Patents by Inventor Mitsuyoshi Ohno

Mitsuyoshi Ohno 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: 12697861
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle body and a battery attachable to and detachable from the vehicle body. The battery includes a battery side connector. The vehicle body includes a vehicle body side connector electrically connectable to the battery side connector and a holding portion that holds the vehicle body side connector. The holding portion holds the vehicle body side connector as being movable along a fitting direction in which the vehicle body side connector and the battery side connector are fitted to each other while the battery side connector is connected to the vehicle body side connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun Kobayashi, Takahiro Okano, Mitsuyoshi Ohno, Nobuhiro Nakano
  • Patent number: 12697934
    Abstract: A vehicle occupant restraint device includes a seat belt, a belt support airbag, and a belt covering member. The seat belt restrains the occupant seated on a seat cushion of a vehicle seat to the vehicle seat. The belt support airbag is provided in a folded state in a lap belt or a shoulder belt of the seat belt and is inflated and deployed by gas supplied in an event of a frontal collision of a vehicle. The belt covering member covers at least a predetermined region of the lap belt on a belt anchor side and urges the lap belt downward when the seat belt is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2025
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi Ohno, Katsuya Shimazu, Tatsuya Hashido
  • Publication number: 20260217213
    Abstract: Provided are a vehicle occupant restraint device including: a rotating seat changeable between a forward-facing posture and a rearward-facing posture; a first buckle and a second buckle that are provided on both left and right sides of the rotating seat, respectively; a first seat belt device that is provided on a B pillar side and includes a first tongue attachable to and detachable from the first buckle that is located on an inner side in a vehicle-width direction in a case where the rotating seat is in the forward-facing posture; and a second seat belt device that is provided on an instrument panel side and includes a second tongue attachable to and detachable from the second buckle that is located on the inner side in the vehicle-width direction in a case where the rotating seat is in the rearward-facing posture, and a vehicle including the vehicle occupant restraint device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2025
    Publication date: July 30, 2026
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Mitsuyoshi OHNO
  • Patent number: 12691744
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle body and a battery attachable to and detachable from the vehicle body. The battery includes a battery-side connector and a cover that protects the battery-side connector. The vehicle body includes a vehicle body-side connector electrically connectable to the battery-side connector. The cover exposes the battery-side connector when the battery-side connector is fit to the vehicle body-side connector in a fitting direction in which the vehicle body-side connector and the battery-side connector are fit to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Jun Kobayashi, Takahiro Okano, Mitsuyoshi Ohno, Nobuhiro Nakano
  • Patent number: 12691845
    Abstract: A seat-mounted airbag device including an inflator that is provided at a vehicle seat and that ejects gas during a vehicle collision; and an airbag including an airbag body that, by being supplied with gas ejected from the inflator, moves toward a seat front side through between a head of a passenger seated on a vehicle seat and a ceiling of a vehicle cabin, and is expanded and deployed, so as to be disposed at the seat front side of the passenger, wherein the airbag is housed in the headrest with both seat width direction end portions fold-bent toward a seat downward side, so as to follow an external profile of a headrest of the vehicle seat in face-on view seen from the seat front side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi Ohno, Toshiki Iwama, Tatsuya Hashido, Yu Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20260208689
    Abstract: A seatbelt device for a pillarless vehicle is provided, the seatbelt device including a shoulder anchor of which an upper portion is turnably attached to a roof rail and that also includes a buckle at a lower portion, a seatbelt including a tongue that is detachably attachable to the buckle, and a turning restriction member that links the shoulder anchor and a portion of a roof rail that is rearward of the upper portion of the shoulder anchor in a vehicle front-rear direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2025
    Publication date: July 23, 2026
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi OHNO, Katsuya Shimazu
  • Patent number: 12600312
    Abstract: A seat-mounted airbag device is provided with an airbag including front-and-rear chambers and an airbag main body. At a time of collision of a vehicle, gas jetted out from an inflator is supplied to the front-and-rear chambers, which inflate and expand to a front side along left and right sides of the head of a vehicle occupant. In association with the inflation and expansion of the front-and-rear chambers, the airbag main body moves to the front side, passing between the head of the vehicle occupant and a vehicle cabin ceiling. The gas is supplied from the front-and-rear chambers to the airbag main body, which inflates and expands and is disposed at the front side of the vehicle occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki Iwama, Mitsuyoshi Ohno, Yu Suzuki, Tatsuya Hashido
  • Patent number: 12589710
    Abstract: A left-right pair of rear tethers is configured such that one-end portions thereof are anchored to a left-right pair of front-rear extension portions, other-end portions thereof are anchored to a seatback or to the vehicle body, and during passenger restraint each of a left-right pair of front-rear extension portions is pulled relatively in a seat diagonally rearward and downward direction such that a coupling portion approaches a femur area of a passenger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2026
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki Iwama, Mitsuyoshi Ohno, Yu Suzuki, Tatsuya Hashido
  • Patent number: 12583407
    Abstract: A vehicle passenger protecting device includes: a side airbag installed in a side portion at an outer side of a seatback of a vehicle seat, and inflating and expanding toward an outer side of a passenger seated on the vehicle seat due to gas being supplied at a time of a side collision of a vehicle; and a curtain airbag installed in at least a roof side rail, and inflating and expanding toward a vehicle lower side due to gas being supplied at a time of a side collision of the vehicle. The curtain airbag has an enlarged inflating portion that overlaps a center of a head of the passenger as seen in a side view, when the vehicle seat has been slid to a predetermined position at a vehicle rear side and the seatback has been set in a relaxed posture of being reclined to a recommended limit position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2025
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi Ohno, Akira Kaneko, Tatsuya Hashido
  • Patent number: 12565171
    Abstract: The occupant restraint device for a vehicle includes a seatbelt, which restrains an occupant P sitting on a vehicle seat at the vehicle seat, and a belt backing airbag. When gas is supplied to the belt backing airbag from an inflator at a time of frontal collision of the vehicle, the belt backing airbag inflates and expands between at least the shoulder belt of the seatbelt and the shoulder area of the occupant. Together with moving to a vehicle front side to follow the occupant moving to the vehicle front side due to inertial force, the belt backing airbag moves along the shoulder belt and maintains the state in which the belt backing airbag is interposed between at least the shoulder area of the occupant and the shoulder belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2025
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2026
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi Ohno, Katsuya Shimazu, Daiki Furukawa, Kaname Tanaka
  • Patent number: 12522168
    Abstract: A vehicle passenger protecting device includes: a side airbag installed at least in a vehicle transverse direction outer side end portion of a headrest of a vehicle seat, and configured to, due to gas supplied at a time of a side collision, inflate and expand toward a vehicle front side at least at a vehicle transverse direction outer side of a head of a passenger seated on the vehicle seat; and a curtain airbag that is installed in at least a roof side rail of the vehicle, and that inflates and expands toward a vehicle lower side due to gas being supplied thereto at a time of a side collision of the vehicle. The side airbag for a head is configured so as to inflate and expand only in a case in which a seatback of the vehicle seat has been reclined by a predetermined angle or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2025
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2026
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi Ohno, Akira Kaneko, Tatsuya Hashido
  • Publication number: 20250313169
    Abstract: At the time of the vehicle front collision, whether to deploy only the front-collision airbag or both the ceiling airbag and the front-collision airbag among the ceiling airbag accommodated above the occupant seated on the seat and the front-collision airbag accommodated in front of the occupant is switched according to the front-rear slide position and the seat back angle of the seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2024
    Publication date: October 9, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideyuki SAKURAI, Mitsuyoshi OHNO, Katsuya SHIMAZU
  • Publication number: 20250296523
    Abstract: A vehicle occupant restraint device includes a seat belt, a belt support airbag, and a belt covering member. The seat belt restrains the occupant seated on a seat cushion of a vehicle seat to the vehicle seat. The belt support airbag is provided in a folded state in a lap belt or a shoulder belt of the seat belt and is inflated and deployed by gas supplied in an event of a frontal collision of a vehicle. The belt covering member covers at least a predetermined region of the lap belt on a belt anchor side and urges the lap belt downward when the seat belt is released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2025
    Publication date: September 25, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi OHNO, Katsuya SHIMAZU, Tatsuya HASHIDO
  • Publication number: 20250282318
    Abstract: The occupant restraint device for a vehicle includes a three-point seatbelt device, a front impact airbag and a belt backing airbag. The three-point seatbelt device restrains the occupant, who is sitting on a vehicle seat, at the vehicle seat. The front impact airbag inflates and expands from a vehicle front side toward the occupant when gas is supplied from an inflator at a time of frontal collision of the vehicle. When gas is supplied to the belt backing airbag from another inflator at a time of frontal collision of the vehicle, the belt backing airbag inflates and expands so as to extend in a seat width direction between the shoulder belt of a seatbelt of the seatbelt device and the shoulder areas of the occupant. The belt backing airbag restrains both of the shoulder areas of the occupant, including clavicles of the occupant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2025
    Publication date: September 11, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daiki FURUKAWA, Katsuya SHIMAZU, Mitsuyoshi OHNO, Kaname TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20250282317
    Abstract: A vehicle occupant restraint device includes: a seat belt configured to restrain an occupant to the vehicle seat; a belt support airbag configured to inflate and deploy at least between a shoulder belt and a shoulder of the occupant by being supplied with gas from an inflator in an event of a frontal collision of a vehicle, to move toward a front side of the vehicle following the occupant, who moves toward the front side of the vehicle, and to restrain at least the shoulder of the occupant; and a gas supply pipe having a first end portion connected to the inflator, a second end portion connected to the belt support airbag, and a predetermined region on a second end portion side, the predetermined region being configured to extend following the movement of the belt support airbag toward the front side of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2025
    Publication date: September 11, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuya SHIMAZU, Daiki FURUKAWA, Mitsuyoshi OHNO, Kaname TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20250282321
    Abstract: The occupant restraint device for a vehicle includes a seatbelt, which restrains an occupant P sitting on a vehicle seat at the vehicle seat, and a belt backing airbag. When gas is supplied to the belt backing airbag from an inflator at a time of frontal collision of the vehicle, the belt backing airbag inflates and expands between at least the shoulder belt of the seatbelt and the shoulder area of the occupant. Together with moving to a vehicle front side to follow the occupant moving to the vehicle front side due to inertial force, the belt backing airbag moves along the shoulder belt and maintains the state in which the belt backing airbag is interposed between at least the shoulder area of the occupant and the shoulder belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2025
    Publication date: September 11, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi OHNO, Katsuya SHIMAZU, Daiki FURUKAWA, Kaname TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20250263039
    Abstract: A vehicle passenger protecting device includes: a side airbag installed at least in a vehicle transverse direction outer side end portion of a headrest of a vehicle seat, and configured to, due to gas supplied at a time of a side collision, inflate and expand toward a vehicle front side at least at a vehicle transverse direction outer side of a head of a passenger seated on the vehicle seat; and a curtain airbag that is installed in at least a roof side rail of the vehicle, and that inflates and expands toward a vehicle lower side due to gas being supplied thereto at a time of a side collision of the vehicle. The side airbag for a head is configured so as to inflate and expand only in a case in which a seatback of the vehicle seat has been reclined by a predetermined angle or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2025
    Publication date: August 21, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi OHNO, Akira KANEKO, Tatsuya HASHIDO
  • Publication number: 20250263038
    Abstract: A vehicle passenger protecting device includes: a side airbag installed in a side portion at an outer side of a seatback of a vehicle seat, and inflating and expanding toward an outer side of a passenger seated on the vehicle seat due to gas being supplied at a time of a side collision of a vehicle; and a curtain airbag installed in at least a roof side rail, and inflating and expanding toward a vehicle lower side due to gas being supplied at a time of a side collision of the vehicle. The curtain airbag has an enlarged inflating portion that overlaps a center of a head of the passenger as seen in a side view, when the vehicle seat has been slid to a predetermined position at a vehicle rear side and the seatback has been set in a relaxed posture of being reclined to a recommended limit position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2025
    Publication date: August 21, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi OHNO, Akira KANEKO, Tatsuya HASHIDO
  • Patent number: 12358455
    Abstract: An airbag device includes an inflator that is installed in an upper part of a vehicle seat, and that generates gas in an event of a vehicle collision, an airbag to which the gas from the inflator is supplied, and is inflated and deployed from the upper part of the vehicle seat toward a front side of the vehicle seat, and a diffuser that distributes the gas to the airbag. The diffuser includes a connecting portion that is connected to the inflator, and a plurality of branching portions that each branch from the connecting portion and connect to the airbag. The diffuser includes a silencing portion in at least the branching portions. The silencing portion reduces sound pressure of the gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki Iwama, Mitsuyoshi Ohno, Yu Suzuki, Tatsuya Hashido
  • Publication number: 20250222891
    Abstract: An airbag device includes: an inflator generating gas at a time of a collision of a vehicle; and an airbag to which the gas is supplied, and that inflates and expands from a seat rear side of an upper portion of a vehicle seat toward a seat front side, and slips-through between a ceiling of a vehicle cabin and a head of a passenger seated in the vehicle seat. The airbag has at least one gas supply path that is provided so as to be directed toward the seat front side and whose angle of incidence with respect to the ceiling in a side view seen from a seat transverse direction is set to be an acute angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2025
    Publication date: July 10, 2025
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi OHNO, Toshiki IWAMA, Tatsuya HASHIDO, Yu SUZUKI