Patents by Inventor Tetsuya Nakase

Tetsuya Nakase 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: 9527467
    Abstract: There is provided a control device for vehicle. A sideslip speed which is the moving speed of a vehicle in the width direction is calculated on the basis of an estimated running position of the vehicle after a predetermined time interval has elapsed from a time at a starting running position of the vehicle on the estimated running path, and the actual running position of the vehicle after the predetermined time interval has elapsed from the time at the starting running position of the vehicle on the estimated running path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Noriyoshi Baba, Tetsuya Nakase, Isamu Nagasawa
  • Patent number: 8910974
    Abstract: There is provided an occupant protection device. An air bag device according to the present invention protects an occupant against an impact caused by a collision of a vehicle by inflating and expanding a head protection air bag body and a chest protection air bag body upon the impact which are housed in a center pad of a steering wheel, the occupant protection device including an inflation and expansion mode control unit configured to inflate and expand the head protection air bag body and the chest protection air bag body mutually independently in accordance with a collision mode of the vehicle, and to control inflation and expansion modes of the head protection air bag body and the chest protection air bag body when inflated and expanded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Isamu Nagasawa, Noriyoshi Baba, Tetsuya Nakase
  • Patent number: 8789847
    Abstract: There is provided an occupant protection device. An air bag device according to the present invention protects an occupant against an impact caused by a collision of a vehicle by inflating and expanding an air bag body upon the collision, which is housed in a center pad of a steering wheel, the center pad being provided so as not to rotate along with the steering wheel, the air bag body having a first chamber and a second chamber which is configured to be expanded between the occupant and the lower edge of the steering wheel in the vertical direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Isamu Nagasawa, Noriyoshi Baba, Tetsuya Nakase
  • Patent number: 8678429
    Abstract: There is provided an occupant protection device. An airbag device includes an airbag that is stored in a center pad of a steering wheel of a vehicle and is expandable toward an occupant side upon a collision of the vehicle. The center pad is disposed to have a non-rotating structure independent from the steering wheel. The airbag includes a first extension portion and a second extension portion which are disposed at opposing edges of the airbag in a width direction of the vehicle and are expandable to extend toward a rear side of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Isamu Nagasawa, Noriyoshi Baba, Tetsuya Nakase
  • Patent number: 8596676
    Abstract: There is provided a steering device. The steering device has an airbag module that is disposed inside a steering wheel for steering a vehicle and that protects a vehicle occupant during a collision of the vehicle with another object by deploying an airbag body toward the vehicle occupant. The steering device includes a detecting unit that detects the collision of the vehicle with another object in advance; and an adjusting unit that positionally adjusts the steering wheel to a neutral position when the collision of the vehicle with another object is detected by the detecting unit, the neutral position of the steering wheel being a position of the steering wheel when the vehicle is traveling straight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Isamu Nagasawa, Noriyoshi Baba, Tetsuya Nakase
  • Publication number: 20130038044
    Abstract: There is provided a steering device. The steering device has an airbag module that is disposed inside a steering wheel for steering a vehicle and that protects a vehicle occupant during a collision of the vehicle with another object by deploying an airbag body toward the vehicle occupant. The steering device includes a detecting unit that detects the collision of the vehicle with another object in advance; and an adjusting unit that positionally adjusts the steering wheel to a neutral position when the collision of the vehicle with another object is detected by the detecting unit, the neutral position of the steering wheel being a position of the steering wheel when the vehicle is traveling straight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Isamu NAGASAWA, Noriyoshi BABA, Tetsuya NAKASE
  • Publication number: 20130001936
    Abstract: There is provided an occupant protection device. An air bag device according to the present invention protects an occupant against an impact caused by a collision of a vehicle by inflating and expanding an air bag body upon the collision, which is housed in a center pad of a steering wheel, the center pad being provided so as not to rotate along with the steering wheel, the air bag body having a first chamber and a second chamber which is configured to be expanded between the occupant and the lower edge of the steering wheel in the vertical direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Isamu NAGASAWA, Noriyoshi Baba, Tetsuya Nakase
  • Publication number: 20130001934
    Abstract: There is provided an occupant protection device. An airbag device includes an airbag that is stored in a center pad of a steering wheel of a vehicle and is expandable toward an occupant side upon a collision of the vehicle. The center pad is disposed to have a non-rotating structure independent from the steering wheel. The airbag includes a first extension portion and a second extension portion which are disposed at opposing edges of the airbag in a width direction of the vehicle and are expandable to extend toward a rear side of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Isamu NAGASAWA, Noriyoshi Baba, Tetsuya Nakase
  • Publication number: 20130001935
    Abstract: There is provided an occupant protection device. An air bag device according to the present invention protects an occupant against an impact caused by a collision of a vehicle by inflating and expanding a head protection air bag body and a chest protection air bag body upon the impact which are housed in a center pad of a steering wheel, the occupant protection device including an inflation and expansion mode control unit configured to inflate and expand the head protection air bag body and the chest protection air bag body mutually independently in accordance with a collision mode of the vehicle, and to control inflation and expansion modes of the head protection air bag body and the chest protection air bag body when inflated and expanded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Isamu NAGASAWA, Noriyoshi BABA, Tetsuya NAKASE
  • Publication number: 20130006477
    Abstract: There is provided a control device for vehicle. A sideslip speed which is the moving speed of a vehicle in the width direction is calculated on the basis of an estimated running position of the vehicle after a predetermined time interval has elapsed from a time at a starting running position of the vehicle on the estimated running path, and the actual running position of the vehicle after the predetermined time interval has elapsed from the time at the starting running position of the vehicle on the estimated running path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Noriyoshi BABA, Tetsuya Nakase, Isamu Nagasawa