Patents by Inventor Yasunori Hasegawa

Yasunori Hasegawa 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 structure having a side impact air bag apparatus
    Patent number: 6089594
    Abstract: In a seat structure having a side impact air bag apparatus, a seat back frame has side frames each provided at a corresponding widthwise direction side of a seat. An air bag accommodating concave portion is formed in one of the side frames which opposes a vehicle door such that the concave portion extends inward from an end portion of the seat back frame in the widthwise direction of the seat. The air bag accommodating concave portion accommodates an inflator and a folded air bag. A seat pad is provided for covering the seat back frame, and a seat surface layer is provided for covering the seat pad. The seat surface layer covers the air bag accommodating concave portion and the seat pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasunori Hasegawa, Hisaaki Kato, Mitsuyoshi Ohno, Makoto Sekizuka, Toshihiko Kajiyama
  • Seat structure having a side impact air bag apparatus
    Patent number: 5860673
    Abstract: A seat structure having a side impact air bag apparatus, constructed such that the air bag apparatus, which is integrated into a side portion of a seat back which side portion opposes a vehicle door, is activated at the time of a side impact such that a sewn portion of a seat surface layer, which is formed by sewing a front seat surface layer for covering the front of the seat back to a side seat surface layer for covering the side of the seat back, breaks and an air bag body inflates between a side portion of a vehicle body and the side of a vehicle occupant, comprising a sheet member provided inside the side seat surface layer integrally with the side seat surface layer, the sheet member being harder to stretch than the side seat surface layer, and one end of the sheet member being sewn to the sewn portion; and a fixing member provided inside the seat back, the fixing member being engaged with another end of the sheet member which is provided on the opposite side of the one end of the sheet member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Araco Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasunori Hasegawa, Hisaaki Kato, Mituyoshi Ohno, Shigeharu Nakai, Hitoshi Yanase, Kenji Matsuzaki, Masahito Kanehara
  • Vehicle seat with side air bag assembly
    Patent number: 5826938
    Abstract: A vehicle seat is equipped with a side air bag assembly, the air bag of which is assembled within a side cavity formed in one side of a back rest of the vehicle seat in a folded condition. A rear attachment board is mounted on a support frame of the back rest, and has a back portion formed to cover the rear face of the back rest and a side portion formed to cover the air bag in the side cavity. The side portion of the rear attachment board is formed as a door portion to be opened outwardly when applied with a thrusting force caused by inflation of the air bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignees: Araco Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hitoshi Yanase, Hisaaki Kato, Masanori Oyabu, Yasunori Hasegawa, Mitsuyoshi Ohno