Patents by Inventor Masaru Ukita
Masaru Ukita 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: 10513421Abstract: The present disclosure presents a webbing take-up device, which comprises: a spool; a lock section that is restricted from rotating at a time of a vehicle emergency so as to limit rotation of the spool in the pull-out direction; a force limiter mechanism that permits rotation of the spool in the pull-out direction at a force limiter load or greater when rotation of the spool in the pull-out direction with respect to the lock section is being limited; a switching member that switches a load value of the force limiter load by switching between a rotation-restricted state and a rotation-enabled state; and a mounting member that includes a switching member mounting section at which the switching member is disposed, and a restriction section that is engaged with the switching member so as to restrict displacement of the switching member disposed at the switching member mounting section.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2017Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHOInventors: Yoshihiko Ushiyama, Masaru Ukita, Kaoru Yuasa, Kosuke Miida
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Patent number: 10479318Abstract: A webbing pull-in device has a take-up shaft at which a webbing can be pulled in due to the take-up shaft being operated, a first pulley that is rotated at a time of an emergency of a vehicle, and a second pulley that, by being rotated, operates the take-up shaft. Further, the webbing pull-in device has a connecting wire that connects the first pulley and the second pulley, and that, by being taken up onto the first pulley at a time when the first pulley is rotated, transmits rotational force of the first pulley to the second pulley.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2016Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHOInventors: Haruhiko Hashimoto, Masaru Ukita, Ryu Nakashima, Yoshihiko Ushiyama
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Patent number: 9975512Abstract: An air belt device is provided with a webbing that is fitted around a vehicle occupant who is sitting in a vehicle seat, and an airbag portion that is provided in parallel with the webbing and is inflated and deployed when gas is supplied to an interior thereof. The airbag is provided with a reference portion that forms a portion of the airbag and is formed as a result of the airbag being folded. The airbag is also provided with a slack portion that forms another portion of the airbag and is formed as a result of the airbag being folded, and that extends in parallel with the reference portion and whose dimension in the transverse direction of the webbing is set longer than a dimension in the transverse direction of the webbing of the reference portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2015Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHOInventors: Ryu Nakashima, Masaru Ukita, Shinichi Okubo, Tomonari Umakoshi, Haruhiko Hashimoto, Tatsuhiro Murasaki
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Publication number: 20180134251Abstract: A webbing pull-in device has a take-up shaft at which a webbing can be pulled in due to the take-up shaft being operated, a first pulley that is rotated at a time of an emergency of a vehicle, and a second pulley that, by being rotated, operates the take-up shaft. Further, the webbing pull-in device has a connecting wire that connects the first pulley and the second pulley, and that, by being taken up onto the first pulley at a time when the first pulley is rotated, transmits rotational force of the first pulley to the second pulley.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2016Publication date: May 17, 2018Inventors: Haruhiko HASHIMOTO, Masaru UKITA, Ryu NAKASHIMA, Yoshihiko USHIYAMA
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Patent number: 9963097Abstract: In a seatbelt device, at a time of an emergency of a vehicle, gas is supplied via a tube interior into a chest bag, and the chest bag is inflated and expanded. Here, the tube is disposed at a thickness direction one side of a webbing at positions at which a lap webbing, at a thickness direction other side thereof, is interfered with by a seat cushion and a passenger. Therefore, the tube being crushed by the seat cushion and the passenger, and the lap webbing, can be suppressed, and supplying of gas via the tube interior into the chest bag being limited can be suppressed.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2015Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHOInventors: Shinichi Okubo, Masaru Ukita, Tomonari Umakoshi, Haruhiko Hashimoto, Ryu Nakashima
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Patent number: 9914430Abstract: A webbing take-up device is obtained in which the number of rotations of a spool from the start of deformation of a first energy absorption member until the start of deformation of a second energy absorption member can exceed one rotation. In a webbing take-up device, a restricting tab is provided at an open side of the engagement recess portion. Although the leading end of the stopper pawl and the engagement recess portion face each other in the first rotation of the lock ring, a leading end of a stopper pawl is thereby unable to enter inside the engagement recess portion. The restricting tab is restricted from rotating when the leading end of the stopper pawl abuts an abutting portion of the restricting tab. When the lock ring accordingly rotates in a pull-out direction, the restricting tab moves relative to the open side of the engagement recess portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2014Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHOInventors: Ayaka Nakamura, Masanori Ukai, Wataru Yanagawa, Masaru Ukita
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Patent number: 9902358Abstract: In a seatbelt device, at a time of an emergency of a vehicle, gas is supplied into a tube, and gas within the tube is supplied into a chest bag of a bag, and the chest bag is inflated and expanded. Here, at a time when gas is supplied into the tube, due to the tube being inflated between a webbing and a lower side peripheral surface of an insert-through hole of a tongue, a transverse direction other side portion of the bag is crushed by the tube, and gas that is within the chest bag passing via the transverse direction other side portion of the bag into a waist bag of the bag is limited. Therefore, the chest bag can be inflated and expanded at an early stage.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2015Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHOInventors: Shinichi Okubo, Masaru Ukita, Tomonari Umakoshi, Haruhiko Hashimoto, Ryu Nakashima
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Publication number: 20180029855Abstract: The present disclosure presents a webbing take-up device, which comprises: a spool; a lock section that is restricted from rotating at a time of a vehicle emergency so as to limit rotation of the spool in the pull-out direction; a force limiter mechanism that permits rotation of the spool in the pull-out direction at a force limiter load or greater when rotation of the spool in the pull-out direction with respect to the lock section is being limited; a switching member that switches a load value of the force limiter load by switching between a rotation-restricted state and a rotation-enabled state; and a mounting member that includes a switching member mounting section at which the switching member is disposed, and a restriction section that is engaged with the switching member so as to restrict displacement of the switching member disposed at the switching member mounting section.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2017Publication date: February 1, 2018Inventors: Yoshihiko USHIYAMA, Masaru UKITA, Kaoru YUASA, Kosuke MIIDA
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Patent number: 9821745Abstract: A seatbelt device is provided with a webbing and a bag body. The webbing is applied to the body of a vehicle occupant. The bag body includes a first layer at a webbing side and a second layer at an opposite side from the webbing, with the first layer disposed therebetween. The bag body is provided along a length direction of the webbing, fixed to one side of a thickness direction of the webbing and supported by the webbing, and disposed between the webbing and the body of the vehicle occupant in a state in which the webbing is applied to the body of the vehicle occupant. The bag body is inflated by fluid being supplied thereinside. A joined portion at which the first layer and second layer are locally joined together is formed in the bag body. The inflation of the bag body is controlled by the joined portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2014Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHOInventors: Shinichi Okubo, Haruhiko Hashimoto, Masaru Ukita, Takahiro Hamada, Tomonari Umakoshi
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Publication number: 20170197576Abstract: In a seatbelt device, at a time of an emergency of a vehicle, gas is supplied via a tube interior into a chest bag, and the chest bag is inflated and expanded. Here, the tube is disposed at a thickness direction one side of a webbing at positions at which a lap webbing, at a thickness direction other side thereof, is interfered with by a seat cushion and a passenger. Therefore, the tube being crushed by the seat cushion and the passenger, and the lap webbing, can be suppressed, and supplying of gas via the tube interior into the chest bag being limited can be suppressed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2015Publication date: July 13, 2017Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHOInventors: Shinichi OKUBO, Masaru UKITA, Tomonari UMAKOSHI, Haruhiko HASHIMOTO, Ryu NAKASHIMA
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Publication number: 20170190310Abstract: In a seatbelt device, at a time of an emergency of a vehicle, gas is supplied into a tube, and gas within the tube is supplied into a chest bag of a bag, and the chest bag is inflated and expanded. Here, at a time when gas is supplied into the tube, due to the tube being inflated between a webbing and a lower side peripheral surface of an insert-through hole of a tongue, a transverse direction other side portion of the bag is crushed by the tube, and gas that is within the chest bag passing via the transverse direction other side portion of the bag into a waist bag of the bag is limited. Therefore, the chest bag can be inflated and expanded at an early stage.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2015Publication date: July 6, 2017Inventors: Shinichi OKUBO, Masaru UKITA, Tomonari UMAKOSHI, Haruhiko HASHIMOTO, Ryu NAKASHIMA
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Patent number: 9688238Abstract: A webbing take-up device including: a spool on which a webbing fitted over an occupant is taken up; a restricting member restricting a rotation of the spool in the pullout direction under specific circumstances; a force limiter mechanism permitting the rotation of the spool in the pullout direction when a force limiter load or a higher load is imparted while the restricting member is restricting the rotation of the spool in the pullout direction; a switching member being capable of switching between a disposed position at a first position and a disposed position at second position, and provided between the first position and the second position; and an operation member being capable of being switched between operation and non-operation, whereby the disposed position of the switching member is switched between the first position and the second position and the force limiter load is switched between a high-load and a low-load.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2011Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHOInventors: Wataru Yanagawa, Masaru Ukita, Yoshiaki Maekubo
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Publication number: 20170136975Abstract: An air belt device is provided with a webbing that is fitted around a vehicle occupant who is sitting in a vehicle seat, and an airbag portion that is provided in parallel with the webbing and is inflated and deployed when gas is supplied to an interior thereof. The airbag is provided with a reference portion that forms a portion of the airbag and is formed as a result of the airbag being folded. The airbag is also provided with a slack portion that forms another portion of the airbag and is formed as a result of the airbag being folded, and that extends in parallel with the reference portion and whose dimension in the transverse direction of the webbing is set longer than a dimension in the transverse direction of the webbing of the reference portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2015Publication date: May 18, 2017Inventors: Ryu NAKASHIMA, Masaru UKITA, Shinichi OKUBO, Tomonari UMAKOSHI, Haruhiko HASHIMOTO, Tatsuhiro MURASAKI
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Patent number: 9561771Abstract: A seatbelt device comprises a webbing, a bag body and an anchor member. The webbing is applied to the body of a vehicle occupant sitting on a seat. The bag body is provided along a length direction of the webbing, and the bag body is disposed at one side of the webbing and can be inflated by pressure of a fluid supplied from a length direction one side of the bag body. A deployment portion through which the fluid can pass is provided in the bag body, being disposed at width direction outer sides and a thickness direction another side of the webbing. An insertion hole is formed in the anchor member, through which the webbing and the bag body are inserted. The webbing is folded at the thickness direction one side when applied to the body of the sitting vehicle occupant, and the deployment portion of the bag body is disposed in the insertion hole.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHOInventors: Shinichi Okubo, Haruhiko Hashimoto, Masaru Ukita, Takahiro Hamada, Tomonari Umakoshi
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Publication number: 20160297389Abstract: A seatbelt device is obtained that is capable of suppressing kinking of an airbag at an edge portion of webbing as kinking starting position when an occupant presses the inflating and deploying airbag. A seatbelt device 10 includes webbing 24 that is worn over a body of an occupant sitting on a seat 12, and an airbag 34 that is attached to the webbing. The airbag 34 includes an inflating portion S that inflates due to being internally supplied with gas, and first island portions 40 and a second island portion 42 that are set with a smaller dimensional change in the thickness direction of the webbing 24 than the dimensional change of the inflating portion S in the thickness direction of the webbing 24 when internally supplied with gas. Moreover, the first island portions 40 and the second island portion 42 are disposed alongside width direction edge portions of the webbing 24 and are disposed facing a chest of an occupant P in an inflated state of the inflating portion S.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2014Publication date: October 13, 2016Inventors: Tomonari UMAKOSHI, Haruhiko HASHIMOTO, Masaru UKITA, Takahiro HAMADA, Shinichi OKUBO
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Publication number: 20160250987Abstract: A seatbelt device is provided with a webbing and a bag body. The webbing is applied to the body of a vehicle occupant. The bag body includes a first layer at a webbing side and a second layer at an opposite side from the webbing, with the first layer disposed therebetween. The bag body is provided along a length direction of the webbing, fixed to one side of a thickness direction of the webbing and supported by the webbing, and disposed between the webbing and the body of the vehicle occupant in a state in which the webbing is applied to the body of the vehicle occupant. The bag body is inflated by fluid being supplied thereinside. A joined portion at which the first layer and second layer are locally joined together is formed in the bag body. The inflation of the bag body is controlled by the joined portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2014Publication date: September 1, 2016Inventors: Shinichi OKUBO, Haruhiko HASHIMOTO, Masaru UKITA, Takahiro HAMADA, Tomonari UMAKOSHI
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Publication number: 20160236641Abstract: A seatbelt device comprises a webbing, a bag body and an anchor member. The webbing is applied to the body of a vehicle occupant sitting on a seat. The bag body is provided along a length direction of the webbing and can be inflated by pressure of a fluid supplied from a length direction one side of the bag body. A deployment portion through which the fluid can pass is provided in the bag body, being disposed at at least one of width direction outer sides and a thickness direction one side of the webbing. An insertion hole is formed in the anchor member, through which the webbing and the bag body are inserted. The webbing is folded to the thickness direction one side when applied to the body of the sitting vehicle occupant, and the deployment portion of the bag body is disposed in the insertion hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2014Publication date: August 18, 2016Inventors: Shinichi OKUBO, Haruhiko HASHIMOTO, Masaru UKITA, Takahiro HAMADA, Tomonari UMAKOSHI
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Patent number: 9371054Abstract: In a webbing take-up device, a structure for interlocking a second lock pawl with a first lock pawl is only a shaft. It also suffices for switching between restricting of rotation of a lock ring and cancelling of the restricting to be carried out merely by moving a piston by gas pressure generated at a gas generator. In this way, by a simple structure, it is possible to switch between a mode, in which torsional deformation is brought about at a sub torsion main body of a sub torsion shaft, and a mode, in which torsional deformation is not brought about at the sub torsion main body of the sub torsion shaft.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2014Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHOInventors: Masaru Ukita, Wataru Yanagawa
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Patent number: 9371055Abstract: In a webbing take-up device, due to actuation of a pre-tensioning mechanism when a vehicle collision, a piston is moved, rack teeth of the piston mesh with pinion teeth of a pinion, causing the pinion rotate and a spool to be rotated in the take-up direction. In a state where a large rotational force in the pull-out direction is acting from an occupant on the pinion, through a webbing and the spool, a rack tooth is broken by a pinion tooth when the rack teeth initially mesh with the pinion teeth, especially by a tip end of the rack tooth meshing with the pinion tooth. Therefore, sticking-in of the pinion teeth rack teeth and the pinion teeth can be suppressed, or easily eliminated, enabling loss in force transmitted from the piston to the pinion to be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2014Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHOInventors: Wataru Yanagawa, Masaru Ukita
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Patent number: 9358952Abstract: In a pretensioner mechanism, movement of a piston is anchored by an anchoring pin. The anchoring pin is crushed and the piston is allowed to move. Hence, a pinion is turned by a rack of the piston. A facilitating cavity is formed in the anchoring pin. Crushing and deformation of the anchoring pin in a diametric direction thereof due to a movement of the rack is facilitated by the facilitating cavity. Therefore, the anchoring pin may be easily crushed and deformed in the diametric direction by the movement of the rack, and the action of the anchoring pin caused by the movement of the rack may be effectively made consistent.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2013Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHOInventors: Wataru Yanagawa, Masaru Ukita, Hiroaki Yamazoe