Patents by Inventor Mitsuo Ehama

Mitsuo Ehama 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: 8311701
    Abstract: A hood pop-up system for a vehicle that pops up a hood of the vehicle when detecting or predicting a collision of the vehicle. The hood pop-up system includes an oscillation-offsetting unit that offsets and reduces oscillation of the hood caused by the popping-up of the hood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Iwai, Toshihiro Yoshitake, Yusuke Inomata, Kazuo Hoshino, Mitsuo Ehama, Yasuhiro Miyata
  • Patent number: 7954588
    Abstract: A hood pop-up system for a vehicle that pops up a hood of the vehicle when a collision of the vehicle takes place, which includes: a hood pop-up unit which pops up the hood positioned at a closed position and supports the popped-up hood at a hood support position that is higher than the closed position; and a hood pop-up restricting unit which restricts upward movement of the popped-up hood at an uppermost pop-up position that is higher than the hood support position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Inomata, Mitsuo Ehama, Nobuhiro Iwai, Yuusuke Tsushima, Toshihiro Yoshitake, Kazuo Hoshino
  • Publication number: 20090072587
    Abstract: A hood pop-up system for a vehicle that pops up a hood of the vehicle when a collision of the vehicle takes place, which includes: a hood pop-up unit which pops up the hood positioned at a closed position and supports the popped-up hood at a hood support position that is higher than the closed position; and a hood pop-up restricting unit which restricts upward movement of the popped-up hood at an uppermost pop-up position that is higher than the hood support position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventors: Yusuke INOMATA, Mitsuo EHAMA, Nobuhiro IWAI, Yuusuke TSUSHIMA, Toshihiro YOSHITAKE, Kazuo HOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20090048734
    Abstract: A hood pop-up system for a vehicle that pops up a hood of the vehicle when detecting or predicting a collision of the vehicle. The hood pop-up system includes an oscillation-offsetting unit that offsets and reduces oscillation of the hood caused by the popping-up of the hood.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventors: Nobuhiro IWAI, Toshihiro Yoshitake, Yusuke Inomata, Kazuo Hoshino, Mitsuo Ehama, Yasuhiro Miyata
  • Patent number: 6398257
    Abstract: A two stage-ignition air bag apparatus for a vehicle of the present invention includes an air bag, a first inflator ignited when a value according to collision severity has reached a first threshold value in order to inflate the air bag, and a second inflator ignited at earlier one of times when the value according to collision severity has substantially reached a second threshold value that is greater than the first threshold value and when a predetermined time has passed since the value according to collision severity reached the first threshold value in order to inflate the air bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuo Ehama, Kouichi Shibuya, Masanori Narita
  • Patent number: 6290257
    Abstract: A safety system includes a seatbelt apparatus for supporting a shoulder of a vehicle occupant, an airbag apparatus having an airbag body, and control means for controlling a sealing member. The airbag body is inflated to receive the occupant by gas introduced into the airbag body. The airbag body has first and second ports for exhausting the gas. The sealing member is disposed on the second exhaust port. The sealing member is set to either one of a first state where the gas is prevented from being exhausted from the second exhaust port and a second state where the gas is allowed to be exhausted. The sealing member is ordinarily set to the first state. The seatbelt apparatus outputs a seatbelt apparatus application signal to the control means when the seatbelt apparatus is applied to the occupant. The control means set the sealing means to the second state when the control means receives the seatbelt apparatus application signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignees: Nihon Plast Co., Ltd., Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michael Anthony Bunce, Kazuhiro Kaneko, Michitaka Suzuki, Toshiyuki Sugiyama, Masanori Narita, Mitsuo Ehama