Patents by Inventor Kosuke Sakakibara
Kosuke Sakakibara 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).
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Patent number: 10166847Abstract: A vehicle side portion structure includes a front side door and a rear side door of a vehicle that does not have a center pillar. A lock member is disposed at a vertical direction lower portion of one side door of the front side door and the rear side door. When the one side door is closed, the lock member engages with the other side door to lock the one side door. A reinforcement member is provided inside the one side door at the vertical direction lower portion. A part of the reinforcement member is disposed on an upper side of the lock member so that the lock member is surrounded by the reinforcement member and the peripheral edge portion of the one side door as seen in a side view of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2017Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuki Sugie, Masanobu Ohmi, Kosuke Sakakibara
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Patent number: 10144424Abstract: A sensor arrangement structure includes a vehicle framework member having a hollow cross-section, a vicinity information detection sensor and a cover. The vicinity information detection sensor is attached to the vehicle framework member. At least a portion of the vicinity information detection sensor is disposed inside the hollow cross-section of the vehicle framework member. A detection portion that detects vicinity information of a vehicle is oriented toward a vehicle outer side of the vehicle framework member. The cover is disposed to oppose the detection portion and allows transmission of a detection carrier that is detected by the detection portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2016Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuhiro Hara, Kazuki Sugie, Kosuke Sakakibara, Motoya Sakabe
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Patent number: 10099643Abstract: A vehicle occupant protecting device including: an airbag that is accommodated at an upper portion of a vehicle seat, that receives a supply of gas from an inflator and is inflated and expanded toward a seat front side, and that includes a front inflating portion, which is inflated at a seat front side with respect to a head portion of a vehicle occupant, and a pair of left and right lateral inflating portions, which are connected to the front inflating portion and are inflated at sides of the seat with respect to the head portion, the airbag being structured as an integral bag body that covers the head portion; and reinforcing portions that extend in a seat vertical direction at an interior of a seatback, and that connect an upper portion and a lower portion of a seatback frame that structures a frame of the seatback.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2017Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kosuke Sakakibara, Masanobu Ohmi, Seiji Yamamoto, Yoshiaki Matsumura, Kazuki Sugie, Misato Kinoshita
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Patent number: 10093266Abstract: An occupant protecting device including: a seat provided in a vehicle, the seat including a seat cushion, a seat back, and a headrest, and the seat being provided with an air bag that inflates and deploys at least to a front and both of left and right sides of a head of a seated occupant; and a control device that in the case of having detected or predicted a collision of the vehicle, causes the air bag to inflate and deploy, and in the case that the seat is facing an opposite side to a collision side when the collision has been detected or predicted, delays a timing of causing the air bag to inflate and deploy more compared to in the case that the seat is facing the collision side.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2017Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuki Sugie, Masanobu Ohmi, Seiji Yamamoto, Yoshiaki Matsumura, Kosuke Sakakibara, Misato Kinoshita
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Patent number: 10077058Abstract: A vehicle control device that includes: an airbag device including an airbag, the airbag being configured as an integral bag body for surrounding a head of an occupant with a front deployment section including a front inflation section that is inflated and deployed in front of a seat corresponding to the head and at least one of shoulders or a chest of the occupant, and a left and right pair of lateral deployment sections including lateral inflation sections that are connected to the front deployment section and are inflated and deployed at sides of the head of the occupant; and a controller that, after the airbag device has been actuated, executes a drive-to-refuge mode in which driving of a power unit of a vehicle and steering of a steering system are controlled to drive the vehicle to take refuge at a road shoulder.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2017Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masanobu Ohmi, Seiji Yamamoto, Kosuke Sakakibara, Kazuki Sugie, Misato Kinoshita, Yoshiaki Matsumura
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Patent number: 10035482Abstract: A mounting structure for a vicinity information detection sensor, comprising: an apron upper member arranged along a vehicle front-and-rear direction at a vehicle width direction outer side of a vehicle front portion; and a vicinity information detection sensor equipped with a detection unit that detects vicinity information of the vehicle, the vicinity information detection sensor being mounted to the apron upper member, directly or via a bracket, such that the detection unit is oriented to the vehicle outer side.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2017Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuki Sugie, Masanobu Ohmi, Seiji Yamamoto, Yoshiaki Matsumura, Kosuke Sakakibara, Misato Kinoshita
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Patent number: 9868469Abstract: A vehicular object detection device including: a rocker section that extends substantially along a vehicle front-rear direction, at a lower side of a side section of a vehicle, and that is configured by plural rocker configuration members; and an object detection sensor that is disposed in the rocker section and that detects an object at at least one of a side or the lower side of the vehicle, wherein: among the plural rocker configuration members, a rocker configuration member disposed at a vehicle width direction outer side of the object detection sensor is configured by a resin, or the rocker configuration member disposed at the vehicle width direction outer side of the object detection sensor is formed with a detection opening that is open toward a vehicle outer side at a position corresponding to a transceiver of the object detection sensor.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2017Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kosuke Sakakibara, Masanobu Ohmi, Seiji Yamamoto, Yoshiaki Matsumura, Kazuki Sugie, Misato Kinoshita
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Publication number: 20170342767Abstract: A vehicle door structure includes two doors, a weatherstrip, a moving device and a control device. The two doors are disposed adjacently at a vehicle side portion with no pillar therebetween. The weatherstrip is provided at one of the doors and is disposed to change a distance between the weatherstrip and the other door. The moving device moves the weatherstrip in a direction of putting the weatherstrip into contact with and a direction of separating the weatherstrip from the other door. When it is determined that the two doors are closed and neither is opening or closing, the control device controls movement of the moving device to put the weatherstrip into contact with the other door. When a single door is closed and the counterpart door is opening or closing, the control device controls movement of the moving device in the direction of separating the weatherstrip from the other door.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kosuke SAKAKIBARA, Masanobu OHMI, Kazuki SUGIE
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Publication number: 20170334385Abstract: A vehicle occupant protecting device including: an airbag that is accommodated at an upper portion of a vehicle seat, that receives a supply of gas from an inflator and is inflated and expanded toward a seat front side, and that includes a front inflating portion, which is inflated at a seat front side with respect to a head portion of a vehicle occupant, and a pair of left and right lateral inflating portions, which are connected to the front inflating portion and are inflated at sides of the seat with respect to the head portion, the airbag being structured as an integral bag body that covers the head portion; and reinforcing portions that extend in a seat vertical direction at an interior of a seatback, and that connect an upper portion and a lower portion of a seatback frame that structures a frame of the seatback.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2017Publication date: November 23, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kosuke SAKAKIBARA, Masanobu OHMI, Seiji YAMAMOTO, Yoshiaki MATSUMURA, Kazuki SUGIE, Misato KINOSHITA
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Publication number: 20170327152Abstract: A vehicular object detection device including: a rocker section that extends substantially along a vehicle front-rear direction, at a lower side of a side section of a vehicle, and that is configured by plural rocker configuration members; and an object detection sensor that is disposed in the rocker section and that detects an object at at least one of a side or the lower side of the vehicle, wherein: among the plural rocker configuration members, a rocker configuration member disposed at a vehicle width direction outer side of the object detection sensor is configured by a resin, or the rocker configuration member disposed at the vehicle width direction outer side of the object detection sensor is formed with a detection opening that is open toward a vehicle outer side at a position corresponding to a transceiver of the object detection sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2017Publication date: November 16, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kosuke SAKAKIBARA, Masanobu OHMI, Seiji YAMAMOTO, Yoshiaki MATSUMURA, Kazuki SUGIE, Misato KINOSHITA
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Publication number: 20170313166Abstract: The present invention provides a vehicle side portion structure including: front and rear side doors provided at a side portion of a vehicle that does not have a center pillar; a lock member provided at at least one side door among the front and rear side doors, the lock member being disposed at a vehicle vertical direction lower portion of the one side door on another side door side thereof and, when the one side door is closed, engaging with the other side door or the vehicle body to thereby lock the one side door; and a reinforcement member provided inside the one side door at the vehicle vertical direction lower portion thereof, with at least part of the reinforcement member being disposed on an upper side of the lock member so that the lock member is surrounded by the reinforcement member and a peripheral edge portion of the one side door as seen in a vehicle side view.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2017Publication date: November 2, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuki SUGIE, Masanobu OHMI, Kosuke SAKAKIBARA
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Publication number: 20170307421Abstract: A mounting structure for a peripheral information detection sensor including: an aeropart that is disposed above a cabin of a truck and that has a wall surface that faces toward a front direction, a wall surface that faces toward an upper direction, wall surfaces that face outward in a transverse direction, and a wall surface that faces toward a rear direction; a peripheral information detection sensor that is mounted within a space enclosed by the wall surfaces; and a cover that is provided on at least one wall surface that lies opposite the peripheral information detection sensor, and through which only a detection medium that is required for peripheral information detection is able to be transmitted, is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2017Publication date: October 26, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masanobu OHMI, Seiji YAMAMOTO, Yoshiaki MATSUMURA, Kosuke SAKAKIBARA, Kazuki SUGIE, Misato KINOSHITA
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Publication number: 20170299769Abstract: An arrangement structure for a vicinity information detection sensor, the arrangement structure comprising: a vicinity information detection sensor provided on a roof of a fuel cell bus; and an obstruction portion provided between the vicinity information detection sensor and a hydrogen tank disposed on the roof, the obstruction portion obstructing the hydrogen tank from coming into contact with the vicinity information detection sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2017Publication date: October 19, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masanobu OHMI, Seiji YAMAMOTO, Yoshiaki MATSUMURA, Kosuke SAKAKIBARA, Kazuki SUGIE, Misato KINOSHITA
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Publication number: 20170297521Abstract: A mounting structure for a vicinity information detection sensor, comprising: an apron upper member arranged along a vehicle front-and-rear direction at a vehicle width direction outer side of a vehicle front portion; and a vicinity information detection sensor equipped with a detection unit that detects vicinity information of the vehicle, the vicinity information detection sensor being mounted to the apron upper member, directly or via a bracket, such that the detection unit is oriented to the vehicle outer side.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2017Publication date: October 19, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuki SUGIE, Masanobu OHMI, Seiji YAMAMOTO, Yoshiaki MATSUMURA, Kosuke SAKAKIBARA, Misato KINOSHITA
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Publication number: 20170297524Abstract: An occupant protecting device including: a seat provided in a vehicle, the seat including a seat cushion, a seat back, and a headrest, and the seat being provided with an air bag that inflates and deploys at least to a front and both of left and right sides of a head of a seated occupant; and a control device that in the case of having detected or predicted a collision of the vehicle, causes the air bag to inflate and deploy, and in the case that the seat is facing an opposite side to a collision side when the collision has been detected or predicted, delays a timing of causing the air bag to inflate and deploy more compared to in the case that the seat is facing the collision side.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2017Publication date: October 19, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuki SUGIE, Masanobu OHMI, Seiji YAMAMOTO, Yoshiaki MATSUMURA, Kosuke SAKAKIBARA, Misato KINOSHITA
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Publication number: 20170291564Abstract: A passenger protecting device including: an airbag device including an airbag that receives a supply of gas from an inflator and is inflated and expanded, by a front expanding portion that includes a front inflating portion to be inflated and expanded at a seat front side of the head portion and at least one of a chest portion and shoulder portions of the passenger, and a pair of left and right lateral expanding portions that include lateral inflating portions that are connected to the front expanding portion and are inflated and expanded at sides of the head portion of the passenger; and a position changing device that changes an inflated and expanded position of the airbag in a seat transverse direction, in accordance with a direction of collision of a collision body with respect to the vehicle seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2017Publication date: October 12, 2017Inventors: Masanobu Ohmi, Seiji Yamamoto, Kosuke Sakakibara, Kazuki Sugie, Misato Kinoshita, Yoshiaki Matsumura
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Publication number: 20170291565Abstract: A vehicle occupant protection device includes: an airbag structured as a single bag that is configured to cover a head area of a vehicle occupant, the airbag being stowed at a headrest or seatback of a vehicle seat, the airbag receiving a gas supply and inflating and expanding toward a seat front side, and the airbag including a front inflation portion that is configured to be inflated at the seat front relative to the head area and a left and right pair of side inflation portions that are connected to the front inflation portion and configured to be inflated at seat sides relative to the head area; and an opening portion that is provided at the airbag, is configured to cover the head area from the seat front side or a seat side, and is openable after the inflation and expansion of the airbag.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2017Publication date: October 12, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Seiji YAMAMOTO, Masanobu OHMI, Yoshiaki MATSUMURA, Kosuke SAKAKIBARA, Kazuki SUGIE, Misato KINOSHITA
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Publication number: 20170291569Abstract: A vehicle occupant protection device has an airbag main body that is formed as a single integrated bag body that covers a head portion of a vehicle occupant and includes a forward-inflating portion housed in a headrest or in a seat back of a vehicle seat, and which inflates and deploys when supplied with gas, and which inflates on a seat front side of the head portion, and a pair of left and right side-inflating portions which inflate on seat side portions of the head portion. This vehicle occupant protection device also has a sub-bag portion that is provided in at least one of the forward-inflating portion and the side-inflating portions, and that, when an internal pressure inside the airbag main body reaches a predetermined value or greater, inflates after receiving an inflow of gas from at least one of the forward-inflating portion and the side-inflating portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2017Publication date: October 12, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuki SUGIE, Masanobu OHMI, Seiji YAMAMOTO, Yoshiaki MATSUMURA, Kosuke SAKAKIBARA, Misato KINOSHITA
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Publication number: 20170282933Abstract: A vehicle control device that includes: an airbag device including an airbag, the airbag being configured as an integral bag body for surrounding a head of an occupant with a front deployment section including a front inflation section that is inflated and deployed in front of a seat corresponding to the head and at least one of shoulders or a chest of the occupant, and a left and right pair of lateral deployment sections including lateral inflation sections that are connected to the front deployment section and are inflated and deployed at sides of the head of the occupant; and a controller that, after the airbag device has been actuated, executes a drive-to-refuge mode in which driving of a power unit of a vehicle and steering of a steering system are controlled to drive the vehicle to take refuge at a road shoulder.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2017Publication date: October 5, 2017Inventors: Masanobu Ohmi, Seiji Yamamoto, Kosuke Sakakibara, Kazuki Sugie, Misato Kinoshita, Yoshiaki Matsumura
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Publication number: 20170282834Abstract: An occupant protection apparatus includes: an airbag configured to be stored in a head rest or a seat back of a vehicle seat, and the airbag being formed as a single bag that is configured to cover a head of an occupant and including a front inflating part and a right and left pair of lateral inflating parts; a three-point seat belt device including webbing equipped with a lap belt and a shoulder belt, and a belt take-up mechanism, and the belt take-up mechanism applying tension to the webbing; and a control unit that, in the event that an impact to the vehicle has been predicted or detected, activates the belt take-up mechanism before inflating and deploying the airbag.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2017Publication date: October 5, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuki SUGIE, Masanobu OHMI, Seiji YAMAMOTO, Yoshiaki MATSUMURA, Kosuke SAKAKIBARA, Misato KINOSHITA