Patents by Inventor Nobuyuki Ryu

Nobuyuki Ryu 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: 4635964
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an automatically fastening seatbelt assembly which causes an occupant of a vehicle to be automatically held to a seat in the vehicle by a restraining webbing, after the occupant is positioned on the seat in the vehicle. The seatbelt assembly includes a guide rail, a slider which is displaceable along the guide rail and a restraining webbing which is fixed to the slider at one end thereof. This guide rail is provided with stop switches at each end thereof. The stop switches are connected to a source of electricity or an electric control circuit through connecting wires. Further, the stop switches detect the arrival of the slider at either end of the guide rail and output signals to the electric control circuit. More particularly, the present invention relates to improvements in the guide rail assembly which protects the connecting wires which are connected to the stop switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1987
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Ryu
  • Patent number: 4618164
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an automatically fastening seatbelt assembly which causes an occupant of a vehicle to be automatically held to a seat in the vehicle by a restraining webbing, after the occupant is positioned on the seat in the vehicle. The seatbelt assembly includes a guide rail, a slider which is displaceable along the guide rail and a restraining webbing which is fixed to the slider at one end thereof. This guide rail is provided with stop switches at each end thereof. The stop switches are connected to a source of electricity or an electric control circuit through connecting wires. Further, the stop switches detect the arrival of the slider at either end of the guide rail and output signals to the electric control circuit. More particularly, the present invention relates to improvements in the stop switch assembly which protect the connecting wire which is connected to the stop switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1986
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Ryu
  • Patent number: 4568105
    Abstract: An automatic safety seatbelt apparatus for extending a seatbelt from a seatbelt retractor apparatus, through a guide ring fixed on a lower side face of a longitudinal floor tunnel, to a shoulder anchor mounted on an upper portion of the vehicle body. The guide ring ensures a proper diagonal extension of the seatbelt across an upper half of the body of a seated passenger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1986
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Ryu, Noritada Yoshitsugu
  • Patent number: 4400015
    Abstract: Substantial portions of seat belt retractors are embedded in side frame members of a car, so that their upper parts extend upward to a smaller height and occupy a smaller space in a space above the seat or floor of the car to prevent the seat belt retractors from obstructing or giving an uncomfortable feeling to persons getting in or out of the car or sitting on the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1983
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Nobuyuki Ryu