Patents by Inventor Kazuo IMURA

Kazuo IMURA 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: 12128850
    Abstract: A vehicle occupant restraint device including: a vehicle seat; a center airbag that is provided at a side portion at a vehicle width direction inner side of a seat back of the vehicle seat, and is configured to inflate and deploy toward a vehicle width direction inner side of an occupant seated at the vehicle sea; and a cord-shaped member, a bifurcated one end portion of the cord-shaped member being respectively attached to an upper portion and a lower portion of a side surface at an occupant side of the center airbag and being movably supported at the side portion of the seat back, and another end portion of the cord-shaped member being attached to a retraction device and being retracted by the retraction device at a timing at which the occupant is restrained by the inflated and deployed center airbag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuo Imura
  • Publication number: 20240253590
    Abstract: A vehicle occupant restraint device including: a vehicle seat; a center airbag that is provided at a side portion at a vehicle width direction inner side of a seat back of the vehicle seat, and is configured to inflate and deploy toward a vehicle width direction inner side of an occupant seated at the vehicle sea; and a cord-shaped member, a bifurcated one end portion of the cord-shaped member being respectively attached to an upper portion and a lower portion of a side surface at an occupant side of the center airbag and being movably supported at the side portion of the seat back, and another end portion of the cord-shaped member being attached to a retraction device and being retracted by the retraction device at a timing at which the occupant is restrained by the inflated and deployed center airbag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventor: Kazuo IMURA
  • Patent number: 11584332
    Abstract: In the present invention, a seatbelt device is provided with: a seat state determination unit that determines the state of a seat; a movable support section that supports a seatbelt within a range of possible movement on a seat back; a movement mechanism that, with a motor, moves the movable support section within the range of possible movement; and a motor control unit that controls the motor in accordance with the usage state of the seat determined by the seat state determination unit. Due to this configuration, the position of the seatbelt is made optimal for an occupant, and the comfort of the occupant is thus improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Sugamata, Naotoshi Takemura, Kazuo Imura, Yusuke Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11091110
    Abstract: An occupant protection device is provided with: a table disposed at a position facing a seatback; and an airbag disposed in the table. The airbag deploys between the table and the upper body of an occupant sitting on the front surface of the seatback. Due to this configuration, in a vehicle provided with the table, the upper body of the occupant can be favorably protected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naotoshi Takemura, Yoshihisa Sugamata, Kazuo Imura, Yusuke Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10960839
    Abstract: An occupant protection apparatus includes a seat arrangement determination unit that determines the arrangement of seats and a collision determination unit that determines information about collision occurring to a vehicle. A deployment control unit deploys an airbag when the direction of the seat and the direction of the seat determined by the scat arrangement determination unit (94) are opposed to each other, and the direction of the collision determined by the collision determination unit is on the front side of the seat, or on the front side of the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Imura, Naotoshi Takemura, Yoshihisa Sugamata, Yusuke Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20200130627
    Abstract: An occupant protection apparatus includes a seat arrangement determination unit that determines the arrangement of seats and a collision determination unit that determines information about collision occurring to a vehicle. A deployment control unit deploys an airbag when the direction of the seat and the direction of the seat determined by the scat arrangement determination unit (94) are opposed to each other, and the direction of the collision determined by the collision determination unit is on the front side of the seat, or on the front side of the seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Kazuo IMURA, Naotoshi TAKEMURA, Yoshihisa SUGAMATA, Yusuke NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20200023801
    Abstract: An occupant protection device is provided with: a table disposed at a position facing a seatback; and an airbag disposed in the table. The airbag deploys between the table and the upper body of an occupant sitting on the front surface of the seatback. Due to this configuration, in a vehicle provided with the table, the upper body of the occupant can be favorably protected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Naotoshi TAKEMURA, Yoshihisa SUGAMATA, Kazuo IMURA, Yusuke NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20200010046
    Abstract: In the present invention, a seatbelt device is provided with: a seat state determination unit that determines the state of a sea a movable support section that supports a seatbelt within a range of possible movement on a seat back; a movement mechanism that, with a motor moves the movable support section within the range of possible movement; and a motor control unit that controls the motor in accordance with the usage state of the seat determined by the seat state determination unit. Due to this configuration, the position of the seatbelt is made optimal for an occupant, and the comfort of the occupant is thus improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Yoshihisa SUGAMATA, Naotoshi TAKEMURA, Kazuo IMURA, Yusuke NAKAMURA