Patents by Inventor Shigenori Kanazawa

Shigenori Kanazawa 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 seat belt system
    Patent number: 4053175
    Abstract: A passive seat belt system having a seat belt for restraining a wearer in the seat from being thrown away when large acceleration or deceleration has been exerted on the wearer, a reinforcing strip combined with the seat belt to give the seat belt a rigidity so that the seat belt can stretch by the help of only the above reinforcing strip, and a driving unit connected with the reinforcing strip for driving the strip so that the seat belt can automatically be stretched forward over the seat, whereby the wearer gets in and out of a vehicle very freely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1976
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1977
    Assignee: Nippondenso Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masumi Kato, Shigenori Kanazawa, Kiyomitsu Oshikawa
  • Seat belt system
    Patent number: 4050717
    Abstract: A lap belt take-up shaft for a seat belt retractor is arranged horizontally and substantially orthogonally to the traveling direction of a vehicle, whereby damage to the lap belt due to the drawing-out and rolling-in thereof is prevented and whereby a Vehicle Inertia Sensitive type emergency engagement device can be installed so as to demonstrate its function perfectly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1977
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nippon Denso Co., Ltd., Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho K.K.
    Inventors: Makoto Yamada, Shiro Sasaki, Shigenori Kanazawa, Yoshihiro Hayashi
  • Passive seat belt system
    Patent number: 4004829
    Abstract: A passive seat belt system having a seat belt for restraining a wearer in the seat from being thrown away when large acceleration or deceleration has been exerted on the wearer, a reinforcing strip combined with the seat belt to give the seat belt a rigidity so that the seat belt can stretch by the help of only above reinforcing strip, and a driving unit connected with the reinforcing strip for driving the strip so that the seat belt can automatically be stretched forward over the seat, whereby the wearer gets on and off a vehicle very freely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1975
    Date of Patent: January 25, 1977
    Assignee: Nippondenso Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masumi Kato, Shigenori Kanazawa, Kiyomitsu Oshikawa