Patents by Inventor Masakatsu Ukai

Masakatsu Ukai 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: 8115612
    Abstract: A display device for a vehicle that display an amount of a particulate matter collected in a filter device for exhaust gas purification. A vehicle 1 includes distance storage apparatus 46 for storing a travel distance, a filter device 5 for exhaust gas purification for trapping a particulate matter contained in an exhaust gas, and collected amount detection apparatus 25 for finding an amount of the particulate matter collected in the filter device 5 for exhaust gas purification. A display control unit 42 normally acquires a travel distance from the distance storage apparatus 46 and displays the travel distance as a numerical value on a segment display unit 41, and when instructed to display a collected amount of the particulate matter, the display control unit 42 acquires a collected amount from the collected amount detection apparatus 25 and lights up the number of segment groups 61 corresponding to the collected amount, thereby displaying the collected amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Tomoki Hirano, Seiji Kadota, Masakatsu Ukai
  • Publication number: 20100060442
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display device for a vehicle that display an amount of a particulate matter collected in a filter device for exhaust gas purification. A vehicle 1 includes distance storage means 46 for storing a travel distance, a filter device 5 for exhaust gas purification for trapping a particulate matter contained in an exhaust gas, and collected amount detection means 25 for finding an amount of the particulate matter collected in the filter device 5 for exhaust gas purification. A display control unit 42 normally acquires a travel distance from the distance storage means 46 and displays the travel distance as a numerical value on a segment display unit 41, and when instructed to display a collected amount of the particulate matter, the display control unit 42 acquires a collected amount from the collected amount detection means 25 and lights up the number of segment groups 61 corresponding to the collected amount, thereby displaying the collected amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Tomoki Hirano, Seiji Kadota, Masakatsu Ukai