Patents by Inventor Hirokazu Takewaki

Hirokazu Takewaki 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).

  • Seat fitted with seating sensor, seating detector and air bag device
    Patent number: 6345839
    Abstract: A seating sensor is provided on a seat back part and/or a seat cushion part of a seat in use for a vehicle such as an automobile, and calculates physical conditions, such as a height and weight of an occupant, to judge whether the subject on the seat is a human or an object. On the basis of the results of such calculation and judgement, the operation of an air bag is controlled. The seating sensor includes a sensing element which is variable in its electric resistance in response to the pressure variation, and the pressing force is detected on the basis of the variation of the electric resistance value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2002
    Assignee: Furukawa Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naobumi Kuboki, Kenji Kondo, Masato Miyahara, Hirokazu Takewaki, Yasuhiro Arima, Takuya Nishimoto