Patents by Inventor Yuji Kawamoto

Yuji Kawamoto 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: 20240109503
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an attachment structure for attaching a wiring member to an instrument panel reinforcement, which is an attachment object, provided near an instrument panel. The wiring member includes a linear transmission member that transmits electricity or light, and a covering member that covers the linear transmission member. The wiring member attachment structure includes a rail member provided on the instrument panel reinforcement, and an insertion member that is provided on the covering member and inserted into the rail member. The wiring member is attached to the instrument panel reinforcement in a state in which the insertion member is inserted into the rail member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicants: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Tatsumi SATO, Kazuhiro Nishimura, Hirozumi Okaniwa, Tomohiko Tateishi, Tatsuya Aida, Yuji Kawamoto
  • Publication number: 20230264357
    Abstract: A conveyance method includes: acquiring type identification information identifying a type of a conveyance target article; acquiring instrument identification information identifying the type of an instrument installed in each of a plurality of devices; specifying the type of the instrument associated with the type identified by the type identification information; selecting a target device in which the instrument of the specified type is installed among the plurality of devices; and outputting, to a conveyance robot, a conveyance instruction to convey the conveyance target article to the target device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro INOUE, Tomohiro OKADA, Yuji KAWAMOTO, Atsushi OSHIRO, Teisuke KATAGI, Kazunari TSUKIYAMA, Yosuke NAGABAYASHI, Takeshi MAEHIRO
  • Patent number: 10710517
    Abstract: A vehicle display device decorative part and a vehicle display device include a first area provided in the vehicle display device that displays information regarding a vehicle, and having a first pattern formed of a plurality of first grooves, and a second area provided to be included in the first area, and having a second pattern formed of a plurality of second grooves. As a result, the vehicle display device decorative part and the vehicle display device exhibits an effect to realize new and fresh visual effects due to a synergistic effect by a combination of the first pattern formed in the first area and the second pattern formed in the second area included in the first area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kannzaki, Sosuke Yamamoto, Masashi Watanabe, Yuji Kawamoto, Noriyuki Sakayanagi, Hiroki Kuroyanagi
  • Patent number: 10539299
    Abstract: A display device includes a panel, a light source, and a display target. The panel has a transparent resin portion and a reflective film formed on a front surface of the transparent resin portion, the display target has a first display layer printed on a front surface of the reflective film and a second display layer printed on a front surface of the first display layer, the first display layer is printed so as to shield the illumination light emitted from the light source, the second display layer is printed in a color different from a color of the first display layer, an outer dimension of the second display layer is smaller than an outer dimension of the first display layer, and a border portion formed by an edge portion of the front surface of the first display layer is provided at an edge portion of the display target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKIKAISHA TOKAIRIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Yuji Kawamoto, Kouji Iwamoto, Ryosuke Okuda
  • Publication number: 20190293265
    Abstract: A display device includes a panel, a light source, and a display target. The panel has a transparent resin portion and a reflective film formed on a front surface of the transparent resin portion, the display target has a first display layer printed on a front surface of the reflective film and a second display layer printed on a front surface of the first display layer, the first display layer is printed so as to shield the illumination light emitted from the light source, the second display layer is printed in a color different from a color of the first display layer, an outer dimension of the second display layer is smaller than an outer dimension of the first display layer, and a border portion formed by an edge portion of the front surface of the first display layer is provided at an edge portion of the display target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKIKAISHA TOKAIRIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Yuji KAWAMOTO, Kouji IWAMOTO, Ryosuke OKUDA
  • Publication number: 20170341600
    Abstract: A vehicle display device decorative part and a vehicle display device include a first area provided in the vehicle display device that displays information regarding a vehicle, and having a first pattern formed of a plurality of first grooves, and a second area provided to be included in the first area, and having a second pattern formed of a plurality of second grooves. As a result, the vehicle display device decorative part and the vehicle display device exhibits an effect to realize new and fresh visual effects due to a synergistic effect by a combination of the first pattern formed in the first area and the second pattern formed in the second area included in the first area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicants: Yazaki Corporation, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Hiroaki KANNZAKI, Sosuke YAMAMOTO, Masashi WATANABE, Yuji KAWAMOTO, Noriyuki SAKAYANAGI, Hiroki KUROYANAGI
  • Patent number: 9487088
    Abstract: An in-vehicle apparatus mounting unit having a projection projecting into a cabin interior includes: a panel provided to face the cabin interior; a support for supporting the projection while the projection is made to project from the panel; and a support case that is attached to the panel on an opposite side to the cabin and accommodates the support in a space formed thereby together with the panel. The support is fixed to the panel or the support case by fixing means, and the fixing means releases the fixation for the support when a load pushing the projection toward the panel exceeds a predetermined load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Yuji Kawamoto, Koji Ozeki, Shigeo Shigeyama
  • Publication number: 20150165908
    Abstract: An in-vehicle apparatus mounting unit having a projection projecting into a cabin interior includes: a panel provided to face the cabin interior; a support for supporting the projection while the projection is made to project from the panel; and a support case that is attached to the panel on an opposite side to the cabin and accommodates the support in a space formed thereby together with the panel. The support is fixed to the panel or the support case by fixing means, and the fixing means releases the fixation for the support when a load pushing the projection toward the panel exceeds a predetermined load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Yuji Kawamoto, Koji Ozeki, Shigeo Shigeyama
  • Patent number: 8555660
    Abstract: An operation unit for a vehicle air conditioner includes a display device, a setting input portion of a control parameter of the air conditioner other than a set temperature, an obtaining portion configured to obtain a present set value of the control parameter, and an operating state identification portion configured to identify whether an air-conditioning operating state is in a plurality of predetermined operating states of the air conditioner. In the operation unit, a moving pattern of a pointer of the display device is changed according to the operating state of the air conditioner. For example, a pointer operation control portion can be configured to control an operation of a pointer driving motor such that the pointer moves on a dial of the display device at different moving speeds according to the air-conditioning operating state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignees: Denso Corporation, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenichi Takenaka, Kuniharu Kutsuna, Kazumutsu Azuma, Hiroki Iwashita, Yuji Kawamoto
  • Publication number: 20080264079
    Abstract: An operation unit for a vehicle air conditioner includes a display device, a setting input portion of a control parameter of the air conditioner other than a set temperature, an obtaining portion configured to obtain a present set value of the control parameter, and an operating state identification portion configured to identify whether an air-conditioning operating state is in a plurality of predetermined operating states of the air conditioner. In the operation unit, a moving pattern of a pointer of the display device is changed according to the operating state of the air conditioner. For example, a pointer operation control portion can be configured to control an operation of a pointer driving motor such that the pointer moves on a dial of the display device at different moving speeds according to the air-conditioning operating state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicants: DENSO CORPORATION, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Kenichi Takenaka, Kuniharu Kutsuna, Kazumutsu Azuma, Hiroki Iwashita, Yuji Kawamoto
  • Publication number: 20070225356
    Abstract: The present invention provides a preventive and/or therapeutic agent and the like for chronic sinusitis, which comprises, as an active ingredient, a dibenzo[b,e]oxepine derivative represented by formula (I): (wherein R1, R2, and R3 may be the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom or lower alkyl, and m and n may be the same or different and each represents an integer of 1 to 4) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2005
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicant: Kyowa Hakko Kogo Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Yasumoto, Yuji Suoya, Yuji Kawamoto, Naho Sugimachi
  • Patent number: 4942022
    Abstract: A catalytic reactor includes a reactor vessel, a catalyst bed and at least two heat exchangers. The catalyst bed and heat exchangers are arranged coaxially with the central axis of a reactor vessel and substantially at the same height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 17, 1990
    Assignee: Toyo Engineering Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kasai, Yuji Kawamoto