Patents by Inventor Kouichi Kamiji

Kouichi Kamiji 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).

  • Air bag system
    Patent number: 6846008
    Abstract: In an air bag system in which an air bag is placed under an upper surface of an instrument panel for restraining a passenger by igniting an inflator by a signal from an acceleration sensor when a vehicle is crashed and deploying the air bag with gas generated by the ignition of the inflator, a method for forming a pocket in a lower surface of the air bag when it is inflated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignees: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, TS Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouichi Kamiji, Hitoshi Higuchi, Nobuyuki Kawamura, Kenichi Saito, Tomoyuki Okumura
  • Apparatus for detecting seated condition
    Patent number: 6509747
    Abstract: An apparatus for detecting seated condition detects whether a passenger is seated on a seat and the location of the passenger if seated. In the apparatus for detecting seated condition, antenna electrodes are provided in the inside the seat so that the electric field generates between the ground and the antenna electrodes. A detecting unit detects a first out put of the electric field in a case that a passenger is not seated and a second output of the electric field in a case that a passenger is seated. A data processing unit corrects the second output based on the first output. Accordingly, the seated condition whether the passenger is seated can accurately be detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Makoto Nagai, Kouichi Kamiji, Naotaka Kumakiri, Tsutomu Fukui
  • Occupant position detection system
    Patent number: 6466849
    Abstract: An occupant position detection system includes a distance sensor 4 located on a seat back 3 of a seat of a vehicle, an angle sensor 5 for sensing an inclined angle of the seat back 3, and a sliding displacement sensor 6 for sensing a sliding displacement value of the seat in fore and aft directions, wherein an occupant position is detected on the basis of sensed values of the distance sensor 4, the angle sensor 5 and the sliding displacement sensor 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kouichi Kamiji, Kazutomo Isonaga, Makoto Nagai, Tsutomu Fukui, Nobuhiro Koyota, Naotaka Kumakiri
  • Apparatus for detecting seated condiion
    Publication number: 20010026162
    Abstract: An apparatus for detecting seated condition detects whether a passenger is seated on a seat and the location of the passenger if seated. In the apparatus for detecting seated condition, antenna electrodes are provided in the inside the seat so that the electric field generates between the ground and the antenna electrodes. A detecting unit detects a first output of the electric field in a case that a passenger is not seated and a second output of the electric field in a case that a passenger is seated. A data processing unit corrects the second output based on the first output. Accordingly, the seated condition whether the passenger is seated can accurately be detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2001
    Publication date: October 4, 2001
    Applicant: HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto Nagai, Kouichi Kamiji, Naotaka Kumakiri, Tsutomu Fukui