Patents by Inventor Yoshihisa Sugamata
Yoshihisa Sugamata 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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Publication number: 20230152174Abstract: A pressure sensor layout structure includes: a bumper beam; an absorber disposed at a front of the bumper beam; a pressure tube arranged between the bumper beam and the absorber; a pressure sensor attached to an end of the pressure tube; and a sensor cover fixed to a rear surface of the absorber, wherein the sensor cover is fixed to an end portion in a vehicle width direction of the absorber, at two or more positions which are located variously in the vehicle width direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2022Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: Tomoya YABU, Tatsuya ISHIZAKI, Junya HARADA, Yoshihisa SUGAMATA, Hiroyuki MAE
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Patent number: 11584332Abstract: In the present invention, a seatbelt device is provided with: a seat state determination unit that determines the state of a seat; a movable support section that supports a seatbelt within a range of possible movement on a seat back; a movement mechanism that, with a motor, moves the movable support section within the range of possible movement; and a motor control unit that controls the motor in accordance with the usage state of the seat determined by the seat state determination unit. Due to this configuration, the position of the seatbelt is made optimal for an occupant, and the comfort of the occupant is thus improved.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2017Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihisa Sugamata, Naotoshi Takemura, Kazuo Imura, Yusuke Nakamura
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Patent number: 11414034Abstract: An occupant protection system has a component in question reduced in size and cost. The occupant protection system includes: a rollover airbag device provided in a vehicle interior; a battery configured to supply power to the rollover airbag device; a controller configured to determine a rollover of a vehicle and, if a rollover of the vehicle is determined, activate the rollover airbag device using power supplied from the battery; and a backup power source configured to charge power to be used if the battery fails. The controller determines a collision of the vehicle and examines the battery for any failure and, if a collision of the vehicle is determined and the battery is examined to have a failure, activates the rollover airbag device using the power charged in the backup power source.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2021Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobuaki Hido, Yoshihisa Sugamata, Shigeo Tobaru, Takashi Yanagihara
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Publication number: 20210291769Abstract: An occupant protection system has a component in question reduced in size and cost. The occupant protection system includes: a rollover airbag device provided in a vehicle interior; a battery configured to supply power to the rollover airbag device; a controller configured to determine a rollover of a vehicle and, if a rollover of the vehicle is determined, activate the rollover airbag device using power supplied from the battery; and a backup power source configured to charge power to be used if the battery fails. The controller determines a collision of the vehicle and examines the battery for any failure and, if a collision of the vehicle is determined and the battery is examined to have a failure, activates the rollover airbag device using the power charged in the backup power source.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventors: Nobuaki HIDO, Yoshihisa SUGAMATA, Shigeo TOBARU, Takashi YANAGIHARA
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Patent number: 11091110Abstract: An occupant protection device is provided with: a table disposed at a position facing a seatback; and an airbag disposed in the table. The airbag deploys between the table and the upper body of an occupant sitting on the front surface of the seatback. Due to this configuration, in a vehicle provided with the table, the upper body of the occupant can be favorably protected.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2017Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Naotoshi Takemura, Yoshihisa Sugamata, Kazuo Imura, Yusuke Nakamura
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Patent number: 10960839Abstract: An occupant protection apparatus includes a seat arrangement determination unit that determines the arrangement of seats and a collision determination unit that determines information about collision occurring to a vehicle. A deployment control unit deploys an airbag when the direction of the seat and the direction of the seat determined by the scat arrangement determination unit (94) are opposed to each other, and the direction of the collision determined by the collision determination unit is on the front side of the seat, or on the front side of the seat.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2017Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuo Imura, Naotoshi Takemura, Yoshihisa Sugamata, Yusuke Nakamura
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Publication number: 20200130627Abstract: An occupant protection apparatus includes a seat arrangement determination unit that determines the arrangement of seats and a collision determination unit that determines information about collision occurring to a vehicle. A deployment control unit deploys an airbag when the direction of the seat and the direction of the seat determined by the scat arrangement determination unit (94) are opposed to each other, and the direction of the collision determined by the collision determination unit is on the front side of the seat, or on the front side of the seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2017Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: Kazuo IMURA, Naotoshi TAKEMURA, Yoshihisa SUGAMATA, Yusuke NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20200023801Abstract: An occupant protection device is provided with: a table disposed at a position facing a seatback; and an airbag disposed in the table. The airbag deploys between the table and the upper body of an occupant sitting on the front surface of the seatback. Due to this configuration, in a vehicle provided with the table, the upper body of the occupant can be favorably protected.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2017Publication date: January 23, 2020Inventors: Naotoshi TAKEMURA, Yoshihisa SUGAMATA, Kazuo IMURA, Yusuke NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20200010046Abstract: In the present invention, a seatbelt device is provided with: a seat state determination unit that determines the state of a sea a movable support section that supports a seatbelt within a range of possible movement on a seat back; a movement mechanism that, with a motor moves the movable support section within the range of possible movement; and a motor control unit that controls the motor in accordance with the usage state of the seat determined by the seat state determination unit. Due to this configuration, the position of the seatbelt is made optimal for an occupant, and the comfort of the occupant is thus improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2017Publication date: January 9, 2020Inventors: Yoshihisa SUGAMATA, Naotoshi TAKEMURA, Kazuo IMURA, Yusuke NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 9776664Abstract: The present disclosure provides a vehicle including a frame having a side sill reinforcement, the side sill reinforcement running along a length of a side of the frame, and an impact transmission structure mounted to and extending laterally outward from an exterior surface of the side sill reinforcement, the impact transmission structure having a stiffness approximately equal to a stiffness of the side sill reinforcement and being configured to communicate an impact force resulting from a side impact into the vehicle into the frame and not absorb the impact force.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2015Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Siyang Yang, Shuo Fang, Lando C. Hamlett, Anthony Ordonio, Jr., Ryan Matthew Stokes, Yoshihisa Sugamata, Andrew K. Swayne
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Publication number: 20160272249Abstract: The present disclosure provides a vehicle including a frame having a side sill reinforcement, the side sill reinforcement running along a length of a side of the frame, and an impact transmission structure mounted to and extending laterally outward from an exterior surface of the side sill reinforcement, the impact transmission structure having a stiffness approximately equal to a stiffness of the side sill reinforcement and being configured to communicate an impact force resulting from a side impact into the vehicle into the frame and not absorb the impact force.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2015Publication date: September 22, 2016Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Siyang Yang, Shuo Fang, Lando C. Hamlett, Anthony Ordonio, JR., Ryan Matthew Stokes, Yoshihisa Sugamata, Andrew K. Swayne
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Patent number: 8702153Abstract: Provided is a vehicular door including a load transfer member. The load transfer member includes a transfer member body disposed in a wide-thickness portion in a door body, and a projection projecting downward from the transfer member body. The transfer member body has a lower region whose surface on a door-outer-panel side abuts on, or comes close to, the inner surface of the door outer panel, and an inclined region whose door-outer-panel side surface is inclined to come apart from the door outer panel and whose surface on a door-inner-panel side abuts on, or comes close to, the inner surface of the door inner panel. The thickness of the lower region and the inclined region in a door-thickness direction is set narrower than the width of an insertion portion between the door inner panel and a door beam.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2012Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Honda Motor Co., LtdInventors: Kiyohito Kurokawa, Masakazu Takahashi, Itaru Genpei, Shingo Hakamata, Isamu Nakanishi, Tomofumi Ichinose, Daichi Okamoto, Hakurei Watanabe, Mai Kato, Yuji Nozawa, Yoshihisa Sugamata
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Patent number: 8200395Abstract: The vehicle collision decision apparatus has first acceleration detectors and a second acceleration detector for detecting an acceleration of the vehicle in a longitudinal direction, and third acceleration detectors for detecting an acceleration of the vehicle in a transverse direction thereof. When the vehicle is involved in an offset collision, the front airbags of the vehicle are activated based on accelerations detected by the first acceleration detectors and the second acceleration detector. Thereafter, the curtain airbags of the vehicle are reliably activated.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2008Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignees: Keihin Corporation, Honda Motor Company, LtdInventors: Masatoshi Hayasaka, Fang Yuan, Fumitoshi Kase, Toshiyuki Kuze, Yoshihisa Sugamata, Teruaki Aizawa, Kazuhiro Daido, Hiroyuki Ito
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Patent number: 7828104Abstract: A travel safety device for a vehicle comprises: an object detecting unit (114) for detecting an object existing in the traveling direction of the vehicle (100); a correlation calculating unit (39) for calculating a correlation involving the distance between the vehicle (100) and the object on the basis of a detection result of the corresponding object detecting unit (114); an automatic brake unit (120) for automatically decelerating the vehicle (100); a safety device (122) including a seatbelt device (15) for automatically tightening the seatbelt (14) and releasing the tightening thereof; and safety device operation control units (38, 39, 43) for determining a possibility of a contact between the vehicle (100) and the object on the basis of the correlation calculated by the correlation calculating unit (39) and for controlling the operation of the safety device (122) where it is predicted that there is a possibility of a contact; wherein the safety device operation control units (38, 39, 43) simultaneously acType: GrantFiled: January 16, 2004Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Akaba, Koichi Kamiji, Yoshihisa Sugamata
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Patent number: 7695008Abstract: A sensor setup structure includes a pair of front side frames that are provided on vehicle widthwise opposite sides of a vehicle front part, and extended along a vehicle lengthwise direction, a pair of upper members that are provided to the vehicle widthwise outsides from these front side frames, and extended from respective front pillars on vehicle widthwise opposite sides downwards to the front, a joining frame that joins in the vehicle widthwise direction between the vicinity of front ends of these upper members and the front side frames on the same sides in the vehicle widthwise direction, and satellite sensors of an airbag apparatus which, in plan view, are setup in positions that are to the vehicle widthwise insides from vehicle widthwise outer surfaces of the respective upper members, and are to the vehicle widthwise outsides from vehicle widthwise outer surfaces of the respective front side frames.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2005Date of Patent: April 13, 2010Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshiyuki Kuze, Fumitoshi Kase, Yoshihisa Sugamata
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Patent number: 7686118Abstract: A seatbelt apparatus (15) includes a seatbelt (14) for restraining an occupant (10) in a seat (13) of a vehicle, an actuator (29) for tightening the seatbelt (14) at various levels of tension and for loosening the seatbelt (14), plural collision prediction devices (38, 39) for predicting occurrence of a collision, and a control device (35) for controlling the actuator (29) so as to exert one of the various levels of tension on the seatbelt (14) depending on the prediction results by the collision prediction devices (38, 39).Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2004Date of Patent: March 30, 2010Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Akaba, Koichi Kamiji, Yoshihisa Sugamata
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Publication number: 20090099749Abstract: The vehicle collision decision apparatus has first acceleration detectors and a second acceleration detector for detecting an acceleration of the vehicle in a longitudinal direction, and third acceleration detectors for detecting an acceleration of the vehicle in a transverse direction thereof. When the vehicle is involved in an offset collision, the front airbags of the vehicle are activated based on accelerations detected by the first acceleration detectors and the second acceleration detector. Thereafter, the curtain airbags of the vehicle are reliably activated.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2008Publication date: April 16, 2009Applicants: KEIHIN CORPORATION, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Masatoshi Hayasaka, Fang Yuan, Fumitoshi Kase, Toshiyuki Kuze, Yoshihisa Sugamata, Teruaki Aizawa, Kazuhiro Daido, Hiroyuki Ito
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Publication number: 20060097504Abstract: A travel safety device for a vehicle comprises: an object detecting unit (114) for detecting an object existing in the traveling direction of the vehicle (100); a correlation calculating unit (39) for calculating a correlation involving the distance between the vehicle (100) and the object on the basis of a detection result of the corresponding object detecting unit (114); an automatic brake unit (120) for automatically decelerating the vehicle (100); a safety device (122) including a seatbelt device (15) for automatically tightening the seatbelt (14) and releasing the tightening thereof; and safety device operation control units (38, 39, 43) for determining a possibility of a contact between the vehicle (100) and the object on the basis of the correlation calculated by the correlation calculating unit (39) and for controlling the operation of the safety device (122) where it is predicted that there is a possibility of a contact; wherein the safety device operation control units (38, 39, 43) simultaneously acType: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2004Publication date: May 11, 2006Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Akaba, Koichi Kamiji, Yoshihisa Sugamata
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Publication number: 20060043711Abstract: A sensor setup structure includes a pair of front side frames that are provided on vehicle widthwise opposite sides of a vehicle front part, and extended along a vehicle lengthwise direction, a pair of upper members that are provided to the vehicle widthwise outsides from these front side frames, and extended from respective front pillars on vehicle widthwise opposite sides downwards to the front, a joining frame that joins in the vehicle widthwise direction between the vicinity of front ends of these upper members and the front side frames on the same sides in the vehicle widthwise direction, and satellite sensors of an airbag apparatus which, in plan view, are setup in positions that are to the vehicle widthwise insides from vehicle widthwise outer surfaces of the respective upper members, and are to the vehicle widthwise outsides from vehicle widthwise outer surfaces of the respective front side frames.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2005Publication date: March 2, 2006Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshiyuki Kuze, Fumitoshi Kase, Yoshihisa Sugamata
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Publication number: 20050252710Abstract: A seatbelt apparatus (15) includes a seatbelt (14) for restraining an occupant (10) in a seat (13) of a vehicle, an actuator (29) for tightening the seatbelt (14) at various levels of tension and for loosening the seatbelt (14), plural collision prediction devices (38, 39) for predicting occurrence of a collision, and a control device (35) for controlling the actuator (29) so as to exert one of the various levels of tension on the seatbelt (14) depending on the prediction results by the collision prediction devices (38, 39).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2005Publication date: November 17, 2005Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Akaba, Koichi Kamiji, Yoshihisa Sugamata