Patents by Inventor Tsuneo Shiga

Tsuneo Shiga 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: 6984784
    Abstract: An electronic equipment system includes a housing 20 and a plurality of modules 31 to 35, which are removably built in and fixed to the housing 20. The modules 31 to 34 includes a liquid crystal display 31a; a graphic control circuit 32a1 and a navigation control circuit 32a2; an MD unit 33a; and a CD unit 34a, respectively. The module 35 is formed through integration of control sections, such as constant-voltage circuits for power supply, which achieve a function that is common among the graphic control circuit and the navigation control circuit, the MD unit, and the CD unit. Thus, it becomes possible to replace only necessary one among the modules 31 to 34, thereby reducing cost necessary for upgrading of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Nagasaka, Tsuneo Shiga, Masaaki Murata
  • Publication number: 20030167094
    Abstract: An electronic equipment system includes a housing 20 and a plurality of modules 31 to 35, which are removably built in and fixed to the housing 20. The modules 31 to 34 includes a liquid crystal display 31a; a graphic control circuit 32a1 and a navigation control circuit 32a2; an MD unit 33a; and a CD unit 34a, respectively. The module 35 is formed through integration of control sections, such as constant-voltage circuits for power supply, which achieve a function that is common among the graphic control circuit and the navigation control circuit, the MD unit, and the CD unit. Thus, it becomes possible to replace only necessary one among the modules 31 to 34, thereby reducing cost necessary for upgrading of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2003
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Nagasaka, Tsuneo Shiga, Masaaki Murata
  • Publication number: 20030156097
    Abstract: A portable terminal such as a cellular phone and an in-vehicle device such as a vehicle navigation system are connected. After detecting the connection between the portable terminal and the in-vehicle device, a control unit of the cellular phone supplies display data to be displayed on its screen to the in-vehicle device. A control unit of the in-vehicle device displays on a screen the display data supplied from the portable terminal. Touch switches such as alphanumeric keys of the cellular phone are further displayed in the blank area of the screen of the in-vehicle device, enabling operation of the cellular phone from the in-vehicle device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2003
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaki Kakihara, Tsuneo Shiga
  • Patent number: 4941839
    Abstract: A double locking device in a connector. Male and female connector housings are first engaged with each other to accomplish a first-step lock. Both housings further have auxiliary lock means therein: the female housing has a base plate pivotably mounted thereon, a cover plate perpendicularly formed to the base plate to cover the rear surface of the male housing when engaged with said female housing and a locking frame formed on said cover plate whereas the male housing has a catch pawl formed therein to receive the locking frame to accomplish a second-step lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 17, 1990
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Nagasaka, Tsuneo Shiga, Kazuyuki Shiraki, Akira Maeda, Shigemi Hashizawa, Kazuto Ohtaka