Patents by Inventor Yo IKEDA

Yo IKEDA 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).

  • Start switch device
    Patent number: 11679739
    Abstract: A start switch device includes a start button configured to send a command to start or stop a vehicle drive device, a biometric sensor arranged on the start button for reading a biometric information of an operator to operate an operating surface of the start button, a light source configured to emit an illuminating light from an inside of the start button toward the operating surface, and a design part arranged around the biometric sensor on the operating surface and configured to define a design on the operating surface by the illuminating light transmitted therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yo Ikeda, Tomoyuki Funayama, Yuya Goto, Naoyuki Takada
  • START SWITCH DEVICE
    Publication number: 20220001837
    Abstract: A start switch device includes a start button configured to send a command to start or stop a vehicle drive device, a biometric sensor arranged on the start button for reading a biometric information of an operator to operate an operating surface of the start button, a light source configured to emit an illuminating light from an inside of the start button toward the operating surface, and a design part arranged around the biometric sensor on the operating surface and configured to define a design on the operating surface by the illuminating light transmitted therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Yo IKEDA, Tomoyuki FUNAYAMA, Yuya GOTO, Naoyuki TAKADA
  • Start switch device
    Patent number: 11161478
    Abstract: A start switch device includes a start button configured to send a command to start or stop a vehicle drive device, a biometric sensor arranged on the start button for reading a biometric information of an operator to operate an operating surface of the start button, a light source configured to emit an illuminating light from an inside of the start button toward the operating surface, and a design part arranged around the biometric sensor on the operating surface and configured to define a design on the operating surface by the illuminating light transmitted therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yo Ikeda, Tomoyuki Funayama, Yuya Goto, Naoyuki Takada
  • START SWITCH DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200122687
    Abstract: A start switch device includes a start button configured to send a command to start or stop a vehicle drive device, a biometric sensor arranged on the start button for reading a biometric information of an operator to operate an operating surface of the start button, a light source configured to emit an illuminating light from an inside of the start button toward the operating surface, and a design part arranged around the biometric sensor on the operating surface and configured to define a design on the operating surface by the illuminating light transmitted therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Yo IKEDA, Tomoyuki FUNAYAMA, Yuya GOTO, Naoyuki TAKADA
  • Start switch device
    Patent number: 10518749
    Abstract: A start switch device includes a start button configured to send a command to start or stop a vehicle drive device, a biometric sensor arranged on the start button for reading a biometric information of an operator to operate an operating surface of the start button, a light source configured to emit an illuminating light from an inside of the start button toward the operating surface, and a design part arranged around the biometric sensor on the operating surface and configured to define a design on the operating surface by the illuminating light transmitted therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yo Ikeda, Tomoyuki Funayama, Yuya Goto, Naoyuki Takada
  • START SWITCH DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190111892
    Abstract: A start switch device includes a start button configured to send a command to start or stop a vehicle drive device, a biometric sensor arranged on the start button for reading a biometric information of an operator to operate an operating surface of the start button, a light source configured to emit an illuminating light from an inside of the start button toward the operating surface, and a design part arranged around the biometric sensor on the operating surface and configured to define a design on the operating surface by the illuminating light transmitted therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Yo IKEDA, Tomoyuki FUNAYAMA, Yuya GOTO, Naoyuki TAKADA