Patents by Inventor Kaede MOCHIDA

Kaede MOCHIDA 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: 20250182985
    Abstract: An input device includes a housing, a movable member at least partially housed in the housing and reciprocably supported by the housing along a Z-axis direction, a soft magnetic member fixed to the housing, and a magnet fixed to the movable member facing the soft magnetic member in a Y-axis direction. The soft magnetic member includes a strong attraction portion where a magnetic attraction force between the magnet and the soft magnetic member is relatively strong and a weak attraction portion where a magnetic attraction force between the magnet and the soft magnetic member is relatively weak. The strong attraction portion is disposed so that one end is located at an inner side relative to one end of the magnet in the Z-axis direction, and the weak attraction portion includes a portion extending outward relative to the one end of the strong attraction portion in the Z-axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2025
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Inventors: Chiharu YUKAWA, Kaede MOCHIDA, Misuzu SUTO, Tsutomu KIYOSHI, Kazunari TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20250010778
    Abstract: A vehicle system includes a seat of a vehicle, and a vibration generation device provided in the seat. The vibration generation device includes a housing, a diaphragm supported on the housing, an actuator attached to at least one of the housing and the diaphragm, and a sensor, including a detection electrode, and configured to detect a user approaching the detection electrode. The diaphragm and the detection electrode are formed by a common member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Kunio SATO, Toshiki TACHIOKA, Kaede MOCHIDA
  • Patent number: 12128805
    Abstract: A vehicle system includes a seat of a vehicle, and a vibration generation device provided in the seat. The vibration generation device includes a housing, a diaphragm supported on the housing, an actuator attached to at least one of the housing and the diaphragm, and a sensor, including a detection electrode, and configured to detect a user approaching the detection electrode. The diaphragm and the detection electrode are famed by a common member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kunio Sato, Toshiki Tachioka, Kaede Mochida
  • Publication number: 20230075857
    Abstract: A vehicle system includes a seat of a vehicle, and a vibration generation device provided in the seat. The vibration generation device includes a housing, a diaphragm supported on the housing, an actuator attached to at least one of the housing and the diaphragm, and a sensor, including a detection electrode, and configured to detect a user approaching the detection electrode. The diaphragm and the detection electrode are famed by a common member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Kunio SATO, Toshiki TACHIOKA, Kaede MOCHIDA