Patents by Inventor Nobukatsu Inagaki

Nobukatsu Inagaki 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).

  • Passive seatbelt system
    Patent number: 4460198
    Abstract: An outer end portion of a webbing is guided in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and a tongue plate provided on said outer end portion is engaged with a buckle device secured to the rear portion of a roof side, whereby the webbing is fastened to an occupant. A release plate movable a certain distance with respect to the tongue plate is moved forwards in the vehicle by drive means, whereby the tongue plate is moved forwards in the vehicle after the tongue plate is disengaged from the buckle device, so that the webbing can be separated from the occupant to automatically unfasten the webbing from the occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 17, 1984
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai-Tika-Denki-Seisakusho
    Inventors: Naoshi Sasase, Nobukatsu Inagaki, Yoshihiro Hayashi, Yuji Nishimura