Patents by Inventor Yozo Takagi

Yozo Takagi 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: 11820270
    Abstract: An assist grip structure is made for a vehicle, including an opening portion formed in a side surface of the vehicle and a sliding door configured to slide in a vehicle front-rear direction to open and close the opening portion. The assist grip structure is attached to a side edge defining the opening portion at a position closer to an inner end in a vehicle width direction of the side edge and overlapping in the vehicle width direction with the opened sliding door. The assist grip structure includes: a grip part extending in a vehicle up-down direction; an extending part extending from the grip part toward an opening direction of the sliding door; and a cup holder provided at a position ahead, in the opening direction of the sliding door, of the grip part and interior, in the vehicle width direction, to the extending part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yozo Takagi, John McDougall
  • Patent number: 11623522
    Abstract: An overhead display system for a vehicle is disclosed. The system includes a trim panel, a set of brackets, and a plurality of display units. The brackets are disposed within an interior region of the trim panel, and the display units are mounted on the brackets through openings formed in the trim panel. The display units are arranged such that a pair of screens can be oriented in both a rearward-facing direction and a forward-facing direction. The system is configured as a module that can be readily installed in a roof structure of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: John F. Howard, Jr., Carlington G. Demetrius, Akira Miyazaki, Yozo Takagi, Akihiro Shibuya, Fumiyuki Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20220314793
    Abstract: An overhead display system for a vehicle is disclosed. The system includes a trim panel, a set of brackets, and a plurality of display units. The brackets are disposed within an interior region of the trim panel, and the display units are mounted on the brackets through openings formed in the trim panel. The display units are arranged such that a pair of screens can be oriented in both a rearward-facing direction and a forward-facing direction. The system is configured as a module that can be readily installed in a roof structure of a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: John F. HOWARD, JR., Carlington G. DEMETRIUS, Akira MIYAZAKI, Yozo TAKAGI, Akihiro SHIBUYA, Fumiyuki MIZUNO
  • Publication number: 20220297585
    Abstract: An assist grip structure is made for a vehicle, including an opening portion formed in a side surface of the vehicle and a sliding door configured to slide in a vehicle front-rear direction to open and close the opening portion. The assist grip structure is attached to a side edge defining the opening portion at a position closer to an inner end in a vehicle width direction of the side edge and overlapping in the vehicle width direction with the opened sliding door. The assist grip structure includes: a grip part extending in a vehicle up-down direction; an extending part extending from the grip part toward an opening direction of the sliding door; and a cup holder provided at a position ahead, in the opening direction of the sliding door, of the grip part and interior, in the vehicle width direction, to the extending part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Yozo TAKAGI, John McDougall
  • Patent number: 11180006
    Abstract: A vehicle door apparatus includes: a first slide door and a second slide door that are slidably provided between a close position at which an opening part of a vehicle is closed and an open position at which the opening part is opened and that have door frame parts butted to each other in a state where the opening part is closed; and a door opening/closing switch that is provided on an inner side wall positioned on a side to which each slide door is opened among the door frame parts of the first slide door and the second slide door and that opens and closes each of the slide doors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yozo Takagi, Takehiro Ishibashi
  • Publication number: 20210300162
    Abstract: A vehicle door apparatus includes: a first slide door and a second slide door that are slidably provided between a close position at which an opening part of a vehicle is closed and an open position at which the opening part is opened and that have door frame parts butted to each other in a state where the opening part is closed; and a door opening/closing switch that is provided on an inner side wall positioned on a side to which each slide door is opened among the door frame parts of the first slide door and the second slide door and that opens and closes each of the slide doors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yozo Takagi, Takehiro Ishibashi
  • Patent number: 8477022
    Abstract: A vehicular display apparatus of the invention includes a display portion that displays a predetermined graphic in accordance with a present consumption amount of energy used for moving a vehicle. The graphic displayed on the display portion changes at least one of a displayed size and a displayed color thereof in accordance with the consumption amount. The displayed size increases as the consumption amount increases. The displayed color is changed to have a longer wavelength of color as the consumption amount increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Taguchi, Satoshi Aoyagi, Yukiko Yamamoto, Shinji Kamon, Yozo Takagi
  • Publication number: 20100277495
    Abstract: A vehicular display apparatus of the invention includes a display portion that displays a predetermined graphic in accordance with a present consumption amount of energy used for moving a vehicle. The graphic displayed on the display portion changes at least one of a displayed size and a displayed color thereof in accordance with the consumption amount. The displayed size increases as the consumption amount increases. The displayed color is changed to have a longer wavelength of color as the consumption amount increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Taguchi, Satoshi Aoyagi, Yukiko Yamamoto, Shinji Kamon, Yozo Takagi
  • Patent number: D521917
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yozo Takagi, Keigo Abe
  • Patent number: D497337
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yozo Takagi, Yuichi Tsukada