Patents by Inventor Yoshito KUSUHARA

Yoshito KUSUHARA 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: 20240123934
    Abstract: An airbag device includes an airbag that is supplied with gas generated by an inflator during a vehicle collision and that inflates and deploys from a rear side of a vehicle seat toward a front side via an upper side. In an inflated and deployed state, the airbag includes a pair of front-rear chambers extending in a seat front-rear direction via left and right sides of a head of a passenger, an airbag body that is in communication with the pair of front-rear chambers and that is disposed at a front side of the passenger between the pair of front-rear chambers, and a pair of rear tethers including one-end portions attached to the airbag body and other-end portions attached to a seatback of the vehicle seat. At least a rear tether on a side door side is configured so as to be releasable after a collision of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi OHNO, Takeshi YAMAMOTO, Toshiki IWAMA, Yoshito KUSUHARA, Tsutomu ISHII
  • Publication number: 20240123936
    Abstract: An airbag device has an airbag. The airbag has a front-rear chamber and an airbag main body. The front-rear chamber has a left and right pair of front-rear extending portions that pass by respective left and right sides of a head of a passenger and inflate and deploy toward the seat front side, and a connecting portion connecting front end portions of the pair of front-rear extending portions in a seat left-right direction. Gas is supplied to the airbag main body via a communication hole positioned at a seat rear side of the connecting portion of the front-rear chamber that has inflated and deployed. Owing to inflation and deployment of the front-rear chamber, the airbag main body passes through a gap between a ceiling of the vehicle and the head from the seat rear side toward the seat front side, and thereafter, inflates and deploys toward the seat rear side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi OHNO, Takeshi YAMAMOTO, Toshiki IWAMA, Yoshito KUSUHARA, Tsutomu ISHII
  • Publication number: 20240123933
    Abstract: An airbag device includes an airbag that is supplied with gas during a vehicle collision, and that inflates and deploys from a rear side of a vehicle seat toward a front side via an upper side thereof. In an inflated and deployed state the airbag includes a pair of front-rear chambers extending in a front-rear direction via left and right sides of the head of a passenger, and an airbag body in communication with the pair of front-rear chambers, that is disposed at a front side of the passenger between the pair of front-rear chambers, and that is compression deformed in a state supported by the pair of front-rear chambers during restraint of the passenger. The airbag is configured such that entry of at least the head of the passenger into gaps between the front-rear chambers and the airbag body is suppressed during a latter half of restraining the passenger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi OHNO, Takeshi Yamamoto, Toshiki Iwama, Yoshito Kusuhara, Tsutomu Ishii
  • Publication number: 20240123932
    Abstract: An airbag device includes an airbag that is supplied with gas generated by an inflator during a vehicle collision, and that inflates and deploys from a rear side of a vehicle seat toward a front side via an upper side. In an inflated and deployed state, the airbag includes a pair of front-rear chambers extending in a seat front-rear direction via left and right sides of a head of a passenger, an airbag body that is communicated with the pair of front-rear chambers and that is disposed at a front side of the passenger between the pair of front-rear chambers, and an auxiliary chamber into which gas inside the airbag body flows indirectly at least during restraint of the passenger by the airbag body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi OHNO, Takeshi Yamamoto, Toshiki Iwama, Yoshito Kusuhara, Tsutomu Ishii
  • Publication number: 20240123935
    Abstract: An airbag device including an airbag that inflates and deploys from a seat rear side of a vehicle seat toward a seat front side via a seat upper side. In an inflated and deployed state, the airbag includes a pair of front-rear chambers extending in a front-rear direction via left and right sides of a head of a passenger, an airbag body that is in communication with the pair of front-rear chambers and that is disposed at a seat front side of the passenger between the pair of front-rear chambers, and a pair of rear tethers including one-end portions attached to the airbag body and other-end portions attached to a seatback. At a time of restraint of the passenger, the airbag body is pulled by the rear tethers obliquely rearward and downward such that the front-rear chambers press shoulders of the passenger from a seat upper side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi OHNO, Takeshi YAMAMOTO, Toshiki IWAMA, Yoshito KUSUHARA, Tsutomu ISHII
  • Publication number: 20240123940
    Abstract: An airbag device has an airbag. The airbag has a front-rear chamber and an airbag main body. The front-rear chamber has a left and right pair of front-rear extending portions that pass by respective left and right sides of a head of a passenger and inflate and deploy toward the seat front side, and a connecting portion connecting front end portions of the pair of front-rear extending portions in a seat left-right direction. The airbag main body inflates and deploys toward a side of the passenger at a seat rear side of the connecting portion, later than the front-rear chamber. The airbag main body has a downward-force applying portion that applies force directed toward a seat lower side to the airbag at a time when the passenger is restrained by the airbag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi OHNO, Takeshi YAMAMOTO, Toshiki IWAMA, Yoshito KUSUHARA, Tsutomu ISHII
  • Publication number: 20240123937
    Abstract: An airbag device has an airbag. The airbag has a front-rear chamber and an airbag main body. The front-rear chamber has a left and right pair of front-rear extending portions that pass by respective left and right sides of a head of a passenger seated in a vehicle seat and inflate and deploy toward the seat front side, and a connecting portion connecting front end portions of the pair of front-rear extending portions in a seat left-right direction. The airbag main body inflates and deploys toward a side of the passenger at a seat rear side of the connecting portion, later than the front-rear chamber. At a time when the passenger is restrained, the airbag main body is compressed in a seat front-rear direction while stretching the front-rear chamber in the seat front-rear direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi OHNO, Takeshi YAMAMOTO, Toshiki IWAMA, Yoshito KUSUHARA, Tsutomu ISHII
  • Patent number: 11904790
    Abstract: An in-seat airbag device including an airbag main body having a front-rear chamber that expands past a side of a head of a passenger toward a seat front side and is disposed at the side of the head of the passenger, and a distal end chamber that expands from a seat front side end portion of the front-rear chamber toward a seat width direction inner side and is disposed at a seat front side of a face of the passenger, wherein the airbag main body and a seatback frame are connected by a force limiter mechanism that moves the airbag main body toward a seat front side when a load, which is toward a seat front side and is applied to the airbag main body, exceeds a predetermined threshold value at a time of head restraining when the head of the passenger is restrained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeshi Yamamoto, Toshiki Iwama, Mitsuyoshi Ohno, Masashi Hotta, Yoshito Kusuhara
  • Publication number: 20230339422
    Abstract: An in-seat airbag device having an airbag main body including: an outer side airbag portion having a front-rear chamber that expands past one side of a head of a passenger toward a seat front side, a left-right chamber that expands from a seat front side end portion of the front-rear chamber toward a seat width direction inner side and is disposed at a seat front side of a face of the passenger, a distal end chamber that expands from a seat width direction inner side end portion of the left-right chamber toward a seat rear side and is disposed at another side of the head of the passenger, and a tether that joins the front-rear chamber and the distal end chamber; and an inner side airbag portion that expands and is disposed between the front-rear chamber, the left-right chamber and the distal end chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi OHNO, Toshiki Iwama, Takeshi Yamamoto, Masashi Hotta, Yoshito Kusuhara
  • Publication number: 20230339421
    Abstract: An in-seat airbag device including an airbag main body having a front-rear chamber that expands past a side of a head of a passenger toward a seat front side and is disposed at the side of the head of the passenger, and a distal end chamber that expands from a seat front side end portion of the front-rear chamber toward a seat width direction inner side and is disposed at a seat front side of a face of the passenger, wherein the airbag main body and a seatback frame are connected by a force limiter mechanism that moves the airbag main body toward a seat front side when a load, which is toward a seat front side and is applied to the airbag main body, exceeds a predetermined threshold value at a time of head restraining when the head of the passenger is restrained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeshi YAMAMOTO, Toshiki IWAMA, Mitsuyoshi OHNO, Masashi HOTTA, Yoshito KUSUHARA
  • Publication number: 20230303028
    Abstract: An in-seat airbag device, includes: an airbag main body having a front-rear chamber that, due to gas jetted from an inflator, expands past a side of a head of a passenger toward a seat front side and is disposed at the side of the head of the passenger, and a distal end chamber that expands from a seat front side end portion of the front-rear chamber toward a seat width direction inner side and is disposed at a seat front side of a face of the passenger, wherein the airbag main body is accommodated in a state of having an outwardly-wound portion that is wound outwardly in a form of a roll whose axial direction is a seat vertical direction, after a distal end portion of the distal end chamber is folded-over toward a side opposite a passenger side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi OHNO, Toshiki IWAMA, Takeshi YAMAMOTO, Masashi HOTTA, Yoshito KUSUHARA
  • Publication number: 20230303027
    Abstract: An in-seat airbag device, includes: an airbag main body having a front-rear chamber that, expands past one side of a head of a passenger toward a seat front side and is disposed at the one side of the head of the passenger, a left-right chamber that expands from a seat front side end portion of the front-rear chamber toward a seat width direction inner side and is disposed at a seat front side of a face of the passenger, and a distal end chamber that expands from a seat width direction inner side end portion of the left-right chamber toward a seat rear side and is disposed at another side of the head of the passenger, wherein the airbag main body is structured such that, in a state in which expansion is completed, the left-right chamber has a curved shape as seen in plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeshi YAMAMOTO, Mitsuyoshi OHNO, Toshiki IWAMA, Yoshito KUSUHARA, Masashi HOTTA