Patents by Inventor Takao Kanai

Takao Kanai 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: 11752868
    Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide an instrument device for a vehicle which can reduce the costs and may also achieve a reduced weight. An instrument device for a vehicle includes a main board with an electronic component mounted thereto, the electronic component being independent from a design of a dial plate, and a sub-board with an electronic component mounted in a position corresponding to the design of the dial plate, wherein the main board and the sub-board are directly joined and electrically connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Masahide Nagata, Masanobu Terao, Takao Kanai
  • Publication number: 20220001746
    Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide an instrument device for a vehicle which can reduce the costs and may also achieve a reduced weight. An instrument device for a vehicle includes a main board with an electronic component mounted thereto, the electronic component being independent from a design of a dial plate, and a sub-board with an electronic component mounted in a position corresponding to the design of the dial plate, wherein the main board and the sub-board are directly joined and electrically connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro TAKAMATSU, Masahide NAGATA, Masanobu TERAO, Takao KANAI
  • Patent number: 11137598
    Abstract: A display unit is equipped with an LED circuit body for irradiating light onto the windshield of a vehicle and a surface panel positioned on the front side in the light irradiating direction of the LED circuit body and constituting part of the surface of the instrument panel of the vehicle. The surface panel is provided with a plurality of pores formed in the direction connecting the LED circuit body to the windshield. The light irradiating direction of the LED circuit body is set to the direction in which the light irradiated from the LED circuit body and reflected by the windshield is visually recognized by the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Masahide Nagata, Takao Kanai
  • Patent number: 10766363
    Abstract: A surface panel is attached to an instrument panel so as to cover a display surface of a display unit disposed on the instrument panel of a vehicle. When the display unit is turned on, light L from the display unit is projected toward the driver's seat side via a thin hole formed in the surface panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Tai Inoue, Masahide Nagata, Takayuki Ogawa, Gosei Sato, Takao Kanai
  • Patent number: 10353199
    Abstract: An HUD unit is equipped with a first display and a second display. The light irradiating directions of the first display and the second display are adjusted so that the first image irradiated from the first display, reflected by the front window of a vehicle and visually recognized by the driver of the vehicle and the second image irradiated from the second display to the eye point of the driver and visually recognized by the driver are visually recognized in a state of being arranged side by side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Masahide Nagata, Takao Kanai
  • Patent number: 10288421
    Abstract: An electrical wire length output method according to the present invention sets a first cavity reference cross section, a first node reference cross section, and a second node reference cross section, and a second cavity reference cross section, calculates a section wire length in each section of the reference cross sections, and outputs the sum of the section wire lengths as the wire length of an electrical wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuo Iimori, Yasuhiro Mochizuki, Takao Kanai
  • Patent number: 10259324
    Abstract: A display unit incorporated in the housing surface of an instrument panel on the passenger seat side changes its display variously together with other display devices such as a liquid crystal display and a line illumination, and displays information such as driving information, danger notification information and entertainment information in coordination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Tai Inoue, Masahide Nagata, Takayuki Ogawa, Gosei Sato, Takao Kanai
  • Patent number: 10192522
    Abstract: A display device includes a first display surface displaying vehicle information; and a second display surface which is disposed facing the first display surface and transmits light, has a drawing pattern drawn across a display area and outside the display area of the first display surface when seen from a direction in which the second display surface is stacked on the first display surface, and can switch to a displayed state in which the drawing pattern is displayed and a hidden state in which the drawing pattern is hidden. The display device displays information by the first display surface and the second display surface. The display device can therefore realize a visual effect that makes the display area look relatively large.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sunao Fujita, Takao Kanai, Takayuki Ogawa
  • Publication number: 20170158056
    Abstract: A surface panel is attached to an instrument panel so as to cover a display surface of a display unit disposed on the instrument panel of a vehicle. When the display unit is turned on, light L from the display unit is projected toward the driver's seat side via a thin hole formed in the surface panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro TAKAMATSU, Tai INOUE, Masahide NAGATA, Takayuki OGAWA, Gosei SATO, Takao KANAI
  • Patent number: 9669759
    Abstract: An in-vehicle device includes a functional unit to be arranged at an instrument panel of a vehicle and configured to perform an operation toward a driver seat of the vehicle, and a blinding panel covering a front surface of the functional unit. A plurality of perforations is formed in the blinding panel to extend through the blinding panel in a thickness direction of the blinding panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Tai Inoue, Masahide Nagata, Takayuki Ogawa, Gosei Sato, Takao Kanai
  • Publication number: 20170098425
    Abstract: A vehicle display apparatus includes a display part for use in a vehicle and displaying information; and a cover part capable of switching its state between a first state not allowing the display part to be visually recognized by a vehicle driver and a second state allowing the display part to be visually recognized by the vehicle driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Masahide Nagata, Takao Kanai
  • Publication number: 20170097504
    Abstract: An HUD unit is equipped with a first display and a second display. The light irradiating directions of the first display and the second display are adjusted so that the first image irradiated from the first display, reflected by the front window of a vehicle and visually recognized by the driver of the vehicle and the second image irradiated from the second display to the eye point of the driver and visually recognized by the driver are visually recognized in a state of being arranged side by side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Masahide Nagata, Takao Kanai
  • Publication number: 20170097505
    Abstract: A display unit is equipped with an LED circuit body for irradiating light onto the windshield of a vehicle and a surface panel positioned on the front side in the light irradiating direction of the LED circuit body and constituting part of the surface of the instrument panel of the vehicle. The surface panel is provided with a plurality of pores formed in the direction connecting the LED circuit body to the windshield. The light irradiating direction of the LED circuit body is set to the direction in which the light irradiated from the LED circuit body and reflected by the windshield is visually recognized by the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Masahide Nagata, Takao Kanai
  • Patent number: 9604540
    Abstract: A display unit incorporated in the housing surface of an instrument panel changes its display variously together with other display devices of the instrument panel such as a liquid crystal display, and displays information such as driving information, danger notification information and entertainment information in coordination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Takamatsu, Tai Inoue, Masahide Nagata, Takayuki Ogawa, Gosei Sato, Takao Kanai
  • Publication number: 20160189345
    Abstract: A display device includes a first display surface displaying vehicle information; and a second display surface which is disposed facing the first display surface and transmits light, has a drawing pattern drawn across a display area and outside the display area of the first display surface when seen from a direction in which the second display surface is stacked on the first display surface, and can switch to a displayed state in which the drawing pattern is displayed and a hidden state in which the drawing pattern is hidden. The display device displays information by the first display surface and the second display surface. The display device can therefore realize a visual effect that makes the display area look relatively large.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Sunao FUJITA, Takao KANAI, Takayuki OGAWA
  • Patent number: 9353270
    Abstract: This surface-treated metal includes a metal, and a coated material on a surface of the metal, in which an outermost layer is a photocatalytic film that contains particles showing photocatalytic activity and an organic-inorganic composite resin, a volume ratio of the particles to the film is in a range from 0.5 to 50 vol %, the resin contains a siloxane bond and at least one group selected from the group consisting of an aryl group, a carboxyl group, an amino group, a hydroxyl group, and an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, the coated material has concaves on a surface thereof on the outermost layer side, an area of the outermost layer is 50% to 98% of an area of a surface of the metal, and a surface area of the outermost layer is 101% to 5000% of the area of the surface of the metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignees: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION, NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN COATED SHEET CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takao Kanai, Yuji Kubo, Yoshio Kimata, Hiroshi Kanai, Tomonari Hamamura, Hiromasa Nomura
  • Publication number: 20160075234
    Abstract: A display unit incorporated in the housing surface of an instrument panel changes its display variously together with other display devices of the instrument panel such as a liquid crystal display, and displays information such as driving information, danger notification information and entertainment information in coordination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro TAKAMATSU, Tai INOUE, Masahide NAGATA, Takayuki OGAWA, Gosei SATO, Takao KANAI
  • Publication number: 20160075279
    Abstract: An in-vehicle device includes a functional unit to be arranged at an instrument panel of a vehicle and configured to perform an operation toward a driver seat of the vehicle, and a blinding panel covering a front surface of the functional unit. A plurality of perforations is formed in the blinding panel to extend through the blinding panel in a thickness direction of the blinding panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro TAKAMATSU, Tai INOUE, Masahide NAGATA, Takayuki OGAWA, Gosei SATO, Takao KANAI
  • Publication number: 20160075235
    Abstract: A display unit incorporated in the housing surface of an instrument panel on the passenger seat side changes its display variously together with other display devices such as a liquid crystal display and a line illumination, and displays information such as driving information, danger notification information and entertainment information in coordination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro TAKAMATSU, Tai INOUE, Masahide NAGATA, Takayuki OGAWA, Gosei SATO, Takao KANAI
  • Publication number: 20140330537
    Abstract: A wire harness analyzing device of this invention includes an input means that receives the input of numerical values to model electric wires of the wire harness and a fixture which is arranged on the jig board and which makes it possible to wire the wire harness on the jig board, and an output means that displays the electric wire which is wired on the fixture based on information related to the electric wire which is obtained as the result of an operation based on an algorithm using values including the numerical values input into the input means as initial values to prevent penetration between electric wires and penetration between an electric wire and the fixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuo IIMORI, Yasuhiro MOCHIZUKI, Takao KANAI