Patents by Inventor Teruaki Yamamoto

Teruaki Yamamoto 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: 11912113
    Abstract: A door assembly includes a door that turns between a fully-closed position and a fully-open position to open or close a door opening, and hinges that support a front edge portion of the door and are provided such that the trajectory of the center of gravity of the door when the door turns from the fully-closed position to the fully-open position is curved upwardly in an up-down direction and the highest point of the trajectory is positioned between both ends of the trajectory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventor: Teruaki Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20230415551
    Abstract: A vehicle full door includes a door body having a first door panel and a second door panel formed separately from the first door panel and connected to an upper end of the first door panel; a window provided at the second door panel; an outer knob, an inner knob, and a latch provided at the first door panel; and a hinge provided at the first door panel to turnably support the door body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Kawasaki Motors, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sota TSURUMI, Teruaki YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11827082
    Abstract: A vehicle door includes an inner panel, a power window that opens or closes a window opening formed at an upper portion of the inner panel, and an operation switch provided at the inner panel to open or close the power window. The operation switch is arranged at the periphery of the window opening at the inner panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventor: Teruaki Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20230347721
    Abstract: A vehicle door includes an inner panel, a power window that opens or closes a window opening formed at an upper portion of the inner panel, and an operation switch provided at the inner panel to open or close the power window. The operation switch is arranged at the periphery of the window opening at the inner panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventor: Teruaki YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230347722
    Abstract: A door assembly includes a door that turns between a fully-closed position and a fully-open position to open or close a door opening, and hinges that support a front edge portion of the door and are provided such that the trajectory of the center of gravity of the door when the door turns from the fully-closed position to the fully-open position is curved upwardly in an up-down direction and the highest point of the trajectory is positioned between both ends of the trajectory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventor: Teruaki YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11623558
    Abstract: A left front camera (11) is adapted to be mounted on a left front lamp (1LF) of a vehicle to obtain external information of at least ahead of the vehicle. A right front LiDAR sensor (12), a type of which is different from the camera (11), is adapted to be mounted on a right front lamp (1RF) of the vehicle to obtain external information of at least ahead of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Fushimi, Takashi Hori, Teruaki Yamamoto, Yusuke Kasaba
  • Publication number: 20230105166
    Abstract: A solar cell includes a first electrode, an intermediate layer, a photoelectric conversion layer, and a second electrode in this order. The intermediate layer contains at least one compound A selected from predefined compound group I and at least one compound B selected from predefined compound group II.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: TAKEYUKI SEKIMOTO, TERUAKI YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230096903
    Abstract: A solar cell includes a first electrode, a first electron transport layer, a second electron transport layer, a photoelectric conversion layer, and a second electrode. The first electron transport layer includes carbon and a porous electron transport material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: MAKI HIRAOKA, TAKEYUKI SEKIMOTO, TERUAKI YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20230088816
    Abstract: The solar cell of the present disclosure includes a first electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer, an intermediate layer, a hole transport layer, and a second electrode in this order, wherein the hole transport layer includes a hole transport material and an oxidant, the photoelectric conversion layer includes a perovskite compound containing iodine, and the intermediate layer includes at least one selected from the group consisting of bromide, chloride, and fluoride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: TAISUKE MATSUI, TAKEYUKI SEKIMOTO, TAKASHI NISHIHARA, TERUAKI YAMAMOTO, RYUSUKE UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20230083628
    Abstract: A solar cell module according to the present disclosure includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a solar cell, an intermediate layer, and a first sealing layer. The first sealing layer is disposed between a peripheral portion of the first substrate and a peripheral portion of the second substrate and seals the solar cell and the intermediate layer in an area between the first substrate and the second substrate. The solar cell has a laminate structure including a first electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer, and a second electrode. The intermediate layer is not adhered to the main surface of the solar cell. A softening temperature T1 of a material of the intermediate layer is higher than a softening temperature T2 of a material of the first sealing layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventor: TERUAKI YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11467284
    Abstract: A LiDAR sensor (41) is configured to sense information of an outside of a vehicle. An ultrasonic sensor (42) is configured to sense information of the outside of the vehicle in a different manner from the LiDAR sensor (41). A first bracket (43) supports the LiDAR sensor (41) and the ultrasonic sensor (42). A first sensor actuator (44) is configured to adjust a sensing reference position of the LiDAR sensor (41) relative to the first bracket (43). A second sensor actuator (45) is configured to adjust a sensing reference position of the ultrasonic sensor (42) relative to first bracket (43). A first bracket actuator (46) is configured to adjust at least one of a position and a posture of the first bracket (43) relative to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Teruaki Yamamoto, Yusuke Kasaba, Takashi Hori, Yoshiaki Fushimi
  • Patent number: 11400896
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle including: a brake pedal configured to be able to operate a foot brake device; an accelerator pedal located on a right side of the brake pedal; a shift lever; a steering wheel; and a handbrake device which includes a brake lever extending in a front-rear direction and a grip provided at a rear end of the brake lever, and is configured to be able to manually operate and release a parking brake by a parking brake device. The handbrake device supports the brake lever so that the grip is movable between a first position at which the parking brake is released and a second position at which the parking brake is operated. The second position is set to a position at which the grip is recognized upon a start operation with any one of the accelerator pedal, the shift lever, and the steering wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Teruaki Yamamoto, Sota Tsurumi
  • Patent number: 11333743
    Abstract: A translucent cover (1012) defines a lamp chamber (1013) together with a housing (1011) while forming a portion of an outer face of a vehicle. A LiDAR sensor (1161) is disposed in the lamp chamber (1013) to detect external information of the vehicle. A half mirror (1162) is disposed in the lamp chamber (1013) so as to cover the LiDAR sensor (1161) from a side where the translucent cover (1162) is disposed. The translucent cover (1012) has a first transparency to visible light. The half mirror (1162) has a second transparency to the visible light that is lower than the first transparency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Hori, Norimasa Yamamoto, Akitaka Kanamori, Akinori Matsumoto, Teruaki Yamamoto, Minami Katagiri, Yoshiaki Fushimi, Naoki Takii, Yasuyuki Kato
  • Publication number: 20220126797
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle including: a brake pedal configured to be able to operate a foot brake device; an accelerator pedal located on a right side of the brake pedal; a shift lever; a steering wheel; and a handbrake device which includes a brake lever extending in a front-rear direction and a grip provided at a rear end of the brake lever, and is configured to be able to manually operate and release a parking brake by a parking brake device. The handbrake device supports the brake lever so that the grip is movable between a first position at which the parking brake is released and a second position at which the parking brake is operated. The second position is set to a position at which the grip is recognized upon a start operation with any one of the accelerator pedal, the shift lever, and the steering wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Teruaki YAMAMOTO, Sota TSURUMI
  • Publication number: 20220077412
    Abstract: A solar cell module includes: a first substrate; a second substrate positioned so as to face the first substrate; a solar cell disposed on the first substrate so as to be interposed between the first and second substrates; a filler that fills a space between the first and second substrates; and a protective layer disposed on a principal surface of the solar cell that faces the second substrate. The solar cell has a multilayer structure including a photoelectric conversion layer containing a perovskite compound, a hole transport layer, and an electron transport layer. The protective layer contains a polyimide. The protective layer includes a first region that covers the principal surface of the solar cell and a second region in which the principal surface is exposed. A plurality of the first regions or a plurality of the second regions are arranged separately from each other in the protective layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: TERUAKI YAMAMOTO, TAKAYUKI NEGAMI
  • Patent number: 11215699
    Abstract: A lamp housing (143) houses a light source (141). A front sensor housing (152) houses a front LiDAR sensor (151). A supporting unit (17) supports the lamp housing (143) and the front sensor housing (152). The lamp housing (143) and the front sensor housing (152) are arranged in a direction corresponding to a left-right direction of a vehicle, when viewed from a direction corresponding to a front-rear direction of the vehicle. A maximum dimension (UD1) of the lamp housing (143) in an up-down direction of the vehicle is smaller than a maximum dimension (UD2) of the front sensor housing (152) in the same direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Masuda, Hiroki Inoue, Yusuke Kasaba, Misako Kamiya, Teruaki Yamamoto, Minami Katagiri
  • Publication number: 20210408414
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a solar cell module that can have high durability. The solar cell module of the present disclosure includes: a substrate; a photoelectric conversion layer; a first sealing layer located between the substrate and the photoelectric conversion layer; a second sealing layer located between the substrate and the first sealing layer; and an end face sealing structure that covers at least part of an edge portion of the substrate and at least part of an edge portion of the second sealing layer. The photoelectric conversion layer contains an organic material and convers light to energy. The second sealing layer has a lower water vapor permeability than the first sealing layer. At least part of the first sealing layer is spaced apart from the end face sealing structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: TAKASHI NISHIHARA, TERUAKI YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210403015
    Abstract: A vehicle system is provided in a vehicle that is capable of running in an autonomous driving mode. The vehicle system includes: a sensor configured to acquire detection data indicating a surrounding environment of the vehicle; a generator configured to generate surrounding environment information indicating a surrounding environment of the vehicle, based on the detection data; and a use frequency setting module configured to set a use frequency for the sensor, based on predetermined information related to the vehicle or surrounding environment of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yasuyuki KATO, Akinori MATSUMOTO, Akitaka KANAMORI, Teruaki YAMAMOTO, Yoshiaki FUSHIMI
  • Publication number: 20210129740
    Abstract: A vehicle lighting system is provided in a vehicle capable of traveling in an automated driving mode, and includes: a lighting unit configured to form a light distribution pattern by emitting light toward the outside of the vehicle; and a lighting control unit configured to change the brightness of the light distribution pattern according to a driving mode of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki KATO, Akinori MATSUMOTO, Akitaka KANAMORI, Teruaki YAMAMOTO, Yoshiaki FUSHIMI
  • Patent number: 10974639
    Abstract: A light source (14) is configured to emit light for lighting a predetermined area. A LiDAR sensor (15) is configured to sense information of an outside of a vehicle. A first screw mechanism (16) is configured to adjust posture of the light source (14). A second screw mechanism (17) is configured to adjust posture of the LiDAR sensor (15). Adjustment by one of the first screw mechanism (16) and the second screw mechanism (17) is performed on the basis of adjustment that has been performed by the other one of the first screw mechanism (16) and the second screw mechanism (17).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Hori, Teruaki Yamamoto, Yusuke Kasaba, Yoshiaki Fushimi