Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Minakawa

Yasuhiro Minakawa 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: 11034320
    Abstract: An occupant restraint structure (5) includes a steering wheel (300) provided with a grip section (310), an instrument panel (500) having a panel (510) on the side of a driver's seat, and an airbag (410). The grip section (310) has an acyclic shape. The airbag (410) is deployed behind a rear end reference surface (S) that is an end surface of the panel (510) on the side of the driver's seat on a rear side of the vehicle. At least a part of the grip section (310) is disposed further forward with respect to the vehicle than the rear end reference surface (S) of the panel (510) on the side of the driver's seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Minakawa
  • Patent number: 10850639
    Abstract: A vehicle seat control device includes a collision prediction part that predicts a collision direction of a collision occurring in a vehicle, a first driving part that rotates a vehicle seat around an axis of the vehicle in a substantially upward/downward direction, and a controller that controls the first driving part such that a direction of the vehicle seat is changed to an opposite direction with respect to the collision direction on the basis of the predicted collision direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Akaba, Yasuhiro Minakawa
  • Publication number: 20200010041
    Abstract: An occupant restraint structure (5) includes a steering wheel (300) provided with a grip section (310), an instrument panel (500) having a panel (510) on the side of a driver's seat, and an airbag (410). The grip section (310) has an acyclic shape. The airbag (410) is deployed behind a rear end reference surface (S) that is an end surface of the panel (510) on the side of the driver's seat on a rear side of the vehicle. At least a part of the grip section (310) is disposed further forward with respect to the vehicle than the rear end reference surface (S) of the panel (510) on the side of the driver's seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Minakawa
  • Publication number: 20200001815
    Abstract: An occupant restraint structure (5) includes a steering wheel (300) provided with a grip section (310), an instrument panel (500), an airbag (410) and a collision control part (900). The grip section (310) has an acyclic shape. The steering wheel (300) is formed to be movable toward a front side or a lower side of the vehicle. Upon collision of the vehicle, the collision control part (900) is configured to deploy the airbag (410) after the steering wheel (300) is moved toward the front side or the lower side of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventor: Yasuhiro MINAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20180281626
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle seat control device which includes a collision prediction unit (50) which predicts whether a collision will occur in a vehicle and a time before the collision will occur, driving units (14a and 18a), each changing at least one of a position and a posture of a vehicle seat (10), and a control unit (80) which controls the driving units to bring the vehicle seat close to a target state during the time before the collision predicted by the collision prediction unit occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Masakuni Murakami, Hiroshi Akaba, Yasuhiro Minakawa
  • Publication number: 20180281625
    Abstract: A vehicle seat control device includes a collision prediction part that predicts a collision direction of a collision occurring in a vehicle, a first driving part that rotates a vehicle seat around an axis of the vehicle in a substantially upward/downward direction, and a controller that controls the first driving part such that a direction of the vehicle seat is changed to an opposite direction with respect to the collision direction on the basis of the predicted collision direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Hiroshi Akaba, Yasuhiro Minakawa