Patents by Inventor Naomi Mitani

Naomi Mitani 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).

  • Apparatus for protecting a rear passenger for an automotive vehicle
    Patent number: 5203600
    Abstract: An automotive vehicle has a rear header disposed at a rear end of the roof and above a rear seat. For example, in the event where the automotive vehicle is about to roll, the seat back of the rear seat is leaned forwards and the upper end portion of the seat back is leaned forwards, thereby forcibly repositioning the head of the rear passenger seated on the rear seat to the position remoter from the back window panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1993
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Yasukazu Watanabe, Hidemi Aoki, Masatoshi Takayama, Tadashi Ioka, Katsumi Sakane, Noritaka Sakiyama, Yasunari Hirotani, Naomi Mitani, Kazuhiro Ushijima