Patents by Inventor Masakazu Hira

Masakazu Hira 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).

  • Publication number: 20230299381
    Abstract: There is provided with a battery cover that can efficiently protect a battery from the ambient temperature environment. The battery cover comprises: a cover member that has a heat insulating property and encloses a battery mounted on a vehicle; an inlet formed in the cover member to introduce outside air into the cover member of the vehicle; and an outlet formed in the cover member to discharge the outside air introduced into the cover member from the inlet, the cover member includes a ventilation portion that connects the inlet and the outlet, and the ventilation portion is defined by a thin portion of the cover member and a thick portion of the cover member formed thicker than the thin portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Motoo Tsukada, Yasunari Miyauchi, Masakazu Hira, Naohisa Kawahara, Shugo Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11554751
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes a battery remaining-amount recognizing unit recognizing a remaining amount of a battery and a distance measurement control unit measuring a vehicle-terminal distance by switching, based on the remaining amount of the battery recognized by the battery remaining-amount recognizing unit, between a first distance measurement mode repeatedly measuring the vehicle-terminal distance by a distance measuring unit without depending on reception of measurement instruction information transmitted from a mobile terminal and a second distance measurement mode measuring the vehicle-terminal distance by the distance measuring unit in response to reception of the measurement instruction information transmitted from the mobile terminal when communication is established between the vehicle communication control unit and the mobile terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Hasegawa, Seonghun Lee, Katsuyasu Yamane, Masakazu Hira, Fumiaki Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20210179023
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes a battery remaining-amount recognizing unit recognizing a remaining amount of a battery and a distance measurement control unit measuring a vehicle-terminal distance by switching, based on the remaining amount of the battery recognized by the battery remaining-amount recognizing unit, between a first distance measurement mode repeatedly measuring the vehicle-terminal distance by a distance measuring unit without depending on reception of measurement instruction information transmitted from a mobile terminal and a second distance measurement mode measuring the vehicle-terminal distance by the distance measuring unit in response to reception of the measurement instruction information transmitted from the mobile terminal when communication is established between the vehicle communication control unit and the mobile terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Satoshi Hasegawa, Seonghun Lee, Katsuyasu Yamane, Masakazu Hira, Fumiaki Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 9172187
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing body and a cover. The housing body includes a terminal accommodating hole that accommodates a terminal fitting, and a ferrite accommodating portion that accommodates a ferrite core. The cover covers the terminal fitting and the ferrite core attached to the housing body. The ferrite accommodating portion includes a ferrite accommodation chamber into which the ferrite core is inserted in a first direction perpendicular to a second direction in which the terminal fitting is inserted into the terminal accommodating hole, and protrusions provided on both inner side surfaces of the ferrite accommodation chamber facing in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction. The protrusions are engaged with concave portions formed on both side surfaces of the ferrite core to regulate movement of the ferrite core in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignees: Yazaki Corporation, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Miyakawa, Kazuto Ohtaka, Hideki Homma, Tetsuya Mitani, Masaru Shinmura, Masakazu Hira, Kazuyuki Iwashita, Toshinori Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20140268359
    Abstract: A head-up display device includes a housing, an image light emitter disposed in the housing for emitting image light representing an image, and a mirror disposed in the housing for reflecting the image light in order to display the image light as a virtual image in a front visual field of the user outside of the housing. A light-transmissive layer is disposed in the housing on a light path of the image light. The light-transmissive layer has a light transmittance that is progressively higher toward a center region thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Yuki, Masakazu Hira
  • Publication number: 20140141637
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing body and a cover. The housing body includes a terminal accommodating hole that accommodates a terminal fitting, and a ferrite accommodating portion that accommodates a ferrite core. The cover covers the terminal fitting and the ferrite core attached to the housing body. The ferrite accommodating portion includes a ferrite accommodation chamber into which the ferrite core is inserted in a first direction perpendicular to a second direction in which the terminal fitting is inserted into the terminal accommodating hole, and protrusions provided on both inner side surfaces of the ferrite accommodation chamber facing in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction. The protrusions are engaged with concave portions formed on both side surfaces of the ferrite core to regulate movement of the ferrite core in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki MIYAKAWA, Kazuto Ohtaka, Hideki Homma, Tetsuya Mitani, Masaru Shinmura, Masakazu Hira, Kazuyuki Iwashita, Toshinori Yamamoto