Patents by Inventor Kouichi Shibuya

Kouichi Shibuya 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: 6398257
    Abstract: A two stage-ignition air bag apparatus for a vehicle of the present invention includes an air bag, a first inflator ignited when a value according to collision severity has reached a first threshold value in order to inflate the air bag, and a second inflator ignited at earlier one of times when the value according to collision severity has substantially reached a second threshold value that is greater than the first threshold value and when a predetermined time has passed since the value according to collision severity reached the first threshold value in order to inflate the air bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuo Ehama, Kouichi Shibuya, Masanori Narita
  • Patent number: 6371552
    Abstract: A seat pressure sensor unit of the present invention is provided at a portion receiving a pressure of a seat. The sensor unit comprises a sensor provided on a top face of a base cloth and a heater wire provided on the top face of the base cloth not so as to overlap the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Narita, Kouichi Shibuya
  • Patent number: 4183842
    Abstract: A method for clear-coloring of linear aromatic polyesters, which comprises mixing at least one pigment selected from the group consisting of a pigment of the formula ##STR1## and pigments of the formula ##STR2## wherein X.sub.1 and X.sub.2 represent a hydrogen atom, a chlorine atom or a methyl group, and X.sub.3 represents a chlorine atom or a methyl group, with a linear aromatic polyester, and heating the mixture to the melting temperature of the polyester to dissolve or substantially dissolve the pigment in the polyester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 15, 1980
    Assignee: Dainippon Ink & Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Seibei Ono, Kouichi Shibuya, Hiroshi Marikawa