Patents by Inventor Yasushi Masuda
Yasushi Masuda 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: 11648905Abstract: An occupant protection device for protecting an occupant sitting in a seat includes an inflator, a holding member that is adapted to be disposed in front of a pelvic region of the occupant as sitting in the seat, and an airbag that is formed of a sheet material having flexibility and stored in and held by the holding member in a folded form. The airbag is configured to be inflated with an inflation gas fed by the inflator. The airbag includes a shoulder restraining portion that is configured to be deployed in front of shoulders of the occupant, and a supporting inflatable portion that is disposed in a lower end portion of the airbag as deployed for supporting the shoulder restraining portion. The supporting inflatable portion as deployed includes, in the underside, a supported surface that is adapted to be supported by thighs of the occupant.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinji Yamada, Atsushi Nakamura, Yuji Matsuzaki, Kazumi Fukaura, Yasushi Masuda
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Patent number: 11548468Abstract: An occupant protection system for protecting a vehicle occupant sitting in a seat includes a seatbelt that includes a lap belt for arresting the pelvis of the occupant, and an airbag that is stored in the lap belt. The airbag as deployed includes a main inflatable portion for protecting an upper body of the occupant, and a head protecting portion that is located in a vicinity of an upper end of the main inflatable portion for protecting a head of the occupant. The head protecting portion includes a front inflatable portion for covering a front side of the head, and a pair of side inflatable portions that extend rearward from left and right ends of the front inflatable portion for covering sides of the head. Each of the side inflatable portions is configured to be deployed in such a manner that a space is formed between itself and the head.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2020Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Motoyuki Tanaka, Takeki Hayashi, Yasushi Masuda, Yuji Sato
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Patent number: 11524648Abstract: An occupant protection system for protecting a vehicle occupant sitting in a seat includes a seatbelt that includes a lap belt for arresting the pelvis of the occupant, and an airbag disposed in the lap belt. The airbag is coupled to the lap belt in such a manner as to be movable relative to the lap belt in a left and right direction, and includes a main inflatable portion that is deployable in front of upper body of the occupant, and a positioning inflatable portion that protrudes from a lower end region of the main inflatable portion. The positioning inflatable portion includes a contact surface that contacts and is supported by an environmental member which is disposed in a circumference of the lap belt at airbag deployment, whereby helps align a center in the left and right direction of the main inflatable portion generally with that of the upper body.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2020Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Motoyuki Tanaka, Takeki Hayashi, Yasushi Masuda, Yuji Sato
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Patent number: 11498505Abstract: An occupant protection device, protecting an occupant seated in a seat, includes: a seat belt; and an airbag which is arranged in an area of a lap belt in the seat belt. The airbag includes a bag body and a regulatory tether. A thigh abutment surface abutting on a thigh of the occupant is arranged on a lower surface side of the bag body, and an upper body restraining surface restraining an upper body of the occupant is arranged on a rear surface side. The regulatory tether connects a base end to a rear surface side of an upper-lower intermediate portion of the bag body and connects a tip extending downward from the base end to the lap belt side and a length dimension is set a dimension in which a connecting portion connecting the base end of the bag body can be pulled toward the lap belt side.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2021Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazumi Fukaura, Shinji Yamada, Takeki Hayashi, Atsushi Nakamura, Yasushi Masuda, Yuji Sato
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Publication number: 20220306033Abstract: There is provided an occupant protection device for protecting an occupant seated on a seat, including: an airbag folded and accommodated in a bag shape made of a flexible sheet material; and a holding belt portion that is wrapped around a hip of the occupant and holds the folded airbag. The airbag is configured to, when the airbag is activated, allow an inflation gas to flow thereinto, and inflate to protrude forward and upward from the holding belt portion, and includes an upper body restraining surface capable of restraining an upper body of the occupant, on a rear surface side, when inflation is completed, and a vehicle body side member abutting surface that abuts against a vehicle body side member provided in front of the seat to be capable of ensuring a reaction force of the airbag when the occupant is restrained, on a front surface side.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventors: Kazumi FUKAURA, Yasushi MASUDA, Shinji YAMADA, Sanae ORITAKA
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Patent number: 11400883Abstract: An occupant protection device, which protects an occupant seated in a seat, includes: a seat belt; a front airbag device provided with a front airbag which is placed in an area of a lap belt and inflates to cover a front of the occupant when operated; and a seat airbag device provided with a seat airbag which is arranged inside a seat portion in the seat and inflates so as to raise at least a front portion side of the seat portion upward. The front airbag causes inflation gas to flow into the inside and inflates so as to protrude forward and upward when operated and a thigh abutment surface abutting on a thigh of the occupant and an upper body restraining surface restraining an upper body of the occupant are arranged on an outer peripheral surface of the front airbag when the inflation is completed.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2021Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinji Yamada, Kazumi Fukaura, Takeki Hayashi, Takashi Ichimura, Yasushi Masuda, Yuji Sato
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Patent number: 11318904Abstract: An occupant protection device which is configured to protect an occupant seated on a seat, includes a seat belt, an airbag, and an inflator configured to supply inflation gas to the airbag. The airbag has a bag shape formed of a flexible sheet body, the airbag is folded and stored in a storage part provided in a lap belt, the airbag is inflated so as to project toward a front upper side when the inflation gas flows into the airbag, and the airbag has a substantially triangular prism shape whose axial direction is substantially aligned with a left-right direction so as to include a leg abutting surface which is capable of abutting an upper surface of a leg of the occupant and an upper body restraining surface which is capable of restraining the occupant from a chest to a head, when the airbag is completely inflated.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2019Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Takenori Ozaki, Shigeyuki Suzuki, Yasushi Masuda, Hajime Kitte, Kenichi Fukurono, Motoyuki Tanaka
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Patent number: 11260818Abstract: A seat cushion airbag apparatus includes a support portion, an airbag, and a fastening portion. The support portion is arranged below the cushion portion of a conveyance seat. The airbag is arranged between the cushion portion and the support portion and at the center portion in the width direction of the conveyance seat. The fastening portion fastens the airbag to the support portion and is disposed in the lower portion of the airbag in the inflated state at a position rearward of the center in the front-rear direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi Iida, Shigemi Mase, Shigeyuki Suzuki, Hitoshi Ida, Yasushi Masuda, Tadashi Yamada, Yusuke Kojima, Shuji Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20220048460Abstract: An occupant protection device for protecting an occupant sitting in a seat includes an inflator, a holding member that is adapted to be disposed in front of a pelvic region of the occupant as sitting in the seat, and an airbag that is formed of a sheet material having flexibility and stored in and held by the holding member in a folded form. The airbag is configured to be inflated with an inflation gas fed by the inflator. The airbag includes a shoulder restraining portion that is configured to be deployed in front of shoulders of the occupant, and a supporting inflatable portion that is disposed in a lower end portion of the airbag as deployed for supporting the shoulder restraining portion. The supporting inflatable portion as deployed includes, in the underside, a supported surface that is adapted to be supported by thighs of the occupant.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2021Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventors: Shinji Yamada, Atsushi Nakamura, Yuji Matsuzaki, Kazumi Fukaura, Yasushi Masuda
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Publication number: 20210300292Abstract: An occupant protection device, which protects an occupant seated in a seat, includes: a seat belt; a front airbag device provided with a front airbag which is placed in an area of a lap belt and inflates to cover a front of the occupant when operated; and a seat airbag device provided with a seat airbag which is arranged inside a seat portion in the seat and inflates so as to raise at least a front portion side of the seat portion upward. The front airbag causes inflation gas to flow into the inside and inflates so as to protrude forward and upward when operated and a thigh abutment surface abutting on a thigh of the occupant and an upper body restraining surface restraining an upper body of the occupant are arranged on an outer peripheral surface of the front airbag when the inflation is completed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Inventors: Shinji Yamada, Kazumi Fukaura, Takeki Hayashi, Takashi Ichimura, Yasushi Masuda, Yuji Sato
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Publication number: 20210300277Abstract: An occupant protection device, protecting an occupant seated in a seat, includes: a seat belt; and an airbag which is arranged in an area of a lap belt in the seat belt. The airbag includes a bag body and a regulatory tether. A thigh abutment surface abutting on a thigh of the occupant is arranged on a lower surface side of the bag body, and an upper body restraining surface restraining an upper body of the occupant is arranged on a rear surface side. The regulatory tether connects a base end to a rear surface side of an upper-lower intermediate portion of the bag body and connects a tip extending downward from the base end to the lap belt side and a length dimension is set a dimension in which a connecting portion connecting the base end of the bag body can be pulled toward the lap belt side.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Inventors: Kazumi FUKAURA, Shinji YAMADA, Takeki HAYASHI, Atsushi NAKAMURA, Yasushi MASUDA, Yuji SATO
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Patent number: 11117539Abstract: A seat device for a vehicle includes a seat for supporting a lower body of a vehicle occupant, and a backrest for supporting an upper body of the occupant. The seat device further includes an arresting portion that is stored in a storage position disposed in the seat. The arresting portion is configured to be deployed from the storage position and restrain a part of the lower body of the occupant from moving forward in the event of a collision of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2019Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasushi Masuda, Shigeyuki Suzuki, Shigemi Mase, Hiroaki Yamada, Tadashi Yamada, Yuji Sato, Kenichi Fukurono, Keisaku Yokoi, Takafumi Nakanishi, Takenori Ozaki
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Publication number: 20210175142Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) tag includes: an IC chip; a substrate that is provided with an antenna on a first surface; an adhesive portion configured to adhere a side surface of the IC chip and a peripheral of the IC chip in a state that a terminal of the IC chip is electrically coupled to the antenna; and a first member that is provided between the antenna and the adhesive portion, the first member having an elastic modulus higher than an elastic modulus of the antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2020Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Shinichi Tajima, Yasushi Masuda, Tetsuro Yamada, Atsushi Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 11007964Abstract: A seat cushion airbag apparatus is applied to a vehicle seat in which a seat cushion includes a cushion part and a support portion. An airbag, including an inflatable portion, is disposed between the support portion and the cushion part. The inflatable portion includes: a rear inflatable portion that inflates on a lower side of buttocks of an occupant; a front inflatable portion that inflates on a lower side of a femur of the occupant; and a connection portion that connects the rear inflatable portion and the front inflatable portion. A tilting plate is disposed between the support portion and the cushion part and is supported to be tiltable in an upper-lower direction by a shaft provided rearward of the front inflatable portion, the tilting plate including a flat pressure receiving portion that receives pressure of inflation gas from a lower side through at least the front inflatable portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2019Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Koki Tanaka, Takashi Iida, Shigeyuki Suzuki, Tadashi Yamada, Yasushi Masuda, Hajime Kitte, Motoyuki Tanaka
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Publication number: 20210094496Abstract: An occupant protection system for protecting a vehicle occupant sitting in a seat includes a seatbelt that includes a lap belt for arresting the pelvis of the occupant, and an airbag disposed in the lap belt. The airbag is coupled to the lap belt in such a manner as to be movable relative to the lap belt in a left and right direction, and includes a main inflatable portion that is deployable in front of upper body of the occupant, and a positioning inflatable portion that protrudes from a lower end region of the main inflatable portion. The positioning inflatable portion includes a contact surface that contacts and is supported by an environmental member which is disposed in a circumference of the lap belt at airbag deployment, whereby helps align a center in the left and right direction of the main inflatable portion generally with that of the upper body.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2020Publication date: April 1, 2021Inventors: Motoyuki TANAKA, Takeki HAYASHI, Yasushi MASUDA, Yuji SATO
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Publication number: 20210094504Abstract: An occupant protection system for protecting a vehicle occupant sitting in a seat includes a seatbelt that includes a lap belt for arresting the pelvis of the occupant, and an airbag that is stored in the lap belt. The airbag as deployed includes a main inflatable portion for protecting an upper body of the occupant, and a head protecting portion that is located in a vicinity of an upper end of the main inflatable portion for protecting a head of the occupant. The head protecting portion includes a front inflatable portion for covering a front side of the head, and a pair of side inflatable portions that extend rearward from left and right ends of the front inflatable portion for covering sides of the head. Each of the side inflatable portions is configured to be deployed in such a manner that a space is formed between itself and the head.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2020Publication date: April 1, 2021Inventors: Motoyuki TANAKA, Takeki Hayashi, Yasushi Masuda, Yuji Sato
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Publication number: 20200329551Abstract: A heat sink fixing member includes a frame that is provided above a board of a unit and surrounds a first electronic component and a first heat sink; and a blade in which both end parts are connected to the frame, a portion between the both end parts is erected in a gap in a first fin group, and a side closer to the board in the portion abuts on a first base plate, wherein the unit includes: the board; the first electronic component mounted on the board; and the first heat sink that is provided on the first electronic component, and has the first base plate and the first fin group that protrudes from the first base plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2020Publication date: October 15, 2020Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, Masumi SUZUKI, Tetsuro Yamada, Yasushi Masuda, JIE WEI
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Publication number: 20200307492Abstract: A seat cushion airbag apparatus includes a support portion, an airbag, and a fastening portion. The support portion is arranged below the cushion portion of a conveyance seat. The airbag is arranged between the cushion portion and the support portion and at the center portion in the width direction of the conveyance seat. The fastening portion fastens the airbag to the support portion and is disposed in the lower portion of the airbag in the inflated state at a position rearward of the center in the front-rear direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: Takashi IIDA, Shigemi MASE, Shigeyuki SUZUKI, Hitoshi IDA, Yasushi MASUDA, Tadashi YAMADA, Yusuke KOJIMA, Shuji YAMAMOTO
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Publication number: 20200150365Abstract: An optical module includes: a substrate in which a conductor is disposed in an inner layer and a part of the conductor is exposed at an end surface; and an optical element bonded to the part of the conductor exposed at the end surface of the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2019Publication date: May 14, 2020Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Tetsuro Yamada, Yasushi Masuda, NAOKI ISHIKAWA, Shuichi Takeuchi
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Publication number: 20200122668Abstract: An occupant protection device which is configured to protect an occupant seated on a seat, includes a seat belt, an airbag, and an inflator configured to supply inflation gas to the airbag. The airbag has a bag shape formed of a flexible sheet body, the airbag is folded and stored in a storage part provided in a lap belt, the airbag is inflated so as to project toward a front upper side when the inflation gas flows into the airbag, and the airbag has a substantially triangular prism shape whose axial direction is substantially aligned with a left-right direction so as to include a leg abutting surface which is capable of abutting an upper surface of a leg of the occupant and an upper body restraining surface which is capable of restraining the occupant from a chest to a head, when the airbag is completely inflated.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2019Publication date: April 23, 2020Inventors: Takenori OZAKI, Shigeyuki SUZUKI, Yasushi MASUDA, Hajime KITTE, Kenichi FUKURONO, Motoyuki TANAKA