Patents by Inventor Tomomi AKIBA

Tomomi AKIBA 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: 11267573
    Abstract: A small flying vehicle flown by radio control or autonomously by an auto pilot is equipped with an airbag device. The small flying vehicle has a main body part including a controller and a battery, a frame, a propeller, a motor, and a transmitting and receiving antenna. The airbag device has a gas supplier, a sensor, a controller, and an airbag. The airbag device is attached to the main body part, and the gas supplier is provided with a gas cylinder that releases a compressed gas when a closure member sealing the gas cylinder is broken, a breaker, including an electric igniter, that breaks the closure member, and introduction device that introduces the gas discharged from the gas cylinder and providing the pressurized gas into the airbag to inflate the airbag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: DAICEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Wakatsuki, Tomomi Akiba, Takao Kuroda
  • Publication number: 20200231291
    Abstract: A small flying vehicle capable of mitigating the shock at the time of falling and colliding with the ground or the like is provided. A small flying vehicle equipped with an airbag device, capable of flying by radio control or autonomously flying by autopilot, and having a maximum length of 2 m or less, wherein the small flying vehicle has a main body part including a controller and a battery, a frame, a propeller, a motor, and a transmitting and receiving antenna; the airbag device has gas supply means, a sensor, a control device and an airbag, and is attached to the main body part; and the gas supply means is provided with a gas cylinder capable of releasing an internal gas when a closure member is broken and opened, breaking means including an electric igniter for opening the closure member of the gas cylinder, and introduction means for introducing the pressurized gas in the gas cylinder into the airbag to inflate the airbag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: DAICEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro WAKATSUKI, Tomomi AKIBA, Takao KURODA