Patents by Inventor Yasuhiro Katsuda

Yasuhiro Katsuda 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).

  • Publication number: 20080150263
    Abstract: An airbag apparatus of a vehicle is provided with an airbag deployed and inflated mainly in a portion of a passenger compartment of the vehicle rearward of a rear seat. Prior to deployment and inflation, the airbag has a bellows portion formed by folding a portion of the airbag near a gas inlet port into an accordion shape, and a roll portion formed by folding a portion of the airbag far from the gas inlet port into a roll shape, and is accommodated between a roof panel and a roof headlining of a vehicle in such a manner that the gas inlet port is positioned on a front side. Between the roof panel and the roof headlining, the bellows portion is arranged substantially above or substantially below the roll portion in such a manner that the flat sections are overlapped with each other substantially in a vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshio Mizuno, Takashi Ilda, Shoichi Ibe, Yasuhiro Katsuda