Patents by Inventor Yoshitake Kitaguchi

Yoshitake Kitaguchi 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).

  • Passenger retaining apparatus
    Patent number: 9469269
    Abstract: A passenger retaining apparatus includes a driver seat airbag and a curtain airbag. The curtain airbag includes first and second inflation portions and a recess portion. The first inflation portion is inflated at a passenger side with respect to the inflated driver seat airbag in a vehicle body longitudinal direction. The second inflation portion is inflated at a wind shield side with respect to the inflated driver seat airbag in the vehicle body longitudinal direction. The recess portion is formed between the first and second inflation portions to engage with the inflated driver seat airbag. The driver seat airbag retains a front surface of a head of the passenger and the first inflation portion retains a side surface of the head of the passenger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: TAKATA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Teruhiko Hiruta, Hiroo Kawaguchi, Makoto Ogawa, Yoshitake Kitaguchi, Toshiro Koyanagi
  • PASSENGER RETAINING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20160023626
    Abstract: A passenger retaining apparatus includes a driver seat airbag and a curtain airbag. The curtain airbag includes first and second inflation portions and a recess portion. The first inflation portion is inflated at a passenger side with respect to the inflated driver seat airbag in a vehicle body longitudinal direction. The second inflation portion is inflated at a wind shield side with respect to the inflated driver seat airbag in the vehicle body longitudinal direction. The recess portion is formed between the first and second inflation portions to engage with the inflated driver seat airbag. The driver seat airbag retains a front surface of a head of the passenger and the first inflation portion retains a side surface of the head of the passenger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Teruhiko Hiruta, Hiroo Kawaguchi, Makoto Ogawa, Yoshitake Kitaguchi, Toshiro Koyanagi