Patents by Inventor Takeharu SUGISHIMA

Takeharu SUGISHIMA 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: 11077815
    Abstract: A vehicle seat equipped with a side airbag device includes: an inflator disposed on an outer side in a vehicle width direction relative to a side frame; an inner chamber housed inside the side part, and is configured to inflate and deploy toward a part of an occupant on the outer side in the vehicle width direction upon receiving supply of a gas from the inflator; an outer chamber housed inside the side part, and is configured to inflate and deploy toward the outer side in the vehicle width direction and a vehicle front side relative to the inner chamber upon receiving supply of the gas; and a diffuser housed inside the side part and configured to supply the gas into the inner chamber from a first supply port formed in a peripheral wall of the diffuser when the inflator is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Osamu Fukawatase, Takamichi Komura, Takeharu Sugishima, Takayuki Shimizu, Mitsuo Nogami, Yuto Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10493940
    Abstract: There is provided a side airbag device including: a first side airbag being provided inside a side section at a seat width direction outer side of a seatback and inflated and deployed at a side of an occupant seated in a seat; a second side airbag being arranged at a seat width direction inner side of the first side airbag so as to inflate and deploy between the first side airbag and the occupant; a communication section that places the first side airbag and the second side airbag in communication with each other; and a gas generation device, the gas generation device being provided at the communication section, and including a first gas emission section to supply gas into the first side airbag, and a second gas emission section that is separate from the first gas emission section to supply gas into the second side airbag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeharu Sugishima, Osamu Fukawatase, Takamichi Komura, Takayuki Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20190084516
    Abstract: A vehicle seat equipped with a side airbag device includes: an inflator disposed on an outer side in a vehicle width direction relative to a side frame; an inner chamber housed inside the side part, and is configured to inflate and deploy toward a part of an occupant on the outer side in the vehicle width direction upon receiving supply of a gas from the inflator; an outer chamber housed inside the side part, and is configured to inflate and deploy toward the outer side in the vehicle width direction and a vehicle front side relative to the inner chamber upon receiving supply of the gas; and a diffuser housed inside the side part and configured to supply the gas into the inner chamber from a first supply port formed in a peripheral wall of the diffuser when the inflator is activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Osamu FUKAWATASE, Takamichi KOMURA, Takeharu SUGISHIMA, Takayuki SHIMIZU, Mitsuo NOGAMI, Yuto KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20190047504
    Abstract: There is provided a side airbag device including: a first side airbag being provided inside a side section at a seat width direction outer side of a seatback and inflated and deployed at a side of an occupant seated in a seat; a second side airbag being arranged at a seat width direction inner side of the first side airbag so as to inflate and deploy between the first side airbag and the occupant; a communication section that places the first side airbag and the second side airbag in communication with each other; and a gas generation device, the gas generation device being provided at the communication section, and including a first gas emission section to supply gas into the first side airbag, and a second gas emission section that is separate from the first gas emission section to supply gas into the second side airbag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeharu SUGISHIMA, Osamu FUKAWATASE, Takamichi KOMURA, Takayuki SHIMIZU