Patents by Inventor Kenji Shibayama
Kenji Shibayama 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: 9415741Abstract: A vehicle interior panel includes a base member including a door portion and a cover member adhered to a surface of the base member by an adhesive layer. The door portion includes an end that is opened by an inflation pressure of an airbag. The end of the door portion forms a base member end together with an end of a base member body of the base member. The adhesive layer has an adhesive force set so that the cover member that covers a portion of the base member body that is adjacent to the door portion is separated from the adjacent portion as the door portion opens when pushed by the inflation pressure of the airbag.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2013Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobuhiko Yokota, Chiharu Totani, Minoru Toda, Kenji Shibayama
-
Publication number: 20150274112Abstract: A vehicle interior panel includes a base member including a door portion and a cover member adhered to a surface of the base member by an adhesive layer. The door portion includes an end that is opened by an inflation pressure of an airbag. The end of the door portion forms a base member end together with an end of a base member body of the base member. The adhesive layer has an adhesive force set so that the cover member that covers a portion of the base member body that is adjacent to the door portion is separated from the adjacent portion as the door portion opens when pushed by the inflation pressure of the airbag.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2013Publication date: October 1, 2015Inventors: Nobuhiko Yokota, Chiharu Totani, Minoru Toda, Kenji Shibayama
-
Patent number: 8716615Abstract: A conduction breaking device includes a movable member accommodated in an accommodation chamber of a case. A cutter portion projects from an advancing side of the movable member in the moving direction. A gas generator is arranged on the trailing side of the movable member in the moving direction. A conduction member extends to connect a pair of external connection portions and includes a pair of base portions and a breakable portion. The base portions are located in the side wall of the case and extend along the moving direction of the movable member. The breakable portion is shaped to connect the base portions to each other and to block the advancing side of the movable member in the moving direction. Step portions are formed in the breakable portion. Engaging portions that are engageable with the step portions are formed in the case.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2012Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takaki Fukuyama, Kenji Shibayama, Yasushi Okada
-
Publication number: 20120194954Abstract: A conduction breaking device includes a movable member accommodated in an accommodation chamber of a case. A cutter portion projects from an advancing side of the movable member in the moving direction. A gas generator is arranged on the trailing side of the movable member in the moving direction. A conduction member extends to connect a pair of external connection portions and includes a pair of base portions and a breakable portion. The base portions are located in the side wall of the case and extend along the moving direction of the movable member. The breakable portion is shaped to connect the base portions to each other and to block the advancing side of the movable member in the moving direction. Step portions are formed in the breakable portion. Engaging portions that are engageable with the step portions are formed in the case.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2012Publication date: August 2, 2012Applicant: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Takaki FUKUYAMA, Kenji Shibayama, Yasushi Okada
-
Patent number: 6676147Abstract: In an airbag device (10) wherein within a casing (12) opening upwardly an inflator (16) and an airbag (14) are housed at its bottom part and the opening side, respectively, a cylindrical diffuser (18) surrounding the outer circumference of the inflator (16) is provided, which has a partition wall (40) projecting toward the opening side of the casing and partitioning an airbag-housing space into a forward side and a rearward side relative to the vehicle, in which to house the airbag (14) dividedly, and a lip portion (32) of the airbag (14) is superposed downwards of the diffuser (18) thereby to lock the bottom part of the diffuser (18) to the bottom surface of the casing (12). Thus, it is easy, albeit compart, to control the deployment behavior of the airbag and excellent in workability of assembling the airbag in the casing.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2002Date of Patent: January 13, 2004Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toru Ozaki, Kenji Shibayama, Kazuaki Bito, Takeshi Yamaji, Hidehito Sogi, Takashi Sasaki, Yoshinori Mihara
-
Publication number: 20030006595Abstract: In an airbag device (10) wherein within a casing (12) opening upwardly an inflator (16) and an airbag (14) are housed at its bottom part and the opening side, respectively, a cylindrical diffuser (18) surrounding the outer circumference of the inflator (16) is provided, which has a partition wall (40) projecting toward the opening side of the casing and partitioning an airbag-housing space into a forward side and a rearward side relative to the vehicle, in which to house the airbag (14) dividedly, and a lip portion (32) of the airbag (14) is superposed downwards of the diffuser (18) thereby to lock the bottom part of the diffuser (18) to the bottom surface of the casing (12). Thus, it is easy, albeit compart, to control the deployment behavior of the airbag and excellent in workability of assembling the airbag in the casing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2002Publication date: January 9, 2003Inventors: Toru Ozaki, Kenji Shibayama, Kazuaki Bito, Takeshi Yamaji, Hidehito Sogi, Takashi Sasaki, Yoshinori Mihara
-
Patent number: 5563716Abstract: A first reproduction signal is reproduced by use of a first pair of magnetic heads having first and second azimuth angles and arranged around a rotary drum at two opposing angular positions 180 degrees away from each other, respectively. A second reproduction signal is reproduced by use of a second pair of magnetic heads having first and second azimuth angles and arranged around the rotary drum at two opposing angular positions 180 degrees away from each other, respectively. A video signal is reproduced based on the first and second reproduction signals. The magnetic tape travel speed is set to a value (2n+1.+-.m/M) times higher than that in recording, where n is an integer of 0 or more; m and M are a natural number, respectively; T.gtoreq.12/(P+Q) (T: an integer) when m/M=2k/T; and P>0, Q>0.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 1995Date of Patent: October 8, 1996Assignee: Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Shibayama, Koji Suzuki
-
Patent number: 5541782Abstract: An HD image signal is recorded and reproduced by a tape head system of a conventional home VTR. An HD image signal (bb) which is of a different broadcasting system from a conventional broadcasting system and contains an information whose amount is larger than that contained in a video signal of the conventional broadcasting system is divided by four by first to eighth memories and resultant four signals are recorded on a magnetic tape through a first to fourth recording signal processing circuits and FM modulators, etc. In reproduction, the four signals are reproduced by FM demodulators and a first to fourth reproduced signal processing circuits, etc., and the HD image signal is produced by using the first to eighth memories.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 1995Date of Patent: July 30, 1996Assignee: Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.Inventors: Kaoru Kobayashi, Kenji Shibayama
-
Patent number: 5121206Abstract: A clock signal generator circuit includes a synchronous signal separation circuit for separating a synchronous signal from an input video signal; a phase-locked loop (PLL) circuit for generating a clock signal in synchronism with the synchronous signal of the video signal supplied from the separation circuit; a switch provided between the separation circuit and PLL circuit for intercepting a supply of the synchronous signal of the video signal from the separation circuit to the PLL circuit during a predetermined period; and a control circuit for further separating a vertical synchronous signal from the synchronous signal separated by the separation circuit and controlling, in accordance with the vertical synchronous signal, the switch so as to intercept a supply of the synchronous signal from the separation circuit to the PLL circuit during the predetermined period, the predetermined period being a pulse generation period during which there are present at least an equalizing pulse and dubbing preventing signaType: GrantFiled: May 22, 1990Date of Patent: June 9, 1992Assignee: Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Shibayama, Hidetoshi Ozaki
-
Patent number: 5034815Abstract: A horizontal synchronous signal separation circuit is applied to video apparatus such as a video tape recorder, television receiver, and projector. The separation circuit includes a signal separating portion for detecting the trailing edge of a horizontal synchronous signal and obtaining a separation signal whose timing is referenced to the trailing edge, a window pulse generating portion for obtaining a window pulse whose timing is referenced to the leading edge of the synchronous signal, and a gate for subjecting the separation signal generated by the signal separating portion to a masking process by the window pulse. The gate which causes the separation signal to be subjected to a masking process, may directly output the window pulse as the separation signal if the separation signal is not present within the window.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 1990Date of Patent: July 23, 1991Assignee: Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.Inventor: Kenji Shibayama
-
Patent number: 5029004Abstract: An edge enhancement apparatus comprises an edge detection circuit including differentiators responsive to a video signal and a PLL responsive to a H SYNC for producing a clock for displaying the video signal on a display, for example, a LCD. The PLL further includes an adder between a LPF and VCO thereof for adding an output of the differentiator to an output of the LPF to frequency-modulate the clock for edge enhancement such that when the video signal transits from a shadow to highlight levels at an edge of an image, the clock frequency is increased at the shadow level and is decreased at highlight level. In the display supplied with the frequency-modulated clock and the video signal, a distance between a pixel indicating a shadow level and another pixel showing the high-light level at the edge portion is decreased, so that the video signal is edge-enhanced. In the second apparatus, the clock is frequency-modulated at the edge such that the frequency is increased, then decreased, finally increased.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 1990Date of Patent: July 2, 1991Assignee: Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.Inventor: Kenji Shibayama
-
Patent number: 5021886Abstract: A video signal processor for processing a composite video signal to be fed to color liquid crystal (LC) panels of a color liquid crystal display which are each assigned to a different color. The pedestal level of each color signal included in the video signal and to be fed to particular one of the LC panels is caused into coincidence with the level of an input signal which reduces the transmittance of the LC panel to the lowest transmittance. The pedestal level is caused to agree with the clipping level of either one of a dark and a white clipping circuit, whereby signal components lower than the pedestal level are removed. The processor insures the maximum contrast available with LC panels and eliminates light-and-dark inversion, thereby enhancing the reproduction of high quality pictures.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 1990Date of Patent: June 4, 1991Assignee: Victor Company of Japan, LimitedInventor: Kenji Shibayama
-
Patent number: 4811122Abstract: A magnetic recording and/or reproducing apparatus comprises a cassette discriminating circuit for discriminating whether a loaded tape cassette accommodates a standard tape or a high performance tape in a recording mode, a mode discriminating circuit for discriminating from a signal reproduced from the tape in a reproducing mode a mode with which the tape was recorded at the time of the recording, and a switching circuit for automatically switching the operation mode to a predetermined mode responsive to the discrimination made by the cassette discriminating circuit in the recording mode and responsive to the discrimination made by the mode discriminating circuit in the reproducing mode. The high performance tape is playable either in a standard mode or a high quality mode.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 1987Date of Patent: March 7, 1989Assignee: Victor Company of Japan Ltd.Inventors: Koichi Kido, Kenji Shibayama, Yutaka Isobe, Masahiko Tsuruta, Hiroshi Yamada
-
Patent number: 4719518Abstract: A magnetic recording apparatus for carrying out a recording by selectively using one of two kinds of recording systems comprises first through fourth rotary magnetic heads, a first circuit for producing an FM luminance signal, second and third circuits for producing first and second frequency division multiplexed signals, and a switching circuit. The first and second heads are mounted on a rotary body at mutually opposing positions, and have the same height position. The third and fourth heads are mounted on the rotary body at mutually opposing positions respectively in vicinities of the first and second heads along a rotating direction of the rotary body, and have the same height position.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 1986Date of Patent: January 12, 1988Assignee: Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.Inventors: Koichi Kido, Kenji Shibayama, Masahiko Tsuruta, Akira Hirota, Masato Mihara, Osamu Inoue