Patents by Inventor Yuichiro IMAIZUMI

Yuichiro IMAIZUMI 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: 20230228400
    Abstract: An indoor illumination device includes a compartment-side ceiling member, a lighting body support base, a direct illumination lighting body, and an indirect illumination lighting body. The lighting body support base is attached to the compartment-side ceiling member. The direct illumination lighting body is supported by a lighting body support base such that an illumination section of direct illumination lighting body is disposed below the compartment-side ceiling member and direct light is radiated into the passenger compartment. The indirect illumination lighting body is supported by a lighting body support base such that an illumination section of the indirect illumination lighting body is disposed above the compartment-side ceiling member and reflected light is radiated into the passenger compartment. The lighting body support base extends in a vehicle forward/rearward direction at an outer side portion of the ceiling section in the passenger compartment in a vehicle width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Shuto Yoshiuchi, Yoshitomo Oka, Makoto Ohta, Masakazu Okada, Mai Nagasawa, Tomoyo Futakawame, Tomoo Ito, Hiroki Taniguchi, Yuichiro Imaizumi, Miki Saito
  • Patent number: 11376924
    Abstract: A vehicle air conditioning apparatus is provided. The vehicle air conditioning apparatus includes: a plurality of seat air conditioning units configured to selectively perform cooling or heating for corresponding seats installed in a cabin, respectively; and a plurality of exhaust ducts for discharging, outside the cabin, part of air used in the plurality of seat air conditioning units. At least part of the plurality of exhaust ducts is merged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Imaizumi, Kazuhiko Seki, Subaru Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11299012
    Abstract: A vehicle air conditioning apparatus is provided which includes: a plurality of seat air conditioning units configured to selectively perform cooling or heating per corresponding seat among a plurality of seats installed in a cabin, respectively; and a plurality of exhaust ducts for discharging, outside the cabin, part of air used in the plurality of seat air conditioning units. An exhaust duct of a given one of the plurality of seat air conditioning units is connected to an air inlet of another seat air conditioning unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Imaizumi, Kazuhiko Seki, Subaru Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11084352
    Abstract: A vehicle air conditioner includes: a heating passage for sucking in air inside the vehicle cabin with a heating fan and supplying the air to a condenser, and supplying the air having passed through the condenser into the vehicle cabin from a heating air outlet; a cooling passage for sucking in the air inside the vehicle cabin with a cooling fan and supplying the air to an evaporator, and supplying the air having passed through the evaporator into the vehicle cabin from a cooling air outlet; a cooling inlet opening and a cooling outlet opening capable of communicating both sides of the condenser of the heating passage with outside of the vehicle cabin; and a heating inlet opening and a heating outlet opening capable of communicating both sides of the evaporator of the cooling passage with the outside of the vehicle cabin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuichiro Imaizumi
  • Publication number: 20200130467
    Abstract: A vehicle air conditioning apparatus is provided which includes: a plurality of seat air conditioning units configured to selectively perform cooling or heating per corresponding seat among a plurality of seats installed in a cabin, respectively; and a plurality of exhaust ducts for discharging, outside the cabin, part of air used in the plurality of seat air conditioning units. An exhaust duct of a given one of the plurality of seat air conditioning units is connected to an air inlet of another seat air conditioning unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Yuichiro IMAIZUMI, Kazuhiko SEKI, Subaru MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200130466
    Abstract: A vehicle air conditioning apparatus is provided. The vehicle air conditioning apparatus includes: a plurality of seat air conditioning units configured to selectively perform cooling or heating for corresponding seats installed in a cabin, respectively; and a plurality of exhaust ducts for discharging, outside the cabin, part of air used in the plurality of seat air conditioning units. At least part of the plurality of exhaust ducts is merged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Yuichiro IMAIZUMI, Kazuhiko SEKI, Subaru MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190283636
    Abstract: A vehicle air conditioning system includes: a vehicle seat provided with a seat cushion having a side surface that is curved inward with respect to a widthwise direction as the side surface extends upward; an air conditioning unit configured to adjust a temperature of air and discharge temperature-adjusted air; and a blowing opening provided to open upward at a position along the side surface of the seat cushion and blowing the air discharged from the air conditioning unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Yuichiro IMAIZUMI, Kazuhiko SEKI
  • Publication number: 20190255908
    Abstract: A vehicle air conditioner includes: a heating passage for sucking in air inside the vehicle cabin with a heating fan and supplying the air to a condenser, and supplying the air having passed through the condenser into the vehicle cabin from a heating air outlet; a cooling passage for sucking in the air inside the vehicle cabin with a cooling fan and supplying the air to an evaporator, and supplying the air having passed through the evaporator into the vehicle cabin from a cooling air outlet; a cooling inlet opening and a cooling outlet opening capable of communicating both sides of the condenser of the heating passage with outside of the vehicle cabin; and a heating inlet opening and a heating outlet opening capable of communicating both sides of the evaporator of the cooling passage with the outside of the vehicle cabin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co.,Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuichiro IMAIZUMI