Patents by Inventor Jyunichi Umehara

Jyunichi Umehara 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).

  • Air bag and air bag apparatus for vehicle
    Patent number: 7434832
    Abstract: An air bag including a first panel, a second panel opposed to the first panel, and a third panel cooperating with the first and second panels to define an opening in the vicinity of one end portion of the air bag that serves as a starting point for deployment. The first and third panels are connected with each other along entire outer peripheries thereof except around the opening of the air bag. The second and third panels are connected with each other along entire outer peripheries thereof except around the opening. The air bag is disposed at a folded state behind a back of an occupant and deployable between the occupant and an inside surface of a side of a vehicle compartment so as to cover a side of the occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: Nihon Plast Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jyunichi Umehara
  • Airbag system
    Patent number: 7384062
    Abstract: An airbag system includes an airbag having therein a plurality of chambers defined by a partition and a gas introduction portion arranged to face an end of the partition, an inflator having a gas supply portion and arranged opposite to the end of the partition for supplying gas to the gas introduction portion, and a passage arranged between the partition and the inflator and allowing fluid communication between the chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Nihon Plast Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Aki Yokoyama, Jyunichi Umehara, Takashi Ueda, Katsuhiro Tokita
  • Air bag and air bag apparatus for vehicle
    Publication number: 20060220358
    Abstract: An air bag including a first panel, a second panel opposed to the first panel, and a third panel cooperating with the first and second panels to define an opening in the vicinity of one end portion of the air bag that serves as a starting point for deployment. The first and third panels are connected with each other along entire outer peripheries thereof except around the opening of the air bag. The second and third panels are connected with each other along entire outer peripheries thereof except around the opening. The air bag is disposed at a folded state behind a back of an occupant and deployable between the occupant and an inside surface of a side of a vehicle compartment so as to cover a side of the occupant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Inventor: Jyunichi Umehara
  • Airbag system
    Publication number: 20050161927
    Abstract: An airbag system includes an airbag having therein a plurality of chambers defined by a partition and a gas introduction portion arranged to face an end of the partition, an inflator having a gas supply portion and arranged opposite to the end of the partition for supplying gas to the gas introduction portion, and a passage arranged between the partition and the inflator and allowing fluid communication between the chambers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2004
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventors: Aki Yokoyama, Jyunichi Umehara, Takashi Ueda, Katsuhiro Tokita