Patents by Inventor Yohei KURIHARA

Yohei KURIHARA 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: 11718178
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure having a head-up display, includes: a window that defines a cabin and is used as a reflector of the head-up display; and an image projection device that projects an image toward the window. An image projection surface of the window that is positioned closest to the cabin includes a prescribed image projection area onto which the image is projected and a surrounding area that surrounds the image projection area. Of the image projection area and the surrounding area of the image projection surface, only the surrounding area is formed with a moth-eye structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei Kurihara, Kazuo Sakurai
  • Publication number: 20220289027
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure having a head-up display, includes: a window that defines a cabin and is used as a reflector of the head-up display; and an image projection device that projects an image toward the window. An image projection surface of the window that is positioned closest to the cabin includes a prescribed image projection area onto which the image is projected and a surrounding area that surrounds the image projection area. Of the image projection area and the surrounding area of the image projection surface, only the surrounding area is formed with a moth-eye structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Yohei KURIHARA, Kazuo SAKURAI
  • Publication number: 20220295036
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure having a camera, includes: a light transmissive window defining a cabin; and a camera disposed to oppose a cabin-side surface of the window, wherein the window has a moth-eye structure formed on at least a part of the cabin-side surface located within an image capturing range of the camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Yohei KURIHARA, Kazuo SAKURAI
  • Publication number: 20220283301
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure having an external environment sensor includes: a vehicle body; and a sensor mount member supporting an external environment sensor and mounted on the vehicle body. The external environment sensor includes: a sensor main body that irradiates an electromagnetic wave to an object and receives a reflected wave from the object; and a housing accommodating the sensor main body, wherein a moth-eye structure is formed on an electromagnetic wave passing part of the housing through which at least one of the electromagnetic wave and the reflected wave passes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Yohei KURIHARA, Kazuo SAKURAI