Patents by Inventor Shuhei Konishi

Shuhei Konishi 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: 10479313
    Abstract: The curtain airbag device includes: an inflator; an airbag; and a restricting member. The airbag includes an outer circumferential joining portion forming a bag body, a gas inlet portion, and a joining portion which is arranged in a region surrounded by the outer circumferential joining portion. The airbag, while being stored in a folded state, includes a roll folding portion formed by folding the bag body into a roll shape with a vehicle interior side base fabric facing outside, and a flip folding portion formed by folding back the bag body with the vehicle interior side base fabric facing inside. The restricting member includes a tip portion fixed to a lower side of a sidewall of a vehicle, and a base end portion joined to a vehicle exterior side base fabric located at the flip folding portion or an upper end portion of the roll folding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Ashimori Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidetaka Azuma, Kou Sasaki, Shuhei Konishi, Masanori Kato
  • Publication number: 20180208146
    Abstract: The curtain airbag device includes: an inflator; an airbag; and a restricting member. The airbag includes an outer circumferential joining portion forming a bag body, a gas inlet portion, and a joining portion which is arranged in a region surrounded by the outer circumferential joining portion. The airbag, while being stored in a folded state, includes a roll folding portion formed by folding the bag body into a roll shape with a vehicle interior side base fabric facing outside, and a flip folding portion formed by folding back the bag body with the vehicle interior side base fabric facing inside. The restricting member includes a tip portion fixed to a lower side of a sidewall of a vehicle, and a base end portion joined to a vehicle exterior side base fabric located at the flip folding portion or an upper end portion of the roll folding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Hidetaka AZUMA, Kou SASAKI, Shuhei KONISHI, Masanori KATO
  • Patent number: 9027954
    Abstract: An airbag device (1), having an airbag (10), is installed in a side wall (91) inside a vehicle cabin. The airbag (10) includes an inflatable section (30) configured to be inflated with gas and is disposed in an upper portion of the side wall (91). An inflator (2) supplies gas to the inflatable section (30), inflating and deploying the airbag (10) downward. A connecting member (50) connects the airbag (10) and the vehicle body (99) and is pulled between the vehicle body (99) and the airbag (10) that is being inflated and deployed. When the airbag (10) is inflated and deployed, a support portion (51) of the connecting member (50) supports the inflatable section (30) from the side wall (91) side of the airbag and pushes it toward the inner side of the vehicle cabin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Ashimori Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuhei Konishi, Tomoki Hashizume, Yuta Minami
  • Patent number: 8955875
    Abstract: An action of once strongly pressing an airbag against a pillar trim at the initial stage of deployment is omitted to enable the airbag to be quickly inflated and deployed without reducing the deployment speed thereof. An airbag device includes a folded airbag (10) that is attached to an upper part of a side wall inside a vehicle cabin in the front-rear direction of a vehicle, and an inflator that inflates and deploys the airbag (10) to the lower side of the vehicle. The airbag (10) includes a roll-folded portion (10R) rolled from one end thereof opposite from an attaching side, and an accordion-folded portion (10J) continuous with the roll-folded portion (10R) and folded in an accordion manner. The accordion-folded portion (10J) is folded so as to be located at a side of the roll-folded portion (10R).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Ashimori Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Maita, Shuhei Konishi, Tomoki Hashizume
  • Publication number: 20140217707
    Abstract: An airbag device (1), having an airbag (10), is installed in a side wall (91) inside a vehicle cabin. The airbag (10) includes an inflatable section (30) configured to be inflated with gas and is disposed in an upper portion of the side wall (91). An inflator (2) supplies gas to the inflatable section (30), inflating and deploying the airbag (10) downward. A connecting member (50) connects the airbag (10) and the vehicle body (99) and is pulled between the vehicle body (99) and the airbag (10) that is being inflated and deployed. When the airbag (10) is inflated and deployed, a support portion (51) of the connecting member (50) supports the inflatable section (30) from the side wall (91) side of the airbag and pushes it toward the inner side of the vehicle cabin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: ASHIMORI INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuhei Konishi, Tomoki Hashizume, Yuta Minami
  • Publication number: 20140110923
    Abstract: An action of once strongly pressing an airbag against a pillar trim at the initial stage of deployment is omitted to enable the airbag to be quickly inflated and deployed without reducing the deployment speed thereof. An airbag device includes a folded airbag (10) that is attached to an upper part of a side wall inside a vehicle cabin in the front-rear direction of a vehicle, and an inflator that inflates and deploys the airbag (10) to the lower side of the vehicle. The airbag (10) includes a roll-folded portion (10R) rolled from one end thereof opposite from an attaching side, and an accordion-folded portion (10J) continuous with the roll-folded portion (10R) and folded in an accordion manner. The accordion-folded portion (10J) is folded so as to be located at a side of the roll-folded portion (10R).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: ASHIMORI INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro Maita, Shuhei Konishi, Tomoki Hashizume
  • Publication number: 20130257026
    Abstract: An airbag is mounted to a vehicle with a predetermined torque, using mounting brackets. An airbag device to be disposed along a vehicle-body side surface includes a plurality of mounting tabs (11) provided at an upper edge of an airbag and mounting brackets (40(1)). The mounting brackets (40(1)) each include inner and outer plates (41) and (42) that are joined at a connecting portion (43). The inner plate (41) has an annular member (44). In a state in which insertion holes in the mounting tabs are externally fitted to the annular members (44), the mounting tabs are nipped between the inner and outer plates (41) and (42). In this state, bolts are inserted through inner holes (47) in the annular members (44) and insertion holes in the outer plates (42) and in a vehicle-body side wall and are screwed into nuts attached to the vehicle-body side wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: ASHIMORI INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuhei Konishi, Yuta Minami, Miwa Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 8474864
    Abstract: An inflator that supplies gas in the event of a vehicle emergency and a curtain airbag that is inflated and deployed by gas introduction from the inflator are included. The curtain airbag includes an airbag body obtained by sewing a pair of base cloths together. The airbag body has, in the portion in which the gas is introduced from the inflator, a sewn part obtained by sewing a pair of edges of the base cloths. The airbag body further includes a protective cloth sewn to each of the pair of edges along the sewn part such that the sewn part is covered from the inside of the airbag body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Ashimori Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidetaka Azuma, Shuhei Konishi
  • Patent number: 8448984
    Abstract: Gas supplied from gas discharge ports is guided without providing a metal guide tube on the inflator of an airbag device, and the airbag is protected from the gas. An inner tube (50) is connected to a gas inlet (13) formed in an airbag (10), and an inflator (40) around which a fabric member (60) is wound is inserted into and attached to a gas passage (54) formed in the inner tube (50). The fabric member (60) is wound around the inflator (40) several times into a tubular shape such that it covers a plurality of gas discharge ports (42) provided in the inflator (40) and such that one end thereof opens to the inside of the airbag (10), and the fabric member (60) is inserted into the inner tube (50). When the inflator (40) is activated, gas from the gas discharge ports (42) is guided to the inside of the inner tube (50) by the fabric member (60) and is guided and supplied to air chambers (31) and (32) through the gas passage (54), thereby inflating and deploying the airbag (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Ashimore Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidetaka Azuma, Shuhei Konishi
  • Publication number: 20130087999
    Abstract: An air bag device includes an inflator configured to supply a gas, and an air bag folded into an elongated shape and configured to inflate and deploy upon supply of the gas from the inflator. An elongated holder such as an adhesive tape is wound around the air bag. A part of the elongated holder extends outwardly from an outer periphery of the air bag and is configured as a mark for twist identification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: ASHIMORI INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuhei Konishi, Yuta Minami, Miwa Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 8308192
    Abstract: An airbag is quickly inflated and deployed along an inner side wall of a vehicle while suppressing variations of the deployment direction of the airbag inflated and deployed from an upper part of the vehicle. An upper edge side of an airbag (2), which deploys first, is bellows-folded to form a bellows portion (2J), and a lower edge side continuous with the bellows portion (2J) is roll-folded toward the vehicle's exterior side (G) to form a roll-folded portion (2R). The roll-folded portion (2R) is formed to have a larger width than the bellows portion (2J) in the vehicle's width direction and the both sides thereof are folded back upward. The bellows portion (2J) is folded in substantially half and is wrapped by the roll-folded portion (2R) from below and is accommodated therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Ashimori Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuhei Konishi, Tomoki Hashizume, Miwa Matsuoka
  • Publication number: 20120001409
    Abstract: An inflator that supplies gas in the event of a vehicle emergency and a curtain airbag that is inflated and deployed by gas introduction from the inflator are included. The curtain airbag includes an airbag body obtained by sewing a pair of base cloths together. The airbag body has, in the portion in which the gas is introduced from the inflator, a sewn part obtained by sewing a pair of edges of the base cloths. The airbag body further includes a protective cloth sewn to each of the pair of edges along the sewn part such that the sewn part is covered from the inside of the airbag body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: ASHIMORI INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetaka Azuma, Shuhei Konishi
  • Publication number: 20110101658
    Abstract: An airbag is quickly inflated and deployed along an inner side wall of a vehicle while suppressing variations of the deployment direction of the airbag inflated and deployed from an upper part of the vehicle. An upper edge side of an airbag (2), which deploys first, is bellows-folded to form a bellows portion (2J), and a lower edge side continuous with the bellows portion (2J) is roll-folded toward the vehicle's exterior side (G) to form a roll-folded portion (2R). The roll-folded portion (2R) is formed to have a larger width than the bellows portion (2J) in the vehicle's width direction and the both sides thereof are folded back upward. The bellows portion (2J) is folded in substantially half and is wrapped by the roll-folded portion (2R) from below and is accommodated therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: ASHIMORI INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuhei Konishi, Tomoki Hashizume, Miwa Matsuoka
  • Publication number: 20110042927
    Abstract: Gas supplied from gas discharge ports is guided without providing a metal guide tube on the inflator of an airbag device, and the airbag is protected from the gas. An inner tube (50) is connected to a gas inlet (13) formed in an airbag (10), and an inflator (40) around which a fabric member (60) is wound is inserted into and attached to a gas passage (54) formed in the inner tube (50). The fabric member (60) is wound around the inflator (40) several times into a tubular shape such that it covers a plurality of gas discharge ports (42) provided in the inflator (40) and such that one end thereof opens to the inside of the airbag (10), and the fabric member (60) is inserted into the inner tube (50). When the inflator (40) is activated, gas from the gas discharge ports (42) is guided to the inside of the inner tube (50) by the fabric member (60) and is guided and supplied to air chambers (31) and (32) through the gas passage (54), thereby inflating and deploying the airbag (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: ASHIMORI INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetaka Azuma, Shuhei Konishi
  • Patent number: 7536211
    Abstract: A speaker system includes a display panel for displaying an image; a transparent panel provided such that the image displayed in the display panel is viewed through the transparent panel; an electric-mechanical-acoustic-transducer having a diaphragm for outputting a sound by vibrating the diaphragm in accordance with an electric signal; and an acoustic signal transfer member for transferring the sound output from the electric-mechanical-acoustic-transducer to a space provided between the display panel and the transparent panel. The transparent panel is allowed to be vibrated by the sound transferred to the space from the electric-mechanical-acoustic transducer via the acoustic signal transfer member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Shuji Saiki, Sawako Usuki, Shuhei Konishi
  • Patent number: 7200241
    Abstract: A speaker includes a substantially rectangular case having connection terminals at corners, a substantially rectangular voice coil, a diaphragm, and a substantially rectangular magnetic circuit. A lead drawn out from a corner of the voice coil in proximity to one of the connection terminals extends to the vicinity of another corner on a shorter side of the voice coil. The lead is bent, and then is connected to the connection terminal. This configuration can provide a speaker for use in portable equipment, such as a portable telephone, that can meet the requirements of space reduction without impairing characteristics, such as sound quality and sound pressure, and has excellent connection reliability of the terminal and reduced cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takanori Fukuyama, Shuhei Konishi
  • Publication number: 20060166698
    Abstract: A speaker system includes a display panel for displaying an image; a transparent panel provided such that the image displayed in the display panel is viewed through the transparent panel; an electric-mechanical-acoustic-transducer having a diaphragm for outputting a sound by vibrating the diaphragm in accordance with an electric signal; and an acoustic signal transfer member for transferring the sound output from the electric-mechanical-acoustic-transducer to a space provided between the display panel and the transparent panel. The transparent panel is allowed to be vibrated by the sound transferred to the space from the electric-mechanical-acoustic transducer via the acoustic signal transfer member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2006
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventors: Shuji Saiki, Sawako Usuki, Shuhei Konishi
  • Patent number: 7050600
    Abstract: A speaker system includes a display panel for displaying an image; a transparent panel provided such that the image displayed in the display panel is viewed through the transparent panel; an electric-mechanical-acoustic-transducer having a diaphragm for outputting a sound by vibrating the diaphragm in accordance with an electric signal; and an acoustic signal transfer member for transferring the sound output from the electric-mechanical-acoustic-transducer to a space provided between the display panel and the transparent panel. The transparent panel is allowed to be vibrated by the sound transferred to the space from the electric-mechanical-acoustic-transducer via the acoustic signal transfer member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuji Saiki, Sawako Usuki, Shuhei Konishi
  • Patent number: 7020302
    Abstract: A loudspeaker comprising an enclosure 31 provided with a second diaphragm disposed at an opening, and at least one sound generator 40 coupled acoustically with the enclosure. The sound generator is provided with a first diaphragm 27, wherein the second diaphragm has an area greater than an area of the first diaphragm. In the present invention, the shape of the enclosure, and the positioning and shape of the first and the second diaphragms can be designed at a designer's option. Thus a small-sized electronic apparatus can be obtained with a greater designing freedom, while a large-sized diaphragm prevents a decrease of generated sound pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuhei Konishi, Kimihiro Ando
  • Publication number: 20040218779
    Abstract: A speaker comprising; a substantially rectangular case having connection terminals at corners, a substantially rectangular voice coil, a diaphragm, and a substantially rectangular magnetic circuit. The speaker of the present invention is characterized in that a lead drawn out from a corner of the voice coil in proximity to one of the connection terminals extends to the vicinity of another corner on a shorter side of the voice coil, is bent, and then is connected to the connection terminal. The present invention can provide a speaker for use in portable equipment, such as a portable telephone, that can meet the requirements of space reduction without impairing characteristics, such as sound quality and sound pressure, and has excellent connection reliability of the terminal and reduced cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2003
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Inventors: Takanori Fukuyama, Shuhei Konishi