Patents by Inventor Shota KANEGAE

Shota KANEGAE 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: 20190299916
    Abstract: A passenger protection apparatus includes an inflator and an airbag. The inflator is configured to supply gas. The airbag is configured to deploy to surround a sitting position of a passenger by the gas supplied from the inflator. One end of the airbag is supported on an upper portion of a vehicle, and the other end of the airbag contacts an in-vehicle member and is supported by the in-vehicle member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shota KANEGAE
  • Publication number: 20190299893
    Abstract: A safety apparatus for a vehicle includes a structure, an inflator, a collision position detector, and a deployment controller. The structure extends along an outer periphery of the vehicle, and includes a plurality of partial structures. The inflator is configured to supply gas into the structure. The collision position detector is configured to detect or predict a collision position the vehicle upon colliding against an object The deployment controller is configured to control gas supply from the inflator to the structure, based on a collision position detected or predicted by the collision position detector. The deployment controller causes the inflator to supply the gas to a partial structure corresponding to the collision position to deform at least the corresponding partial structure outward in a vehicle width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shota KANEGAE, Toru YAMASHITA, Kenshi EDA
  • Publication number: 20190299911
    Abstract: A passenger protection apparatus includes an airbag and an inflator. The airbag is configured to hold a passenger sitting on a seat of a vehicle when the airbag deploys, and the inflator is configured to supply gas to expand the airbag. The airbag includes: a main bag configured to hold a head and an upper body of the passenger; sub bags configured to protrude to the passenger to deploy between the main bag and the passenger; and connectors configured to swingably couple the sub bags to the main bag at positions out of a center of the seat in a vehicle width direction, so that the sub bags can swing when a force is applied to the sub bags in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shota KANEGAE, Kazuya YAMANE, Toru YAMASHITA, Kenshi EDA
  • Publication number: 20190299910
    Abstract: A passenger protection apparatus includes an inflator and an airbag. The inflator configured to supply gas and the airbag is configured to deploy to surround a sitting position, of a passenger by the gas supplied from the inflator. One end of the airbag is supported on an upper portion of a vehicle. The airbag includes a main airbag configured to deploy around the sitting position of the passenger, and a sub-airbag configured to deploy on an inner wall surface of the main airbag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shota KANEGAE, Toru YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20190241147
    Abstract: A passenger protection apparatus for a vehicle includes an airbag and an inflator. The airbag is provided to be able to deploy around a passenger in a vehicle, and the inflator is configured to supply gas to deploy the airbag. The airbag includes a main bag configured to support a head and an upper body of the passenger bending down, and a sub bag projecting from the main bag toward a passenger side. After expanding in a direction different from the passenger side, the sub bag turns to the passenger side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shota KANEGAE, Kazuya YAMANE
  • Publication number: 20190241139
    Abstract: A passenger protection apparatus includes a detector, an adjuster, a controller, and a setting unit. The detector is configured to detect an environmental condition outside a vehicle; the adjuster is configured to be able to correct a sitting posture of a passenger to sit on a seat in a proper position; the controller is configured to control actuation of the adjuster; and the setting unit is configured to set a time frame divided into a plurality of frames until a predicted collision between an own vehicle and an object outside the vehicle, based on a result of detection by the detector. The controller controls the actuation of the adjuster to correct the sitting posture of the passenger in a correction frame at least contained in the time frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shota KANEGAE, Kenshi EDA, Kazuya YAMANE