Patents by Inventor Kenichiro Minami

Kenichiro Minami 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: 9914341
    Abstract: Provided is a fragrance device for vehicle with an aim to restrain an olfactory adaptation of an occupant, to continuously provide the occupant for a long time with changes in sensory intensity of smell caused by intermittent smell emission, and to provide the occupant for a long time with a relaxation effect due to a smell, the fragrance device for vehicle includes: a fragrance holder holding a fragrance; a blowing means for blowing air to the fragrance holder to blow a smell of the fragrance into a vehicle cabin; and a fragrance blowing control means for sequentially repeating the repeating of a predetermined cycle of blowing a smell of the fragrance and a pause predetermined times by intermittently blowing the smell at each cycle, and then the providing of a stop time for stopping the blowing out of the smell of the fragrance for a predetermined time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Ono, Yuzuru Yoshinami, Ryunosuke Ino, Kenichiro Minami
  • Patent number: 9821633
    Abstract: A cooling and heating air conditioner installed in an electric vehicle, having a cooling and heating air conditioning unit including a cooling device that produces cooled air, and a heating device that produces heated air, wherein the cooling and heating air conditioning unit sends the cooled air produced by the cooling device or the heated air produced by the heating device to a vehicle interior, a cooling and heating air conditioning controller that sets the cooling and heating air conditioning unit to a cooling mode for sending the cooled air produced by the cooling device, a heating mode for sending the heated air produced by the heating device, or an AUTO mode for automatically selecting the cooling mode or the heating mode at least based on a temperature of the vehicle interior so as to control the cooling and heating air conditioning unit according to a set mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichiro Minami
  • Patent number: 9783022
    Abstract: A vehicle air-conditioning system has an intake door that switches between an inside air recirculation mode to take in air from an inside air introduction port and an outside air introduction mode to take in air from an outside air introduction port, a blower that blows the air introduced through any of the inside air introduction port and the outside air introduction port toward inside of a vehicle cabin, a heater that heats the air blown by the blower, and a controller that activates the heater when there is a request for heating the inside of the vehicle cabin, controls air conditioning such that an environment inside the vehicle cabin becomes a desired environment by set estimated time of departure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Matsuoka, Kenichiro Minami, Takafumi Uehara
  • Publication number: 20150217626
    Abstract: A cooling and heating air conditioner installed in an electric vehicle, having a cooling and heating air conditioning unit including a cooling device that produces cooled air, and a heating device that produces heated air, wherein the cooling and heating air conditioning unit sends the cooled air produced by the cooling device or the heated air produced by the heating device to a vehicle interior, a cooling and heating air conditioning controller that sets the cooling and heating air conditioning unit to a cooling mode for sending the cooled air produced by the cooling device, a heating mode for sending the heated air produced by the heating device, or an AUTO mode for automatically selecting the cooling mode or the heating mode at least based on a temperature of the vehicle interior so as to control the cooling and heating air conditioning unit according to a set mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichiro Minami
  • Publication number: 20150210140
    Abstract: A vehicle air-conditioning system has an intake door that switches between an inside air recirculation mode to take in air from an inside air introduction port and an outside air introduction mode to take in air from an outside air introduction port, a blower that blows the air introduced through any of the inside air introduction port and the outside air introduction port toward inside of a vehicle cabin, a heater that heats the air blown by the blower, and a controller that activates the heater when there is a request for heating the inside of the vehicle cabin, controls air conditioning such that an environment inside the vehicle cabin becomes a desired environment by set estimated time of departure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Matsuoka, Kenichiro Minami, Takafumi Uehara
  • Patent number: 8464546
    Abstract: A pipe structure of an electric compressor has an electric compressor disposed in an engine compartment of a vehicle and configured to be driven by a battery power source to compress a refrigerant, a harness connecting portion disposed on an upper surface of the electric compressor and electrically connecting a harness to the electric compressor, and a pipe connecting portion disposed forward of the harness connecting portion and connecting an air conditioner pipe to the electric compressor. At least a part of the air conditioner pipe is disposed above the electric compressor and forward of the harness connecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenichiro Minami
  • Publication number: 20120107172
    Abstract: Provided is a fragrance device for vehicle with an aim to restrain an olfactory adaptation of an occupant, to continuously provide the occupant for a long time with changes in sensory intensity of smell caused by intermittent smell emission, and to provide the occupant for a long time with a relaxation effect due to a smell, the fragrance device for vehicle includes: a fragrance holder holding a fragrance; a blowing means for blowing air to the fragrance holder to blow a smell of the fragrance into a vehicle cabin; and a fragrance blowing control means for sequentially repeating the repeating of a predetermined cycle of blowing a smell of the fragrance and a pause predetermined times by intermittently blowing the smell at each cycle, and then the providing of a stop time for stopping the blowing out of the smell of the fragrance for a predetermined time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Kenji Ono, Yuzuru Yoshinami, Ryunosuke Ino, Kenichiro Minami
  • Publication number: 20080041084
    Abstract: A pipe structure of an electric compressor has an electric compressor disposed in an engine compartment of a vehicle and configured to be driven by a battery power source to compress a refrigerant, a harness connecting portion disposed on an upper surface of the electric compressor and electrically connecting a harness to the electric compressor, and a pipe connecting portion disposed forward of the harness connecting portion and connecting an air conditioner pipe to the electric compressor. At least a part of the air conditioner pipe is disposed above the electric compressor and forward of the harness connecting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenichiro Minami
  • Patent number: 7244293
    Abstract: A reservoir tank which includes: a container for storing fluid therein, having an inlet through which the fluid flows into the container and an outlet through which the fluid flows out of the container; and a duct provided inside the container, which is connected to the inlet of the container and has a first opening open inside the container. The first opening is located above the outlet of the container and below a surface of the fluid in the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michiko Morita, Hitoshi Shimonosono, Shizuo Yamamoto, Katsuyuki Fujii, Tomoyuki Hanada, Toshihiro Yamashita, Kenichiro Minami
  • Publication number: 20050081716
    Abstract: A reservoir tank which includes: a container for storing fluid therein, having an inlet through which the fluid flows into the container and an outlet through which the fluid flows out of the container; and a duct provided inside the container, which is connected to the inlet of the container and has a first opening open inside the container. The first opening is located above the outlet of the container and below a surface of the fluid in the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2004
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Inventors: Michiko Morita, Hitoshi Shimonosono, Shizuo Yamamoto, Katsuyuki Fujii, Tomoyuki Hanada, Toshihiro Yamashita, Kenichiro Minami
  • Patent number: 5385432
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a water area structure using a placing member for underwater ground, which is used as, e.g., a water area structure for discharge such as a shore-bridge and a jetty, a bulkhead structure, a breakwater structure, a dike structure, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1995
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Kiyomiya, Kenichiro Minami, Kunio Takahashi, Koichi Sato