Patents by Inventor Shin KODAMA
Shin KODAMA 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: 20240144507Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes one or more memories storing instructions, and one or more processors executing the instructions to acquire a captured image and a distance image, detect an object from the captured image, acquire first distance information indicating a distance to the detected object, acquire a grounding position of the detected object based on the captured image and acquire second distance information indicating a distance to the detected object based on the first distance information and the acquired grounding position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Kazuya Nobayashi, Shin Tanaka, Makoto Oigawa, Shigeo Kodama, Tomoyuki Kawamoto
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Patent number: 11859582Abstract: An intake sound amplifier amplifies intake sound that is transmitted from an engine mounted in an engine compartment of a vehicle to a cabin. The intake sound amplifier includes a first passage branched from an intake passage, through which intake air is introduced into an engine; a device body that includes a vibrating body vibrated by pulsation of the intake air and is connected to a downstream end of the first passage; and a second passage that is connected to a downstream end of the device body and extends to the cabin side. The device body is located outward in a vehicle width direction of a side frame that extends in a vehicle front-rear direction and separates inside of the engine compartment from outside in the vehicle width direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Yousuke Iwasaki, Satoshi Kusumoto, Shin Kodama
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Patent number: 11781510Abstract: An intake system of an engine is provided, which includes a first passage provided to an engine bay, for leading fresh air to the engine, a second passage branched from the first passage and extending toward a cabin, and an intake noise increasing device provided to the second passage. The intake noise increasing device has a cylindrical bellows part, a vibrating membrane formed integrally with the bellows part to close a first opening of the bellows part, and an outer circumferential case provided to cover an outer circumference of the bellows part and configured to allow the expansion and contraction of the bellows part therein. The second passage has a deriving passage section connected to a part of the outer circumferential case on a first opening side and extending toward the cabin. The deriving passage section is disposed to be lowered while separating from the intake noise increasing device.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Shin Kodama, Kenji Sugasaki, Yuta Takamura
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Publication number: 20230184201Abstract: An intake sound amplifier amplifies intake sound that is transmitted from an engine mounted in an engine compartment of a vehicle to a cabin. The intake sound amplifier includes a first passage branched from an intake passage, through which intake air is introduced into an engine; a device body that includes a vibrating body vibrated by pulsation of the intake air and is connected to a downstream end of the first passage; and a second passage that is connected to a downstream end of the device body and extends to the cabin side. The device body is located outward in a vehicle width direction of a side frame that extends in a vehicle front-rear direction and separates inside of the engine compartment from outside in the vehicle width direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2022Publication date: June 15, 2023Inventors: Yousuke Iwasaki, Satoshi Kusumoto, Shin Kodama
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Patent number: 11598298Abstract: An intake system of an engine is provided, including a first passage provided to an engine bay, for leading fresh air to the engine, a second passage branched from a branching part at an intermediate location of the first passage, and extending toward a cabin, and an intake noise increasing device provided to the second passage, and configured to increase intake pressure in response to an intake air pressure wave. The intake noise increasing device has a cylindrical bellows part configured to expand and contract in a cylindrical axis direction, and a vibrating membrane formed integrally with the bellows part to close a first opening of the bellows part. The second passage has an introducing passage section connected to a second opening of the bellows part, and extending toward the branching part, and the introducing passage section is disposed so as to be lowered while separating from the bellows part.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2022Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Shin Kodama, Kenji Sugasaki, Yuta Takamura
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Publication number: 20220381211Abstract: An intake system of an engine is provided, which includes a first passage provided to an engine bay, for leading fresh air to the engine, a second passage branched from the first passage and extending toward a cabin, and an intake noise increasing device provided to the second passage. The intake noise increasing device has a cylindrical bellows part, a vibrating membrane formed integrally with the bellows part to close a first opening of the bellows part, and an outer circumferential case provided to cover an outer circumference of the bellows part and configured to allow the expansion and contraction of the bellows part therein. The second passage has a deriving passage section connected to a part of the outer circumferential case on a first opening side and extending toward the cabin. The deriving passage section is disposed to be lowered while separating from the intake noise increasing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Shin Kodama, Kenji Sugasaki, Yuta Takamura
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Publication number: 20220381210Abstract: An intake system of an engine is provided, including a first passage provided to an engine bay, for leading fresh air to the engine, a second passage branched from a branching part at an intermediate location of the first passage, and extending toward a cabin, and an intake noise increasing device provided to the second passage, and configured to increase intake pressure in response to an intake air pressure wave. The intake noise increasing device has a cylindrical bellows part configured to expand and contract in a cylindrical axis direction, and a vibrating membrane formed integrally with the bellows part to close a first opening of the bellows part. The second passage has an introducing passage section connected to a second opening of the bellows part, and extending toward the branching part, and the introducing passage section is disposed so as to be lowered while separating from the bellows part.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Shin Kodama, Kenji Sugasaki, Yuta Takamura
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Patent number: 11493007Abstract: A cover covering an engine and an intake duct for introducing fresh air outside an engine room into a combustion chamber of the engine are provided in the engine room. The cover includes a top face cover portion covering the engine from above, and a side face cover portion covering the engine from the lateral side. The intake duct is disposed so as to be continuous to a side edge of the side face cover portion such that the intake duct covers the engine from the lateral side together with the side face cover portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2019Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Shin Kodama, Kenji Sugasaki, Hiromasa Nakagawa
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Patent number: 11371474Abstract: A heat storage cover is provided in an engine room. The heat storage cover covers an engine from above and surrounds the periphery of an upper portion of the engine to internally store, through the medium of air, heat dissipated from the engine and block upward heat dissipation. The engine includes an air inlet for introducing, into a combustion chamber, high temperature air obtained by the heat storage cover blocking the upward heat dissipation.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2019Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Shin Kodama, Kenji Sugasaki, Hiromasa Nakagawa
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Patent number: 11364792Abstract: A vehicle includes an engine, an engine cover, and a cross component. The engine cover has a through-hole through which the cross component passes. The cross component is a flexible hose or a flexible pipe in which a body part extending in a cross direction is integrated with a diameter enlarged part having a diameter larger than the body part. The outer peripheral part of the diameter enlarged part makes close contact with the inner peripheral surface of the through-hole of the engine cover.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2018Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Shin Kodama, Makoto Shinhama, Kenji Sugasaki, Kazumi Okamura, Ken Yoshida
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Patent number: 11181054Abstract: An intake-air temperature controlling device for an engine is provided, which includes an engine body, an intake passage, an air intake part, an intake air temperature adjuster configured to adjust air temperature taken in through the air intake part to the passage, and a controller. An operating range in which the CI combustion is performed has a lean operating range in which A/F of mixture gas formed inside the cylinder, or G/F that is a relationship between the total weight G of gas inside the cylinder and a weight F of fuel fed to the cylinder is relatively low, and a rich operating range in which the A/F or G/F is relatively high. When the engine is in the lean operating range, the controller outputs a control signal to the intake air temperature adjuster so that the air temperature is increased, as compared in the rich operating range.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2019Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Shinichi Hikitani, Hajime Umehara, Naoki Nagano, Kenji Sugasaki, Shin Kodama, Hiromasa Nakagawa, Tomokuni Kusunoki, Taiga Kamiji, Masanobu Koutoku, Toshinori Ueno, Katsuya Murakami
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Publication number: 20210340940Abstract: A cover covering an engine and an intake duct for introducing fresh air outside an engine room into a combustion chamber of the engine are provided in the engine room. The cover includes a top face cover portion covering the engine from above, and a side face cover portion covering the engine from the lateral side. The intake duct is disposed so as to be continuous to a side edge of the side face cover portion such that the intake duct covers the engine from the lateral side together with the side face cover portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2019Publication date: November 4, 2021Inventors: Shin KODAMA, Kenji SUGASAKI, Hiromasa NAKAGAWA
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Publication number: 20210254585Abstract: A heat storage cover is provided in an engine room. The heat storage cover covers an engine from above and surrounds the periphery of an upper portion of the engine to internally store, through the medium of air, heat dissipated from the engine and block upward heat dissipation. The engine includes an air inlet for introducing, into a combustion chamber, high temperature air obtained by the heat storage cover blocking the upward heat dissipation.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2019Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: Shin KODAMA, Kenji SUGASAKI, Hiromasa NAKAGAWA
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Publication number: 20200208579Abstract: An intake-air temperature controlling device for an engine is provided, which includes an engine body, an intake passage, an air intake part, an intake air temperature adjuster configured to adjust air temperature taken in through the air intake part to the passage, and a controller. An operating range in which the CI combustion is performed has a lean operating range in which A/F of mixture gas formed inside the cylinder, or G/F that is a relationship between the total weight G of gas inside the cylinder and a weight F of fuel fed to the cylinder is relatively low, and a rich operating range in which the A/F or G/F is relatively high. When the engine is in the lean operating range, the controller outputs a control signal to the intake air temperature adjuster so that the air temperature is increased, as compared in the rich operating range.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2019Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Shinichi Hikitani, Hajime Umehara, Naoki Nagano, Kenji Sugasaki, Shin Kodama, Hiromasa Nakagawa, Tomokuni Kusunoki, Taiga Kamiji, Masanobu Koutoku, Toshinori Ueno, Katsuya Murakami
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Publication number: 20200122569Abstract: A vehicle includes an engine, an engine cover, and a cross component. The engine cover has a through-hole through which the cross component passes. The cross component is a flexible hose or a flexible pipe in which a body part extending in a cross direction is integrated with a diameter enlarged part having a diameter larger than the body part. The outer peripheral part of the diameter enlarged part makes close contact with the inner peripheral surface of the through-hole of the engine cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2018Publication date: April 23, 2020Applicant: Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Shin KODAMA, Makoto SHINHAMA, Kenji SUGASAKI, Kazumi OKAMURA, Ken YOSHIDA