Patents by Inventor Motonari MASATANI

Motonari MASATANI 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: 11148501
    Abstract: An air flow device for a vehicle including an instrument panel dashboard, and a blower, the air flow device comprising a first outlet on a front upper surface portion of the instrument panel dashboard from which an air is sent along the front upper surface to a first inlet on the instrument panel dashboard into which the air blown from the first outlet is drawn; and a second outlet on a back upper surface portion of instrument panel dashboard from which an air is sent along the back upper surface to a second inlet on the instrument panel. The blower outlets are installed so as to open parallel to the blower inlets along an upper surface portion of the instrument panel dashboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiko Ikeo, Motonari Masatani, Takako Mizuno, Hiroaki Mikami, Hirotake Nishina
  • Publication number: 20200189347
    Abstract: An air flow device for an instrument panel which blows an air from the instrument panel at a front of a vehicle compartment of an automobile to make the air flow to the vehicle compartment, includes a blower, a blower outlet on the instrument panel, from which an air sent from the blower to which the blower outlet is coupled is blown to the vehicle compartment, and a blower inlet on the instrument panel for the blower outlet, into which the air blown from the blower outlet is drawn. The blower outlet is installed so as to open to the blower inlet along a surface of the instrument panel while the blower inlet is installed so as to open to the blower outlet along the surface of the instrument panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: MASAHIKO IKEO, MOTONARI MASATANI, TAKAKO MIZUNO, HIROAKI MIKAMI, HIROTAKE NISHINA
  • Patent number: 10077000
    Abstract: A door mirror is disposed at a side of a vehicle body, and the door mirror includes a mirror body that is provided at a tip of a door mirror stay extending from the side of the vehicle body in at least one of a width direction and a vertical direction of the vehicle body, and an actuator that changes an interval between the vehicle body and the mirror body. The mirror body is actuated in accordance with at least any of a traveling environment and a passenger state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kei Fuji, Hisashi Nagano, Masahiko Ikeo, Motonari Masatani
  • Publication number: 20170087955
    Abstract: An air flow device for an instrument panel which blows an air from the instrument panel at a front of a vehicle compartment of an automobile to make the air flow to the vehicle compartment, includes a blower, a blower outlet on the instrument panel, from which an air sent from the blower to which the blower outlet is coupled is blown to the vehicle compartment, and a blower inlet on the instrument panel for the blower outlet, into which the air blown from the blower outlet is drawn. The blower outlet is installed so as to open to the blower inlet along a surface of the instrument panel while the blower inlet is installed so as to open to the blower outlet along the surface of the instrument panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Masahiko IKEO, Motonari MASATANI, Takako MIZUNO, Hiroaki MIKAMI, Hirotake NISHINA
  • Publication number: 20160288714
    Abstract: A door mirror is disposed at a side of a vehicle body, and the door mirror includes a mirror body that is provided at a tip of a door mirror stay extending from the side of the vehicle body in at least one of a width direction and a vertical direction of the vehicle body, and an actuator that changes an interval between the vehicle body and the mirror body. The mirror body is actuated in accordance with at least any of a traveling environment and a passenger state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Kei FUJI, Hisashi NAGANO, Masahiko IKEO, Motonari MASATANI