Patents by Inventor Osamu Fukawatase
Osamu Fukawatase 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).
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Publication number: 20240075789Abstract: A control device includes a controller that executes determining a connection between a first unit that has a boarding space which allows a user to board and is provided with a predetermined facility and that is provided with a first path through which a fluid used in the predetermined facility passes and a second unit that is configured to be separated from and connected to the first unit and that has a drive device of a vehicle that is formed by being connected to the first unit, and supplying the fluid in the first path to a second unit side to absorb heat generated from the drive device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshinari OGAWA, Kohta TARAO, Shinya KIJIMA, Osamu FUKAWATASE, Koji YASUI, Toshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Hitomi NAKATANI, Kuniaki JINNAI, Nobuki HAYASHI, Masahiro NAGANO, Akihiro ITO
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Patent number: 11850910Abstract: A control device includes a controller that executes determining a connection between a first unit that has a boarding space which allows a user to board and is provided with a predetermined facility and that is provided with a first path through which a fluid used in the predetermined facility passes and a second unit that is configured to be separated from and connected to the first unit and that has a drive device of a vehicle that is formed by being connected to the first unit, and supplying the fluid in the first path to a second unit side to absorb heat generated from the drive device.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshinari Ogawa, Kohta Tarao, Shinya Kijima, Osamu Fukawatase, Koji Yasui, Toshiyuki Kobayashi, Hitomi Nakatani, Kuniaki Jinnai, Nobuki Hayashi, Masahiro Nagano, Akihiro Ito
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Patent number: 11760382Abstract: An information processing device for managing a vehicle including a toilet unit, a tank unit connected to the toilet unit for storing waste that flows from the toilet unit, and a traveling unit capable of moving the toilet unit and the tank unit. The information processing device performs control for disconnecting the traveling unit from the toilet unit and the tank unit when installing a toilet. The information processing device includes a control unit configured to acquire a storage amount of waste in the tank unit and to generate commands to the traveling unit to cause the traveling unit to replace the tank unit when the storage amount of waste becomes equal to or larger than a predetermined amount.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Mitsuyoshi Ohno, Daiki Kubo, Yosuke Nozaki, Tsukasa Nakanishi, Hironori Aoyama, Seiji Yogo, Tae Sugimura, Yasuhiro Kobatake, Shinya Kijima, Osamu Fukawatase, Koji Yasui, Toshiyuki Kobayashi, Hitomi Nakatani, Toshinari Ogawa, Kohta Tarao, Kuniaki Jinnai, Sayaka Ninoyu, Takeshi Yamada, Nobuki Hayashi, Masahiro Nagano, Ryo Sato, Akihiro Ito
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Patent number: 11731708Abstract: A facility provides an infrastructure service to a vehicle including a first unit that includes a driving wheel and a second unit that has a vehicle cabin space and is separable from the first unit. The facility includes a connection unit that connects to the second unit and a provision unit that provides the infrastructure service to the second unit when the connection unit is connected to the second unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshinari Ogawa, Kohta Tarao, Shinya Kijima, Osamu Fukawatase, Koji Yasui, Toshiyuki Kobayashi, Hitomi Nakatani, Kuniaki Jinnai, Nobuki Hayashi, Masahiro Nagano, Akihiro Ito
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Patent number: 11691588Abstract: A vehicle side airbag device including an inflator, a side airbag, and a duct is installed at a side section on a vehicle width direction outer side of a seatback of a vehicle seat configured to restrain an occupant using a three-point seatbelt. The side airbag receives a supply of gas from the inflator in a vehicle side-on collision. As a result, a waist chamber is inflated and deployed from a lower portion of the side section toward a side of a waist of the occupant, and a head chamber is inflated and deployed from an upper face side of the side section toward a side of a head of the occupant. The duct extends along a vertical direction of the side airbag inside the side airbag, and is configured to guide gas from the inflator into the waist chamber and into the head chamber.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Osamu Fukawatase, Kazuhiro Kawamura, Yuto Ota, Yuta Arai
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Patent number: 11654853Abstract: A vehicle side airbag device including an inflator, a side airbag, and a duct is installed at a side section on a vehicle width direction outer side of a seatback of a vehicle seat configured to restrain an occupant using a three-point seatbelt. The side airbag receives a supply of gas from the inflator in a vehicle side-on collision. As a result, a waist chamber is inflated and deployed from a lower portion of the side section toward a side of a waist of the occupant, and a head chamber is inflated and deployed from an upper face side of the side section toward a side of a head of the occupant. The duct extends along a vertical direction of the side airbag inside the side airbag, and is configured to guide gas from the inflator into the waist chamber and into the head chamber.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Osamu Fukawatase, Kazuhiro Kawamura, Yuto Ota, Yuta Arai
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Patent number: 11597328Abstract: Vehicle seats that includes: a pair of seatbacks of front seats spaced apart in a vehicle width direction; and a pair of retaining portions provided at rear face sides of the pair of seatbacks, the pair of retaining portions configured to allow a rod-shaped member to span between the seatbacks, the rod-shaped member being grippable by a vehicle occupant sitting at a rear seat middle.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Osamu Fukawatase, Nobuhiro Nakano
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Patent number: 11403670Abstract: The information processing device includes a controller that executes acquiring at least one of first information related to advertisement activity from a second unit that is usable as a vehicle cabin of a vehicle and is disposed separately from a first unit having a drive unit of the vehicle, the second unit being provided for the advertisement activity, and second information related to a movement of a person within a first predetermined range from a place where the second unit is disposed, and instructing the first unit to move the second unit to a movement destination decided based on at least one of the acquired first information and the acquired second information.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshinari Ogawa, Kohta Tarao, Shinya Kijima, Osamu Fukawatase, Koji Yasui, Toshiyuki Kobayashi, Hitomi Nakatani, Kuniaki Jinnai, Nobuki Hayashi, Masahiro Nagano, Akihiro Ito
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Patent number: 11357677Abstract: A shared vehicle includes: a pair of right and left first pillars; a pair of right and left fourth pillars; a pair of right and left second pillars; a pair of right and left third pillars; an entrance door provided on one side wall of a vehicle body so as to be placed between the second pillar and the third pillar; and a front wheelchair space being provided such that at least a head of a wheelchair occupant is placed within a first region of the vehicle cabin in a plan view, the first region being surrounded by the first pillars and the second pillars, or a rear wheelchair space being provided such that at least the head of the wheelchair occupant is placed within a second region of the vehicle cabin in a plan view, the second region being surrounded by the third pillars and the fourth pillars.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2020Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Osamu Fukawatase, Fumiko Nakai
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Publication number: 20220126777Abstract: A vehicle side airbag device including an inflator, a side airbag, and a duct is installed at a side section on a vehicle width direction outer side of a seatback of a vehicle seat configured to restrain an occupant using a three-point seatbelt. The side airbag receives a supply of gas from the inflator in a vehicle side-on collision. As a result, a waist chamber is inflated and deployed from a lower portion of the side section toward a side of a waist of the occupant, and a head chamber is inflated and deployed from an upper face side of the side section toward a side of a head of the occupant. The duct extends along a vertical direction of the side airbag inside the side airbag, and is configured to guide gas from the inflator into the waist chamber and into the head chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2021Publication date: April 28, 2022Inventors: Osamu Fukawatase, Kazuhiro Kawamura, Yuto Ota, Yuta Arai
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Publication number: 20220097584Abstract: Vehicle seats that includes: a pair of seatbacks of front seats spaced apart in a vehicle width direction; and a pair of retaining portions provided at rear face sides of the pair of seatbacks, the pair of retaining portions configured to allow a rod-shaped member to span between the seatbacks, the rod-shaped member being grippable by a vehicle occupant sitting at a rear seat middle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Osamu Fukawatase, Nobuhiro Nakano
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Publication number: 20220055653Abstract: An information processing device is configured to manage a plurality of vehicle platforms, and a plurality of vehicle cabin units that are connectable to and separable from the vehicle platforms, respectively. The information processing device includes a control unit configured to execute: acquiring demand data indicating a demand for each of the vehicle platforms and the vehicle cabin units; and determining a combination of a first vehicle platform and a first vehicle cabin unit out of the vehicle platforms and the vehicle cabin units based on the demand data.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshinari OGAWA, Kohta TARAO, Shinya KIJIMA, Osamu FUKAWATASE, Koji YASUI, Toshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Hitomi NAKATANI, Kuniaki JINNAI, Akihiro ITO, Nobuki HAYASHI, Masahiro NAGANO
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Patent number: 11213440Abstract: A wheelchair fixing tool includes: a fixing part fixed to an upright member uprightly provided in a vehicle cabin; a hook detachable from a wheelchair: and a belt member formed long, having stretchability, and connecting the fixing part and the hook.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Makoto Sekizuka, Osamu Fukawatase
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Patent number: 11202727Abstract: Provided is a wheelchair carrying vehicle including: a hand rail provided in a support shaft, the hand rail being configured to be switchable between a usage position and a stored position when the support shaft rotates, the usage position being a position where the hand rail is placed near the chest of an occupant of a wheelchair, the stored position being a position where the hand rail is placed along a side wall of a vehicle cabin; and an impact absorption mechanism configured to, when a load equal to or more than a predetermined value is input from the occupant into the hand rail placed and fixed at the usage position, absorb at least part of the load by rotating the hand rail.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2020Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Osamu Fukawatase, Fumiko Nakai
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Patent number: 11192521Abstract: A vehicular seat belt device includes a first pretensioner provided in a retractor and configured to apply tensile force to a shoulder belt portion of a webbing, a second pretensioner provided in a belt anchor part and configured to apply tensile force to a lap belt portion of the webbing, a third pretensioner provided in a side portion of the vehicle seat opposite to the belt anchor part and configured to apply tensile force to the lap belt portion via a buckle, and a controller. The controller is configured to activate the first pretensioner at a time of predicting vehicle collision, and activate the second pretensioner and the third pretensioner after detection of collision.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Seigo Kuzumaki, Osamu Fukawatase
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Patent number: 11161471Abstract: A vehicle occupant protection structure includes a seat body including a seatback configured to support a back of an occupant, and a shell section including a portion configured to face a side of the occupant whose back is supported by the seatback and the portion configured to restrict movement of the occupant in a seat width direction in a case of a vehicle collision.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Osamu Fukawatase
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Publication number: 20210303000Abstract: An information processing device according to the present disclosure includes a control unit configured to execute accepting a movement request for moving a target body unit from a prescribed place to a prescribed movement destination, acquiring specification information regarding the target body unit, selecting, out of chassis units in a free state, the chassis unit adapted to the specification information as a mobile chassis unit, and transmitting to the mobile chassis unit a movement command for moving the target body unit from the prescribed place to the prescribed movement destination.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshinari OGAWA, Kohta TARAO, Shinya KIJIMA, Osamu FUKAWATASE, Koji YASUI, Toshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Hitomi NAKATANI, Kuniaki JINNAI, Nobuki HAYASHI, Masahiro NAGANO, Akihiro ITO
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Publication number: 20210261163Abstract: An information processing device for managing a vehicle including a toilet unit, a tank unit connected to the toilet unit for storing waste that flows from the toilet unit, and a traveling unit capable of moving the toilet unit and the tank unit. The information processing device performs control for disconnecting the traveling unit from the toilet unit and the tank unit when installing a toilet. The information processing device includes a control unit configured to acquire a storage amount of waste in the tank unit and to generate commands to the traveling unit to cause the traveling unit to replace the tank unit when the storage amount of waste becomes equal to or larger than a predetermined amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2021Publication date: August 26, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Mitsuyoshi Ohno, Daiki Kubo, Yosuke Nozaki, Tsukasa Nakanishi, Hironori Aoyama, Seiji Yogo, Tae Sugimura, Yasuhiro Kobatake, Shinya Kijima, Osamu Fukawatase, Koji Yasui, Toshiyuki Kobayashi, Hitomi Nakatani, Toshinari Ogawa, Kohta Tarao, Kuniaki Jinnai, Sayaka Ninoyu, Takeshi Yamada, Nobuki Hayashi, Masahiro Nagano, Ryo Sato, Akihiro Ito
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Patent number: 11077815Abstract: A vehicle seat equipped with a side airbag device includes: an inflator disposed on an outer side in a vehicle width direction relative to a side frame; an inner chamber housed inside the side part, and is configured to inflate and deploy toward a part of an occupant on the outer side in the vehicle width direction upon receiving supply of a gas from the inflator; an outer chamber housed inside the side part, and is configured to inflate and deploy toward the outer side in the vehicle width direction and a vehicle front side relative to the inner chamber upon receiving supply of the gas; and a diffuser housed inside the side part and configured to supply the gas into the inner chamber from a first supply port formed in a peripheral wall of the diffuser when the inflator is activated.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2018Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT ABInventors: Osamu Fukawatase, Takamichi Komura, Takeharu Sugishima, Takayuki Shimizu, Mitsuo Nogami, Yuto Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20210233116Abstract: The information processing device includes a controller that executes acquiring at least one of first information related to advertisement activity from a second unit that is usable as a vehicle cabin of a vehicle and is disposed separately from a first unit having a drive unit of the vehicle, the second unit being provided for the advertisement activity, and second information related to a movement of a person within a first predetermined range from a place where the second unit is disposed, and instructing the first unit to move the second unit to a movement destination decided based on at least one of the acquired first information and the acquired second information.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2020Publication date: July 29, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshinari OGAWA, Kohta TARAO, Shinya KIJIMA, Osamu FUKAWATASE, Koji YASUI, Toshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Hitomi NAKATANI, Kuniaki JINNAI, Nobuki HAYASHI, Masahiro NAGANO, Akihiro ITO