Patents by Inventor Shigeru Manabe

Shigeru Manabe 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: 20240121509
    Abstract: An in-vehicle device is configured to access a cloud via a communication unit, and includes: a controller that includes at least one physical core; a first unit configured to be operated by the controller and control a sensor to generate detection data; and a second unit configured to be operated by the controller and execute a process based on the detection data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Makoto MANABE, Shigeru KAJIOKA, Makiko TAUCHI, Masato MIYAKE
  • Publication number: 20240101054
    Abstract: An in-vehicle device includes a first controller and a second controller. The first controller includes at least one physical core for executing a first unit related to control of hardware and a second unit related to provision of a service. The second controller starts the first controller in response to occurrence of a start trigger. The first controller starts the first unit, and then starts the second unit when the first controller is started by the second controller. The first unit and the second unit are restarted when an abnormality of the first unit is detected by the second controller or an abnormality of the second unit is detected by the first unit. The first unit, the second unit and the second controller are restarted when an abnormality of the second controller is detected by the second controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Makoto MANABE, Masato MIYAKE, Makiko TAUCHI, Shigeru KAJIOKA
  • Patent number: 4194411
    Abstract: A support member joined to a steering column to hold the column from below has planar opposite side portions formed in their rear ends closer to the steering handle with elongated grooves for passing bolts for anchoring the support member to the vehicle body. A frame-shaped energy absorbing member having a deformation promoting aperture punched therein to form zigzag substantial portions in parallel to the axis of the column is provided between the support member and the vehicle body. The absorbing member is partially formed with weak portions and is secured at its front end to the front portion of the support member and anchored to the vehicle body by the bolts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1980
    Assignee: Koyo Seiko Company Limited
    Inventors: Shigeru Manabe, Shuzo Hirakushi