Patents by Inventor Takuji Kawasaki

Takuji Kawasaki 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: 7938440
    Abstract: An airbag apparatus of a vehicle includes a curtain airbag configured to be deployed from a first location proximate to an upper portion of a side window of the vehicle, the curtain airbag configured to extend to a lower portion of the side window when the curtain airbag is inflated, and a side airbag configured to be deployed from a second location proximate to the lower portion of the side window, wherein the side airbag is arranged to suppress a movement of the curtain airbag when the curtain airbag and the side airbag are inflated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadahito Kataoka, Takuji Kawasaki, Yoshinori Maeda
  • Publication number: 20090160166
    Abstract: An airbag apparatus of a vehicle includes a curtain airbag configured to be deployed from a first location proximate to an upper portion of a side window of the vehicle, the curtain airbag configured to extend to a lower portion of the side window when the curtain airbag is inflated, and a side airbag configured to be deployed from a second location proximate to the lower portion of the side window, wherein the side airbag is arranged to suppress a movement of the curtain airbag when the curtain airbag and the side airbag are inflated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadahito Kataoka, Takuji Kawasaki, Yoshinori Maeda
  • Patent number: 6869099
    Abstract: An air bag apparatus is capable of inflating an air bag body downwardly and appropriately in spite of the collapse deformation of a center pillar toward a vehicle's interior. The air bag apparatus includes a plurality of inflatable chambers juxtaposed in a fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle. In these chambers, the chamber 3A corresponding to the center pillar 13 is provided, on its upper side, with a hooking part 21 for joining an inside cloth 1a of the chamber 3A to its outside cloth 1b. Owing to the provision of the hooking part 21, since the expansion thickness of the chamber 3A is partially restricted, the air bag body 1 being folded in two has its lower end capable of passing under a lower end of a roof trim 16 with ease and without being caught by an upper part of the center pillar 13, accomplishing the expansion of the air bag body 1 in the form of a curtain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuji Kawasaki, Takeo Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20030132620
    Abstract: An air bag apparatus is capable of inflating an air bag body downwardly and appropriately in spite of the collapse deformation of a center pillar toward a vehicle's interior. The air bag apparatus includes a plurality of inflatable chambers juxtaposed in a fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle. In these chambers, the chamber 3A corresponding to the center pillar 13 is provided, on its upper side, with a hooking part 21 for joining an inside cloth 1a of the chamber 3A to its outside cloth 1b. Owing to the provision of the hooking part 21, since the expansion thickness of the chamber 3A is partially restricted, the air bag body 1 being folded in two has its lower end capable of passing under a lower end of a roof trim 16 with ease and without being caught by an upper part of the center pillar 13, accomplishing the expansion of the air bag body 1 in the form of a curtain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Inventors: Takuji Kawasaki, Takeo Sugiyama