Patents by Inventor Tetsuzou Inoue

Tetsuzou Inoue 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).

  • Collision behavior control apparatus
    Patent number: 7954587
    Abstract: A collision behavior control apparatus which comprises a contacting portion disposed in a portion of the front of a vehicle, and which, at the time of collision against a pedestrian or a two-wheeler with a rider riding thereon, controls the behavior of the pedestrian or the two-wheeler rider by pushing the pedestrian or the two-wheeler rider separated from the two-wheeler with the contacting portion, wherein the pedestrian or the two-wheeler rider is pushed by the contacting portion such that the pedestrian or the two-wheeler rider is not bumped up onto the hood, whereby the pedestrian or the two-wheeler rider is moved to the vehicle side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Chuo Kenkyusyo
    Inventors: Yoshikatsu Kisanuki, Tetsuzou Inoue, Kazunori Furukawa, Kazuo Miki, Eiichi Ono, Yoshiki Ninomiya, Kiyokazu Sunami
  • Collision behavior control apparatus
    Publication number: 20060186702
    Abstract: A collision behavior control apparatus which comprises a contacting portion disposed in a portion of the front of a vehicle, and which, at the time of collision against a pedestrian or a two-wheeler with a rider riding thereon, controls the behavior of the pedestrian or the two-wheeler rider by pushing the pedestrian or the two-wheeler rider separated from the two-wheeler with the contacting portion, wherein the pedestrian or the two-wheeler rider is pushed by the contacting portion such that the pedestrian or the two-wheeler rider is not bumped up onto the hood, whereby the pedestrian or the two-wheeler rider is moved to the vehicle side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2006
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO
    Inventors: Yoshikatsu Kisanuki, Tetsuzou Inoue, Kazunori Furukawa, Kazuo Miki, Eiichi Ono, Yoshiki Ninomiya, Kiyokazu Sunami