Patents by Inventor Kazuya AZUMA

Kazuya AZUMA 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: 11912225
    Abstract: A side airbag device capable of restricting an occupant from moving to the inner side in the vehicle width direction while restraining the head of the occupant is inflatable and deployable in a space beside an occupant seated in a vehicle seat. The side airbag device includes an inflator configured to generate a gas and a bag-shaped airbag inflatable and deployable in response to the gas upon activation of the inflator to protect a lateral portion of the occupant. The airbag includes a torso protection portion, and a head protection portion configured to be provided above the torso protection portion and inflatable and deployable between an upper portion of a shoulder of the occupant and a lateral portion of a head of the occupant. The head protection portion is bendable at an acute angle relative to the torso protection portion in an inflated and deployed state of the airbag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: ASHIMORI INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetaka Azuma, Yuta Minami, Yoshitaka Okagami, Kazuya Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11674457
    Abstract: An intake duct that includes a first flange projecting outward from an edge of the intake duct on a throttle body side. An intake manifold that includes a second flange projecting outward from an edge of the intake manifold on a throttle body side. A plurality of spacers is provided between the first flange and the second flange around the throttle body. The first flange and the second flange are fastened via the plurality of spacers in a state where the throttle body is held between the intake duct and the intake manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya Azuma, Kazuo Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20220056855
    Abstract: An intake duct that includes a first flange projecting outward from an edge of the intake duct on a throttle body side. An intake manifold that includes a second flange projecting outward from an edge of the intake manifold on a throttle body side. A plurality of spacers is provided between the first flange and the second flange around the throttle body. The first flange and the second flange are fastened via the plurality of spacers in a state where the throttle body is held between the intake duct and the intake manifold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuya AZUMA, Kazuo NAKAMURA