Patents by Inventor Naoyuki Fukui

Naoyuki Fukui 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: 20240067096
    Abstract: A console box includes a box body including a storage that has an upper opening and a lid detachably coupled to the box body and configured to open and close the upper opening. The lid includes an additional function portion that allows a user to use the lid in a manner that is different from the opening and closing of the upper opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Naoyuki FUKUI, Yu HISHIDA, Takuto KAMAYA
  • Publication number: 20240001856
    Abstract: A console box includes a box main body, a lid, first coupling portions respectively provided at opposite end portions in a width direction of the box main body, a second coupling portion that is provided at at least one end portion of opposite end portions in the width direction of the lid, a lock mechanism, an operation portion, a guide portion provided in the box main body. The guide portion allows for a movement of the lid in which the second coupling portion moves from a position at which the second coupling portion is coupled to the first coupling portion at one end portion in the width direction to a position at which the second coupling portion is coupled to the first coupling portion at the other end portion. The guide portion guides the lid at the second coupling portion during the movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Naoyuki FUKUI, Takuto KAMAYA, Yu HISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20230415657
    Abstract: A console box includes a box main body, a lid, a lock mechanism, and at least one push-up mechanism. The push-up mechanism includes at least one recess that opens in a side surface of the lid, a striker, and an urging member that urges the striker in an urged pivoting direction. The striker includes a first push-up portion and a second push-up portion. The second push-up portion is located on a trailing side of the first push-up portion in the urged pivoting direction, is separated downward from a lower surface of the lid in the closed state, and is brought into contact with the lower surface to apply a push-up force to the lower surface after a push-up action by the first push-up portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Naoyuki FUKUI, Yu HISHIDA
  • Patent number: 11766970
    Abstract: The storage box includes: a box body having an opening toward a vehicle upper side; a fixed lid provided on a vehicle rear side of the opening; a movable lid provided on a vehicle front side of the opening; first shafts provided on a vehicle front side of the movable lid; a second shaft provided on a vehicle rear side of the movable lid; and a guide including first rails guiding the first shafts and second rails guiding the second shafts, to move the movable lid from a fully-closed position to a fully-opened position through a sliding operation and a turning operation. The second rails include slope portions guiding the second shaft so that the movable lid moves to an inner side of the box body relative to the fixed lid when the movable lid starts the sliding operation from the fully-closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naoyuki Fukui
  • Publication number: 20230136714
    Abstract: A console box includes a box main body having an upper opening, and a lid that opens and closes the upper opening. The lid includes a lid main body, a pivot, and an operation portion. The pivot is provided at one side in a width direction of the lid main body and couples the lid main body to the box main body. The operation portion is provided to correspond to the pivot, and decouples the pivot and the box main body from each other when operated. The lid is configured to be pivotal about the pivot and to be detached from the box main body when the operation portion is operated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Naoyuki FUKUI, Yu HISHIDA, Etsuo OZAWA, Tasuku SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20230133006
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing purified acetic acid from a mixed solution containing acetic acid, an organic solvent, and water in an energy-efficient manner. The method, which is for producing purified acetic acid from a mixed solution containing acetic acid, an organic solvent, and water, includes: a distillation step in which the mixed solution is distilled and separated into a purified liquid rich in acetic acid and a separated liquid rich in an organic solvent; and a membrane separation step in which the water is separated from the purified liquid by a separation membrane. The purified liquid has a water concentration of 4 wt.% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: DAICEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhito TAKEDA, Naoyuki FUKUI, Miduki DEBA
  • Publication number: 20230123364
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing purified acetic acid with a good hue. A method for producing purified acetic acid, including treating acetic acid having a poor hue with a synthetic adsorbent to obtain acetic acid with an improved hue. The acetic acid to be treated is, for example, acetic acid having an absorbance of 0.01 or greater at a wavelength of 430 nm. The acetic acid to be treated may be acetic acid recovered from an acetic acid-containing solution that is discharged in a cellulose acetate production process. The synthetic adsorbent may have a cation exchange group on a resin surface. The synthetic adsorbent may have a pore structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: DAICEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro KIKUCHI, Takahito MITOME, Naoyuki FUKUI, Kazuhito TAKEDA
  • Patent number: 11565629
    Abstract: A double-doored lid apparatus includes: a box body; first and second doors; an opening/closing mechanism that opens and closes the first and second doors in conjunction with each other; a locking mechanism that locks the first and second doors in their closed states; an urging member that urges the first and second doors in an opening direction while the doors are locked by the locking mechanism; and a support member that transmits the urging force from the urging member to the first and second doors. The support member includes: a first support portion that supports one end portion of the urging member; and second and third support portions that start to come into contact with the first and second doors, respectively, before the doors reach a predetermined locking position during closing motions thereof, and that support the first and second doors when the doors are locked by the locking mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Fukui, Etsuo Ozawa
  • Patent number: 11541818
    Abstract: A storage device 1 includes: a case member 2; a lid member 3 configured to change between a closed position, an opened position, and a half-opened position; a fin member 4 configured to be pivotally supported on the second end portion 32 of the lid member 3; a cover member 5 configured to be positioned so as to be fixed relative to the case member 2, and to be disposed backward of the lid member 3 on the back side; and an urging member 80. When the lid member 3 changes between the half-opened position and the opened position, the projecting tooth portions 46 of the fin member 4 are in sliding contact with the recessed groove portions 55 of the cover member 5 by urging force of the urging member 80.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naoyuki Fukui
  • Patent number: 11383650
    Abstract: A box apparatus for vehicles is disposed to a side of a seat and includes: a box having an internal space having an opening facing upward; and a lid having a lid body and a pivotal shaft integrated with the lid body and pivotally supported relative to the box, configured to open and close the opening of the box, and positionally changed between a closed position where the lid body is disposed above the box and closes the opening, and an opened position where the lid body is disposed at a side of the box and opens the opening. The lid body has an opened-position upper-surface portion becoming an upper surface at the opened position and a closed-position upper-surface portion becoming an upper surface at the closed position and becoming a side surface at the opened position, and a heating element is disposed at the opened-position and closed-position upper-surface portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Fukui, Hiroshi Iwata, Chiharu Totani
  • Publication number: 20220185059
    Abstract: A proximity air conditioner is capable of performing energy-saving and efficient air-conditioning. A proximity air-conditioning unit for vehicles includes: a housing; a temperature adjustment unit including a temperature adjuster and a blower; and ducts, wherein upper ends of blowout ports of ducts are located above seat surfaces of seats, end portions in a long-side direction of the blowout ports are located on a front side with respect to other end portions thereof in a front-back direction of the seats, and the temperature adjustment unit is disposed between both end portions in the long-side direction of each of the blowout ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Nobuhiro TERAI, Chiharu TOTANI, Yoshinori MASATSUGU, Naoyuki FUKUI, Hiroto WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11117506
    Abstract: A rotary holder device includes: a vehicle interior member having an opening portion formed with a predetermined shape in an upper surface thereof; and a rotary body mounted on the vehicle interior member so as to be rotatable about a horizontal axis extending in a horizontal direction. The rotary body has a first holder portion and a second holder portion provided at rotation angle positions different from each other. The first holder portion has a first opening formed in a shape corresponding to the predetermined shape, and a first bottom wall facing the first opening at a position at the horizontal axis side with respect to the first opening. The second holder portion has a second opening formed in a rectangular shape, and a second bottom wall facing the second opening at a position at the horizontal axis side with respect to the second opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Fukui, Masanori Sakakibara, Etsuo Ozawa
  • Publication number: 20210146847
    Abstract: The storage box includes: a box body having an opening toward a vehicle upper side; a fixed lid provided on a vehicle rear side of the opening; a movable lid provided on a vehicle front side of the opening; first shafts provided on a vehicle front side of the movable lid; a second shaft provided on a vehicle rear side of the movable lid; and a guide including first rails guiding the first shafts and second rails guiding the second shafts, to move the movable lid from a fully-closed position to a fully-opened position through a sliding operation and a turning operation. The second rails include slope portions guiding the second shaft so that the movable lid moves to an inner side of the box body relative to the fixed lid when the movable lid starts the sliding operation from the fully-closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventor: Naoyuki FUKUI
  • Publication number: 20210086698
    Abstract: A box apparatus for vehicles is disposed to a side of a seat and includes: a box having an internal space having an opening facing upward; and a lid having a lid body and a pivotal shaft integrated with the lid body and pivotally supported relative to the box, configured to open and close the opening of the box, and positionally changed between a closed position where the lid body is disposed above the box and closes the opening, and an opened position where the lid body is disposed at a side of the box and opens the opening. The lid body has an opened-position upper-surface portion becoming an upper surface at the opened position and a closed-position upper-surface portion becoming an upper surface at the closed position and becoming a side surface at the opened position, and a heating element is disposed at the opened-position and closed-position upper-surface portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Naoyuki FUKUI, Hiroshi IWATA, Chiharu TOTANI
  • Publication number: 20200324680
    Abstract: A rotary holder device includes: a vehicle interior member having an opening portion formed with a predetermined shape in an upper surface thereof; and a rotary body mounted on the vehicle interior member so as to be rotatable about a horizontal axis extending in a horizontal direction. The rotary body has a first holder portion and a second holder portion provided at rotation angle positions different from each other. The first holder portion has a first opening formed in a shape corresponding to the predetermined shape, and a first bottom wall facing the first opening at a position at the horizontal axis side with respect to the first opening. The second holder portion has a second opening formed in a rectangular shape, and a second bottom wall facing the second opening at a position at the horizontal axis side with respect to the second opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Naoyuki FUKUI, Masanori SAKAKIBARA, Etsuo OZAWA
  • Publication number: 20200071984
    Abstract: A double-doored lid apparatus includes: a box body; first and second doors; an opening/closing mechanism that opens and closes the first and second doors in conjunction with each other; a locking mechanism that locks the first and second doors in their closed states; an urging member that urges the first and second doors in an opening direction while the doors are locked by the locking mechanism; and a support member that transmits the urging force from the urging member to the first and second doors. The support member includes: a first support portion that supports one end portion of the urging member; and second and third support portions that start to come into contact with the first and second doors, respectively, before the doors reach a predetermined locking position during closing motions thereof, and that support the first and second doors when the doors are locked by the locking mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Naoyuki FUKUI, Etsuo OZAWA
  • Publication number: 20190381941
    Abstract: A storage device 1 includes: a case member 2; a lid member 3 configured to change between a closed position, an opened position, and a half-opened position; a fin member 4 configured to be pivotally supported on the second end portion 32 of the lid member 3; a cover member 5 configured to be positioned so as to be fixed relative to the case member 2, and to be disposed backward of the lid member 3 on the back side; and an urging member 80. When the lid member 3 changes between the half-opened position and the opened position, the projecting tooth portions 46 of the fin member 4 are in sliding contact with the recessed groove portions 55 of the cover member 5 by urging force of the urging member 80.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventor: Naoyuki FUKUI
  • Patent number: 9440221
    Abstract: Provided is a titanium oxide dispersion liquid that has dispersibility and dispersion stability both at superior levels and, when applied and dried, can form a photocatalyst coating film capable of rapidly developing excellent photocatalytic activity. The titanium oxide dispersion liquid according to the present invention includes titanium oxide particles (A), a dispersing agent (B), and a solvent (C). The titanium oxide particles (A) support a transition metal compound. The dispersing agent (B) includes a poly(acrylic acid) or a salt thereof. The poly(acrylic acid) or a salt thereof in the dispersing agent (B) preferably includes a poly(acrylic acid) alkali metal salt. The poly(acrylic acid) or a salt thereof in the dispersing agent (B) preferably has a weight-average molecular weight of from 1000 to 100000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: DAICEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryouta Kojima, Naoyuki Fukui, Hitoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9415910
    Abstract: A two-way-opening storage box includes a box body, a lid, a link mechanism, and a restrictor. The lid includes a base member, and a movable member. The base member covers the box body. The movable member is held onto the base member slidably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naoyuki Fukui
  • Publication number: 20160001266
    Abstract: Provided is a titanium oxide dispersion liquid that has dispersibility and dispersion stability both at superior levels and, when applied and dried, can form a photocatalyst coating film capable of rapidly developing excellent photocatalytic activity. The titanium oxide dispersion liquid according to the present invention includes titanium oxide particles (A), a dispersing agent (B), and a solvent (C). The titanium oxide particles (A) support a transition metal compound. The dispersing agent (B) includes a poly(acrylic acid) or a salt thereof. The poly(acrylic acid) or a salt thereof in the dispersing agent (B) preferably includes a poly(acrylic acid) alkali metal salt. The poly(acrylic acid) or a salt thereof in the dispersing agent (B) preferably has a weight-average molecular weight of from 1000 to 100000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: DAICEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryouta KOJIMA, Naoyuki FUKUI, Hitoshi WATANABE