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).

  • Patent number: 11491951
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chihiro Suzuki, Masaaki Kobayashi, Tsuyoshi Nomura, Noriaki Saito, Takeru Shoji, Keiko Sonoda
  • Patent number: 10953829
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chihiro Suzuki, Masaaki Kobayashi, Tsuyoshi Nomura, Noriaki Saito, Takeru Shoji, Keiko Sonoda
  • Publication number: 20190329730
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Chihiro SUZUKI, Masaaki KOBAYASHI, Tsuyoshi NOMURA, Noriaki SAITO, Takeru SHOJI, Keiko SONODA
  • Publication number: 20190329726
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Chihiro SUZUKI, Masaaki KOBAYASHI, Tsuyoshi NOMURA, Noriaki SAITO, Takeru SHOJI, Keiko SONODA
  • Patent number: 10081323
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isamu Nagasawa, Masaaki Kobayashi, Takeru Shoji, Yoshihiro Kamata, Masaya Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20170088078
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Isamu NAGASAWA, Masaaki Kobayashi, Takeru Shoji, Yoshihiro Kamata, Masaya Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9469267
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Isamu Nagasawa, Masaaki Kobayashi, Kousuke Yamada, Junichi Oorai, Takeru Shoji
  • Publication number: 20150274113
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Isamu Nagasawa, Masaaki Kobayashi, Kousuke Yamada, Junichi Oorai, Takeru Shoji