Patents by Inventor Hideki Umeda
Hideki Umeda 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).
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Patent number: 10286871Abstract: An airbag unit is provided that can be easily installed and removed. The airbag unit includes an airbag that covers, upon being unfolded, at least a part of a hood or a windshield outside a vehicle, a gas generator that ejects gas into the airbag, a cover bottom member that accommodates therein the airbag yet to be expanded and the gas generator, a cover lid member that covers the cover bottom member in which the airbag is accommodated, and a bracket removably supported by the body of the vehicle, and removably supporting the cover bottom member and the cover lid member.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2015Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignees: Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., TAKATA CORPORATIONInventors: Minoru Takase, Ayanori Kunisawa, Yoshiyuki Hashimoto, Kazutaka Sugimoto, Kazuhiro Abe, Hideki Umeda
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Patent number: 10202097Abstract: An airbag unit is provided that can be quickly unfolded, and also retrofitted to an existing vehicle body. The airbag unit includes an airbag that covers, upon being unfolded, at least a part of a hood or a windshield outside a vehicle, a gas generator that ejects gas into the airbag, a cover bottom member that accommodates therein the airbag yet to be expanded and the gas generator, a cover lid member including a cover lid plate that covers the cover bottom member in which the airbag is accommodated, and a cowl cover attached to the cover lid plate between the hood and the windshield.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2015Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignees: FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD., TAKATA CORPORATIONInventors: Minoru Takase, Ayanori Kunisawa, Yoshiyuki Hashimoto, Kazutaka Sugimoto, Kazuhiro Abe, Hideki Umeda
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Publication number: 20170008483Abstract: An airbag unit is provided that can be quickly unfolded, and also retrofitted to an existing vehicle body. The airbag unit includes an airbag that covers, upon being unfolded, at least a part of a hood or a windshield outside a vehicle, a gas generator that ejects gas into the airbag, a cover bottom member that accommodates therein the airbag yet to be expanded and the gas generator, a cover lid member including a cover lid plate that covers the cover bottom member in which the airbag is accommodated, and a cowl cover attached to the cover lid plate between the hood and the windshield.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Minoru Takase, Ayanori Kunisawa, Yoshiyuki Hashimoto, Kazutaka Sugimoto, Kazuhiro Abe, Hideki Umeda
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Publication number: 20170008484Abstract: An airbag unit is provided that can be easily installed and removed. The airbag unit includes an airbag that covers, upon being unfolded, at least a part of a hood or a windshield outside a vehicle, a gas generator that ejects gas into the airbag, a cover bottom member that accommodates therein the airbag yet to be expanded and the gas generator, a cover lid member that covers the cover bottom member in which the airbag is accommodated, and a bracket removably supported by the body of the vehicle, and removably supporting the cover bottom member and the cover lid member.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Minoru Takase, Ayanori Kunisawa, Yoshiyuki Hashimoto, Kazutaka Sugimoto, Kazuhiro Abe, Hideki Umeda
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Patent number: 9199598Abstract: An airbag includes a tab that is inserted into and supported by a substantially flat-plate-shaped bracket disposed on a vehicle. The tab has a first slit extending along a direction substantially orthogonal to a direction of inflation and deployment of the airbag in plan view. The first slit allows insertion of the bracket in a normal time. The tab further has a second slit opening into a point at one end portion or on an intermediate portion of the first slit at an angle intersecting with the first slit in plan view.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2015Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: Takata CorporationInventors: Kei Tsujimoto, Hideki Umeda, Yoshiyuki Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20150239415Abstract: An airbag includes a tab that is inserted into and supported by a substantially flat-plate-shaped bracket disposed on a vehicle. The tab has a first slit extending along a direction substantially orthogonal to a direction of inflation and deployment of the airbag in plan view. The first slit allows insertion of the bracket in a normal time. The tab further has a second slit opening into a point at one end portion or on an intermediate portion of the first slit at an angle intersecting with the first slit in plan view.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2015Publication date: August 27, 2015Inventors: Kei Tsujimoto, Hideki Umeda, Yoshiyuki Yamamoto
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Patent number: 7819422Abstract: A vehicle occupant restraint apparatus is provided that can restrict the movement of the rear end side of an airbag to the outside of a vehicle. A folded body of the airbag 1 is installed along a roof side rail 3 and is inflatable by means of at least one inflator 4. Guide plates for guiding the extension of the airbag are provided on the roof side rail 3 above each pillar. An extended piece 1c of the airbag 1 is fastened to the rearmost guide plate 7, and thereby the movement of the inflated airbag 1 toward the outside of the vehicle is restricted.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2006Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignee: Takata CorporationInventors: Hideki Umeda, Atsushi Nishikawa, Teruji Kuroyanagi, Yasunari Sakai
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Publication number: 20090267331Abstract: A vehicle occupant restraint apparatus is provided that can restrict the movement of the rear end side of an airbag to the outside of a vehicle. A folded body of the airbag 1 is installed along a roof side rail 3 and is inflatable by means of at least one inflator 4. Guide plates for guiding the extension of the airbag are provided on the roof side rail 3 above each pillar. An extended piece 1c of the airbag 1 is fastened to the rearmost guide plate 7, and thereby the movement of the inflated airbag 1 toward the outside of the vehicle is restricted.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2006Publication date: October 29, 2009Applicants: TAKATA CORPORATION, TOYOTA SHATAI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideki Umeda, Atsushi Nishikawa, Teruji Kuroyanagi, Yasunari Sakai
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Publication number: 20090127836Abstract: There is provided a vehicle-occupant restraint system in which a rear end portion of a curtain airbag is deployed smoothly. A folded unit of an airbag 1 is mounted along a roof side rail 3, and can be inflated by an inflator 4. A rear end portion 1r of the long and narrow folded unit of the airbag 1 is first folded forward and upward once, and a leading end portion of the folded portion is folded upward and rearward. Consequently, the rear end portion of the airbag 1 is folded in three layers stacked on the upper side thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2006Publication date: May 21, 2009Applicants: TAKATA CORPORATION, TOYOTA SHATAI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hideki Umeda, Atsushi Nishikawa, Teruji Kuroyanagi, Yasunari Sakai
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Patent number: 5347343Abstract: The object of the invention is to reduce the number of parts which are required for supporting a photosensitive drum in a photosensitive drum cartridge. Engaging bodies of supporting members are inserted through mounting holes of a cartridge main body. Supporting shafts are inserted into supporting shaft insertion holes formed on the sides of a photosensitive drum. When the supporting members are rotated, the side walls of the cartridge main body are fitted into gaps between flat plates and engaging pieces. The supporting members are positioned with respect to and fixed to the cartridge main body, whereby the photosensitive drum is supported in the cartridge main body.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 1993Date of Patent: September 13, 1994Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshinori Ohtsuka, Hideki Umeda, Toyokazu Mori, Masaru Tsuji, Atsuyuki Katoh