Patents by Inventor Tsutomu Terasaki
Tsutomu Terasaki 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).
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Patent number: 9637096Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus is equipped with a vehicle velocity detecting unit that detects a vehicle velocity of a driver's own vehicle, and an automatic brake control unit configured to carry out an automatic brake control process for causing a braking force to be generated automatically in the wheels without reliance on a braking operation when the vehicle is involved in a collision. The automatic brake control unit makes the braking force to the wheels smaller as the vehicle velocity becomes higher after the vehicle collision.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2015Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shotaro Odate, Tsutomu Terasaki, Kazuo Yamashita, Kazuhiro Daidou, Yoshinori Noguchi, Shinji Sato
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Publication number: 20150360655Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus is equipped with a vehicle velocity detecting unit that detects a vehicle velocity of a driver's own vehicle, and an automatic brake control unit configured to carry out an automatic brake control process for causing a braking force to be generated automatically in the wheels without reliance on a braking operation when the vehicle is involved in a collision. The automatic brake control unit makes the braking force to the wheels smaller as the vehicle velocity becomes higher after the vehicle collision.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2015Publication date: December 17, 2015Inventors: Shotaro ODATE, Tsutomu TERASAKI, Kazuo YAMASHITA, Kazuhiro DAIDOU, Yoshinori NOGUCHI, Shinji SATO
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Patent number: 8258417Abstract: A thin, film-form seating switch able to detect whether an occupant sits on the seat or not, wherein, with a spacer (5) in-between, a film-form substrate (3) is disposed on one surface of the spacer and a film-form member (7) on the other surface, a first conductor (13) equipped with a first terminal (9) and a first electrode (11A) conductive with this and a second conductor (19) equipped with a second terminal (15) and a second electrode (17A) conductive with this are fixed to one surface of the film-form substrate, and a third conductor (21A) for letting the first electrode conduct with the second electrode when an occupant is seated is fixed to the film-form member (7). The above arrangement solves a conventional problem that it is troublesome to connect the connection terminals of wires or the like provided on a wiring harness or the like to respective terminals that are separately provided on a film-form substrate and a film-form member.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2009Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignees: Fujikura Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuya Kawahira, Takahiro Ishii, Mikihito Kojima, Toyohiko Shindo, Naotaka Kumakiri, Masashi Yoshifuku, Takashi Furukawa, Nobuhiro Koyota, Tsutomu Terasaki
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Patent number: 8053692Abstract: A thin, film-form seating switch able to detect whether an occupant sits on the seat or not, wherein, with a spacer (5) in-between, a film-form substrate (3) is disposed on one surface of the spacer and a film-form member (7) on the other surface, a first conductor (13) equipped with a first terminal (9) and a first electrode (11A) conductive with this and a second conductor (19) equipped with a second terminal (15) and a second electrode (17A) conductive with this are fixed to one surface of the film-form substrate, and a third conductor (21A) for letting the first electrode conduct with the second electrode when an occupant is seated is fixed to the film-form member (7). The above arrangement solves a conventional problem that it is troublesome to connect the connection terminals of wires or the like provided on a wiring harness or the like to respective terminals that are separately provided on a film-form substrate and a film-form member.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2010Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignees: Fujikura Ltd., Honda Mortor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuya Kawahira, Takahiro Ishii, Mikihito Kojima, Toyohiko Shindo, Naotaka Kumakiri, Masashi Yoshifuku, Takashi Furukawa, Nobuhiro Koyota, Tsutomu Terasaki
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Patent number: 8044311Abstract: A thin, film-form seating switch able to detect whether an occupant sits on the seat or not, wherein, with a spacer (5) in-between, a film-form substrate (3) is disposed on one surface of the spacer and a film-form member (7) on the other surface, a first conductor (13) equipped with a first terminal (9) and a first electrode (11A) conductive with this and a second conductor (19) equipped with a second terminal (15) and a second electrode (17A) conductive with this are fixed to one surface of the film-form substrate, and a third conductor (21A) for letting the first electrode conduct with the second electrode when an occupant is seated is fixed to the film-form member (7). The above arrangement solves a conventional problem that it is troublesome to connect the connection terminals of wires or the like provided on a wiring harness or the like to respective terminals that are separately provided on a film-form substrate and a film-form member.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2009Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignees: Fujikura Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuya Kawahira, Takahiro Ishii, Mikihito Kojima, Toyohiko Shindo, Naotaka Kumakiri, Masashi Yoshifuku, Takashi Furukawa, Nobuhiro Koyota, Tsutomu Terasaki
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Patent number: 8013264Abstract: A thin, film-form seating switch able to detect whether an occupant sits on the seat or not, wherein, with a spacer (5) in-between, a film-form substrate (3) is disposed on one surface of the spacer and a film-form member (7) on the other surface, a first conductor (13) equipped with a first terminal (9) and a first electrode (11A) conductive with this and a second conductor (19) equipped with a second terminal (15) and a second electrode (17A) conductive with this are fixed to one surface of the film-form substrate, and a third conductor (21A) for letting the first electrode conduct with the second electrode when an occupant is seated is fixed to the film-form member (7). The above arrangement solves a conventional problem that it is troublesome to connect the connection terminals of wires or the like provided on a wiring harness or the like to respective terminals that are separately provided on a film-form substrate and a film-form member.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2009Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignees: Fujikura Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuya Kawahira, Takahiro Ishii, Mikihito Kojima, Toyohiko Shindo, Naotaka Kumakiri, Masashi Yoshifuku, Takashi Furukawa, Nobuhiro Koyota, Tsutomu Terasaki
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Publication number: 20110024279Abstract: A thin, film-form seating switch able to detect whether an occupant sits on the seat or not, wherein, with a spacer (5) in-between, a film-form substrate (3) is disposed on one surface of the spacer and a film-form member (7) on the other surface, a first conductor (13) equipped with a first terminal (9) and a first electrode (11A) conductive with this and a second conductor (19) equipped with a second terminal (15) and a second electrode (17A) conductive with this are fixed to one surface of the film-form substrate, and a third conductor (21A) for letting the first electrode conduct with the second electrode when an occupant is seated is fixed to the film-form member (7). The above arrangement solves a conventional problem that it is troublesome to connect the connection terminals of wires or the like provided on a wiring harness or the like to respective terminals that are separately provided on a film-form substrate and a film-form member.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2010Publication date: February 3, 2011Applicants: FUJIKURA LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Tetsuya Kawahira, Takahiro Ishii, Mikihito Kojima, Toyohiko Shindo, Naotaka Kumakiri, Masashi Yoshifuku, Takashi Furukawa, Nobuhiro Koyota, Tsutomu Terasaki
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Patent number: 7581613Abstract: The seat belt device includes a first unit, a second unit, seat belt webbing, a spindle, a first pretensioner, a second pretensioner, and a controller. The first unit determines a possible collision of an automobile in response to a manipulation of the automobile by a driver. The second unit detects the collision of the automobile. The first pretensioner has a motor to rotate in response to a signal indicative of the possible collision determined by the first unit. The second pretensioner is pyrotechnically driven to rotate in response to a signal indicative of the collision detected by the second unit. The controller is configured to cancel an operation of the first pretensioner after an activation of the second pretensioner. The first pretensioner includes a limiter for restricting the motor from transmitting a driving force to the spindle exceeding a predetermined threshold.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2007Date of Patent: September 1, 2009Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shotaro Odate, Hiroshi Akaba, Yutaka Wakisaka, Tsutomu Terasaki, Osamu Kanno, Kenichi Saito
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Publication number: 20090152091Abstract: A thin, film-form seating switch able to detect whether an occupant sits on the seat or not, wherein, with a spacer (5) in-between, a film-form substrate (3) is disposed on one surface of the spacer and a film-form member (7) on the other surface, a first conductor (13) equipped with a first terminal (9) and a first electrode (11A) conductive with this and a second conductor (19) equipped with a second terminal (15) and a second electrode (17A) conductive with this are fixed to one surface of the film-form substrate, and a third conductor (21A) for letting the first electrode conduct with the second electrode when an occupant is seated is fixed to the film-form member (7). The above arrangement solves a conventional problem that it is troublesome to connect the connection terminals of wires or the like provided on a wiring harness or the like to respective terminals that are separately provided on a film-form substrate and a film-form member.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2009Publication date: June 18, 2009Applicants: FUJIKURA LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Tetsuya KAWAHIRA, Takahiro ISHII, Mikihito KOJIMA, Toyohiko SHINDO, Naotaka KUMAKIRI, Masashi YOSHIFUKU, Takashi FURUKAWA, Nobuhiro KOYOTA, Tsutomu TERASAKI
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Publication number: 20090127089Abstract: A thin, film-form seating switch able to detect whether an occupant sits on the seat or not, wherein, with a spacer (5) in-between, a film-form substrate (3) is disposed on one surface of the spacer and a film-form member (7) on the other surface, a first conductor (13) equipped with a first terminal (9) and a first electrode (11A) conductive with this and a second conductor (19) equipped with a second terminal (15) and a second electrode (17A) conductive with this are fixed to one surface of the film-form substrate, and a third conductor (21A) for letting the first electrode conduct with the second electrode when an occupant is seated is fixed to the film-form member (7). The above arrangement solves a conventional problem that it is troublesome to connect the connection terminals of wires or the like provided on a wiring harness or the like to respective terminals that are separately provided on a film-form substrate and a film-form member.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2009Publication date: May 21, 2009Applicants: FUJIKURA LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Tetsuya KAWAHIRA, Takahiro ISHII, Mikihito KOJIMA, Toyohiko SHINDO, Naotaka KUMAKIRI, Masashi YOSHIFUKU, Takashi FURUKAWA, Nobuhiro KOYOTA, Tsutomu TERASAKI
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Publication number: 20090120776Abstract: A thin, film-form seating switch able to detect whether an occupant sits on the seat or not, wherein, with a spacer (5) in-between, a film-form substrate (3) is disposed on one surface of the spacer and a film-form member (7) on the other surface, a first conductor (13) equipped with a first terminal (9) and a first electrode (11A) conductive with this and a second conductor (19) equipped with a second terminal (15) and a second electrode (17A) conductive with this are fixed to one surface of the film-form substrate, and a third conductor (21A) for letting the first electrode conduct with the second electrode when an occupant is seated is fixed to the film-form member (7). The above arrangement solves a conventional problem that it is troublesome to connect the connection terminals of wires or the like provided on a wiring harness or the like to respective terminals that are separately provided on a film-form substrate and a film-form member.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2009Publication date: May 14, 2009Applicants: FUJIKURA LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Tetsuya KAWAHIRA, Takahiro ISHII, Mikihito KOJIMA, Toyohiko SHINDO, Naotaka KUMAKIRI, Masashi YOSHIFUKU, Takashi FURUKAWA, Nobuhiro KOYOTA, Tsutomu TERASAKI
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Patent number: 7528333Abstract: A thin, film-form seating switch able to detect whether an occupant sits on the seat or not, wherein, with a spacer (5) in-between, a film-form substrate (3) is disposed on one surface of the spacer and a film-form member (7) on the other surface, a first conductor (13) equipped with a first terminal (9) and a first electrode (11A) conductive with this and a second conductor (19) equipped with a second terminal (15) and a second electrode (17A) conductive with this are fixed to one surface of the film-form substrate, and a third conductor (21A) for letting the first electrode conduct with the second electrode when an occupant is seated is fixed to the film-form member (7). The above arrangement solves a conventional problem that it is troublesome to connect the connection terminals of wires or the like provided on a wiring harness or the like to respective terminals that are separately provided on a film-form substrate and a film-form member.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2007Date of Patent: May 5, 2009Assignees: Fujikura Ltd., Honda Mortor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuya Kawahira, Takahiro Ishii, Mikihito Kojima, Toyohiko Shindo, Naotaka Kumakiri, Masashi Yoshifuku, Takashi Furukawa, Nobuhiro Koyota, Tsutomu Terasaki
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Publication number: 20080053798Abstract: A thin, film-form seating switch able to detect whether an occupant sits on the seat or not, wherein, with a spacer (5) in-between, a film-form substrate (3) is disposed on one surface of the spacer and a film-form member (7) on the other surface, a first conductor (13) equipped with a first terminal (9) and a first electrode (11A) conductive with this and a second conductor (19) equipped with a second terminal (15) and a second electrode (17A) conductive with this are fixed to one surface of the film-form substrate, and a third conductor (21A) for letting the first electrode conduct with the second electrode when an occupant is seated is fixed to the film-form member (7). The above arrangement solves a conventional problem that it is troublesome to connect the connection terminals of wires or the like provided on a wiring harness or the like to respective terminals that are separately provided on a film-form substrate and a film-form member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2007Publication date: March 6, 2008Applicants: FUJIKURA LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Tetsuya KAWAHIRA, Takahiro ISHII, Mikihito KOJIMA, Toyohiko SHINDO, Naotaka KUMAKIRI, Masashi YOSHIFUKU, Takashi FURUKAWA, Nobuhiro KOYOTA, Tsutomu TERASAKI
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Publication number: 20080012282Abstract: The seat belt device includes a first unit, a second unit, seat belt webbing, a spindle, a first pretensioner, a second pretensioner, and a controller. The first unit determines a possible collision of an automobile in response to a manipulation of the automobile by a driver. The second unit detects the collision of the automobile. The first pretensioner has a motor to rotate in response to a signal indicative of the possible collision determined by the first unit. The second pretensioner is pyrotechnically driven to rotate in response to a signal indicative of the collision detected by the second unit. The controller is configured to cancel an operation of the first pretensioner after an activation of the second pretensioner. The first pretensioner includes a limiter for restricting the motor from transmitting a driving force to the spindle exceeding a predetermined threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2007Publication date: January 17, 2008Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shotaro Odate, Hiroshi Akaba, Yutaka Wakisaka, Tsutomu Terasaki, Osamu Kanno, Kenichi Saito
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Patent number: 7304256Abstract: A thin, film-form seating switch able to detect whether an occupant sits on the seat or not, wherein, with a spacer (5) in-between, a film-form substrate (3) is disposed on one surface of the spacer and a film-form member (7) on the other surface, a first conductor (13) equipped with a first terminal (9) and a first electrode (11A) conductive with this and a second conductor (19) equipped with a second terminal (15) and a second electrode (17A) conductive with this are fixed to one surface of the film-form substrate, and a third conductor (21A) for letting the first electrode conduct with the second electrode when an occupant is seated is fixed to the film-form member (7). The above arrangement solves a conventional problem that it is troublesome to connect the connection terminals of wires or the like provided on a wiring harness or the like to respective terminals that are separately provided on a film-form substrate and a film-form member.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2004Date of Patent: December 4, 2007Assignees: Fujikura Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuya Kawahira, Takahiro Ishii, Mikihito Kojima, Toyohiko Shindo, Naotaka Kumakiri, Masashi Yoshifuku, Takashi Furukawa, Nobuhiro Koyota, Tsutomu Terasaki
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Publication number: 20060278513Abstract: A thin, film-form seating switch able to detect whether an occupant sits on the seat or not, wherein, with a spacer (5) in-between, a film-form substrate (3) is disposed on one surface of the spacer and a film-form member (7) on the other surface, a first conductor (13) equipped with a first terminal (9) and a first electrode (11A) conductive with this and a second conductor (19) equipped with a second terminal (15) and a second electrode (17A) conductive with this are fixed to one surface of the film-form substrate, and a third conductor (21A) for letting the first electrode conduct with the second electrode when an occupant is seated is fixed to the film-form member (7). The above arrangement solves a conventional problem that it is troublesome to connect the connection terminals of wires or the like provided on a wiring harness or the like to respective terminals that are separately provided on a film-form substrate and a film-form member.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2004Publication date: December 14, 2006Applicants: FUJIKURA LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Tetsuya Kawahira, Takahiro Ishii, Mikihto Kojima, Toyohiko Shindo, Naotaka Kumakiri, Masashi Yoshifuku, Takashi Furukawa, Nobuhiro Koyota, Tsutomu Terasaki
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Patent number: 7118132Abstract: A seat belt pretensioner includes a pretensioner main body disposed at a side of a seat cushion, a moving member connected to an end of a seat belt, a wire for connecting the pretensioner main body with the moving member, and a containing cover for covering the moving member and the wire. The pretensioner main body generates a tension force by reacting with a deceleration of a vehicle exceeding a constant value, the pretensioner main body. The wire transmits the tension force therethrough to the seat belt to pull the seat belt into the pretensioner main body. The containing cover includes a lower portion attached to the pretensioner main body and an upper portion having a through port for allowing the end of seat belt to pass therethrough.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2004Date of Patent: October 10, 2006Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventor: Tsutomu Terasaki
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Patent number: 7061375Abstract: In a system for warning a failure to wear a seat belt to urge a vehicle operator to wear the seat belt, a sound emitter is activated when a vehicle speed is higher than a threshold level and the seat belt is not fastened. The sound emitter cyclically alternates between a sound emitting state and a silent state when activated, the silent state lasting for a period of at least three seconds each time. Because the silent state is interposed between sound emitting states and because the warning is not emitted when traveling for a short period of time at a low speed, for instance, in a parking garage or the like or when the vehicle is stationary, the annoyance to the vehicle operator is minimized while allowing the vehicle operator to be kept warned.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2004Date of Patent: June 13, 2006Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Makoto Koike, Naoki Fukui, Tsutomu Terasaki
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Publication number: 20040212188Abstract: A seat belt pretensioner includes a pretensioner main body disposed at a side of a seat cushion, a moving member connected to an end of a seat belt, a wire for connecting the pretensioner main body with the moving member, and a containing cover for covering the moving member and the wire. The pretensioner main body generates a tension force by reacting with a deceleration of a vehicle exceeding a constant value, the pretensioner main body. The wire transmits the tension force therethrough to the seat belt to pull the seat belt into the pretensioner main body. The containing cover includes a lower portion attached to the pretensioner main body and an upper portion having a through port for allowing the end of seat belt to pass therethrough.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2004Publication date: October 28, 2004Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventor: Tsutomu Terasaki
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Publication number: 20040178902Abstract: In a system for warning a failure to wear a seat belt to urge a vehicle operator to wear the seat belt, a sound emitter is activated when a vehicle speed is higher than a threshold level and the seat belt is not fastened. The sound emitter cyclically alternates between a sound emitting state and a silent state when activated, the silent state lasting for a period of at least three seconds each time. Because the silent state is interposed between sound emitting states and because the warning is not emitted when traveling for a short period of time at a low speed, for instance, in a parking garage or the like or when the vehicle is stationary, the annoyance to the vehicle operator is minimized while allowing the vehicle operator to be kept warned.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2004Publication date: September 16, 2004Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Makoto Koike, Naoki Fukui, Tsutomu Terasaki