Patents by Inventor Masahide Nagata
Masahide Nagata 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: 11752868Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide an instrument device for a vehicle which can reduce the costs and may also achieve a reduced weight. An instrument device for a vehicle includes a main board with an electronic component mounted thereto, the electronic component being independent from a design of a dial plate, and a sub-board with an electronic component mounted in a position corresponding to the design of the dial plate, wherein the main board and the sub-board are directly joined and electrically connected to each other.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Masahide Nagata, Masanobu Terao, Takao Kanai
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Publication number: 20220001746Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide an instrument device for a vehicle which can reduce the costs and may also achieve a reduced weight. An instrument device for a vehicle includes a main board with an electronic component mounted thereto, the electronic component being independent from a design of a dial plate, and a sub-board with an electronic component mounted in a position corresponding to the design of the dial plate, wherein the main board and the sub-board are directly joined and electrically connected to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2021Publication date: January 6, 2022Applicant: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Masahiro TAKAMATSU, Masahide NAGATA, Masanobu TERAO, Takao KANAI
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Patent number: 11137598Abstract: A display unit is equipped with an LED circuit body for irradiating light onto the windshield of a vehicle and a surface panel positioned on the front side in the light irradiating direction of the LED circuit body and constituting part of the surface of the instrument panel of the vehicle. The surface panel is provided with a plurality of pores formed in the direction connecting the LED circuit body to the windshield. The light irradiating direction of the LED circuit body is set to the direction in which the light irradiated from the LED circuit body and reflected by the windshield is visually recognized by the driver.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2016Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Masahide Nagata, Takao Kanai
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Patent number: 10766363Abstract: A surface panel is attached to an instrument panel so as to cover a display surface of a display unit disposed on the instrument panel of a vehicle. When the display unit is turned on, light L from the display unit is projected toward the driver's seat side via a thin hole formed in the surface panel.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2017Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Tai Inoue, Masahide Nagata, Takayuki Ogawa, Gosei Sato, Takao Kanai
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Patent number: 10353199Abstract: An HUD unit is equipped with a first display and a second display. The light irradiating directions of the first display and the second display are adjusted so that the first image irradiated from the first display, reflected by the front window of a vehicle and visually recognized by the driver of the vehicle and the second image irradiated from the second display to the eye point of the driver and visually recognized by the driver are visually recognized in a state of being arranged side by side.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2016Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Masahide Nagata, Takao Kanai
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Patent number: 10259324Abstract: A display unit incorporated in the housing surface of an instrument panel on the passenger seat side changes its display variously together with other display devices such as a liquid crystal display and a line illumination, and displays information such as driving information, danger notification information and entertainment information in coordination.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2015Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Tai Inoue, Masahide Nagata, Takayuki Ogawa, Gosei Sato, Takao Kanai
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Publication number: 20170158056Abstract: A surface panel is attached to an instrument panel so as to cover a display surface of a display unit disposed on the instrument panel of a vehicle. When the display unit is turned on, light L from the display unit is projected toward the driver's seat side via a thin hole formed in the surface panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2017Publication date: June 8, 2017Applicant: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Masahiro TAKAMATSU, Tai INOUE, Masahide NAGATA, Takayuki OGAWA, Gosei SATO, Takao KANAI
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Patent number: 9669759Abstract: An in-vehicle device includes a functional unit to be arranged at an instrument panel of a vehicle and configured to perform an operation toward a driver seat of the vehicle, and a blinding panel covering a front surface of the functional unit. A plurality of perforations is formed in the blinding panel to extend through the blinding panel in a thickness direction of the blinding panel.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2015Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Tai Inoue, Masahide Nagata, Takayuki Ogawa, Gosei Sato, Takao Kanai
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Patent number: 9625719Abstract: A projection display device which outputs light that carries information including an arbitrary planar display image displayed in a prescribed display region and guides the light to a windshield of a vehicle so that the display image carried by the light reflected from a surface of the windshield or its vicinity is projected and visually recognized as a virtual image from a prescribed eye point. A first image forming plane and a second image forming plane are provided as image forming planes of the virtual image, the first image forming plane is disposed approximately parallel with a plane that is perpendicular to a line of sight that connects the eye point and the virtual image, and the second image forming plane is inclined with respect to the plane that is perpendicular to the line of sight that connects the eye point and the virtual image.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2015Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Masahide Nagata, Shunsuke Ono
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Publication number: 20170098425Abstract: A vehicle display apparatus includes a display part for use in a vehicle and displaying information; and a cover part capable of switching its state between a first state not allowing the display part to be visually recognized by a vehicle driver and a second state allowing the display part to be visually recognized by the vehicle driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2016Publication date: April 6, 2017Inventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Masahide Nagata, Takao Kanai
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Publication number: 20170097504Abstract: An HUD unit is equipped with a first display and a second display. The light irradiating directions of the first display and the second display are adjusted so that the first image irradiated from the first display, reflected by the front window of a vehicle and visually recognized by the driver of the vehicle and the second image irradiated from the second display to the eye point of the driver and visually recognized by the driver are visually recognized in a state of being arranged side by side.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2016Publication date: April 6, 2017Inventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Masahide Nagata, Takao Kanai
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Publication number: 20170097505Abstract: A display unit is equipped with an LED circuit body for irradiating light onto the windshield of a vehicle and a surface panel positioned on the front side in the light irradiating direction of the LED circuit body and constituting part of the surface of the instrument panel of the vehicle. The surface panel is provided with a plurality of pores formed in the direction connecting the LED circuit body to the windshield. The light irradiating direction of the LED circuit body is set to the direction in which the light irradiated from the LED circuit body and reflected by the windshield is visually recognized by the driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2016Publication date: April 6, 2017Inventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Masahide Nagata, Takao Kanai
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Patent number: 9604540Abstract: A display unit incorporated in the housing surface of an instrument panel changes its display variously together with other display devices of the instrument panel such as a liquid crystal display, and displays information such as driving information, danger notification information and entertainment information in coordination.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2015Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Tai Inoue, Masahide Nagata, Takayuki Ogawa, Gosei Sato, Takao Kanai
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Publication number: 20160075235Abstract: A display unit incorporated in the housing surface of an instrument panel on the passenger seat side changes its display variously together with other display devices such as a liquid crystal display and a line illumination, and displays information such as driving information, danger notification information and entertainment information in coordination.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2015Publication date: March 17, 2016Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro TAKAMATSU, Tai INOUE, Masahide NAGATA, Takayuki OGAWA, Gosei SATO, Takao KANAI
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Publication number: 20160075279Abstract: An in-vehicle device includes a functional unit to be arranged at an instrument panel of a vehicle and configured to perform an operation toward a driver seat of the vehicle, and a blinding panel covering a front surface of the functional unit. A plurality of perforations is formed in the blinding panel to extend through the blinding panel in a thickness direction of the blinding panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2015Publication date: March 17, 2016Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro TAKAMATSU, Tai INOUE, Masahide NAGATA, Takayuki OGAWA, Gosei SATO, Takao KANAI
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Publication number: 20160075234Abstract: A display unit incorporated in the housing surface of an instrument panel changes its display variously together with other display devices of the instrument panel such as a liquid crystal display, and displays information such as driving information, danger notification information and entertainment information in coordination.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2015Publication date: March 17, 2016Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro TAKAMATSU, Tai INOUE, Masahide NAGATA, Takayuki OGAWA, Gosei SATO, Takao KANAI
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Publication number: 20160070102Abstract: A projection display device which outputs light that carries information including an arbitrary planar display image displayed in a prescribed display region and guides the light to a windshield of a vehicle so that the display image carried by the light reflected from a surface of the windshield or its vicinity is projected and visually recognized as a virtual image from a prescribed eye point. A first image forming plane and a second image forming plane are provided as image forming planes of the virtual image, the first image forming plane is disposed approximately parallel with a plane that is perpendicular to a line of sight that connects the eye point and the virtual image, and the second image forming plane is inclined with respect to the plane that is perpendicular to the line of sight that connects the eye point and the virtual image.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2015Publication date: March 10, 2016Applicant: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Masahiro TAKAMATSU, Masahide NAGATA, Shunsuke ONO
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Patent number: 7180020Abstract: A steering column cover body accommodates therein at least one of an electric junction block, a meter and at least one switch which are directly connected with each other. The switch includes at least one of a turn switch, a wiper switch, a hazard switch and an ignition switch. The meter includes a circuit board on which a first circuit for driving the meter and a second circuit for driving the at least one switch is mounted.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2002Date of Patent: February 20, 2007Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Yoshimichi Onoda, Masami Sakamoto, Masaharu Hayashi, Masahiro Takamatsu, Humio Inoue, Masahide Nagata, Kouichi Takao, Shigeki Mori, Kenichirou Komizo
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Publication number: 20050028635Abstract: A steering column cover body accommodates therein at least one of an electric junction block, a meter and at least one switch which are directly connected with each other. The switch includes at least one of a turn switch, a wiper switch, a hazard switch and an ignition switch. The meter includes a circuit board on which a first circuit for driving the meter and a second circuit for driving the at least one switch is mounted.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2002Publication date: February 10, 2005Inventors: Yoshimichi Onoda, Masami Sakamoto, Masaharu Hayashi, Masahiro Takamatsu, Humio Inoue, Masahide Nagata, Kouichi Takao, Shigeki Mori, Kenichirou Komizo