Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Katsumata

Yasuhiro Katsumata 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: 20250085507
    Abstract: A mirror device includes: a mirror that includes a main body having a reflective surface that reflects display light and a rotation shaft protruding from a side wall of the main body; a motor that includes an output shaft disposed on a rotation axis of the rotation shaft; and a power transmission member that transmits a driving force of the motor to the rotation shaft, in which first assembling portions and to be fitted to each other in a direction along the rotation axis at positions adjacent to the rotation shaft are formed at the power transmission member and the mirror.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Yuki Miyoshi, Yasuhiro Katsumata, Naoto Tsubakihara, Hiroshi Sano, Keita Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 12239338
    Abstract: Treatment device for ultrasonic treatment and high frequency treatment procedure is equipped with an ultrasonic transducer including piezoelectric elements converting electrical power into ultrasonic vibrations. The treatment device includes a transmission rod with a treatment probe and jaw for clasping objects. The transmission rod includes one or more features for damping, to minimize or prevent excess vibrations and to, among other things, decrease frictional heat caused by the friction between the damping features and the transmission rod arising from attenuating the ultrasonic vibrations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Olympus Medical Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ashiba, Yasuhiro Maeda, Minoru Katsumata, Keisuke Nagao
  • Publication number: 20250071958
    Abstract: A vehicle display device includes a housing mounted on a vehicle, an image display device provided in a housing section of the housing, and a heat sink provided at a position to contact the image display device, in which the housing has an opening that is open upward, the heat sink is attached at a position to separate the housing section and the opening from each other in the housing, and has a heat dissipation surface exposed from the housing through the opening, and a discharging flow path for discharging a liquid that has entered the opening to the outside of the housing is formed on the heat dissipation surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Yuki Miyoshi, Yasuhiro Katsumata, Naoto Tsubakihara, Hiroshi Sano, Takahiro Osawa
  • Patent number: 12222496
    Abstract: In a vehicle display device, a locking mechanism has a first support part that supports a first end of a display panel and a second support part located at a position relatively different from the first support part. The second support part has a pair of urging portions that urge the display panel in a support state, and a first receiving portion that receives a lower surface of a second end of the display panel. Each of the urging portions is formed curving in an S shape when viewed from the optical axis direction, and a distal end portion formed at an end opposite to the fixed end portion has a second receiving portion that protrudes from an abutting surface toward the display panel and interposes the second end of the display panel between the second receiving portion and the first receiving portion, in the support state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Katsumata, Yuki Miyoshi, Katsuyoshi Itahana, Takuya Ishigami, Takayuki Mizushima
  • Publication number: 20240377631
    Abstract: There are provided a display unit and a vehicular display device. The display unit is mounted on a vehicular display device and emits a display image including display light to be projected onto a projection target member provided outside the vehicular display device. The display unit includes: a display panel configured to display the display image based on light from a light source; a case that supports the display panel; and a heat dissipation member configured to dissipate heat accumulated in the display unit. A shield case of the case and the heat dissipation member are connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Yuki Miyoshi, Yasuhiro Katsumata, Akira Yamanaka, Hiroshi Sano, Tetsuya Suganuma, Yu Kobayashi, Naoto Tsubakihara
  • Publication number: 20240377675
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a light source, a display unit in a plate shape including a display area on which light emitted by the light source is focused, a heat dissipation portion in a plate shape arranged on one side or another side in a plate thickness direction of the display unit, a housing containing the display unit and the heat dissipation portion, a first fixing portion provided on the housing to sandwich and fix the display unit and the heat dissipation portion in a plane extension direction intersecting the plate thickness direction, and a second fixing portion that limits displacement of the display unit and the heat dissipation portion by collectively pressing the display unit and the heat dissipation portion in the plate thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki MIYOSHI, Yasuhiro KATSUMATA, Akira YAMANAKA, Hiroshi SANO, Takuya ISHIGAMI, Takahiro OSAWA
  • Publication number: 20240375515
    Abstract: There are a display unit and a vehicular display device. The display unit emits a display image including display light to be projected onto a projection target member provided in a vehicle. The display unit includes: a lens including a lens body and a first support portion protruding from an edge portion of the lens body; and a case that has a space configured to accommodate the first support portion and holds the lens by fitting the first support portion into the space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Yuki Miyoshi, Yasuhiro Katsumata, Akira Yamanaka, Hiroshi Sano, Takuya Ishigami, Takayuki Mizushima
  • Publication number: 20240377630
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicular display device including: a display unit configured to emit a display image including display light and projected onto a projection target member provided in a vehicle; a first optical component configured to reflect the display light emitted from the display unit; a first case having a space configured to accommodate the first optical component; and a second case configured to press the first optical component accommodated in the space against the first case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Yuki Miyoshi, Yasuhiro Katsumata, Akira Yamanaka, Hiroshi Sano, Takahiro Osawa, Tetsuya Suganuma, Yu Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20240308341
    Abstract: A vehicle display device includes a housing that includes an opening and a first wall, in which the housing is attached to a vehicle in an orientation in which the opening faces an upper side in a vertical direction of the vehicle, and the first wall faces a rear side in a front-rear direction of the vehicle, an image display device, and a transparent cover. The first wall includes a pinch part pinched by one hand of an operator. The pinch part includes a first recessed portion and a second recessed portion, which are spaced apart from each other. The first recessed portion is recessed toward the second recessed portion. The second recessed portion is recessed toward the first recessed portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Yuki Miyoshi, Yasuhiro Katsumata, Akira Yamanaka, Hiroshi Sano, Yoshihide Takada, Takahiro Osawa, Tetsuya Suganuma, Yu Kobayashi, Makoto Fujii, Koichi Kase, Shuhei Yamaguchi, Tadashi Okubo, Ryosuke Tsuchite
  • Publication number: 20240111166
    Abstract: A mirror device includes a mirror including a main body portion having a reflection surface that reflects display light, and a rotating shaft protruding from a first side wall of the main body portion, and a driving member that includes a motor including an output shaft arranged parallel to the rotating shaft, and neighboring the rotating shaft in a direction orthogonal to a rotation axis line of the rotating shaft, a first gear portion coupled to the output shaft, and a second gear portion engaged with the first gear portion, and coupled to the rotating shaft, and rotates the mirror by transmitting rotation of the output shaft of the motor to the rotating shaft via the first gear portion and the second gear portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Yuki Miyoshi, Yasuhiro Katsumata, Akira Yamanaka, Naoto Tsubakihara, Hiroshi Sano, Tetsuya Suganuma, Masaaki Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20240111128
    Abstract: A vehicle display device includes a housing including an opening, an image display device that outputs display light of an image, and a mirror that includes a main body including a reflective surface that reflects the display light toward the opening and is rotatable around a rotation axis. The mirror includes a first and a second ribs that extend along a first direction, and face each other in a second direction. The first rib is formed as a rib closest to a side of the upper end on the back surface, the second rib is formed as a rib closest to a side of the lower end on the back surface, and a central region between the first and the second ribs on the back surface is formed as a flat curved surface, at least a part of which extends from the first rib to the second rib.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Yuki Miyoshi, Yasuhiro Katsumata, Akira Yamanaka, Tetsuya Suganuma, Hiroshi Sano
  • Patent number: 11885963
    Abstract: A head-up display device includes an image display device that outputs display light of an image; a mirror having a reflecting surface that reflects the display light toward a reflecting portion, and an input shaft; a motor that has an output shaft located on an extended line of the input shaft, and rotates the output shaft; a transmission member that has a cylindrical fitting portion to which the input shaft is press-fitted and a coupling portion coupled with the output shaft and transmitting output torque of the motor from the output shaft to the input shaft; a holding member that holds the motor; and a first spring that is interposed between the holding member and the transmission member, and imparts, to the transmission member, a biasing force oriented to bring the mirror close to the output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoto Tsubakihara, Kunikazu Takahashi, Yusuke Fujimoto, Takehisa Fukunaga, Yasuhiro Katsumata, Katsuyoshi Itahana, Kohji Matsuura, Keita Mochizuki, Masahiro Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11619868
    Abstract: A projection device includes a housing including a wall part including an opening, and a cover with a plate shape having a light-transmitting property and closing the opening. The wall part includes a pair of edge parts facing each other with the opening therebetween and extending along a first direction, and a plurality of claw parts disposed at each of the pair of edge parts. The pair of edge parts is curved to the inside of the housing. The cover includes through holes disposed correspondingly to the claw parts. The claw part includes a base part protruding from the corresponding edge part and a holding part protruding from the base part along the first direction. The housing sandwiches and holds the cover between an edge part and the holding parts inserted into the through holes in a state where the cover is curved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Katsumata, Hitoshi Kodama, Yusuke Sugiura, Katsuyoshi Itahana, Kohji Matsuura, Yu Kobayashi, Yuki Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 11586047
    Abstract: There is provided a head-up display device including: a display configured to emit a display light ray therefrom, a reflection member configured to pivot around a rotation axis and reflect the display light ray to project a display image; and a housing configured to accommodate the reflection member. The reflection member has a plurality of ribs protruding from a surface on an opposite side to a reflection surface which reflects the display light ray, and the plurality of ribs have a portion in which a height on an outer side in a rotational direction centered at the rotation axis is lower than that on an inner side in the rotational direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naohisa Murata, Yasuhiro Katsumata, Koichiro Hagiwara, Yusuke Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20220326515
    Abstract: In a vehicle display device, a locking mechanism has a first support part that supports a first end of a display panel and a second support part located at a position relatively different from the first support part. The second support part has a pair of urging portions that urge the display panel in a support state, and a first receiving portion that receives a lower surface of a second end of the display panel. Each of the urging portions is formed curving in an S shape when viewed from the optical axis direction, and a distal end portion formed at an end opposite to the fixed end portion has a second receiving portion that protrudes from an abutting surface toward the display panel and interposes the second end of the display panel between the second receiving portion and the first receiving portion, in the support state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Katsumata, Yuki Miyoshi, Katsuyoshi Itahana, Takuya Ishigami, Takayuki Mizushima
  • Publication number: 20220269153
    Abstract: A projection device includes a housing including a wall part including an opening, and a cover with a plate shape having a light-transmitting property and closing the opening. The wall part includes a pair of edge parts facing each other with the opening therebetween and extending along a first direction, and a plurality of claw parts disposed at each of the pair of edge parts. The pair of edge parts is curved to the inside of the housing. The cover includes through holes disposed correspondingly to the claw parts. The claw part includes a base part protruding from the corresponding edge part and a holding part protruding from the base part along the first direction. The housing sandwiches and holds the cover between an edge part and the holding parts inserted into the through holes in a state where the cover is curved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Katsumata, Hitoshi Kodama, Yusuke Sugiura, Katsuyoshi Itahana, Kohji Matsuura, Yu Kobayashi, Yuki Miyoshi
  • Publication number: 20220260835
    Abstract: A head-up display device includes an image display device that outputs display light of an image; a mirror having a reflecting surface that reflects the display light toward a reflecting portion, and an input shaft; a motor that has an output shaft located on an extended line of the input shaft, and rotates the output shaft; a transmission member that has a cylindrical fitting portion to which the input shaft is press-fitted and a coupling portion coupled with the output shaft and transmitting output torque of the motor from the output shaft to the input shaft; a holding member that holds the motor; and a first spring that is interposed between the holding member and the transmission member, and imparts, to the transmission member, a biasing force oriented to bring the mirror close to the output shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Naoto TSUBAKIHARA, Kunikazu TAKAHASHI, Yusuke FUJIMOTO, Takehisa FUKUNAGA, Yasuhiro KATSUMATA, Katsuyoshi ITAHANA, Kohji MATSUURA, Keita MOCHIZUKI, Masahiro YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20220179216
    Abstract: There is provided a head-up display device including: a display configured to emit a display light ray therefrom, a reflection member configured to pivot around a rotation axis and reflect the display light ray to project a display image; and a housing configured to accommodate the reflection member. The reflection member has a plurality of ribs protruding from a surface on an opposite side to a reflection surface which reflects the display light ray, and the plurality of ribs have a portion in which a height on an outer side in a rotational direction centered at the rotation axis is lower than that on an inner side in the rotational direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Naohisa Murata, Yasuhiro Katsumata, Koichiro Hagiwara, Yusuke Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 10209525
    Abstract: A head-up display device includes a housing, a reflecting member, a projection light emitting unit, and a vibration transmitting member. The housing is fixed to a vehicle. The reflecting member is rotatably supported by the housing and is held at a rotation position. The projection light emitting unit projects projection light corresponding to information onto a window of the vehicle through the reflecting member. The vibration transmitting member is provided between the housing and the reflecting member and has elasticity. The vibration transmitting member is fixed to the housing and makes contact with the reflecting member in an elastically compressed state in an entire rotatable range of the reflecting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Aono, Jun Shihaku, Yasuhiro Katsumata, Akira Yamanaka, Tatsuya Saito, Kohji Matsuura, Toshiyuki Tsutsumi, Shin Funaki
  • Publication number: 20170115493
    Abstract: A head-up display device includes a housing, a reflecting member, a projection light emitting unit, and a vibration transmitting member. The housing is fixed to a vehicle. The reflecting member is rotatably supported by the housing and is held at a rotation position. The projection light emitting unit projects projection light corresponding to information onto a window of the vehicle through the reflecting member. The vibration transmitting member is provided between the housing and the reflecting member and has elasticity. The vibration transmitting member is fixed to the housing and makes contact with the reflecting member in an elastically compressed state in an entire rotatable range of the reflecting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicants: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi AONO, Jun SHIHAKU, Yasuhiro KATSUMATA, Akira YAMANAKA, Tatsuya SAITO, Kohji MATSUURA, Toshiyuki TSUTSUMI, Shin FUNAKI