Patents by Inventor Junzo Ooe
Junzo Ooe 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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Patent number: 9625685Abstract: The present invention relates to a window glass for a vehicle, attached to a body flange of the vehicle at a circumferential edge portion thereof, including: an infrared ray shielding portion which reflects or absorbs infrared rays on a large part of the window; and electromagnetic wave transmitting portions having a substantially rectangular shape, which transmit at least a predetermined electromagnetic wave, at each of lower end portions on both sides in a width direction of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2013Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Masanobu Ogawa, Junzo Ooe, Takuma Sawaya, Takashi Kitagawa
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Patent number: 9281757Abstract: A voltage conversion device includes: first and second loop circuits having a common inductance element. Electric current alternately flows through the first or second loop circuit as a first switching element of the first loop circuit is turned on or off. A magnetic field that is formed when the first switching element is turned on and that penetrates through the first loop circuit and a magnetic field that is formed when the first switching element is turned off after it is turned on and that penetrates through the second loop circuit have the same direction. All elements that constitute the first and second loop circuits are arranged on the same surface of a substrate. The second loop circuit is connected to a second direct-current power source. The first loop circuit is connected to a first direct-current power source.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2009Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Takayuki Naito, Akihiko Nojima, Takashi Imai, Nobuyuki Ishihara, Junzo Ooe, Koichi Mizutani, Masaru Inada, Kouichi Yamanoue, Shigeki Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20130300146Abstract: The present invention relates to a window glass for a vehicle, including: an electromagnetic wave transmitting portion which transmits a predetermined electromagnetic wave, and is positioned above a position where a rearview mirror provided at a front and upper portion inside of the vehicle is projected on the window glass for a vehicle in a longitudinal direction and a horizontal direction of the vehicle, in which a distance in a width direction of the electromagnetic wave transmitting portion is larger than a width which is projected in a horizontal direction on the window glass for a vehicle at 45 degree angle towards each of both sides in a width direction from a central portion in a width direction of the rearview mirror relative to a longitudinal direction of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2013Publication date: November 14, 2013Inventors: Masanobu Ogawa, Junzo Ooe, Takuma Sawaya, Takashi Kitagawa
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Publication number: 20130301118Abstract: The present invention relates to a window glass for a vehicle, attached to a body flange of the vehicle at a circumferential edge portion thereof, including: an infrared ray shielding portion which reflects or absorbs infrared rays on a large part of the window; and electromagnetic wave transmitting portions having a substantially rectangular shape, which transmit at least a predetermined electromagnetic wave, at each of lower end portions on both sides in a width direction of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2013Publication date: November 14, 2013Inventors: Masanobu OGAWA, Junzo Ooe, Takuma Sawaya, Takashi Kitagawa
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Patent number: 8382170Abstract: A door handle device for a vehicle is arranged in a door thereof. The door handle device includes a support member, door handle, lock detection electrode, and capacitance sensor. The door handle includes a first end, second end, pivot portion, and operation portion. A capacitance sensor detects issuance of a door lock command from a change in capacitance between an outer panel and lock detection electrode. The door handle includes a first handle case and second handle case covering the first handle case. The lock detection electrode is proximal to and faces an inner surface of at least one of an upper wall and lower wall of the second handle case. The lock detection includes an electrode end face facing the outer panel and formed to be non-planar.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2008Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignees: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kiyokazu Ieda, Eiji Mushiake, Kai Nakamura, Tomoo Kakegawa, Junzo Ooe, Hiroki Okada
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Publication number: 20110273014Abstract: A voltage conversion device includes: first and second loop circuits having a common inductance element. Electric current alternately flows through the first or second loop circuit as a first switching element of the first loop circuit is turned on or off. A magnetic field that is formed when the first switching element is turned on and that penetrates through the first loop circuit and a magnetic field that is formed when the first switching element is turned off after it is turned on and that penetrates through the second loop circuit have the same direction. All elements that constitute the first and second loop circuits are arranged on the same surface of a substrate. The second loop circuit is connected to a second direct-current power source. The first loop circuit is connected to a first direct-current power source.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2009Publication date: November 10, 2011Applicants: VISTEON GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takayuki Naito, Akihiko Nojima, Takashi Imai, Nobuyuki Ishihara, Junzo Ooe, Koichi Mizutani, Masaru Inada, Kouichi Yamanoue, Shigeki Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20100205780Abstract: A door handle device arranged in a vehicle door is disclosed. The door handle device includes a support member, door handle, lock detection electrode, and capacitance sensor. The door handle includes a first end, second end, pivot portion, and operation portion. A capacitance sensor detects issuance of a door lock command from a change in capacitance between an outer panel and lock detection electrode. The door handle includes a first handle case and second handle case covering the first handle case. The lock detection electrode is proximal to and faces an inner surface of at least one of an upper wall and lower wall of the second handle case. The lock detection includes an electrode end face facing the outer panel and formed to be non-planar.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2008Publication date: August 19, 2010Applicants: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kiyokazu Ieda, Eiji Mushiaki, Kai Nakamura, Tomoo Kakegawa, Junzo Ooe, Hiroki Okada
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Patent number: 7724180Abstract: An example radar system for a vehicle comprises a radar antenna, operable to produce a radar beam, and a lens assembly including at least one active lens, the radar beam passing through the lens assembly. The radar beam has a field of view that is adjustable using the active lens. In some examples, the active lens comprises a metamaterial, the metamaterial having an adjustable property such as an adjustable negative index, the field of view being adjustable using the adjustable property of the metamaterial.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2007Date of Patent: May 25, 2010Assignees: Toyota Motor Corporation, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: Serdar H. Yonak, Junzo Ooe
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Publication number: 20080272955Abstract: An example radar system for a vehicle comprises a radar antenna, operable to produce a radar beam, and a lens assembly including at least one active lens, the radar beam passing through the lens assembly. The radar beam has a field of view that is adjustable using the active lens. In some examples, the active lens comprises a metamaterial, the metamaterial having an adjustable property such as an adjustable negative index, the field of view being adjustable using the adjustable property of the metamaterial.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2007Publication date: November 6, 2008Inventors: Serdar H. Yonak, Junzo Ooe
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Patent number: 6870509Abstract: A plurality of glass antennas formed as patterns on quarter glass panes are provided in opposite sides of a rearward portion of a vehicle body. Branching filters connected to feeding points of the glass antennas via coaxial cables, phase-shift circuits for phase adjustment of the FM band outputs separated by the branching filters, and combining circuits for combining the FM band outputs that have been phase-adjusted by the phase-shift circuits are contained in a shield case that is grounded to the vehicle body. The outer conductors of the coaxial cables at the branching filter side are grounded to the shield case therein.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2003Date of Patent: March 22, 2005Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Fujitsu Ten LimitedInventors: Junzo Ooe, Tetsuji Imoto
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Patent number: 6831611Abstract: The invention is an antenna system that transmits and receives image signals audio signal and/or data signals. The antenna system has at least one antenna element and one or more power supply elements. A power supply switching device switches the power supply element or elements to select at least one antenna element and a power supply cable supplies power to the power supply switching device.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2003Date of Patent: December 14, 2004Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Junzo Ooe, Kansei Mizutani, Kazuo Sato, Shin-ichiro Matsuzawa, Kunitoshi Nishikawa
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Patent number: 6825812Abstract: An antenna structure for vehicles capable of minimizing the distance between a first contact member and a signal processing circuit and ensuring stable antenna performance without using a connection line of a lengthy wire rod is provided. To realize this advantage, an antenna element is disposed on a rear window glass, and the first contact member is disposed at an end of the antenna element. Further, an amplifier case having an attachment flange facing the rear window glass is fixed to a roof panel, and the signal processing circuit is disposed in the amplifier case at a position sandwiching the attachment flange.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2003Date of Patent: November 30, 2004Assignees: Kojima Press Industry Co., LTD, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Asahi Glass Company, Limited, Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Fujitsu Ten LimitedInventors: Makoto Yokota, Minoru Yonebayashi, Hideaki Tanaka, Junzo Ooe, Kansei Mizutani, Kohji Tabata, Hidetoshi Oka, Naoki Kushima
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Patent number: 6784368Abstract: A shield connection structure for shielding electromagnetic noise for a long time with a simple structure. A shielded cable is located through a cylindrical part of a shield terminal formed of a material having a small conductive resistance. The cylindrical part of the shield terminal is held in contact with a shield braid of the coaxial cable by a caulking layer between the shield braid and the cable core, and a flange part of the shield terminal is fixed via a low-resistance joint, such as a bolt, to a metallic housing. Use of relatively rigid caulking and the low-resistance joint provides a vibration-resistant shielded connection structure suitable for long-lived use in an applications such as a connection for an electric motor in a vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2002Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takashi Imai, Junzo Ooe, Hiroshi Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20040011550Abstract: A shield connection structure capable of shielding electromagnetic noise for a long time with a simple structure, wherein, using a shield sleeve (36), a shield braid (28) of a coaxial line (22) is connected, by caulking, to a cylindrical part (32) of a shield terminal (30) formed of a material having a small conductive resistance, the flange part (34) of the shield terminal (30) is fixed to a metallic cabinet (42) with bolts (40), the degree of caulking and a fixing force by the bolts (40) are adjusted so that an electric resistance between the shield braid (28) and the metallic cabinet (42) is 10 m&OHgr; or below, desirably, 1 m&OHgr; or below, whereby, when the shield connection structure (20) is used for the connection of a cable to the metallic cabinet such as electric motor installed on a vehicle, electromagnetic noise can be shielded for a long period with a simple structure even if a vibration is produced by a vehicle driving device mounted on the vehicle or due to running of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2002Publication date: January 22, 2004Inventors: Takashi Imai, Junzo Ooe, Hiroshi Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20030227413Abstract: An antenna structure for vehicles capable of minimizing the distance between a first contact member and a signal processing circuit and ensuring stable antenna performance without using a connection line of a lengthy wire rod is provided. To realize this advantage, an antenna element is disposed on a rear window glass, and the first contact member is disposed at an end of the antenna element. Further, an amplifier case having an attachment flange facing the rear window glass is fixed to a roof panel, and the signal processing circuit is disposed in the amplifier case at a position sandwiching the attachment flange.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2003Publication date: December 11, 2003Applicants: Kojima Press Industry Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Asahi Glass Company, Limited, Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited, Fujitsu Ten LimitedInventors: Makoto Yokota, Minoru Yonebayashi, Hideaki Tanaka, Junzo Ooe, Kansei Mizutani, Kohji Tabata, Hidetoshi Oka, Naoki Kushima
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Publication number: 20030156070Abstract: A plurality of glass antennas formed as patterns on quarter glass panes are provided in opposite sides of a rearward portion of a vehicle body. Branching filters connected to feeding points of the glass antennas via coaxial cables, phase-shift circuits for phase adjustment of the FM band outputs separated by the branching filters, and combining circuits for combining the FM band outputs that have been phase-adjusted by the phase-shift circuits are contained in a shield case that is grounded to the vehicle body. The outer conductors of the coaxial cables at the branching filter side are grounded to the shield case therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2003Publication date: August 21, 2003Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Junzo Ooe, Tetsuji Imoto
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Publication number: 20030156069Abstract: The invention is an antenna system that transmits and receives image signals audio signal and/or data signals. The antenna system has at least one antenna element and one or more power supply elements. A power supply switching device switches the power supply element or elements to select at least one antenna element and a power supply cable supplies power to the power supply switching device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2003Publication date: August 21, 2003Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Junzo Ooe, Kansei Mizutani, Kazuo Sato, Shin-Ichiro Matsuzawa, Kunitoshi Nishikawa
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Patent number: 6275148Abstract: A vehicle wheel information supply device for supplying wheel information relating to a state of a wheel of a vehicle, including a wheel state detector for detecting the state of the wheel, a wheel information generator for generating the wheel information relating to the state of the wheel, on the basis of an output of the wheel state detector, a transmitter for transmitting the wheel information, and a receiver which receives the wheel information transmitted by the transmitter, the wheel state detector, the wheel information generator and the transmitter being disposed on the wheel while the receiver being disposed on a body of said vehicle, wherein the wheel information generator is capable of selectively generating different kinds of wheel information having respective different volumes, and at least one of the wheel information generator and the transmitter operates in a manner depending upon at least one parameter indicative of the state of the wheel, which at least one parameter is detected by the wheType: GrantFiled: December 17, 1999Date of Patent: August 14, 2001Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Pacific Industrial Co. Ltd., Denso CorporationInventors: Yoshinori Takamura, Takayuki Tsuchiya, Junzo Ooe, Mitsuyuki Banno, Mitiya Katou