Patents by Inventor Jirou Watanabe

Jirou Watanabe 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: 8424903
    Abstract: To provide an automotive interior part surely deploying an airbag as a result of a smooth opening and fracture of an interior-part main body onto which an outer cover is attached at the time of the deployment of the airbag. The present invention includes: a door-upper main body 5 covering a vehicle compartment side of a door panel 14; a deployment section 2a deployed in tune with the deployment of an airbag 11 toward inside the vehicle compartment; and an outer cover having an outer-cover main body 6 continuously covering the door-upper main body 5 and the deployment section 2a and an overhang section 130 hung over by folding a terminal end thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Kasai Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihisa Kaneda, Saori Aoyama, Jirou Watanabe, Daisuke Tabata
  • Publication number: 20110025026
    Abstract: To provide an automotive interior part surely deploying an airbag as a result of a smooth opening and fracture of an interior-part main body onto which an outer cover is attached at the time of the deployment of the airbag. The present invention includes: a door-upper main body 5 covering a vehicle compartment side of a door panel 14; a deployment section 2a deployed in tune with the deployment of an airbag 11 toward inside the vehicle compartment; and an outer cover having an outer-cover main body 6 continuously covering the door-upper main body 5 and the deployment section 2a and an overhang section 130 hung over by folding a terminal end thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Toshihisa Kaneda, Saori Aoyama, Jirou Watanabe, Daisuke Tabata
  • Patent number: 7874577
    Abstract: An automotive interior component according to the present invention includes: an interior component attached to a vehicle body panel at an interior side of a vehicle; an airbag installed in a gap between the vehicle body panel and the interior component; an expanding portion defined in a partial region of the interior component, the expanding portion turning in an expansion direction of the airbag to expose an opening; first locking means made up of a first locking piece provided at a rim of the expanding portion and a first engagement portion provided at a fixed portion with which the rim of the expanding portion comes into contact, receiving the first locking piece to lock movement of the expanding portion in a turning direction; and second locking means made up of a second locking piece provided at the rim of the expanding portion and a second engagement portion provided at the fixed portion with which the rim of the expanding portion comes into contact, receiving the second locking piece to lock movement
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Kasai Kogyo, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihisa Kaneda, Saori Aoyama, Jirou Watanabe, Daisuke Tabata
  • Publication number: 20100019474
    Abstract: An automotive interior component according to the present invention includes: an interior component attached to a vehicle body panel at an interior side of a vehicle; an airbag installed in a gap between the vehicle body panel and the interior component; an expanding portion defined in a partial region of the interior component, the expanding portion turning in an expansion direction of the airbag to expose an opening; first locking means made up of a first locking piece provided at a rim of the expanding portion and a first engagement portion provided at a fixed portion with which the rim of the expanding portion comes into contact, receiving the first locking piece to lock movement of the expanding portion in a turning direction; and second locking means made up of a second locking piece provided at the rim of the expanding portion and a second engagement portion provided at the fixed portion with which the rim of the expanding portion comes into contact, receiving the second locking piece to lock movement
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: Kasai Kogyo Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihisa Kaneda, Saori Aoyama, Jirou Watanabe, Daisuke Tabata