Patents by Inventor Yusuke HIROKAWA

Yusuke HIROKAWA 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: 20220134993
    Abstract: In an anchor device, a communication hole in which a webbing pass-through portion and a pin insertion portion communicate with each other is provided at a plate, a webbing passed through the webbing pass-through portion is coupled to the plate, and a mounting pin is inserted into the pin insertion portion. Here, a narrowing portion of the plate narrows the width of communication between the webbing pass-through portion and the pin insertion portion. For this reason, the mounting pin can be inhibited from contacting the webbing when the mounting pin is inserted into the pin insertion portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Yuki WATANABE, Yusuke HIROKAWA
  • Publication number: 20170106615
    Abstract: This disclosure is to provide a method for manufacturing a pneumatic tire without generation of end material when manufacturing an inner liner. The method for manufacturing a pneumatic tire according to this disclosure, which arranges an inner liner on an inner circumferential surface of a tire molded body, includes a cutting process of cutting in a widthwise direction a strip-like resin film having a thermoplastic resin film layer, at a constant spacing in a longitudinal direction of the resin film; a joining process of joining uncut edges of a plurality of resin film pieces generated in the cutting process; and a process of arranging the inner liner generated in the joining process on the inner circumferential surface of the tire molded body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke HIROKAWA, Hideyuki CHIASHI
  • Patent number: 9260077
    Abstract: A pretensioner comprising a gas generating unit; a pretensioner body to whose inside the gas is supplied; a spool driving member disposed inside the pretensioner body and causing a spool to rotate to retract webbing onto the spool; a gas flow rate adjusting portion disposed in the spool driving member and whose inner peripheral shape is set in accordance with a flow rate of the gas to be passed through the gas flow rate adjusting portion; and a filter unit having a vent portion that is communicated with a space between the gas generating unit and the spool driving member and is also communicated with the gas flow rate adjusting portion. The open shape of the gas flow rate adjusting portion has a portion that does not coincide in a plan view with the open shape of the vent portion, and the overall open area of the vent portion is set larger than the open area of the gas flow rate adjusting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Tomonori Nagata, Shinichi Okubo, Masaru Ukita, Katsuki Asagiri, Yasutaka Watanabe, Keiichi Kato, Yusuke Hirokawa, Hiroaki Yamazoe
  • Patent number: 9027864
    Abstract: In a webbing retractor, the center of a rack and rack-teeth in an axial direction of a pinion is placed on the opposite side of a leg plate side with respect to the central axis of a cylinder. The piston is acted upon by a tilting-force toward the leg plate side from the pinion. A stop portion of an upper stay is placed on another leg plate side of the leg plate. Even when the piston is acted upon by the tilting force toward the leg plate side from the pinion, the stop portion can stop the movement of the leg plate toward the other leg plate side, and tilting of the piston and the cylinder toward the leg plate side can be suppressed. Moreover, the need to increase the strength of a frame and so forth can be eliminated, so the webbing retractor can be made compact and lightweight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Hiroaki Yamazoe, Yusuke Hirokawa
  • Patent number: 8657223
    Abstract: A webbing take-up device that can regulate displacement of a held part such as clutch while suppressing or preventing a drop in the assembility of the held part such as clutch. A projection is formed on a bridge portion in a wall portion on the opposite side of a holding portion side. When a cover plate is attached to a frame, a base portion of the cover plate contacts a distal end of the wall portion, but at the portion where the projection is formed, the based portion presses the projection and bends the bridge portion. By the bridge portion bending, a touching surface of the holding portion contacts a base portion of a clutch plate and regulates displacement of the clutch plate. Moreover, in a state where the bridge portion is not bending, a clearance is formed between the touching surface and the base portion when the clutch plate is disposed, so the clutch plate can be also be easily attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai-Rika-Denki-Seisakusho
    Inventors: Yusuke Hirokawa, Tomonori Nagata
  • Publication number: 20120160947
    Abstract: A pretensioner comprising a gas generating unit; a pretensioner body to whose inside the gas is supplied; a spool driving member disposed inside the pretensioner body and causing a spool to rotate to retract webbing onto the spool; a gas flow rate adjusting portion disposed in the spool driving member and whose inner peripheral shape is set in accordance with a flow rate of the gas to be passed through the gas flow rate adjusting portion; and a filter unit having a vent portion that is communicated with a space between the gas generating unit and the spool driving member and is also communicated with the gas flow rate adjusting portion. The open shape of the gas flow rate adjusting portion has a portion that does not coincide in a plan view with the open shape of the vent portion, and the overall open area of the vent portion is set larger than the open area of the gas flow rate adjusting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Tomonori NAGATA, Shinichi OKUBO, Masaru UKITA, Katsuki ASAGIRI, Yasutaka WATANABE, Keiichi KATO, Yusuke HIROKAWA, Hiroaki YAMAZOE
  • Publication number: 20120067994
    Abstract: In a webbing retractor, the center of a rack and rack-teeth in an axial direction of a pinion is placed on the opposite side of a leg plate side with respect to the central axis of a cylinder. The piston is acted upon by a tilting-force toward the leg plate side from the pinion. A stop portion of an upper stay is placed on another leg plate side of the leg plate. Even when the piston is acted upon by the tilting force toward the leg plate side from the pinion, the stop portion can stop the movement of the leg plate toward the other leg plate side, and tilting of the piston and the cylinder toward the leg plate side can be suppressed. Moreover, the need to increase the strength of a frame and so forth can be eliminated, so the webbing retractor can be made compact and lightweight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai-Rika-Denki-Seisakusho
    Inventors: Hiroaki YAMAZOE, Yusuke HIROKAWA
  • Publication number: 20110101143
    Abstract: A webbing take-up device that can regulate displacement of a held part such as clutch while suppressing or preventing a drop in the assembility of the held part such as clutch. A projection is formed on a bridge portion in a wall portion on the opposite side of a holding portion side. When a cover plate is attached to a frame, a base portion of the cover plate contacts a distal end of the wall portion, but at the portion where the rojection is formed, the based portion presses the projection and bends the bridge portion. By the bridge portion bending, a touching surface of the holding portion contacts a base portion of a clutch plate and regulates displacement of the clutch plate. Moreover, in a state where the bridge portion is not bending, a clearance is formed between the touching surface and the base portion when the clutch plate is disposed, so the clutch plate can be also be easily attached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Yusuke HIROKAWA, Tomonori NAGATA