Patents by Inventor Monoru Shibata

Monoru Shibata 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).

  • Instrument panel
    Patent number: 6464280
    Abstract: An instrument panel is provided with an upper panel of a synthetic resin disposed on the front side, and a core panel of a synthetic resin retentive of shape and connected to the rear side of the upper panel. The core panel has a casing portion which has an opening portion opened in an air bag-protruding direction and which receives a folded air bag of a passenger seat air bag unit and an inflator for supplying an inflating gas to the air bag. The upper panel has door portions which cover the casing portion and which are pressed and opened by the air bag when the air bag is inflated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Monoru Shibata, Akiyoshi Nagano, Katuhiro Katagiri, Masaru Ido, Yuji Kuriyama, Shigehiro Ueno