Patents by Inventor Ryo Hattori
Ryo Hattori 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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Patent number: 11584211Abstract: An electric vehicle comprises: a main battery which is disposed under the floor of a vehicle interior; a front seat which is provided for a front part of the vehicle interior; a front housing chamber which is formed under a seating surface of the front seat; and an air-suspension device including an air spring which is made to expand and contract by air pressure, an air compressor which compresses air, and one or more first surge tanks which store high-pressure air or low-pressure air, in which the first surge tanks and the air compressor are disposed in a front housing chamber.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryo Hattori, Yuchi Yamanouchi, Masaki Shitara
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Patent number: 11577607Abstract: An automatic driving vehicle includes a touch panel that displays various buttons. An operator can input a drive control instruction in relation to the automatic driving vehicle, with the buttons displayed on the touch panel. In addition to the touch panel, the automatic driving vehicle includes a mechanical door switch for opening and closing an automatic door and a mechanical ramp switch for extending and retracting an automatic ramp, both being disposed spaced apart from the touch panel.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hirohito Ide, Yuchi Yamanouchi, Masaki Shitara, Ryo Hattori
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Patent number: 11560157Abstract: A driving control device receives power supply from an accessory battery to operate, controls automatic driving, and outputs a control signal. A steering ECU, a power ECU and a brake ECU instruct a steering mechanism, a PCU and a brake to operate based on the control signal, respectively. An emergency stop switch is operated by an operator. In a case where the emergency stop switch is operated, an interface processing device cuts off a switch to stop the power supply, shuts down the driving control device, and outputs a control signal that causes the steering mechanism, the PCU and the brake to perform an emergency stop operation.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hirohito Ide, Yuchi Yamanouchi, Masaki Shitara, Ryo Hattori, Satoshi Koganemaru, Takeshi Uraki, Shogo Nakata, Yasunori Imada
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Patent number: 11529972Abstract: An autonomous vehicle is provided with a touch panel that enables an operator to input vehicle speed control instructions during an automatic driving mode and a mechanical operation unit for inputting driving control instructions. When the driving mode of the autonomous vehicle is the automatic driving mode or a semi-automatic driving mode, a driving control unit of the autonomous vehicle prioritizes a vehicle speed control instruction input from the touch panel over a vehicle speed control instruction input from the mechanical operation unit and executes vehicle speed control for the autonomous vehicle based on the prioritized instruction.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2020Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hirohito Ide, Yuchi Yamanouchi, Masaki Shitara, Ryo Hattori
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Patent number: 11505039Abstract: A division bar that divides a front or rear windshield into an upper windshield and a lower windshield is provided, and the upper windshield is more fragile than the lower windshield.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2020Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuchi Yamanouchi, Masaki Shitara, Ryo Hattori
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Patent number: 11474480Abstract: A timepiece includes a display plate, a movement which rotatably supports the display plate about an axis in a plate thickness direction and is installed in an axial direction, a straight pin which is erected in the movement in the axial direction, an opening portion which is provided in the display plate, into which the straight pin is inserted, and which includes a width decreasing portion having a width decreasing toward one side of the axis in a circumferential direction, and a rotation mechanism which rotates the display plate to the other side in the circumferential direction to cause the straight pin to be clamped by the width decreasing portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC.Inventors: Ryo Hattori, Yasunori Hara
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Patent number: 11400856Abstract: A sensor lamp unit is attached to an automatic drive vehicle. The sensor lamp unit includes a turn lamp portion in which a turn lamp is built in, a lidar portion in which a lidar which is an active type sensor device is built in, and a camera portion in which a camera which is a passive type sensor device is built in. The turn lamp portion, the lidar portion, and the camera portion are aligned in an up-and-down direction. The sensor lamp unit is attached on left and right side walls of the automatic drive vehicle, in an outward orientation.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masaki Shitara, Yuchi Yamanouchi, Ryo Hattori
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Patent number: 11390195Abstract: A vehicle seat is fixed to a B pillar disposed in front of a door provided on a side surface of a vehicle, and constructed to be foldable.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2020Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuchi Yamanouchi, Masaki Shitara, Ryo Hattori
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Patent number: 11383628Abstract: A vehicle cabin structure includes a pillar constituting a framework of a vehicle cabin, and a pillar trim which is an interior member arranged with a clearance from a vehicle cabin inside facing surface of the pillar and covering the vehicle cabin inside facing surface of the pillar. The pillar trim has, in its surface facing toward inside of the vehicle cabin, a slit extending along the pillar.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2020Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masaki Shitara, Yasukazu Honda, Shingo Maeda, Takeshi Go, Yuchi Yamanouchi, Ryo Hattori
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Patent number: 11370450Abstract: A vehicle starting mechanism includes a switch box and a power switch. The switch box is provided near an operation panel or a meter panel, and has a lid that can be opened and closed. The power switch is housed inside the switch box, and is capable of switching the vehicle between a state capable of traveling and a state incapable of traveling.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuchi Yamanouchi, Masaki Shitara, Ryo Hattori
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Patent number: 11351865Abstract: A vehicle start-up mechanism is provided in a vehicle configured to travel while occupants are boarded in a vehicle cabin. The vehicle start-up mechanism includes: a first vehicle start-up switch configured to switch the state of the vehicle between the start-up state and the halt state; and a switch box provided on an outer surface of the vehicle and having the first vehicle start-up switch. The vehicle has an autonomous driving function.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuchi Yamanouchi, Masaki Shitara, Ryo Hattori
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Patent number: 11327487Abstract: A touch panel of an automatic driving vehicle includes a SLOW DOWN button. An operator is able to operate the SLOW DOWN button while the vehicle is running in the automatic driving mode to apply different deceleration controls using a first operation, or a long press, and a second operation, or a short press. For example, when a long press is applied, the automatic driving vehicle completes deceleration at time t4, or a time immediately after time t3 at which the long press operation is completed. In contrast, when a short press is applied, the automatic driving vehicle completes deceleration after the elapse of a relatively long period after completion of the short press.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hirohito Ide, Yuchi Yamanouchi, Masaki Shitara, Ryo Hattori
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Patent number: 11312419Abstract: A vehicle lower portion structure includes side rails respectively disposed on right and left sides and extending along a longitudinal direction, and further includes a cab mount bracket fixed to an outer side of each of the side rails in a vehicle width direction, in which a vehicle body is secured above the cab mount bracket. The vehicle lower portion structure further includes a connector disposed on an upper side of the cab mount bracket and configured to connect the cab mount bracket to the vehicle body, in which at least one of a wire harness and a brake pipe is arranged outside of at least one of the side rails in the vehicle width direction in a region located inward of the connector in the vehicle width direction and upward of the cab mount bracket.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2020Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryo Hattori, Yuchi Yamanouchi, Masaki Shitara
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Patent number: 11267515Abstract: A division bar that extends in a vehicle width direction and divides at least one of a vehicle front windshield and a vehicle rear windshield into an upper windshield and a lower windshield is included, and cameras and are arranged on the division bar.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masaki Shitara, Yuchi Yamanouchi, Ryo Hattori
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Patent number: 11247598Abstract: A vehicle cabin structure includes a vehicle cabin and a handrail having an inverted U-shape and including an upper portion extending in a width direction of a vehicle along a ceiling surface of the vehicle cabin, and right and left vertical portions connected to both ends of the upper portion and extending downward along right and left side surfaces of the vehicle cabin from the respective ends of the upper portion, in which the right and left vertical portions of the handrail are fixed to the right and left side surfaces of the vehicle cabin, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masaki Shitara, Yuchi Yamanouchi, Ryo Hattori
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Patent number: 11235671Abstract: An electrically powered vehicle having a generally rectangular appearance includes a rear seat disposed in a rear of a cabin of the vehicle; a main battery disposed under a floor in a center of the cabin; a power unit compartment disposed below the rear seat; a driving motor disposed in the power unit compartment; a PCU disposed above the driving motor; an ECU disposed above the PCU; and an auxiliary battery disposed in the power unit compartment.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2020Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ikuru Konno, Takenori Kubo, Ryo Hattori
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Patent number: 11230211Abstract: A hanging strap for a vehicle includes: a leather belt having a loop shape, that is hung from a support provided near a ceiling in a vehicle cabin; and a hand grip member that is supported on the leather belt and that has a grip portion gripped by a standing passenger. The hand grip member is placed at an inner circumferential side of the leather belt. An outer surface of the grip portion is fixed to an inner surface of the leather belt.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2020Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuchi Yamanouchi, Masaki Shitara, Ryo Hattori
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Patent number: 11214312Abstract: Either a front pillar, which is disposed on a front side of a vehicle and extends along a vertical direction, or a rear pillar, which is disposed on a rear side of the vehicle and extends along the vertical direction, includes a first frame, and a second frame which is disposed rearward of the first frame, and top portions of the first frame and the second frame extend along a longitudinal direction to constitute frames of a roof.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryo Hattori, Yuchi Yamanouchi, Masaki Shitara
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Patent number: 11198472Abstract: Provided is a vehicle lower-part structure including a pair of center side members arranged under a floor of a vehicle; a first cross member and a second cross member connecting the pair of center side members; a main battery arranged in an underfloor space; one or more support plates arranged at a corner of the underfloor space; and a water tank placed on the support plate, in which the support plate is connected to both the center side member and the first or second cross member and connects the two.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2020Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Satoru Nagaya, Yoshimi Toda, Yozo Ikeda, Ryo Hattori
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Publication number: 20210331697Abstract: A travel control device controls traveling of a vehicle of which a traveling function can be switched between an autonomous traveling function and a following traveling function. The travel control device includes a control unit configured to detect, when the vehicle is traveling by the autonomous traveling function, another vehicle present within a predetermined range of the vehicle and of which any part or all of a planned travel route is partially or wholly the same as a planned travel route of the vehicle, and switch the traveling function of the vehicle from the autonomous traveling function to the following traveling function such that the vehicle autonomously follows the other vehicle detected as a leading vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2021Publication date: October 28, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takahiro HARADA, Teppei NISHIGUCHI, Kazuki KOMORIYA, Tomoaki IHARA, Miyu HIGASHIMURA, Toshihiro NAKAICHI, Kazunobu OKASAKA, Ryo HATTORI, Yohei TANIGAWA, Ryohei KIMBARA, Hiroshi NAKAMURA