Patents by Inventor Masahiko Mio

Masahiko Mio 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).

  • Moving display apparatus for a vehicle
    Patent number: 7573377
    Abstract: When a CPU judges that a vehicle is stopped, a display image surrounded by a separator is displayed in such a first quality that a driver can watch while the display image is moving from a first display area to a second display area, and the motor is driven in a relatively low first speed to move the separator. When the CPU judges that the vehicle is running, the separator is rapidly moved and data about the vehicle such as warning is rapidly displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki Kageyama, Yoshiyuki Furuya, Masahiko Mio
  • Combination meter
    Patent number: 7562637
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a combination meter having a close arrangement of a plurality of drive axles of pointers so as to save a space thereof and provide a good design thereof. The combination meter includes a speedometer and a tachometer. A speedometer dial and a tachometer dial are disposed on the circumference of one circle. The pointers each include a deadweight holder to hold a deadweight. The deadweight holders are separately overlapped each other in directions of the drive axles. One of the drive axles is disposed on the center of the circle and the other is disposed close to the center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Kouji Mori, Masahiko Mio, Tatsuya Saito
  • Combination meter
    Publication number: 20080000410
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a combination meter having a close arrangement of a plurality of drive axles of pointers so as to save a space thereof and provide a good design thereof. The combination meter includes a speedometer and a tachometer. A speedometer dial and a tachometer dial are disposed on the circumference of one circle. The pointers each include a deadweight holder to hold a deadweight. The deadweight holders are separately overlapped each other in directions of the drive axles. One of the drive axles is disposed on the center of the circle and the other is disposed close to the center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouji Mori, Masahiko Mio, Tatsuya Saito
  • Display apparatus for a vehicle
    Publication number: 20070115107
    Abstract: When a CPU judges that a vehicle is stopped, a display image surrounded by a separator is displayed in such a first quality that a driver can watch while the display image is moving from a first display area to a second display area, and the motor is driven in a relatively low first speed to move the separator. When the CPU judges that the vehicle is running, the separator is rapidly moved and data about the vehicle such as warning is rapidly displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Inventors: Hideaki Kageyama, Yoshiyuki Furuya, Masahiko Mio