Patents by Inventor Yoshitaka AZUMA

Yoshitaka AZUMA 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: 11953047
    Abstract: A formed body of Cu—Al—Mn-based shape-memory alloy may include a screw portion, wherein the screw portion is a form-rolled portion. A method for producing a formed body of Cu—Al—Mn-based shape-memory alloy may involve forming a screw portion having superelasticity by plastically working at least a portion of a material for the formed body with form-rolling in a state that a crystal structure is an A2-type structure and then, subjecting heat-treatment so as to convert the A2-type crystal structure into an L21-type crystal structure. The screw portion can be formed with good working property, and has excellent fatigue resistance and breaking resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: FURUKAWA TECHNO MATERIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sumio Kise, Toyonobu Tanaka, Kenji Uruma, Kouji Ishikawa, Nanami Kataoka, Shigekazu Yokoyama, Toyohiko Higashida, Yoshitaka Azuma
  • Patent number: 11912225
    Abstract: A side airbag device capable of restricting an occupant from moving to the inner side in the vehicle width direction while restraining the head of the occupant is inflatable and deployable in a space beside an occupant seated in a vehicle seat. The side airbag device includes an inflator configured to generate a gas and a bag-shaped airbag inflatable and deployable in response to the gas upon activation of the inflator to protect a lateral portion of the occupant. The airbag includes a torso protection portion, and a head protection portion configured to be provided above the torso protection portion and inflatable and deployable between an upper portion of a shoulder of the occupant and a lateral portion of a head of the occupant. The head protection portion is bendable at an acute angle relative to the torso protection portion in an inflated and deployed state of the airbag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: ASHIMORI INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetaka Azuma, Yuta Minami, Yoshitaka Okagami, Kazuya Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20220120308
    Abstract: A formed body of Cu—Al—Mn-based shape-memory alloy may include a screw portion, wherein the screw portion is a form-rolled portion. A method for producing a formed body of Cu—Al—Mn-based shape-memory alloy may involve forming a screw portion having superelasticity by plastically working at least a portion of a material for the formed body with form-rolling in a state that a crystal structure is an A2-type structure and then, subjecting heat-treatment so as to convert the A2-type crystal structure into an L21-type crystal structure. The screw portion can be formed with good working property, and has excellent fatigue resistance and breaking resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: FURUKAWA TECHNO MATERIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sumio KISE, Toyonobu TANAKA, Kenji URUMA, Kouji ISHIKAWA, Nanami KATAOKA, Shigekazu YOKOYAMA, Toyohiko HIGASHIDA, Yoshitaka AZUMA