Patents by Inventor Kazunori Tomimatsu

Kazunori Tomimatsu 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: 7720585
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention provides a passenger protection device that includes, a brake pedal sensor configured to detect the amount by which a brake pedal of a vehicle is operated, a webbing, one end of the webbing fixed to the vehicle, configured to restrain a passenger seated on a seat of the vehicle, a retractor connected to the other end of the webbing, the rector configured to retract the webbing and inhibit of the webbing extraction, and an ECU electrically coupled to the brake pedal sensor, the ECU configured to detect that the brake pedal operation amount detected by the pedal sensor exceeds a first threshold value, the ECU configured to revise the threshold value based on safety related information of the vehicle to control the inhibition of the webbing extraction of the retractor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Nisson Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunichi Fukuda, Kazunori Tomimatsu
  • Patent number: 6926367
    Abstract: A car seat is provided with a detector for detecting whether a seat belt is buckled or unbuckled and a deformation mechanism for partial deformation of the car seat. The partial deformation is held when an ignition switch of a car engine is switched on and the detector detects the seat belt is unbuckled. The partial deformation is canceled when the detector detects the seat belt is buckled. The deformation mechanism displaces at least one element out of a headrest, a seatback and a seat cushion of the car seat so as to partially deform the car seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazunori Tomimatsu
  • Publication number: 20050096818
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention provides a passenger protection device that includes, a brake pedal sensor configured to detect the amount by which a brake pedal of a vehicle is operated, a webbing, one end of the webbing fixed to the vehicle, configured to restrain a passenger seated on a seat of the vehicle, a retractor connected to the other end of the webbing, the rector configured to retract the webbing and inhibit of the webbing extraction, and an ECU electrically coupled to the brake pedal sensor, the ECU configured to detect that the brake pedal operation amount detected by the pedal sensor exceeds a first threshold value, the ECU configured to revise the threshold value based on safety related information of the vehicle to control the inhibition of the webbing extraction of the retractor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Inventors: Shunichi Fukuda, Kazunori Tomimatsu
  • Publication number: 20040160106
    Abstract: A car seat is provided with a detector for detecting whether a seat belt is buckled or unbuckled and a deformation mechanism for partial deformation of the car seat. The partial deformation is held when an ignition switch of a car engine is switched on and the detector detects the seat belt is unbuckled. The partial deformation is canceled when the detector detects the seat belt is buckled. The deformation mechanism displaces at least one element out of a headrest, a seatback and a seat cushion of the car seat so as to partially deform the car seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2003
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazunori Tomimatsu
  • Patent number: 5913649
    Abstract: A protector cap for covering a mounting bolt head has a spacer interposed between the cap and the bolt to position the cap with respect to the bolt head and to isolate the cap from the bolt head. The cap is made of a resin. The spacer is a separate member engaged with the inner surface of the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1999
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kazunori Tomimatsu, Kenichi Saito, Tetsuo Maki, Masanobu Yoshioka