Patents by Inventor Kazutaka AIHARA

Kazutaka AIHARA 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: 11755054
    Abstract: A driver assistance system enables brake and accelerator operation by an operation bar in a manner close to a sense of a driver of a vehicle, regardless of the degree of operation of the operation bar. Embodiments include an operation bar extending downward toward a vehicle floor panel from a manual operation area where a seated driver manually operates the operation bar, and whose lower portion is supported in a slidingly displaceable manner along an axial direction in a front-down, rear-up tilted state. The operation bar includes a brake actuation section, below the manual operation area, that actuates a brake mechanism by sliding displacement of the operation bar in a front-down direction; and an accelerator actuation section that actuates an acceleration mechanism by sliding displacement of the operation bar in a rear-up direction that is a reverse direction on the same axis from the sliding displacement in the front-down direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Yamamoto, Yasuyuki Tonohara, Keiichi Yamasaki, Katsuhisa Maedo, Kazutaka Aihara
  • Publication number: 20220326726
    Abstract: A driver assistance system enables brake and accelerator operation by an operation bar in a manner close to a sense of a driver of a vehicle, regardless of the degree of operation of the operation bar. Embodiments include an operation bar extending downward toward a vehicle floor panel from a manual operation area where a seated driver manually operates the operation bar, and whose lower portion is supported in a slidingly displaceable manner along an axial direction in a front-down, rear-up tilted state. The operation bar includes a brake actuation section, below the manual operation area, that actuates a brake mechanism by sliding displacement of the operation bar in a front-down direction; and an accelerator actuation section that actuates an acceleration mechanism by sliding displacement of the operation bar in a rear-up direction that is a reverse direction on the same axis from the sliding displacement in the front-down direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro YAMAMOTO, Yasuyuki TONOHARA, Keiichi YAMASAKI, Katsuhisa MAEDO, Kazutaka AIHARA