Patents by Inventor Munetoshi NAKASHIMA

Munetoshi NAKASHIMA 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).

  • Airbag apparatus
    Patent number: 9855913
    Abstract: An airbag apparatus includes airbag having a vent hole formed therein, an inflator configured to emit gas for inflating the airbag, and a chamber configured to accommodate the inflator therein inside the airbag, the chamber having at least one discharge aperture for discharging gas emitted from the inflator to an inside of the airbag, and having a wall part configured to guide the emitted gas to the discharge aperture, wherein an external surface of the wall part is configured to partially cover the vent hole upon collapse of the chamber toward the vent hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignees: TAKATA CORPORATION, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuo Maruoka, Masaru Iwazato, Munetoshi Nakashima, Kazuaki Miyamoto
  • AIRBAG APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20160355156
    Abstract: An airbag apparatus includes airbag having a vent hole formed therein, an inflator configured to emit gas for inflating the airbag, and a chamber configured to accommodate the inflator therein inside the airbag, the chamber having at least one discharge aperture for discharging gas emitted from the inflator to an inside of the airbag, and having a wall part configured to guide the emitted gas to the discharge aperture, wherein an external surface of the wall part is configured to partially cover the vent hole upon collapse of the chamber toward the vent hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Mitsuo MARUOKA, Masaru IWAZATO, Munetoshi NAKASHIMA, Kazuaki MIYAMOTO