Patents by Inventor Kai Maenishi

Kai Maenishi 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: 11351951
    Abstract: A vehicular airbag device capable of improving reduction of an occupant obstruction value during a diagonal collision. A vehicular airbag device opens an airbag door on an instrument panel. The outer shape of the airbag when fully deployed and expanded is line-symmetrical with respect to a center line of the opening in a vehicle left-right width direction, and a width dimension in the vehicle width direction at a position of a rear edge of the instrument panel in the vehicle longitudinal direction is greater than a width dimension in the vehicle width direction at a position of a center of the opening in the vehicle longitudinal direction which is more forward in the vehicle longitudinal direction than the rear edge position of the instrument panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Tomohiro Sumiya, Kai Maenishi
  • Publication number: 20210046894
    Abstract: A vehicular airbag device capable of improving reduction of an occupant obstruction value during a diagonal collision. A vehicular airbag device opens an airbag door on an instrument panel. The outer shape of the airbag when fully deployed and expanded is line-symmetrical with respect to a center line of the opening in a vehicle left-right width direction, and a width dimension in the vehicle width direction at a position of a rear edge of the instrument panel in the vehicle longitudinal direction is greater than a width dimension in the vehicle width direction at a position of a center of the opening in the vehicle longitudinal direction which is more forward in the vehicle longitudinal direction than the rear edge position of the instrument panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: TOMOHIRO SUMIYA, KAI MAENISHI
  • Patent number: 10836344
    Abstract: A vehicular airbag device capable of improving reduction of an occupant obstruction value during a diagonal collision. A vehicular airbag device opens an airbag door on an instrument panel. The outer shape of the airbag when fully deployed and expanded is line-symmetrical with respect to a center line (a line X-X) of the opening in a vehicle left-right width direction, and a width dimension WB in the vehicle width direction at a position of a rear edge 2b of the instrument panel in the vehicle longitudinal direction is greater than a width dimension WC in the vehicle width direction at a position of a center Z1 of the opening in the vehicle longitudinal direction which is more forward in the vehicle longitudinal direction than the rear edge position of the instrument panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Tomohiro Sumiya, Kai Maenishi
  • Patent number: 10682977
    Abstract: An airbag device capable of avoiding interference between a cushion and a structure at an upper part of a vehicle interior. An airbag device (100) provided in a vehicle having a prescribed structure (152) such as a rearview mirror suspended from an upper part of a vehicle interior includes a cushion (108) inflated and deployed into a bag shape to restrain an occupant of a seat from a front side, and an avoidance-shaped part (154) provided at an upper part of the cushion (108) to avoid contact between the inflated and deployed cushion (108) and the structure (152), and the avoidance-shaped part (154) is recessed downward over a range between positions at prescribed distances from the structure (152) in vehicle forward and backward directions, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Kai Maenishi, Yutaka Nakajima
  • Patent number: 10369951
    Abstract: An airbag apparatus which is capable of restraining an occupant in a stable position even during an oblique collision, and which is capable of suppressing an injury value of the occupant. An airbag apparatus 100 restrains an occupant 132 of a vehicle. The airbag apparatus 100 is provided with: a main bag 112 which is bag-shaped and inflates and deploys in front of a front passenger seat 104 of the vehicle; and a center bag 114 which is bag-shaped and inflates and deploys on an inner side of the main bag 112 in a vehicle width direction. The center bag 114 has a rear region 160 which extends further towards a rear of the vehicle than the main bag 112, and a curved surface 164, which projects towards a main bag 112 side in the vehicle width direction, is formed on the rear region 160.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Hiroya Tabushi, Yutaka Nakajima, Tomohiro Sumiya, Kai Maenishi
  • Patent number: 10363898
    Abstract: An airbag device capable of restraining an occupant in a stable position even upon an oblique collision and lowering an injury value related to the occupant. The airbag device (100) includes a main bag (112) inflated and deployed in front of a passenger seat (104) in the vehicle, a center bag (114) inflated and deployed on the inner side of the main bag (112) in the vehicle width direction, and upper side joining means (120) that is provided above a valley (128) formed between the main bag (112) and the center bag (114) and that joins the center bag (114) to the main bag (112) for a prescribed range in the vehicle front-back direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Kai Maenishi, Yutaka Nakajima
  • Patent number: 10358106
    Abstract: An airbag device capable of restraining a motor vehicle occupant in a stable position even in an oblique collision. The airbag device includes a bag-shaped main bag inflated and deployed on a vehicle front side of the passenger seat, a bag-shaped center bag inflated and deployed on the inner side of the main bag in the vehicle widthwise direction, and a slit that provides a separation between the main bag and the center bag on the vehicle rear side. A rear end part of the center bag is inclined to gradually protrude rearward in the vehicle as the rear end part is extended upward and protrudes further to the vehicle rear side than at least the main bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Tomohiro Sumiya, Kai Maenishi, Yutaka Nakajima
  • Patent number: 10166946
    Abstract: A vehicular airbag device capable of improving reduction of an occupant obstruction value during a diagonal collision. A vehicular airbag device opens an airbag door on an instrument panel. The outer shape of the airbag when fully deployed and expanded is line-symmetrical with respect to a center line (a line X-X) of the opening in a vehicle left-right width direction, and a width dimension WB in the vehicle width direction at a position of a rear edge 2b of the instrument panel in the vehicle longitudinal direction is greater than a width dimension WC in the vehicle width direction at a position of a center Z1 of the opening in the vehicle longitudinal direction which is more forward in the vehicle longitudinal direction than the rear edge position of the instrument panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Tomohiro Sumiya, Kai Maenishi
  • Publication number: 20180361982
    Abstract: A vehicular airbag device capable of improving reduction of an occupant obstruction value during a diagonal collision. A vehicular airbag device opens an airbag door on an instrument panel 2 The outer shape of the airbag when fully deployed and expanded is line-symmetrical with respect to a center line (a line X-X) of the opening in a vehicle left-right width direction, and a width dimension WB in the vehicle width direction at a position of a rear edge 2b of the instrument panel in the vehicle longitudinal direction is greater than a width dimension WC in the vehicle width direction at a position of a center Z1 of the opening in the vehicle longitudinal direction which is more forward in the vehicle longitudinal direction than the rear edge position of the instrument panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: TOMOHIRO SUMIYA, KAI MAENISHI
  • Patent number: 10137853
    Abstract: A vehicle airbag device comprises an airbag that receives gas supplied from an inflator and that is adapted to be inflated and deployed in front of an upper body and above thighs of an occupant seated in a vehicle seat. The airbag includes, in the event that the gas has been supplied inside the airbag and the airbag inflates and deploys, an inflation section having an endless annular shape as viewed along a vehicle width direction, and a hollow section formed in a central portion of the inflation section. The hollow section is in communication with an exterior of the airbag, and air at the exterior flows into the hollow section during inflation and deployment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI
    Inventors: Jiro Ohachi, Kai Maenishi
  • Patent number: 10023144
    Abstract: An airbag device for restraining an occupant even during an oblique collision and suppressing head injury values. An airbag device 100 includes: a passenger bag 112 which deploys on a front side of a passenger seat 104; a center bag 114 which deploys on an inner side in a vehicle width direction; a slit 128 which separates the passenger bag 112 and the center bag 114 from each other on a vehicle rearward side; and a tether belt 122 which which is connected to a first connecting part 124 on the center bag 114 and a second connecting part 126 on the passenger bag 112. The tether belt 122 is tensioned as the passenger bag 112 and the center bag 114 expand and deploy, and the center bag 114 restrains a side of the occupant head E1a while being supported by the tether belt 122.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Taguchi, Kai Maenishi, Tomohiro Sumiya, Akira Kawamoto, Yutaka Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20180065587
    Abstract: An airbag device capable of restraining an occupant in a stable position even upon an oblique collision and lowering an injury value related to the occupant. The airbag device (100) includes a main bag (112) inflated and deployed in front of a passenger seat (104) in the vehicle, a center bag (114) inflated and deployed on the inner side of the main bag (112) in the vehicle width direction, and upper side joining means (120) that is provided above a valley (128) formed between the main bag (112) and the center bag (114) and that joins the center bag (114) to the main bag (112) for a prescribed range in the vehicle front-back direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: KAI MAENISHI, YUTAKA NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20180065583
    Abstract: An airbag apparatus which is capable of restraining an occupant in a stable position even during an oblique collision, and which is capable of suppressing an injury value of the occupant. An airbag apparatus 100 restrains an occupant 132 of a vehicle. The airbag apparatus 100 is provided with: a main bag 112 which is bag-shaped and inflates and deploys in front of a front passenger seat 104 of the vehicle; and a center bag 114 which is bag-shaped and inflates and deploys on an inner side of the main bag 112 in a vehicle width direction. The center bag 114 has a rear region 160 which extends further towards a rear of the vehicle than the main bag 112, and a curved surface 164, which projects towards a main bag 112 side in the vehicle width direction, is formed on the rear region 160.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: HIROYA TABUSHI, YUTAKA NAKAJIMA, TOMOHIRO SUMIYA, KAI MAENISHI
  • Publication number: 20180015902
    Abstract: An airbag device capable of avoiding interference between a cushion and a structure at an upper part of a vehicle interior. An airbag device (100) provided in a vehicle having a prescribed structure (152) such as a rearview mirror suspended from an upper part of a vehicle interior includes a cushion (108) inflated and deployed into a bag shape to restrain an occupant of a seat from a front side, and an avoidance-shaped part (154) provided at an upper part of the cushion (108) to avoid contact between the inflated and deployed cushion (108) and the structure (152), and the avoidance-shaped part (154) is recessed downward over a range between positions at prescribed distances from the structure (152) in vehicle forward and backward directions, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: KAI MAENISHI, YUTAKA NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20170361800
    Abstract: A vehicle airbag device comprises an airbag that receives gas supplied from an inflator and that is adapted to be inflated and deployed in front of an upper body and above thighs of an occupant seated in a vehicle seat. The airbag includes, in the event that the gas has been supplied inside the airbag and the airbag inflates and deploys, an inflation section having an endless annular shape as viewed along a vehicle width direction, and a hollow section formed in a central portion of the inflation section. The hollow section is in communication with an exterior of the airbag, and air at the exterior flows into the hollow section during inflation and deployment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Jiro OHACHI, Kai MAENISHI
  • Publication number: 20170217397
    Abstract: An airbag device capable of restraining a motor vehicle occupant in a stable position even in an oblique collision. The airbag device includes a bag-shaped main bag inflated and deployed on a vehicle front side of the passenger seat, a bag-shaped center bag inflated and deployed on the inner side of the main bag in the vehicle widthwise direction, and a slit that provides a separation between the main bag and the center bag on the vehicle rear side. A rear end part of the center bag is inclined to gradually protrude rearward in the vehicle as the rear end part is extended upward and protrudes further to the vehicle rear side than at least the main bag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Tomohiro Sumiya, Kai Maenishi, Yutaka Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20170129439
    Abstract: An airbag device for restraining an occupant even during an oblique collision and suppressing head injury values. An airbag device 100 includes: a passenger bag 112 which deploys on a front side of a passenger seat 104; a center bag 114 which deploys on an inner side in a vehicle width direction; a slit 128 which separates the passenger bag 112 and the center bag 114 from each other on a vehicle rearward side; and a tether belt 122 which which is connected to a first connecting part 124 on the center bag 114 and a second connecting part 126 on the passenger bag 112. The tether belt 122 is tensioned as the passenger bag 112 and the center bag 114 expand and deploy, and the center bag 114 restrains a side of the occupant head E1a while being supported by the tether belt 122.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Taguchi, Kai Maenishi, Tomohiro Sumiya, Akira Kawamoto, Yutaka Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20170021794
    Abstract: A vehicular airbag device capable of improving reduction of an occupant obstruction value during a diagonal collision. A vehicular airbag device opens an airbag door on an instrument panel 2 The outer shape of the airbag when fully deployed and expanded is line-symmetrical with respect to a center line (a line X-X) of the opening in a vehicle left-right width direction, and a width dimension WB in the vehicle width direction at a position of a rear edge 2b of the instrument panel in the vehicle longitudinal direction is greater than a width dimension WC in the vehicle width direction at a position of a center Z1 of the opening in the vehicle longitudinal direction which is more forward in the vehicle longitudinal direction than the rear edge position of the instrument panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Tomohiro Sumiya, Kai Maenishi