Patents by Inventor Hiroko SHIBAKAWA

Hiroko SHIBAKAWA 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: 11679715
    Abstract: The vehicle interior component includes a front surface side space and a slit. A light emitting part, which is disposed on a vehicle interior outer side with respect to at least one of the vehicle interior outer side end of the panel lower portion of the upper panel and the vehicle interior outer side end of the panel upper portion of the lower panel and emits light emitted obliquely upward toward an inside of a vehicle interior through the slit, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kanae Matsumura, Hiroko Shibakawa, Kazuki Yabashi, Yasutsugu Sugiura
  • Publication number: 20230045310
    Abstract: The vehicle interior component includes a front surface side space and a slit. Alight emitting part, which is disposed on a vehicle interior outer side with respect to at least one of the vehicle interior outer side end of the panel lower portion of the upper panel and the vehicle interior outer side end of the panel upper portion of the lower panel and emits light emitted obliquely upward toward an inside of a vehicle interior through the slit, is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Kanae MATSUMURA, Hiroko SHIBAKAWA, Kazuki YABASHI, Yasutsugu SUGIURA
  • Publication number: 20220308206
    Abstract: A vehicle exterior part is configured to be arranged frontward of a millimeter wave radar device with respect to the transmission direction of millimeter waves. The vehicle exterior part includes an ornamental body, a light source that emits light, and a light diffuse reflection member. The light diffuse reflection member is millimeter wave-transmissive and diffuses and reflects light. The ornamental body includes a base and an ornamental layer. The base is millimeter wave-transmissive and diffuses and transmits the light. The ornamental layer is millimeter wave-transmissive and arranged frontward of the base with respect to the transmission direction. The light source, the ornamental body, and the light diffuse reflection member are arranged so that the light emitted from the light source is diffused and reflected by the light diffuse reflection member and directed toward the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Risa HIRANO, Hiroko SHIBAKAWA, Norifumi HATTORI, Koji OKUMURA, Hideto MAEDA, Yutaka OTSUKA, Keisuke NISHIOKA, Kazuyoshi FUJIMOTO