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).
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Patent number: 10479313Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 22, 2018Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: Ashimori Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hidetaka Azuma, Kou Sasaki, Shuhei Konishi, Masanori Kato
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Publication number: 20180208146Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2018Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Hidetaka AZUMA, Kou SASAKI, Shuhei KONISHI, Masanori KATO
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Patent number: 9027954Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 31, 2012Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Ashimori Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shuhei Konishi, Tomoki Hashizume, Yuta Minami
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Patent number: 8955875Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 18, 2012Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: Ashimori Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akihiro Maita, Shuhei Konishi, Tomoki Hashizume
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Publication number: 20140217707Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2012Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: ASHIMORI INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Shuhei Konishi, Tomoki Hashizume, Yuta Minami
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Publication number: 20140110923Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2012Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: ASHIMORI INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Akihiro Maita, Shuhei Konishi, Tomoki Hashizume
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Publication number: 20130257026Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2011Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: ASHIMORI INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Shuhei Konishi, Yuta Minami, Miwa Matsuoka
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Patent number: 8474864Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 12, 2010Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: Ashimori Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hidetaka Azuma, Shuhei Konishi
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Patent number: 8448984Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 18, 2009Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: Ashimore Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hidetaka Azuma, Shuhei Konishi
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Publication number: 20130087999Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2011Publication date: April 11, 2013Applicant: ASHIMORI INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Shuhei Konishi, Yuta Minami, Miwa Matsuoka
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Patent number: 8308192Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 15, 2009Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Ashimori Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shuhei Konishi, Tomoki Hashizume, Miwa Matsuoka
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Publication number: 20120001409Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2010Publication date: January 5, 2012Applicant: ASHIMORI INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hidetaka Azuma, Shuhei Konishi
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Publication number: 20110101658Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2009Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicant: ASHIMORI INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Shuhei Konishi, Tomoki Hashizume, Miwa Matsuoka
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Publication number: 20110042927Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2009Publication date: February 24, 2011Applicant: ASHIMORI INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hidetaka Azuma, Shuhei Konishi
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Patent number: 7536211Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 16, 2006Date of Patent: May 19, 2009Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Shuji Saiki, Sawako Usuki, Shuhei Konishi
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Patent number: 7200241Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 28, 2002Date of Patent: April 3, 2007Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takanori Fukuyama, Shuhei Konishi
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Publication number: 20060166698Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2006Publication date: July 27, 2006Inventors: Shuji Saiki, Sawako Usuki, Shuhei Konishi
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Patent number: 7050600Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 28, 2002Date of Patent: May 23, 2006Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shuji Saiki, Sawako Usuki, Shuhei Konishi
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Patent number: 7020302Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 26, 2002Date of Patent: March 28, 2006Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shuhei Konishi, Kimihiro Ando
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Publication number: 20040218779Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2003Publication date: November 4, 2004Inventors: Takanori Fukuyama, Shuhei Konishi