Patents by Inventor Norihisa Kubo

Norihisa Kubo 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: 5131677
    Abstract: An air bag device has a gas generator mounted on a vehicle body, and an air bag attached around the gas generator. The air bag is inflated by the gas discharged from the gas generator in an emergency of the motor vehicle. A ring-shaped retainer is arranged around the gas generator for fixing a peripheral portion of an opening of the air bag to a flange formed around the gas generator. The peripheral portion is bent along the inside end of the retainer so as to project into the air bag, thereby forming a saddle-shaped projecting portion which is in contact with the inside end of the retainer. When the air bag is inflated by the gas discharged from the gas generator, and the peripheral portion of the opening of the air bag is pulled outwardly with respect to the gas generator due to a tension applied to the air bag, the saddle-shaped projecting portion abuts the inside end of the retainer, thereby resisting the above tension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1992
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Horiuchi, Takamasa Suzuki, Norihisa Kubo, Hiroyuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 4615094
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for automatically attaching clips to a weather strip for an automobile. The clip attaching apparatus comprises a guide rail for supporting an elogated weather strip with a plurality of clip holes arranged in the axial direction thereof and guiding said weather strip in the axial direction thereof, a transport means for causing said weather strip to move and stop along said guide rail, a hole detection means disposed along said guide rail for detection a hole of the weather strip, a clip insertion means for inserting a clip into a hole of said weather strip, and a control unit for controlling the operation of the various means. Thus the operations for attaching clips can be completely automated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1986
    Assignee: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Kai, Norihisa Kubo