Patents by Inventor Yoshinori Masatsugu

Yoshinori Masatsugu 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: 20230271502
    Abstract: Provided is technology that enables a lighting device to luminously display a clear sign. A display panel 3 of a lighting device 1 has a layered structure including a transparent base layer 30, a decorative layer 33 having a general decorative portion 33g and a display decorative portion 33d, and a blocking layer 35 having a general blocking portion 35g and a display blocking portion 35d. A blocking outer-edge portion 35e which is at least a part of an outer edge of the display blocking portion 35d is located on a radially outer side relative to a paired decorative outer-edge portion 33e.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshinori MASATSUGU, Yusuke UESHIMA
  • Publication number: 20230114945
    Abstract: An on-vehicle human sensing switch includes: a display having a display area for luminously displaying a switch image of a vehicle-mounted electronic device ; a light transmission type touch panel substrate body disposed on the display; and a light transmission type decorative body disposed on the touch panel substrate body . The touch panel substrate body includes, on a substrate, an electrostatic capacitance type sensor electrode configured to detect approach of a detection target, and an electrostatic capacitance type switch electrode which is disposed at a position opposing the display area and is configured to detect an action of the detection target. When approach of the detection target is detected by the sensor electrode, the switch image is displayed on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Yoshinori MASATSUGU, Yasushi HIBINO, Mineo FUKUI
  • Publication number: 20220185059
    Abstract: A proximity air conditioner is capable of performing energy-saving and efficient air-conditioning. A proximity air-conditioning unit for vehicles includes: a housing; a temperature adjustment unit including a temperature adjuster and a blower; and ducts, wherein upper ends of blowout ports of ducts are located above seat surfaces of seats, end portions in a long-side direction of the blowout ports are located on a front side with respect to other end portions thereof in a front-back direction of the seats, and the temperature adjustment unit is disposed between both end portions in the long-side direction of each of the blowout ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Nobuhiro TERAI, Chiharu TOTANI, Yoshinori MASATSUGU, Naoyuki FUKUI, Hiroto WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20210229523
    Abstract: Provided is a novel heating system for an electric vehicle. A heating system for a vehicle compartment includes: a heat source storage chamber disposed below a vehicle compartment floor of an electric vehicle and configured to store at least one heat source element unit selected from an automotive battery, a motor, a converter, and an inverter; and a connection chamber configured to connect between the heat source storage chamber and the vehicle compartment. A heat exchange medium flows in the heat source storage chamber and the connection chamber. The heat source element unit and air in the vehicle compartment exchange heat with each other through the heat exchange medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Nobuhiro TERAI, Koichi SUZUKI, Chiharu TOTANI, Yoshinori MASATSUGU, Hiroshi IWATA, Hiroto WATANABE, Yasuhiro MARUTA, Hisashi TAKAYA
  • Patent number: 10421220
    Abstract: A foamed resin molded article having an integral section formed as a dense resin section, which has suppressed resin foaming. The mounting section has improved mounting strength. The foamed resin molded article has a base body and a mounting section, which is formed integrally with the base body and protrudes from the base body. The mounting section has a body section, which has a mounting hole allowing a counterpart member to be inserted therein, and a leg section, which has one end thereof continuous with the body section and the other end thereof continuous with the base body. A thickness of a portion at the base body side of the leg section is smaller than a thickness of the body section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Masatsugu, Hitoshi Fujisawa, Shuji Inui
  • Patent number: 10099824
    Abstract: A dual swing lid mechanism includes a base section and a lid openable and closable with respect to the base section. The lid includes a lid main body section, an arm section, a first supporting shaft, and a second supporting shaft. The lid main body section has a lock mechanism including a first rod engageable with the arm section and a second rod engageable with the base section. The lid changes among a closed state; a first opened state of opening a containing section with the first supporting shaft as a center; and a second opened state of opening the containing section with the second supporting shaft as the center. The first rod engages with the arm section in the closed state and the first opened state and disengages from the arm section in the second opened state. The second rod engages with the base section in the closed state and the second opened state and disengages from the base section in the first opened state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Masatsugu, Nobuhiko Yokota, Hitoshi Fujisawa
  • Publication number: 20180272576
    Abstract: Provided is a foamed resin molded article integrally having a mounting section formed as a dense resin section having suppressed resin foaming, the mounting section having sufficiently improved mounting strength. A foamed resin molded article 1 including: a base body 2; and a mounting section 3 formed integrally with the base body 2 and protruding from the base body 2, wherein the mounting section 3 includes: a body section 31 having a mounting hole 31a allowing a counterpart member 9 to be inserted therein; and a leg section 32 having one end thereof continuous with the body section 31 and the other end thereof continuous with the base body 2, and a thickness of a portion 33 at the base body side of the leg section 32 is smaller than a thickness of the body section 31.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Yoshinori Masatsugu, Hitoshi Fujisawa, Shuji Inui
  • Patent number: 9908450
    Abstract: A lifting container holder includes: a case having an opening of an accommodation space; a cylindrical outer cylinder portion configured to reciprocate in an external direction of the accommodation space from the opening; an inner member portion configured to reciprocate in an internal direction to the accommodation space from the opening; and a lifting unit configured to move the inner member portion and the outer cylinder portion in different directions, the lifting unit including: an outer cylinder lifting unit including an outer cylinder link; an inner member lifting unit including a first inner member link and a second inner member link further in the internal direction of the inner member portion; and a gear unit configured to transmit swinging of the outer cylinder link and swinging of at least one of the first inner member link and the second inner member link of the inner member lifting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Masatsugu, Shinichi Sawada, Kunihito Kondo
  • Patent number: 9840179
    Abstract: A liftable container holder of the present invention includes a case part that defines a receiving space therein and has an opening of the receiving space, an outer cylinder part that is disposed in the receiving space and reciprocatingly movable through the opening in an outward direction of the receiving space, an inner cylinder part that is disposed in the receiving space and reciprocatingly movable through the opening in an inward direction of the receiving space, and a lifting part that displaces the inner cylinder part and the outer cylinder part in directions different from each other. The lifting part has a link member including a one-end part connected to the outer cylinder part, an other-end part connected to the inner cylinder part, and a rotating support part rotatably supported in the case part between the one-end part and the other-end part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Sawada, Kunihito Kondo, Yoshinori Masatsugu
  • Publication number: 20170267421
    Abstract: A dual swing lid mechanism includes a base section and a lid openable and closable with respect to the base section. The lid includes a lid main body section, an arm section, a first supporting shaft, and a second supporting shaft. The lid main body section has a lock mechanism including a first rod engageable with the arm section and a second rod engageable with the base section. The lid changes among a closed state; a first opened state of opening a containing section with the first supporting shaft as a center; and a second opened state of opening the containing section with the second supporting shaft as the center. The first rod engages with the arm section in the closed state and the first opened state and disengages from the arm section in the second opened state. The second rod engages with the base section in the closed state and the second opened state and disengages from the base section in the first opened state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshinori MASATSUGU, Nobuhiko YOKOTA, Hitoshi FUJISAWA
  • Publication number: 20160362029
    Abstract: A cup holder device of the present invention includes an advancing and retracting mechanism configured to move a drawer member between an advance position to which the drawer member is advanced from an opening, and a retraction position to which the drawer member is retracted into the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshinori MASATSUGU, Nobuhiko YOKOTA, Kenji ASANO
  • Publication number: 20160331165
    Abstract: A lifting container holder includes: a case having an opening of an accommodation space; a cylindrical outer cylinder portion configured to reciprocate in an external direction of the accommodation space from the opening; an inner member portion configured to reciprocate in an internal direction to the accommodation space from the opening; and a lifting unit configured to move the inner member portion and the outer cylinder portion in different directions, the lifting unit including: an outer cylinder lifting unit including an outer cylinder link; an inner member lifting unit including a first inner member link and a second inner member link further in the internal direction of the inner member portion; and a gear unit configured to transmit swinging of the outer cylinder link and swinging of at least one of the first inner member link and the second inner member link of the inner member lifting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Yoshinori MASATSUGU, Shinichi SAWADA, Kunihito KONDO
  • Patent number: 9491861
    Abstract: A wiring substrate includes a wiring pattern that is formed on a surface of a conductive board via an insulation layer and an extension part that is extended from the wiring pattern. The extension part is disposed in a portion located immediately below a detachable connector. The detachable connector is connected to a fixed connector mounted on the wiring substrate and connected and fixed to the wiring pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Masatsugu, Hideaki Kato, Tomohiro Miwa
  • Publication number: 20160114732
    Abstract: An opening operation assisting device of a dual swing container device according to the present invention includes: a first pressing holding section supported at one end side of a box main body so as to be able to advance toward the one end side of a cover body; a first bias member configured to bias the first pressing holding section toward the advancing direction; a second pressing holding section supported at the other end side of the box main body so as to be able to advance toward the other end side of the cover body; and a second bias member configured to bias the second pressing holding section toward the advancing direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Shinichi SAWADA, Kenji ASANO, Yoshinori MASATSUGU, Kunihito KONDO
  • Publication number: 20160106246
    Abstract: A liftable container holder of the present invention includes a case part that defines a receiving space therein and has an opening of the receiving space, an outer cylinder part that is disposed in the receiving space and reciprocatingly movable through the opening in an outward direction of the receiving space, an inner cylinder part that is disposed in the receiving space and reciprocatingly movable through the opening in an inward direction of the receiving space, and a lifting part that displaces the inner cylinder part and the outer cylinder part in directions different from each other. The lifting part has a link member including a one-end part connected to the outer cylinder part, an other-end part connected to the inner cylinder part, and a rotating support part rotatably supported in the case part between the one-end part and the other-end part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Shinichi SAWADA, Kunihito KONDO, Yoshinori MASATSUGU
  • Publication number: 20150054018
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a case including a recessed portion, a lead frame that is housed in the case so as to be exposed in a bottom portion of the recessed portion and includes a first region, a second region and a third region arranged sandwiched between the first and second regions, a light-emitting element mounted in the first region and electrically connected to the third region via a first wire, and a hold-down member covering both ends in a width direction of an upper surface of the third region so as to hold down the third region from above. One end in a longitudinal direction of the third region protrudes outside of the case. The hold-down member is formed so as to contact with an inner surface of a sidewall of the recessed portion at an other end in the longitudinal direction of the third region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukiko Yabuta, Yoshinori Masatsugu, Toshimasa Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20150028380
    Abstract: A wiring substrate includes a wiring pattern that is formed on a surface of a conductive board via an insulation layer and an extension part that is extended from the wiring pattern. The extension part is disposed in a portion located immediately below a detachable connector. The detachable connector is connected to a fixed connector mounted on the wiring substrate and connected and fixed to the wiring pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshinori Masatsugu, Hideaki Kato, Tomohiro Miwa
  • Patent number: 8330079
    Abstract: A steering wheel including a rim, first heating members, second heating members, and a control section is provided. The rim has leather-covered portions and wood-grain portions. The surface of the leather-covered portions has a thermal conductivity different from the thermal conductivity of the surface of the wood-grain portions. Each first heating member is provided inside of the surface of the corresponding leather-covered portion. When being energized, each first heating member adjusts the surface temperature of the corresponding leather-covered portion. Each second heating member is provided inside of the surface of the corresponding wood-grain portion. When being energized, each second heating member adjusts the surface temperature of the corresponding wood-grain portion. The control section controls the energization of the first heating members and the energization of the second heating members independently from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Yasuda, Yoshinori Masatsugu
  • Publication number: 20100071502
    Abstract: A steering wheel including a rim, first heating members, second heating members, and a control section is provided. The rim has leather-covered portions and wood-grain portions. The surface of the leather-covered portions has a thermal conductivity different from the thermal conductivity of the surface of the wood-grain portions. Each first heating member is provided inside of the surface of the corresponding leather-covered portion. When being energized, each first heating member adjusts the surface temperature of the corresponding leather-covered portion. Each second heating member is provided inside of the surface of the corresponding wood-grain portion. When being energized, each second heating member adjusts the surface temperature of the corresponding wood-grain portion. The control section controls the energization of the first heating members and the energization of the second heating members independently from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Yasuda, Yoshinori Masatsugu
  • Patent number: 7475902
    Abstract: The steering wheel includes a wheel body and an airbag apparatus disposed on top of a boss. The wheel body is divided into a shaft side division joined to the steering shaft, and a ring side division disposed proximate the ring. The ring side division is rotatable with respect to the shaft side division such that a ring plane is aligned generally vertically. The boss includes an actuator that rotates and moves the ring side division to align the ring plane generally vertically. The actuator completes its operation to align the ring plane generally vertically by the time a driver contacts the inflated airbag in the course of forward motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ichizo Shiga, Michihisa Asaoka, Naohiko Ishiguro, Masanari Sakamoto, Tsutomu Ishii, Yoshinori Masatsugu, Akira Tomita