Patents by Inventor Shizuna Hayashi

Shizuna Hayashi 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).

  • Publication number: 20110057066
    Abstract: A seatbelt retractor includes a torsion bar (23) which is twisted and deformed depending on a load in a webbing-pull-out direction in case of vehicle collision. One end of the torsion bar is housed in a cylindrical hollow portion which is a hollow extending from an opening provided at an one-end side of a take-up drum (21) to an other-end side thereof co-axially to an axis of rotation, and via a first coupling member (23C), coupled with a concave coupling portion provided on an inner wall surface of the other-end side of the take-up drum with relative rotation of the torsion bar and the take-up drum being disabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: Ashimori Industry Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Shizuna Hayashi, Takao Katayama
  • Patent number: 7232089
    Abstract: A seat belt retractor includes a take-up drum with webbing wound therearound, a torsion bar coupled to a first end of the take-up drum non-rotatably relative thereto, and a ratchet wheel coupled to a second end of the torsion bar non-rotatably relative thereto. The seat belt retractor further includes a deformable member provided on a second end of the take-up drum for rotating integrally therewith, an internal tooth element (8) provided non-rotatably relative to the torsion bar, and planet gears in mesh with a gear surface of the internal tooth element and in engagement with the deformable member, the planet gears being assembled non-rotatably relative to the torsion bar. The planet gears revolve around the deformable member while biting into the surface of the deformable member to plastically deform the deformable member when the webbing is paid out to cause the sun element and the internal tooth element to rotate relative to each other after an emergency locking member is locked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: Ashimori Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Inagawa, Shizuna Hayashi, Fumihiko Shinoda
  • Publication number: 20060011764
    Abstract: A seat belt retractor (1) includes a take-up drum (2) with webbing (6) wound therearound, a torsion bar (4) coupled to a first end of the take-up drum (2) non-rotatably relative thereto, and a ratchet wheel (5) coupled to a second end of the torsion bar (4) non-rotatably relative thereto. The seat belt retractor (1) further includes a deformable member (7) provided on a second end of the take-up drum (2) for rotating integrally therewith, an internal tooth element (8) provided non-rotatably relative to the torsion bar (4), and planet gears (13) in mesh with a gear surface of the internal tooth element (8) and in engagement with the deformable member (7), the planet gears (13) being assembled non-rotatably relative to the torsion bar (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2002
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Applicant: ASHIMORI INDUSTRY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Inagawa, Shizuna Hayashi, Fumihiko Shinoda