include: a tabletop on which a patient can be placed; an articulated robot arm that supports the tabletop to be movable; and a communication part to communicate with the inspection information management device. The communication part is configured to receive, from the inspection information management device, attention position information indicating an attention position in the patient specified based on an image of the patient captured by the medical imaging device. The articulated robot arm is configured, based on the attention position information received from the inspection information management device, to move the tabletop to a surgery-performing tabletop position which is the position of the tabletop at the time when surgery is executed on the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: MEDICAROID CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaro YANO, Mitsuichi HIRATSUKA, Hiroki ONO
  • Publication number: 20200327530
    Abstract: A payment support system includes a terminal ID acquisition processing unit, a position acquisition processing unit, an association processing unit, and a payment processing unit. The terminal ID acquisition processing unit acquires identification information of a user terminal of a user who entered a facility. The position acquisition processing unit acquires position information of the user terminal. The association processing unit stores the identification information acquired by the terminal ID acquisition processing unit and a use price of the facility of the user in a storage unit in association with each other. The payment processing unit executes a payment process of the use price when the user terminal is separated from a predetermined area of the facility by a predetermined distance or more after exiting the predetermined area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Shoki Aoyama, Hiroki Ono
  • Publication number: 20200318733
    Abstract: A strength of an outer side portion in a second direction of a shift body is increased. In a shift device, when a lever is placed in an ‘M’ position, a right avoidance hole of the lever avoids interference with a right restricting portion, rotational movement of a left restricting surface of the lever is restricted by a left restricting portion, and an operation to rotationally move the lever towards the right side is restricted. Furthermore, when the lever is placed in a ‘D’ position, a left avoidance hole of the lever avoids interference with the left restricting portion, rotational movement of a right restricting surface of the lever is restricted by the right restricting portion, and an operation to rotationally move the lever-towards the left side is restricted. The right avoidance hole and the left avoidance hole can be made smaller, so that the strength of both outer side portions in a lateral directions of the lever can be increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Takahiro HIRASHITA, Hiroki ONO, Masaaki SHIOZAKI
  • Publication number: 20200271219
    Abstract: In a shift device, the placement of magnets relative to sensors can be changed by rotating a ball shaft of a lever. The sensors detect magnetic fields generated by the magnets in order to detect a shift position of the lever. Shields suppress a magnetic field outside the ball shaft from reaching the sensors. The magnets, the sensors, and the shields are disposed on the ball shaft. This enables a reduction in the size of the shift device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Takahiro HIRASHITA, Hiroki ONO, Masayoshi IWATA
  • Patent number: 10756466
    Abstract: High reliability is achieved with a protected state guaranteed for housings with reinforcing brackets being rigid to be free from displacement and misorientation. A connector includes: a connector body; a terminal installed in the connector body; and a reinforcing bracket fit to the connector body. The connector body includes a recess in which a mating connector body of a mating connector fits, and an insular part that is in the recess and fits in a groove part of the mating connector body. The reinforcing bracket includes an inner reinforcing bracket fit to an insular end part that is an end portion of the insular part in a longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventor: Hiroki Ono
  • Publication number: 20200235505
    Abstract: High reliability is achieved with a protected state guaranteed for housings with reinforcing brackets being rigid to be free from displacement and misorientation. A connector includes: a connector body; a terminal installed in the connector body; and a reinforcing bracket fit to the connector body. The connector body includes a recess in which a mating connector body of a mating connector fits, and an insular part that is in the recess and fits in a groove part of the mating connector body. The reinforcing bracket includes an inner reinforcing bracket fit to an insular end part that is an end portion of the insular part in a longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: Molex, LLC
    Inventor: Hiroki ONO
  • Patent number: 10651579
    Abstract: High reliability is achieved with a protected state guaranteed for housings with reinforcing brackets being rigid to be free from displacement and misorientation. A connector includes: a connector body; a terminal installed in the connector body; and a reinforcing bracket fit to the connector body. The connector body includes a recess in which a mating connector body of a mating connector fits, and an insular part that is in the recess and fits in a groove part of the mating connector body. The reinforcing bracket includes an inner reinforcing bracket fit to an insular end part that is an end portion of the insular part in a longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventor: Hiroki Ono
  • Patent number: 10530079
    Abstract: A connector is provided which includes a main body, terminals mounted in the body, and a reinforcing metal fitting mounted in the body. The fitting includes a body secured to the mating guide portion, a pair of left and right connecting arm portions connected to the base end of the body, and a pair of left and right contact arm portions connected to the base end of the connecting arm portions. The fitting further includes a first connecting leg portion connected to a connecting pad on a board being connected at the upper end of the first connecting leg portion to the lower end or base end of each contact arm portion so as to have a substantially L-shaped profile when viewed from a side of the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Ryotaro Takeuchi, Hiroki Ono, Naoto Sasayama