Patents by Inventor Takumi YACHI

Takumi YACHI 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: 9731676
    Abstract: A curtain airbag device of the present invention includes an airbag body including a bend-facilitating portion which is formed of a non-inflating portion of the airbag body in at least one chamber disposed at a lower end portion of the airbag body and which facilitates bending of the airbag body during inflation and deployment of the airbag body. In the curtain airbag device, the chamber including the bend-facilitating portion includes a passage for distributing the gas such that the gas comes around the bend-facilitating portion in one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Nihon Plast CO., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasunori Nagasawa, Takumi Yachi, Norimasa Goto
  • Publication number: 20160362081
    Abstract: A curtain airbag device of the present invention includes an airbag body including a bend-facilitating portion which is formed of a non-inflating portion of the airbag body in at least one chamber disposed at a lower end portion of the airbag body and which facilitates bending of the airbag body during inflation and deployment of the airbag body. In the curtain airbag device, the chamber including the bend-facilitating portion includes a passage for distributing the gas such that the gas comes around the bend-facilitating portion in one direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Yasunori NAGASAWA, Takumi YACHI, Norimasa GOTO