Patents by Inventor Kenyu Okamura

Kenyu Okamura 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: 11897405
    Abstract: A collision prediction determination device of a subject vehicle includes: a surrounding area sensor (a camera/radar/lidar) configured to acquire surrounding area information which is information on an object present in a first monitor area including an area ahead of the subject vehicle in a traveling direction thereof; a proximity sensor (a sonar/pressure tube sensor) configured to acquire proximity information on proximity of the subject vehicle including information on a contact thereof with an object present in a second monitor area which is an area in a proximity of the subject vehicle; an interspace sensor (a sonar) configured to acquire interspace information which is information on an interspace between an in-vehicle component (a bulkhead/bumper beam) and a bumper member (a front bumper) disposed on the subject vehicle; and a collision prediction determination part configured to predict and determine a state of a collision of the subject vehicle with a vulnerable road user, including whether or not th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Umezawa, Kenyu Okamura, Hidetoshi Nakamura, Hyejin Bae
  • Publication number: 20230278520
    Abstract: An airbag system includes: a first left chamber that is expandable so as to cover an outer surface of a front left pillar which is located on a left side with respect to a vehicle width direction of a vehicle; a second left chamber that is expandable on the first left chamber; a first right chamber that is expandable so as to cover an outer surface of a front right pillar which is located on a right side with respect to the vehicle width direction of the vehicle; a second right chamber that is expandable on the first right chamber; a recognition portion that recognizes a risk object which is present in a vicinity of the vehicle; a prediction portion that predicts a collision between the risk object and the vehicle; and an expansion control portion that performs an expansion control of the first left chamber, the second left chamber, the first right chamber, and the second right chamber based on a prediction of the prediction portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Nakamura, Kenji Komori, Kenyu Okamura, Osamu Ito, Hiroyuki Asanuma, Hyejin Bae
  • Publication number: 20230278521
    Abstract: An airbag apparatus includes: a first left chamber that is expandable so as to cover an outer surface of a front left pillar which is located on a left side with respect to a vehicle width direction of a vehicle; a second left chamber that is expandable on the first left chamber; a first right chamber that is expandable so as to cover an outer surface of a front right pillar which is located on a right side with respect to the vehicle width direction of the vehicle; a second right chamber that is expandable on the first right chamber; and a gas supply unit that supplies a gas for expansion selectively to the first left chamber, the second left chamber, the first right chamber, and the second right chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Nakamura, Kenji Komori, Kenyu Okamura, Osamu Ito, Hiroyuki Asanuma, Hyejin Bae
  • Publication number: 20220306030
    Abstract: A control device of an embodiment includes an airbag inflated at least onto a hood of a vehicle by being filled with gas supplied from a gas supply, a recognizer that recognizes a surroundings situation of the vehicle, an index value deriver that derives an index value indicating a degree of overlap in a vehicle width direction between a traffic participant recognized by the recognizer and the vehicle when the traffic participant comes into contact with the vehicle, and an airbag controller that controls a timing at which the airbag is inflated, on the basis of the index value derived by the index value deriver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Nakamura, Kenji Komori, Kenyu Okamura
  • Publication number: 20210402952
    Abstract: An airbag device includes a first chamber filled with a gas supplied from a first gas supply part and inflated and deployed in a traveling direction of a vehicle body, a second chamber that is disposed behind the first chamber and able to bring in communication with an inside of the first chamber through a communication section, and a third chamber disposed to cover the communication section and configured to adjust an opening degree of the communication section by being filled with a gas supplied from a second gas supply part and being inflated and deployed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Nakamura, Hyejin Bae, Kenyu Okamura, Osamu Ito, Hiroyuki Asanuma, Hiromi Koshiki, Kei Tsujimoto, Shoichi Sawa
  • Patent number: 11077821
    Abstract: A vehicle body front structure includes a pop-up hood unit disposed on a front end portion of an enginehood of a vehicle body and configured to move upward above the enginehood by using a lift-up mechanism. The pop-up hood unit is deformable due to an input of an impact upon a collision with a target for protection. The pop-up hood unit is shaped as a plate that extends in a left-right direction of the vehicle body and has a plate surface having an inclination angle that is variable relative to a horizontal plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Kanno, Takashi Aoki, Masato Sasaki, Kenyu Okamura, Hidetoshi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11027692
    Abstract: An air bag device has an inflator and a bag unit configured to be deployed on a front part of a vehicle body with a gas supplied from the inflator. The bag unit includes a first bag, a second bag, and a connector, which are annularly connected to one another, and when the bag unit is deployed, the first bag and the second bag are erected on the vehicle body into a mountain-like shape in such a way that the bag unit forms a substantially triangular shape as a whole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Aoki, Osamu Kanno, Kenyu Okamura, Masato Sasaki, Hidetoshi Nakamura, Masahiro Motoyoshi, Atsushi Nakajima
  • Patent number: 11014525
    Abstract: An airbag system includes a bag unit which deploys on an enginehood of a vehicle body by a gas from an inflator. The bag unit is divided into bags back and forth and right and left. The bags include adjacent bags communicating with each other through communication paths. The bags include at least one upright bag to be upright on at least one fender of left and right fenders of the vehicle body. A gas flows from a front bag of the bags located at a front side of the vehicle body through communication paths to a rear bag of the bags behind the front bag and the at least one upright bag on the side of the front bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Kanno, Kenyu Okamura, Masato Sasaki, Takashi Aoki, Hidetoshi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10967830
    Abstract: A colliding object protection apparatus inflates and deploys an airbag when the apparatus detects or predicts a collision with a pedestrian. The airbag includes a first bag to be inflated and deployed in a vehicle width direction along a front edge part of a hood of a vehicle, and a second bag to be inflated and deployed on an upper surface of the hood. The second bag is continuous with a vehicle rear side portion of the first bag. An internal space of the first bag and an internal space of the second bag communicate with each other through a first vent mechanism. The first vent mechanism is opened when an internal pressure of the first bag reaches a predetermined pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Nakamura, Kenyu Okamura, Masaki Umezawa, Osamu Ito, Masato Sasaki, Masahiro Motoyoshi
  • Patent number: 10953845
    Abstract: A colliding object protection apparatus inflates and deploys an airbag when the apparatus detects or predicts a collision with a pedestrian. The airbag includes a front bag to be inflated and deployed in a vehicle width direction along an upper part of a front grille of a vehicle. The internal space of the front bag is partitioned into a plurality of expansion chambers by a plurality of partitioning walls provided in parallel in the vehicle width direction. A vent mechanism of the expansion chamber is configured to be opened when an internal pressure of the expansion chamber reaches a predetermined pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Nakamura, Kenyu Okamura, Masaki Umezawa, Osamu Ito, Masato Sasaki, Masahiro Motoyoshi
  • Patent number: 10906587
    Abstract: A vehicle body front structure includes a front sub-frame configured such that a gear box is fitted to a front part of the front sub-frame, an arm portion extending from a front part of the front sub-frame forward and outward in a vehicle width direction, an impact absorbing portion supported by the arm portion, and a horn portion arranged on a front side of the impact absorbing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Morisawa, Toshimitsu Nishikuma, Masayasu Yoshida, Kenyu Okamura, Kohji Imuta, Fumihiro Osawa
  • Publication number: 20200377048
    Abstract: A collision prediction determination device of a subject vehicle includes: a surrounding area sensor (a camera/radar/lidar) configured to acquire surrounding area information which is information on an object present in a first monitor area including an area ahead of the subject vehicle in a traveling direction thereof; a proximity sensor (a sonar/pressure tube sensor) configured to acquire proximity information on proximity of the subject vehicle including information on a contact thereof with an object present in a second monitor area which is an area in a proximity of the subject vehicle; an interspace sensor (a sonar) configured to acquire interspace information which is information on an interspace between an in-vehicle component (a bulkhead/bumper beam) and a bumper member (a front bumper) disposed on the subject vehicle; and a collision prediction determination part configured to predict and determine a state of a collision of the subject vehicle with a vulnerable road user, including whether or not th
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Masaki UMEZAWA, Kenyu OKAMURA, Hidetoshi NAKAMURA, Hyejin BAE
  • Publication number: 20200377053
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle-use object protection device to suitably protect an object to be protected when the object collides with a vehicle. The device includes: a protection mechanism to protect the object from a collision with the vehicle; a collision prediction unit to predict a collision inclusive of a collision between the vehicle and at least a cyclist; a sensor to output an output value depending on an impact state when the vehicle collides with the object; and a control device. The control device compares the output value with a predetermined threshold, and activates the protection mechanism when the output value exceeds the threshold and then lowers the threshold when the collision prediction unit determines that the vehicle would collide with a cyclist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Masaki UMEZAWA, Kenyu OKAMURA, Hidetoshi NAKAMURA, Hyejin BAE
  • Patent number: 10688949
    Abstract: An occupant protection device capable of protecting occupants at a higher level is provided. An occupant protection device comprises a first sensor for detecting a value concerning a rotation angle of a vehicle, a second sensor for detecting an acceleration in the vehicle longitudinal direction, and a collision determination section adapted to determinate whether or not a collision has occurred to the vehicle based on the detection result of the first sensor and to determinate whether or not the collision has occurred to the vehicle also based on the detection result of the second sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenyu Okamura
  • Publication number: 20200001930
    Abstract: A vehicle body front structure includes a front sub-frame configured such that a gear box is fitted to a front part of the front sub-frame, an arm portion extending from a front part of the front sub-frame forward and outward in a vehicle width direction, an impact absorbing portion supported by the arm portion, and a horn portion arranged on a front side of the impact absorbing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Takuya MORISAWA, Toshimitsu NISHIKUMA, Masayasu YOSHIDA, Kenyu OKAMURA, Kohji IMUTA, Fumihiro OSAWA
  • Publication number: 20190375368
    Abstract: A vehicle body front structure includes a pop-up hood unit disposed on a front end portion of an enginehood of a vehicle body and configured to move upward above the enginehood by using a lift-up mechanism. The pop-up hood unit is deformable due to an input of an impact upon a collision with a target for protection. The pop-up hood unit is shaped as a plate that extends in a left-right direction of the vehicle body and has a plate surface having an inclination angle that is variable relative to a horizontal plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Osamu KANNO, Takashi AOKI, Masato SASAKI, Kenyu OKAMURA, Hidetoshi NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20190375367
    Abstract: An air bag device has an inflator and a bag unit configured to be deployed on a front part of a vehicle body with a gas supplied from the inflator. The bag unit includes a first bag, a second bag, and a connector, which are annularly connected to one another, and when the bag unit is deployed, the first bag and the second bag are erected on the vehicle body into a mountain-like shape in such a way that the bag unit forms a substantially triangular shape as a whole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Takashi Aoki, Osamu Kanno, Kenyu Okamura, Masato Sasaki, Hidetoshi Nakamura, Masahiro Motoyoshi, Atsushi Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20190375366
    Abstract: An airbag system includes a bag unit which deploys on an enginehood of a vehicle body by a gas from an inflator. The bag unit is divided into bags back and forth and right and left. The bags include adjacent bags communicating with each other through communication paths. The bags include at least one upright bag to be upright on at least one fender of left and right fenders of the vehicle body. A gas flows from a front bag of the bags located at a front side of the vehicle body through communication paths to a rear bag of the bags behind the front bag and the at least one upright bag on the side of the front bag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Osamu KANNO, Kenyu OKAMURA, Masato SASAKI, Takashi AOKI, Hidetoshi NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20190366971
    Abstract: A colliding object protection apparatus inflates and deploys an airbag when the apparatus detects or predicts a collision with a pedestrian. The airbag includes a front bag to be inflated and deployed in a vehicle width direction along an upper part of a front grille of a vehicle. The internal space of the front bag is partitioned into a plurality of expansion chambers by a plurality of partitioning walls provided in parallel in the vehicle width direction. A vent mechanism of the expansion chamber is configured to be opened when an internal pressure of the expansion chamber reaches a predetermined pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Hidetoshi NAKAMURA, Kenyu OKAMURA, Masaki UMEZAWA, Osamu ITO, Masato SASAKI, Masahiro MOTOYOSHI
  • Publication number: 20190366972
    Abstract: A colliding object protection apparatus inflates and deploys an airbag when the apparatus detects or predicts a collision with a pedestrian. The airbag includes a first bag to be inflated and deployed in a vehicle width direction along a front edge part of a hood of a vehicle, and a second bag to be inflated and deployed on an upper surface of the hood. The second bag is continuous with a vehicle rear side portion of the first bag. An internal space of the first bag and an internal space of the second bag communicate with each other through a first vent mechanism. The first vent mechanism is opened when an internal pressure of the first bag reaches a predetermined pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Hidetoshi NAKAMURA, Kenyu OKAMURA, Masaki UMEZAWA, Osamu ITO, Masato SASAKI, Masahiro MOTOYOSHI