Patents by Inventor Yoshimasa MURAI

Yoshimasa MURAI 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: 20240140402
    Abstract: A parking support apparatus includes a storage that stores a manual parking path, and a processor that sets a safety region where the vehicle can pass. The processor causes the vehicle to perform automatic driving based on the generated automatic parking path, and the processor generates a parking path configured for driving within a range of the performance of the electric power steering and for the vehicle to pass inside the safety region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihito MURAI, Hirofumi NISHIMURA, Yoshimasa OKABE
  • Publication number: 20240140401
    Abstract: A parking support apparatus includes an instruction detection section that detects the occupant's parking instruction based on an operation of the occupant of the vehicle or a history of a motion of the vehicle, and a vehicle control section that performs the automatic parking of the vehicle. When the history indicates that the vehicle has stopped after steering and turning from a straight movement, and that the occupant has performed a predetermined parking instruction operation, the instruction detection section determines that the parking instruction is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihito MURAI, Yoshimasa OKABE, Hirofumi NISHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20210291127
    Abstract: A fluid mixer configured to stably supply a mixed fluid having a desired mixing ratio, and which can be reduced in size. This fluid mixer includes a Venturi tube having a constriction section at which the flow path area is reduced, the Venturi tube having formed therein a first inflow opening and a second inflow opening through which a second fluid flows into a low-pressure region produced due to an increase in fluid velocity when a first fluid passes through the constriction section. A valve body that is disposed within the Venturi tube, the valve body closing due to the pressure of the first fluid passing through the Venturi tube and changing the flow path area of the Venturi tube, blocking off the first inflow opening when closed, and opening the first inflow opening when opened; and a biasing part (elastic body) applying a biasing force in the valve closing direction of the valve body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Minoru HISHIKAWA, Yoshimasa MURAI