Patents by Inventor Naohiro SERA

Naohiro SERA 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: 20220194283
    Abstract: A center console structure for the vehicle includes a console body; an armrest; and a power supply section that wirelessly transmits electric power to the mobile terminal via a placement surface where the mobile terminal is placed. An upper surface of the console body includes a terminal accommodation section having the placement surface and arranged on a vehicle lower side of the armrest; and a top plate section provided with an operation section accepting an occupant's operation and arranged on a vehicle front side of the terminal accommodation section. The terminal accommodation section includes a rear wall portion positioning the mobile terminal where, in a perpendicular cross section along a vehicle front-rear direction, a front end of the mobile terminal is located in a virtual area, the mobile terminal having a terminal width that is equal to or longer than 67 mm and equal to or shorter than 84 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Naohiro SERA, Osamu UEDA, Narumi NAHARA, Kouji FURUKAWA, Shohei KURODA, Hiroshi OHNO
  • Publication number: 20220194279
    Abstract: The center console structure for a vehicle includes a console body; an armrest; and a power supply section that wirelessly transmits electric power to the mobile terminal via a placement surface on which the mobile terminal is placed. The console body includes a top plate section serving as an upper surface; a terminal accommodation section having the placement surface and arranged on a vehicle rear side of the top plate section and on a vehicle lower side of the armrest; and a right and left pair of console side surface sections arranged to oppose each other in a vehicle width direction with the terminal accommodation section being interposed therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Naohiro SERA, Osamu UEDA, Narumi NAHARA, Kouji FURUKAWA, Shohei KURODA, Hiroshi OHNO
  • Patent number: 10981504
    Abstract: A vehicle back door includes a back door main body having a window opening and a back door pane attached to the window opening. The back door main body has a speaker. The speaker is disposed below the back door pane and the angle ?1 formed by a vehicle height direction axis and a central axis of the speaker is set to a value smaller than the inclination angle ?2 of the back door pane with respect to the vehicle height direction axis. The sound emitted by the speaker is reflected by the back door pane and then transmitted to the front part of the vehicle interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuto Fujii, Hirofumi Saka, Naohiro Sera, Kenta Ako
  • Publication number: 20190359130
    Abstract: A vehicle back door includes a back door main body having a window opening and a back door pane attached to the window opening. The back door main body has a speaker. The speaker is disposed below the back door pane and the angle ?1 formed by a vehicle height direction axis and a central axis of the speaker is set to a value smaller than the inclination angle ?2 of the back door pane with respect to the vehicle height direction axis. The sound emitted by the speaker is reflected by the back door pane and then transmitted to the front part of the vehicle interior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuto FUJII, Hirofumi SAKA, Naohiro SERA, Kenta AKO