Patents by Inventor Masanaga TAKAHASHI

Masanaga TAKAHASHI 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: 20230415524
    Abstract: A tire position identification device is provided as a device that can identify the positions of wheels to which tires are attached by using information about other than air pressure. The tire position identification device has: deformation detection units, each of which can detect deformation of the relevant tire; a turn detection unit that can detect whether a vehicle having the tires and wheels has made a turn and can also detect the direction of the turn; a speed detection unit that can detect the speed of the vehicle, and a control unit that infers the positions of the wheels to which the tires are attached according to the deformation of the tires, the direction of the turn of the vehicle, and its speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Heishiro FUDO, Eiji SHINOHARA, Shinya ICHISE, Hiroyuki TOBARI, Yuki ONO, Masanaga TAKAHASHI