Patents by Inventor Takashi Fukahori

Takashi Fukahori 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: 20240227518
    Abstract: A slide door support mechanism includes a lower rail provided on a vehicle body, a rear slide door configured to open and close a rear door opening portion of the vehicle body by slide movement, a door rail provided on the rear slide door, a first arm that bridges between the lower rail and the door rail, a vehicle body-side roller unit and a vehicle body-side roller provided on the first arm and slidably provided on the lower rail, a door-side roller provided on a first arm and slidably provided on the door rail, and a second arm pivotably supported by the rear slide door and the first arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventor: Takashi Fukahori
  • Publication number: 20240209666
    Abstract: A roller assembly includes an L-shaped bracket and a support bracket, each having a preformed bend that is greater than ninety degrees, but that when under a load of a sliding side door of a vehicle, is configured to decrease under the load to ninety degrees. The roller assembly also includes a roller arm supported between the L-shaped bracket and the support bracket and extending laterally from the brackets for engaging a rail on the body of the vehicle. A spacer is included between the roller arm and the support bracket, preventing contact between them and thus allowing for decreased friction between them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroshi SHINGU, Yuichiro SAIKI, Joji GOTO, Takashi FUKAHORI
  • Patent number: 11932336
    Abstract: A method of properly aligning a sliding side door on a vehicle includes first preparing a prototype vehicle and determining how far out of alignment the door is to the body of the prototype vehicle. This amount of misalignment is then used to adjust the attachment position of an anchor plate to a sliding side door of the vehicle, so that the anchor plate is attached at a desired position to the production vehicle, which causes there to be no misalignment between the sliding side door and the body of the production vehicle. A jig is used to hold the anchor plate at the desired location while welding the anchor plate to the door. A roller assembly is then attached to the anchor plate and to a rail on a body of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shingu, Joji Goto, Takashi Fukahori, Yuichiro Saiki, Masatoshi Adachi, Christopher T. Laue, Khang C. Nguyen, Kenichiro Kagawa, Makoto Ono, Sunao Tachiki
  • Patent number: 11933088
    Abstract: A latch member for full opening includes a latch member for full opening that operates a latch claw into an engagement position or a non-engagement position with a striker. The latch member for full opening is configured of a first member on a sliding door side of a turning shaft, and is configured of a second member operated by the first member on a vehicle body side of the turning shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Fukahori, Yuichiro Saiki
  • Publication number: 20230313574
    Abstract: An asymmetric latch configuration for a dual sliding door system in a motor vehicle is disclosed. The dual sliding door system includes a front sliding door and a rear sliding door. One of the two doors is configured with a single latch that secures to a latch striker on the vehicle body. The other of the two doors is configured with three latches that secure to three associated latch strikers on the vehicle body. The sliding doors may also include overlapping lateral edges that reduce lateral separation during a collision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Joji GOTO, Takashi FUKAHORI, Yuichiro SAIKI, Kenichiro KAGAWA, Hiroshi SHINGU
  • Publication number: 20230287712
    Abstract: A system for preventing sliding vehicle doors from opening during collisions is disclosed. The system includes at least one roller assembly of a sliding door connected to a guiderail on a vehicle body. The roller assembly includes a protruding member that interfaces with a protrusion engaging member attached to the vehicle body. During normal operation, the protruding member clears the protrusion engaging member. During a collision in which the sliding door is pushed laterally outwards, the protruding member contacts the protrusion engaging member and stops the outward motion of the sliding door. In some cases, a vehicle includes corresponding protruding members and protrusion engaging members for both an upper roller assembly and a lower roller assembly of a sliding door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Takashi FUKAHORI, Yuichiro SAIKI, Khang C. NGUYEN, Hiroshi SHINGU
  • Publication number: 20220289005
    Abstract: A wall surface of a reinforcing bracket is provided with engagement holes (engaged portions) on a front side and a rear side, respectively. A lower arm of a front door and a lower arm of a rear door are each provided with an engagement projection (engaging portion) that engages with an engagement hole when the front door and the rear door fully close.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Yuichiro Saiki, Takashi Fukahori, Joji Goto, Tomoaki Ando, Katsuhiro Yoshiyama
  • Publication number: 20220290474
    Abstract: A latch member for full opening includes a latch member for full opening that operates a latch claw into an engagement position or a non-engagement position with a striker. The latch member for full opening is configured of a first member on a sliding door side of a turning shaft, and is configured of a second member operated by the first member on a vehicle body side of the turning shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Takashi Fukahori, Yuichiro Saiki
  • Patent number: 11364868
    Abstract: As described above, in a vehicle control system, in a predetermined condition where a vehicle peripheral condition recognizing unit recognizes a condition where a first user who has been in a vehicle leaves the vehicle and where an in-vehicle condition recognizing unit recognizes a condition where a second user is present in the vehicle, an alarm control unit performs alarm processing on at least one of inside the vehicle and outside the vehicle by using a notification function of the vehicle according to a detection result of a door open/close detection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi Nakamura, Kenya Sakurai, Takashi Fukahori, Hiroyuki Hazawa, Yuji Tsuchiya, Yoko Ishihara, Shinsuke Kandaka
  • Patent number: 11323796
    Abstract: A wireless earphone includes: a sensor which serves as both of an antenna configured to transmit and receive a radio signal wirelessly to and from an external device and a pad configured to receive an input manipulation of a wearer; a radio circuit configured to perform various kinds processing relating to the radio signal; and a control circuit configured to perform various kinds processing on the basis of the input manipulation. The wireless earphone further includes a capacitance element connected between the radio circuit and the sensor and between the control circuit and the sensor, the capacitance element being connected to a ground conductor in series to pass only the radio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Fukahori, Ryota Fujiwara, Toshinori Komesu
  • Publication number: 20220011126
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention is to provide a route guidance system including: a route search unit that searches a route from a departure point to a destination point; and a route guidance unit that guides a user to the searched route, the route guidance system further including: a state acquisition unit that acquires user state information regarding a state of the user; and a search condition determination unit that determines, based on the user state information acquired by the state acquisition unit, a search condition of the route, the route search unit being configured to search for the route based on the search condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi Nakamura, Hiroyuki Hazawa, Takashi Fukahori, Kenya Sakurai, Yuji Tsuchiya, Yoko Ishihara, Shinsuke Kandaka
  • Publication number: 20210370860
    Abstract: As described above, in a vehicle control system, in a predetermined condition where a vehicle peripheral condition recognizing unit recognizes a condition where a first user who has been in a vehicle leaves the vehicle and where an in-vehicle condition recognizing unit recognizes a condition where a second user is present in the vehicle, an alarm control unit performs alarm processing on at least one of inside the vehicle and outside the vehicle by using a notification function of the vehicle according to a detection result of a door open/close detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi Nakamura, Kenya Sakurai, Takashi Fukahori, Hiroyuki Hazawa, Yuji Tsuchiya, Yoko Ishihara, Shinsuke Kandaka
  • Patent number: 11168500
    Abstract: A large diameter portion is provided on one side of a closing side drum in an axial direction, a small diameter portion having a diameter gradually decreasing from the large diameter portion to the other side of the closing side drum is provided on the other side of the closing side drum, a partition wall disposed between adjacent small diameter cable grooves in the axial direction of the closing side drum to prevent a closing side cable from slipping out of the small diameter cable grooves is provided in the small diameter portion. Accordingly, the thick partition wall provided in the small diameter portion can reliably prevent the closing side cable from slipping out (derailing) from the small diameter cable grooves even when a winding position of the closing side cable on the closing side drum is changed and transferred from the large diameter portion to the small diameter portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignees: MITSUBA Corporation, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Urano, Joji Goto, Kenichiro Kagawa, Takashi Fukahori, Hiroshi Shingu
  • Publication number: 20210044885
    Abstract: A wireless earphone includes: a sensor which serves as both of an antenna configured to transmit and receive a radio signal wirelessly to and from an external device and a pad configured to receive an input manipulation of a wearer; a radio circuit configured to perform various kinds processing relating to the radio signal; and a control circuit configured to perform various kinds processing on the basis of the input manipulation. The wireless earphone further includes a capacitance element connected between the radio circuit and the sensor and between the control circuit and the sensor, the capacitance element being connected to a ground conductor in series to pass only the radio signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Takashi FUKAHORI, Ryota FUJIWARA, Toshinori KOMESU
  • Publication number: 20200131822
    Abstract: A large diameter portion is provided on one side of a closing side drum in an axial direction, a small diameter portion having a diameter gradually decreasing from the large diameter portion to the other side of the closing side drum is provided on the other side of the closing side drum, a partition wall disposed between adjacent small diameter cable grooves in the axial direction of the closing side drum to prevent a closing side cable from slipping out of the small diameter cable grooves is provided in the small diameter portion. Accordingly, the thick partition wall provided in the small diameter portion can reliably prevent the closing side cable from slipping out (derailing) from the small diameter cable grooves even when a winding position of the closing side cable on the closing side drum is changed and transferred from the large diameter portion to the small diameter portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicants: MITSUBA Corporation, Honda Motor Co.,Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka URANO, Joji GOTO, Kenichiro KAGAWA, Takashi FUKAHORI, Hiroshi SHINGU
  • Publication number: 20200131838
    Abstract: A drive unit is configured such that a closing side drum and an opening side drum are provided parallel to each other. In a state in which a closing side cable is wound around a small diameter portion of the closing side drum and an opening side cable is wound around a small diameter portion of the opening side drum, the sliding door moves from a predetermined position relative to an opening portion to a position where the opening portion is fully closed, and, in the state in which the closing side cable is wound around a large diameter portion of the closing side drum and the opening side cable is wound around a large diameter portion of the opening side drum, the sliding door moves from the predetermined position relative to the opening portion to a position where the opening portion is fully open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicants: MITSUBA Corporation, Honda Motor Co.,Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka URANO, Joji GOTO, Kenichiro KAGAWA, Takashi FUKAHORI, Hiroshi SHINGU
  • Publication number: 20160303953
    Abstract: A vehicle door includes an elongated outer panel reinforcement member that reinforces an outer panel and an elongated door beam that reinforces the vehicle door. A front end of the outer panel reinforcement member in its lengthwise direction and a front end of the door beam in its lengthwise direction are joined. A rear end of the outer panel reinforcement member in its lengthwise direction and a rear end of the door beam in its lengthwise direction are joined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi Fukahori