Patents by Inventor Junya Harada

Junya Harada 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: 12276562
    Abstract: A pressure sensor layout structure includes: a bumper beam; an absorber disposed at a front of the bumper beam; a pressure tube arranged between the bumper beam and the absorber; a pressure sensor attached to an end of the pressure tube; and a sensor cover fixed to a rear surface of the absorber, wherein the sensor cover is fixed to an end portion in a vehicle width direction of the absorber, at two or more positions which are located variously in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoya Yabu, Tatsuya Ishizaki, Junya Harada, Yoshihisa Sugamata, Hiroyuki Mae
  • Publication number: 20250116854
    Abstract: An optical unit includes: a lens unit including a fixed lens and a movable lens; a frame; a movable portion located inside the frame; a first slider slidably arranged in a space between the frame and the movable portion; and a stopper arranged in the space, the stopper made of a non-metal material. The fixed lens is located in a distal section of the frame. The movable lens is located in the movable portion and the movable portion is movable relative to the frame along an optical axis of the optical unit between a biased state and an unbiased state. In the biased state: the stopper is spaced apart from the frame. In the unbiased state: the stopper contacts the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventors: Junya HARADA, Kazuki AKIYAMA, Tatsuhiko OKITA
  • Patent number: 12257964
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes an extension to be held between a bumper beam extending in a vehicle width direction and a side frame extending in a vehicle front-rear direction. The extension includes: a fixing plate made of a plate member and fixed to a projecting end of the side frame so as to face in the vehicle front-rear direction; a crushing body arranged on the fixing plate; and a coupling strip made of a plate member, extending along the vehicle front-rear direction, and coupling an outer end in the vehicle width direction of the fixing plate with an outer end in the vehicle width direction of the bumper beam so as to integrally continue to the fixing plate and the bumper beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Junya Harada
  • Publication number: 20240293011
    Abstract: An optical unit includes: a fixed portion; a movable portion arranged movably inside the fixed portion; a first slider arranged between the fixed portion and the movable portion, the first slider being configured to slide with a movement of the movable portion; a second slider arranged between the fixed portion and the movable portion, and at a position different from a position of the first slider, the second slider being configured to slide with the movement of the movable portion; a driver that includes a coil and a magnet; and a biasing part that is arranged outside the movable portion, the biasing part being configured to cause the magnet to generate a biasing force to push the movable portion toward the fixed portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
    Inventor: Junya HARADA
  • Publication number: 20230152174
    Abstract: A pressure sensor layout structure includes: a bumper beam; an absorber disposed at a front of the bumper beam; a pressure tube arranged between the bumper beam and the absorber; a pressure sensor attached to an end of the pressure tube; and a sensor cover fixed to a rear surface of the absorber, wherein the sensor cover is fixed to an end portion in a vehicle width direction of the absorber, at two or more positions which are located variously in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Tomoya YABU, Tatsuya ISHIZAKI, Junya HARADA, Yoshihisa SUGAMATA, Hiroyuki MAE
  • Publication number: 20220402449
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes an extension to be held between a bumper beam extending in a vehicle width direction and a side frame extending in a vehicle front-rear direction. The extension includes: a fixing plate made of a plate member and fixed to a projecting end of the side frame so as to face in the vehicle front-rear direction; a crushing body arranged on the fixing plate; and a coupling strip made of a plate member, extending along the vehicle front-rear direction, and coupling an outer end in the vehicle width direction of the fixing plate with an outer end in the vehicle width direction of the bumper beam so as to integrally continue to the fixing plate and the bumper beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventor: Junya HARADA
  • Patent number: 10889334
    Abstract: A vehicle rear structure includes a pair of rear side frames provided on right and left sides at a rear part of a vehicle body, and an on-board component disposed between the rear side frames. Each rear side frame includes a protecting part arranged side by side with the on-board component in a vehicle width direction, and a rear extending part extending rearward from the on-board component. A cross member is provided to connect the rear extending parts to each other at positions each located away from a front end and a rear end of the corresponding rear extending part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki Tatsuwaki, Junya Harada, Shinji Kumagai
  • Patent number: 10836435
    Abstract: A vehicle rear structure includes: a pair of rear side frames provided on right and left sides at a rear part of a vehicle body; side sills connected to front parts of the rear side frames and extending on the right and left sides of the vehicle body, respectively; and an on-board component, at least part of which is arranged side by side with the rear side frames in a vehicle width direction. Each side sill includes a weak part located ahead of the on-board component and having a lower strength than a strength of a region of the rear side frame arranged side by side with the on-board component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki Tatsuwaki, Hideki Tai, Junya Harada, Daisuke Matsunaga, Shinji Kumagai, Yoshikazu Inoue, Yoshihiro Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10802240
    Abstract: A lens driving device includes a lens frame that holds a lens, a rack provided pivotally with respect to the lens frame around a pivot shaft along an optical axis of the lens, a lead screw provided along the optical axis, a spring that makes the rack pivot around the pivot shaft, pushes the rack against the lead screw, and engages a tooth of the rack with a tooth of the lead screw, a driving unit that rotates the lead screw, and a nut that includes an end surface facing the rack along the optical axis with a gap C being included therebetween, that engages with the lead screw with backlash being included therebetween, and that is provided un-rotatably with respect to the lens frame. In a case where a half pitch of the tooth of the lead screw is A and the backlash along the optical axis between the lead screw and the nut is B, A>B+C is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Junya Harada
  • Patent number: 10737566
    Abstract: To protect a battery pack supported in a rear end part of a vehicle body at the time of a rear end crash, the vehicle body rear structure comprises: a pair of left and right rear side frames (10) extending in a fore and aft direction in a laterally spaced apart relationship; a rear floor panel (14) attached to the rear side frames (10) and defining a battery receiving space (40) for receiving a battery pack therein; and a load transmitting member (46) having a front end (46A) fixedly secured to a structural member (24) of the vehicle body and extending to a rear end (46B) thereof located behind the battery receiving space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Tai, Junya Harada, Shouji Yamazaki, Takashi Sasamoto
  • Patent number: 10730380
    Abstract: A vehicle body rear structure includes: a pair of left and right rear side frames extending in a vehicle front-rear direction; a vehicle-mounted component provided between the pair of rear side frames; and a pair of support members for supporting the vehicle-mounted component. The support members respectively extend along the rear side frames and in the vehicle front-rear direction, and are respectively arranged side-by-side with the rear side frames in a vehicle width direction and inwardly of the rear side frames in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki Tatsuwaki, Hideki Tai, Junya Harada, Daisuke Matsunaga, Shinji Kumagai, Yoshikazu Inoue, Yoshihiro Kobayashi, Shouji Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20190283563
    Abstract: A vehicle body rear structure includes: a pair of left and right rear side frames extending in a vehicle front-rear direction; a vehicle-mounted component provided between the pair of rear side frames; and a pair of support members for supporting the vehicle-mounted component. The support members respectively extend along the rear side frames and in the vehicle front-rear direction, and are respectively arranged side-by-side with the rear side frames in a vehicle width direction and inwardly of the rear side frames in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Masaaki TATSUWAKI, Hideki TAI, Junya HARADA, Daisuke MATSUNAGA, Shinji KUMAGAI, Yoshikazu INOUE, Yoshihiro KOBAYASHI, Shouji YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20190276082
    Abstract: A vehicle rear structure includes: a pair of rear side frames provided on right and left sides at a rear part of a vehicle body; side sills connected to front parts of the rear side frames and extending on the right and left sides of the vehicle body, respectively; and an on-board component, at least part of which is arranged side by side with the rear side frames in a vehicle width direction. Each side sill includes a weak part located ahead of the on-board component and having a lower strength than a strength of a region of the rear side frame arranged side by side with the on-board component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Masaaki TATSUWAKI, Hideki TAI, Junya HARADA, Daisuke MATSUNAGA, Shinji KUMAGAI, Yoshikazu INOUE, Yoshihiro KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20190276093
    Abstract: A vehicle rear structure includes a pair of rear side frames provided on right and left sides at a rear part of a vehicle body, and an on-board component disposed between the rear side frames. Each rear side frame includes a protecting part arranged side by side with the on-board component in a vehicle width direction, and a rear extending part extending rearward from the on-board component. A cross member is provided to connect the rear extending parts to each other at positions each located away from a front end and a rear end of the corresponding rear extending part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Masaaki TATSUWAKI, Junya HARADA, Shinji KUMAGAI
  • Publication number: 20190233012
    Abstract: To protect a battery pack supported in a rear end part of a vehicle body at the time of a rear end crash, the vehicle body rear structure comprises: a pair of left and right rear side frames (10) extending in a fore and aft direction in a laterally spaced apart relationship; a rear floor panel (14) attached to the rear side frames (10) and defining a battery receiving space (40) for receiving a battery pack therein; and a load transmitting member (46) having a front end (46A) fixedly secured to a structural member (24) of the vehicle body and extending to a rear end (46B) thereof located behind the battery receiving space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Hideki TAI, Junya HARADA, Shouji YAMAZAKI, Takashi SASAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190233013
    Abstract: A vehicle body rear structure comprises a pair of closed cross section structures (85) extending from a rear panel to respective rear wheel houses. Each closed cross section structure is formed by a rear side frame (42) extending in a fore and aft direction of a vehicle body, a floor extension (52C) extending in an outboard direction from the rear side frame, a side panel (82) extending vertically from an outboard edge of the floor extension, and a connecting panel (84) located under the floor extension, and having an inboard end fixedly attached to the rear side frame and an outboard end fixedly attached to the side panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Hideki TAI, Junya HARADA, Yoshihiro KOBAYASHI, Takashi SASAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190227252
    Abstract: A lens driving device includes a lens frame that holds a lens, a rack provided pivotally with respect to the lens frame around a pivot shaft along an optical axis of the lens, a lead screw provided along the optical axis, a spring that makes the rack pivot around the pivot shaft, pushes the rack against the lead screw, and engages a tooth of the rack with a tooth of the lead screw, a driving unit that rotates the lead screw, and a nut that includes an end surface facing the rack along the optical axis with a gap C being included therebetween, that engages with the lead screw with backlash being included therebetween, and that is provided un-rotatably with respect to the lens frame. In a case where a half pitch of the tooth of the lead screw is A and the backlash along the optical axis between the lead screw and the nut is B, A>B+C is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Junya HARADA
  • Patent number: 9884599
    Abstract: A vehicle front structure includes a front frame member, a bumper beam (9) disposed at a front section of the vehicle in a vehicle width direction, a crush box (10) fixed to a rear surface of the bumper beam (9) and having a rear end portion coupled to a front end portion of the front frame member, and a corner reinforcement member (15) disposed at a corner portion formed between the rear surface of the bumper beam (9) and the side surface of the crush box (10), wherein an outer surface of the corner reinforcement member (15) is joined in a state in which the outer surface abuts the rear surface of the bumper beam (9) and the side surface of the crush box (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Daido, Junya Harada, Keita Ishihara
  • Publication number: 20170129432
    Abstract: A vehicle front structure includes a front frame member, a bumper beam (9) disposed at a front section of the vehicle in a vehicle width direction, a crush box (10) fixed to a rear surface of the bumper beam (9) and having a rear end portion coupled to a front end portion of the front frame member, and a corner reinforcement member (15) disposed at a corner portion formed between the rear surface of the bumper beam (9) and the side surface of the crush box (10), wherein an outer surface of the corner reinforcement member (15) is joined in a state in which the outer surface abuts the rear surface of the bumper beam (9) and the side surface of the crush box (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Kazuhiro DAIDO, Junya HARADA, Keita ISHIHARA
  • Patent number: 8922908
    Abstract: A lens apparatus includes a lens housing, driven member that is driven in a first direction. A lens barrel body that includes a lens, is separated from the driven member upon receiving an impact including a component of a second direction and can move. A drive section drives the driven member in the first direction. When the lens housing receives an impact including a component of the first direction, the drive member and the driven member are separated apart, and the driven member and the lens barrel body move together in the first direction, and when the lens housing receives an impact including the component of the second direction, the drive member prevents the driven member from moving in the second direction, the driven member and the lens barrel body are separated apart, and the lens barrel body moves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Olympus Imaging Corp.
    Inventors: Koji Okano, Junya Harada