Patents by Inventor Toshihiro Tsuemoto

Toshihiro Tsuemoto 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: 9388994
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dehumidification and humidification apparatus for vehicles using an adsorbent which is capable of feeding a dehumidified air for preventing fogging of window glass and a humidified air for improvement in comfortableness, and is simplified in construction thereof and reduced in size thereof. The dehumidification and humidification apparatus for vehicles according to the present invention comprises a casing (1), and a blower (2), an adsorbent module (3) and an air passage switching device (4) which are accommodated in the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideto Hidaka, Hiroyuki Kakiuchi, Toshihiro Tsuemoto, Takanobu Nakaguro
  • Patent number: 8769978
    Abstract: In a dehumidification/humidification device, a blower and an adsorbent module are contained in a casing. In other embodiment, the blower, the adsorbent module, and a flow passage-changing device are contained in the casing. The adsorbent module includes an adsorbing element formed by carrying an adsorbent on a permeable element and a heater directly disposed on the adsorbing element. The state of the electrification of the heater is changed and an air-blowing direction or a flow passage is changed, whereby a dehumidified air is discharged from a first suction/discharge port (or discharge port), and a humidified air is discharged from a second suction/discharge port (or discharge port).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takanobu Nakaguro, Toshihiro Tsuemoto, Hiroyuki Kakiuchi, Hideto Hidaka
  • Patent number: 8162099
    Abstract: A vehicle interior structure that may realize a more amenable vehicle interior space by making communication between occupants sitting on a pair of vehicle seats easier. The vehicle interior structure includes: a pair of vehicle seats; and a sound-reflecting communication unit for conveying a sound produced from occupants sitting, respectively, on the pair of vehicle seats to the other occupant, while reflecting and converging the sound. The sound-reflecting communication unit forms a concave shape along a virtual ellipse, focuses of which are respectively at positions of heads of the occupants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takanobu Nakaguro, Toshihiro Tsuemoto, Atsushi Hiroshige
  • Publication number: 20100289301
    Abstract: A vehicle interior structure that may realize a more amenable vehicle interior space by making communication between occupants sitting on a pair of vehicle seats easier. The vehicle interior structure includes: a pair of vehicle seats; and a sound-reflecting communication unit for conveying a sound produced from occupants sitting, respectively, on the pair of vehicle seats to the other occupant, while reflecting and converging the sound. The sound-reflecting communication unit forms a concave shape along a virtual ellipse, focuses of which are respectively at positions of heads of the occupants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takanobu Nakaguro, Toshihiro Tsuemoto, Atsushi Hiroshige
  • Publication number: 20100107673
    Abstract: In a dehumidification/humidification device, a blower (2) and an adsorbent module (3) are contained in a casing. In other embodiment, the blower (2), the adsorbent module (3), and a flow passage-changing device (4) are contained in the casing. The adsorbent module (3) comprises an adsorbing element (30) formed by carrying an adsorbent on a permeable element and a heater (31) directly disposed on the adsorbing element. The state of the electrification of the heater (31) is changed and an air-blowing direction or a flow passage is changed, whereby a dehumidified air is discharged from a first suction/discharge port (or discharge port), and a humidified air is discharged from a second suction/discharge port (or discharge port).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takanobu Nakaguro, Toshihiro Tsuemoto, Hiroyuki Kakiuchi, Hideto Hidaka
  • Publication number: 20100107656
    Abstract: A dehumidifier/humidifier for vehicle comprising a casing as air flow channel and, accommodated therein in sequence, first air blower (2a), first flow channel switching unit (4a), adsorbent module (3), second flow channel switching unit (4b) and second air blower (2b). The adsorbent module (3) is built by directly disposing first adsorbent element (31) and second adsorbent element (32) on plate surfaces of Peltier element (30), respectively. By reversing the electric current flowing through the Peltier element (30) and switching the flow channel by means of the first flow channel switching unit (4a) and the second flow channel switching unit (4b), dehumidified (or humidified) air is continuously blown out from first blowout hole (11) and humidified (or dehumidified) air is continuously blown out from second blowout hole (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takanobu Nakaguro, Toshihiro Tsuemoto, Hiroyuki Kakiuchi, Hideto Hidaka
  • Publication number: 20100022177
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dehumidification and humidification apparatus for vehicles using an adsorbent which is capable of feeding a dehumidified air for preventing fogging of window glass and a humidified air for improvement in comfortableness, and is simplified in construction thereof and reduced in size thereof. The dehumidification and humidification apparatus for vehicles according to the present invention comprises a casing (1), and a blower (2), an adsorbent module (3) and an air passage switching device (4) which are accommodated in the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Inventors: Hideto Hidaka, Hiroyuki Kakiuchi, Toshihiro Tsuemoto, Takanobu Nakaguro