Patents by Inventor Takuji Tokoro

Takuji Tokoro 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: 6234523
    Abstract: To improve light emitting phenomenon occurring in an air bag when respective inflators are different in activation start time from each other, namely, when the activation of one of the inflators is delayed from that of the other in a dual type inflator device. A dual type inflator device comprises a hybrid-type inflator and a pyro-type inflator, wherein an end portion of the pyro-type inflator having a gas outlet is connected to an end portion of a diffuser assembly of the hybrid-type inflator, the gas outlet of the pyro-type inflator is formed in a tube shape so as to have a gas passage, the gas outlet extending into an outlet passage through a central portion of the diffuser assembly of the hybrid-type inflator, and gas flow from the pyro-type inflator is mixed with gas flow of the hybrid-type inflator in the outlet passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuji Tokoro, Nobuyuki Katsuda