Patents by Inventor Takeru Shoji
Takeru Shoji 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: 11491951Abstract: An occupant protection device including a seat belt including a shoulder belt and a lap belt, a locking tongue that is detachably joined to a buckle, that allows the seat belt to pass therethrough, and that is capable of switching between an unlock state in which the seat belt is allowed to move with the locking tongue being between the shoulder belt and the lap belt and a lock state in which movement thereof is restricted, a shoulder-belt puller that is capable of pulling the shoulder belt to apply a tensile force thereto, a side-collision detector that detects a side collision or a precursor thereof, and a control unit that changes a state of the locking tongue into the lock state and causes the shoulder-belt puller to pull the shoulder belt when the side-collision detector detects the side collision that occurs opposite an occupant or the precursor thereof.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2019Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Chihiro Suzuki, Masaaki Kobayashi, Tsuyoshi Nomura, Noriaki Saito, Takeru Shoji, Keiko Sonoda
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Patent number: 10953829Abstract: An occupant protection device including a seat belt that includes a shoulder belt and a lap belt, a locking tongue that is capable of switching between an unlock state and a lock state, a shoulder-belt puller that is capable of pulling the shoulder belt, a lap-belt puller that is capable of pulling the lap belt, a side-collision detector that detects a side collision or a precursor thereof, and a control unit that changes a state of the locking tongue into the lock state and a state of the lap-belt puller into a first pulling state in which the lap-belt puller pulls the lap belt and that subsequently changes a state of the shoulder-belt puller into a second pulling state in which the shoulder-belt puller pulls the shoulder belt when the side-collision detector detects the side collision that occurs opposite an occupant or the precursor thereof.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2019Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Chihiro Suzuki, Masaaki Kobayashi, Tsuyoshi Nomura, Noriaki Saito, Takeru Shoji, Keiko Sonoda
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Publication number: 20190329730Abstract: An occupant protection device including a seat belt including a shoulder belt and a lap belt, a locking tongue that is detachably joined to a buckle, that allows the seat belt to pass therethrough, and that is capable of switching between an unlock state in which the seat belt is allowed to move with the locking tongue being between the shoulder belt and the lap belt and a lock state in which movement thereof is restricted, a shoulder-belt puller that is capable of pulling the shoulder belt to apply a tensile force thereto, a side-collision detector that detects a side collision or a precursor thereof, and a control unit that changes a state of the locking tongue into the lock state and causes the shoulder-belt puller to pull the shoulder belt when the side-collision detector detects the side collision that occurs opposite an occupant or the precursor thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Inventors: Chihiro SUZUKI, Masaaki KOBAYASHI, Tsuyoshi NOMURA, Noriaki SAITO, Takeru SHOJI, Keiko SONODA
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Publication number: 20190329726Abstract: An occupant protection device including a seat belt that includes a shoulder belt and a lap belt, a locking tongue that is capable of switching between an unlock state and a lock state, a shoulder-belt puller that is capable of pulling the shoulder belt, a lap-belt puller that is capable of pulling the lap belt, a side-collision detector that detects a side collision or a precursor thereof, and a control unit that changes a state of the locking tongue into the lock state and a state of the lap-belt puller into a first pulling state in which the lap-belt puller pulls the lap belt and that subsequently changes a state of the shoulder-belt puller into a second pulling state in which the shoulder-belt puller pulls the shoulder belt when the side-collision detector detects the side collision that occurs opposite an occupant or the precursor thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Inventors: Chihiro SUZUKI, Masaaki KOBAYASHI, Tsuyoshi NOMURA, Noriaki SAITO, Takeru SHOJI, Keiko SONODA
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Patent number: 10081323Abstract: A vehicle occupant protection device includes an airbag module, an actuator, and a controller. The airbag module includes an airbag and an inflator that allows the airbag to develop. The actuator attaches the airbag module to a vehicle, to cause a change in relative positional relation between the vehicle and the airbag module. The controller determines a collision mode of the vehicle, on a basis of one or more of input information used in prediction of the collision mode, input information upon a collision of the vehicle, and input information on an internal situation of the vehicle, and controls the relative positional relation between the vehicle and the airbag module. The airbag module allows the airbag to be developed in a state in which the change in the relative positional relation between the vehicle and the airbag module is caused by the actuator.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2016Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Isamu Nagasawa, Masaaki Kobayashi, Takeru Shoji, Yoshihiro Kamata, Masaya Watanabe
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Publication number: 20170088078Abstract: A vehicle occupant protection device includes an airbag module, an actuator, and a controller. The airbag module includes an airbag and an inflator that allows the airbag to develop. The actuator attaches the airbag module to a vehicle, to cause a change in relative positional relation between the vehicle and the airbag module. The controller determines a collision mode of the vehicle, on a basis of one or more of input information used in prediction of the collision mode, input information upon a collision of the vehicle, and input information on an internal situation of the vehicle, and controls the relative positional relation between the vehicle and the airbag module. The airbag module allows the airbag to be developed in a state in which the change in the relative positional relation between the vehicle and the airbag module is caused by the actuator.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventors: Isamu NAGASAWA, Masaaki Kobayashi, Takeru Shoji, Yoshihiro Kamata, Masaya Watanabe
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Patent number: 9469267Abstract: An airbag device has an airbag housing that is provided in inward lateral faces of a driver's seat backrest and a passenger seat backrest in a vehicle width direction. An upper portion of the airbag housing is provided with a cover portion through which the airbag supplied with gas moves upward from the airbag housing.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2015Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Isamu Nagasawa, Masaaki Kobayashi, Kousuke Yamada, Junichi Oorai, Takeru Shoji
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Publication number: 20150274113Abstract: An airbag device has an airbag housing that is provided in inward lateral faces of a driver's seat backrest and a passenger seat backrest in a vehicle width direction. An upper portion of the airbag housing is provided with a cover portion through which the airbag supplied with gas moves upward from the airbag housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2015Publication date: October 1, 2015Inventors: Isamu Nagasawa, Masaaki Kobayashi, Kousuke Yamada, Junichi Oorai, Takeru Shoji