Patents by Inventor Takeshi Fujimori

Takeshi Fujimori 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: 7766381
    Abstract: A steering wheel with an air bag device includes: a steering wheel body having: an annular rim portion; a boss portion; a plurality of spoke portions; an upper space; and a plurality of lower spaces. The air bag device is mounted to the steering wheel body, the air bag device includes: an air bag; an inflator; a cover member covering the air bag; and an emblem disposed at a substantially central portion of a front surface of the cover member confronting a driver's seat. The cover member includes a tear line arranged to break to form a plurality of door portions each arranged to pivot toward one of the upper and lower spaces. The tear line is formed to pivot the emblem to one of the lower spaces of the steering wheel body when the cover member is broken at the inflation of the air bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Nihon Plast Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Fujimori, Mamoru Takagi
  • Patent number: 7766371
    Abstract: An airbag cover comprises a cover main body having a cover core covering an airbag and an outer layer disposed on an outer surface of the cover core, an ornament provided on an outer surface of the outer layer, and a fixing structure for fixing the ornament on the outer surface of the outer layer. And, an edge of the outer layer on the outer surface is covered by the ornament. According to this airbag cover having the ornament, it can be easy to form the outer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Nihon Plast Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Fujimori, Saori Wakuda
  • Publication number: 20090058055
    Abstract: A steering wheel with an air bag device includes: a steering wheel body having: an annular rim portion; a boss portion; a plurality of spoke portions; an upper space; and a plurality of lower spaces. The air bag device is mounted to the steering wheel body, the air bag device includes: an air bag; an inflator; a cover member covering the air bag; and an emblem disposed at a substantially central portion of a front surface of the cover member confronting a driver's seat. The cover member includes a tear line arranged to break to form a plurality of door portions each arranged to pivot toward one of the upper and lower spaces. The tear line is formed to pivot the emblem to one of the lower spaces of the steering wheel body when the cover member is broken at the inflation of the air bag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: NIHON PLAST CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Fujimori, Mamoru Takagi
  • Publication number: 20090021637
    Abstract: An image processing device for obtaining motion information indicating a motion of an image, the image processing device including: a motion estimating section configured to obtain motion information of a pixel of interest and output the motion information of the pixel of interest, and obtain an evaluation value for evaluating the motion information of the pixel of interest, obtain an evaluation value for evaluating the motion information of the pixel of interest, determine reliability of the motion information of the pixel of interest, and output reliability information indicating the reliability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuro Tanaka, Takeshi Fujimori
  • Publication number: 20080079241
    Abstract: An airbag cover comprises a cover main body having a cover core covering an airbag and an outer layer disposed on an outer surface of the cover core, an ornament provided on an outer surface of the outer layer, and a fixing structure for fixing the ornament on the outer surface of the outer layer. And, an edge of the outer layer on the outer surface is covered by the ornament. According to this airbag cover having the ornament, it can be easy to form the outer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Applicant: NIHON PLAST CO., LTD
    Inventors: Takeshi Fujimori, Saori Wakuda
  • Publication number: 20080018087
    Abstract: A steering wheel includes (a) a core member having a boss portion, a spoke portion, and a rim portion, the spoke portion stretching between the boss portion and the rim portion; and (b) a polyurethane member covering at least the rim portion of the core member, the polyurethane member having a specific gravity of 0.7 to 0.9 and a Shore A hardness of 45 to 60. A steering wheel proper defined as being a combination of the core member and the polyurethane member has a weight of 1.0 to 2.5 kg. This steering wheel is satisfied in both of weight reduction and maintenance of moment of inertia necessary for steering wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Applicant: NIHON PLAST CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuji Yamada, Takashi Tokita, Takeshi Fujimori
  • Publication number: 20040017471
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a remote monitoring transmitter, a remote monitoring receiver and a remote monitoring system. A remote monitoring transmitter includes a video input terminal; video compressing means for compressing at a variable compression ratio video data input through the video input terminal; a communication interface for conducting communications over a network; and controlling means for causing the video compressing means to control the compression ratio based upon receipt by the communication interface of control data for controlling the compression ratio for the video data; in which video data compressed by the video compressing means are transmitted through the communication interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2003
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Inventors: Ryoichi Suga, Minako Takeishi, Ryohei Okada, Takeshi Fujimori
  • Patent number: 5678851
    Abstract: An airbag module cover includes a cover member and an ornament on the cover member. A plurality of pins are connected to and extend from the ornament to pass through the cover member. A retainer is engaged with the pins and cooperates with the ornament to interpose therebetween a portion of the cover member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1997
    Assignee: Nihon Plast Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Saito, Mikio Ochiai, Hiroe Inoue, Takeshi Fujimori, Motomu Koyama