Patents by Inventor Norihito Iwao

Norihito Iwao 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: 10759279
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a driver's seat and a passenger's seat, an interior member, and an instrument panel. The instrument panel has a meter cluster portion and an information display portion. The interior member has, on a front side of the vehicle, a extending portion extending around a back side of the information display portion so as to be spaced from the information display portion, and the information display portion has a panel capable of displaying at least either one information of images or characters, and at least when the information is not displayed, enters a light transmission state so as to allow a driver to visually recognize the extending portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norihito Iwao, Seiji Sekine, Daiki Hamanaga, Jun Maruyama
  • Patent number: 10718484
    Abstract: Lamp unit includes a housing having a front opening portion and a rear opening portion, and a lamp main body disposed in the housing. The lamp main body includes a lamp case extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle in a position closer to a widthwise outer side of the front opening portion and spaced away from a widthwise outer edge of the front opening portion toward a widthwise inner side, and inner side and first outer side heat dissipation fins and protruding from the lamp case to the inner side and outer side in the vehicle width direction. The outer side heat dissipation fin protrudes greater than the inner side heat dissipation fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norihito Iwao, Takahiro Matsui, Ryoma Makino
  • Patent number: 10343594
    Abstract: A rear structure of a vehicle includes a lamp and a dividing member. The lamp includes at least one lamp part, and is disposed on a rear portion of the vehicle. The dividing member is a member for dividing the lamp at least in a vehicle up-down direction. The dividing member is formed in such a manner that blinking of a single lamp part of the lamp is directly viewable both from above and below the dividing member when viewed from the rear side of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Nakamura, Norihito Iwao
  • Patent number: 10300837
    Abstract: A front structure of a vehicle is provided with a vehicle front lamp disposed at each end portion of a vehicle front portion in a vehicle width direction. The vehicle front lamp includes a headlight, a cover member, and a lighting accessory. The cover member is disposed above the headlight. The lighting accessory is disposed above a rear portion of the headlight and below the cover member. The vehicle front lamp is provided with a ventilation path that is formed outward or inward of the headlight in the vehicle width direction below the cover member and that allows traveling wind from a vehicle front side to pass toward a vehicle rear side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norihito Iwao, Yasuaki Kikuchi, Qian Zhao, Yusuke Nakamura, Takahiro Matsui
  • Publication number: 20190086054
    Abstract: Lamp unit includes a housing having a front opening portion and a rear opening portion, and a lamp main body disposed in the housing. The lamp main body includes a lamp case extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle in a position closer to a widthwise outer side of the front opening portion and spaced away from a widthwise outer edge of the front opening portion toward a widthwise inner side, and inner side and first outer side heat dissipation fins and protruding from the lamp case to the inner side and outer side in the vehicle width direction. The outer side heat dissipation fin protrudes greater than the inner side heat dissipation fin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norihito IWAO, Takahiro MATSUI, Ryoma MAKINO
  • Publication number: 20190084422
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a driver's seat and a passenger's seat, an interior member, and an instrument panel. The instrument panel has a meter cluster portion and an information display portion. The interior member has, on a front side of the vehicle, a extending portion extending around a back side of the information display portion so as to be spaced from the information display portion, and the information display portion has a panel capable of displaying at least either one information of images or characters, and at least when the information is not displayed, enters a light transmission state so as to allow a driver to visually recognize the extending portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norihito IWAO, Seiji SEKINE, Daiki HAMANAGA, Jun MARUYAMA
  • Patent number: 10179614
    Abstract: A rear structure of a vehicle includes: a rear lamp (6) provided at rear (1R) of the vehicle; and a rectifying member (3) extending from a center in a vehicle width direction to an outer side in a right and left direction. The rectifying member (3) includes an outer part (32) positioned on an outside in the vehicle width direction and a central part (31) positioned on the center in the vehicle width direction. The outer part (32) partitions the rear lamp (6) in a vertical direction of the vehicle, and an upper surface of the central part (31) extends further toward an upper side of the vehicle than the rear lamp (6) in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Nakamura, Norihito Iwao
  • Publication number: 20180257543
    Abstract: A rear structure of a vehicle includes a lamp and a dividing member. The lamp includes at least one lamp part, and is disposed on a rear portion of the vehicle. The dividing member is a member for dividing the lamp at least in a vehicle up-down direction. The dividing member is formed in such a manner that blinking of a single lamp part of the lamp is directly viewable both from above and below the dividing member when viewed from the rear side of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke NAKAMURA, Norihito IWAO
  • Publication number: 20170297476
    Abstract: A front structure of a vehicle is provided with a vehicle front lamp disposed at each end portion of a vehicle front portion in a vehicle width direction. The vehicle front lamp includes a headlight, a cover member, and a lighting accessory. The cover member is disposed above the headlight. The lighting accessory is disposed above a rear portion of the headlight and below the cover member. The vehicle front lamp is provided with a ventilation path that is formed outward or inward of the headlight in the vehicle width direction below the cover member and that allows traveling wind from a vehicle front side to pass toward a vehicle rear side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norihito IWAO, Yasuaki KIKUCHI, Qian ZHAO, Yusuke NAKAMURA, Takahiro MATSUI
  • Publication number: 20170274943
    Abstract: A rear structure of a vehicle includes: a recess (4) that is provided at rear (1R) of the vehicle and recessed in a front direction of the vehicle; and a partition member (3) that partitions the recess in a vertical direction of the vehicle. The partition member (3) is provided to be movable to a rear side, an upper side, or a lower side of the recess (4) so as to separate from the recess (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke NAKAMURA, Norihito IWAO
  • Publication number: 20170274944
    Abstract: A rear structure of a vehicle includes: a rear lamp (6) provided at rear (1R) of the vehicle; and a rectifying member (3) extending from a center in a vehicle width direction to an outer side in a right and left direction. The rectifying member (3) includes an outer part (32) positioned on an outside in the vehicle width direction and a central part (31) positioned on the center in the vehicle width direction. The outer part (32) partitions the rear lamp (6) in a vertical direction of the vehicle, and an upper surface of the central part (31) extends further toward an upper side of the vehicle than the rear lamp (6) in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke NAKAMURA, Norihito IWAO
  • Patent number: D443576
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Kouichi Hayashi, Koji Tabata, Yoshikazu Miyachi, Norihito Iwao
  • Patent number: D455693
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Youichi Sato, Kouji Tabata, Kouji Miyamoto, Norihito Iwao
  • Patent number: D669829
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Norihito Iwao, Shinichi Imai, Yukiharu Asano
  • Patent number: D790404
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norihito Iwao, Takahiro Matsui, Kazuhisa Noda, Keisuke Nakai
  • Patent number: D845174
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norihito Iwao, Ryoma Makino, Takahiro Matsui, Kazuhisa Noda, Keisuke Nakai
  • Patent number: D849621
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norihito Iwao, Katsuya Miyazaki, Seiji Sekine, Yuki Karasawa, Mina Yamashita, Jun Maruyama, Daiki Hamanaga, Hiroyuki Sato, Ayumu Tabuki, Fumiaki Amano
  • Patent number: D857937
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norihito Iwao, Ryoma Makino, Takahiro Matsui, Kazuhisa Noda, Mitsuo Yoshioka, Keisuke Nakai
  • Patent number: D859705
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norihito Iwao, Ryoma Makino, Takahiro Matsui, Kazuhisa Noda, Ryousuke Nozaki, Keisuke Nakai
  • Patent number: D883882
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norihito Iwao, Ryoma Makino, Takahiro Matsui, Kazuhisa Noda, Keisuke Nakai