Patents by Inventor Yutaka Hirako

Yutaka Hirako 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: 11819092
    Abstract: In a buckle device, when a belt starts to be allowed to be drawn, a fracture portion is deformed by a side surface of a connection hole of a spool, so that the fracture portion allows a rotation of the spool and allows drawing of the belt. Then, the fracture portion is fractured by the side surface of the connection hole. Therefore, a drawing allowance load of the belt when the belt starts to be allowed to be drawn can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Ryuji Yamaguchi, Yoshio Mizuno, Yutaka Hirako
  • Publication number: 20230067413
    Abstract: In a buckle device, when a belt starts to be allowed to be drawn, a fracture portion is deformed by a side surface of a connection hole of a spool, so that the fracture portion allows a rotation of the spool and allows drawing of the belt. Then, the fracture portion is fractured by the side surface of the connection hole. Therefore, a drawing allowance load of the belt when the belt starts to be allowed to be drawn can be increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Ryuji Yamaguchi, Yoshio Mizuno, Yutaka Hirako
  • Patent number: 9592754
    Abstract: A vehicle rear seat cushion structure includes: an anchor plate mounted on a vehicle body; a buckle which is connected to the anchor plate via an inner webbing and with which a tongue plate attached to an occupant restraint webbing engages; a cushion pad in which a housing area which houses the buckle is formed on a position away from the anchor plate; and a cushion frame provided on a bottom portion of the cushion pad adjacent to the housing area to straddle the inner webbing from above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yutaka Hirako
  • Patent number: 9283915
    Abstract: An air belt device includes a shoulder belt section that is worn from a shoulder on one side in a seat width direction to a lumbar on another side in the seat width direction of a passenger, who is seated on a seat. The shoulder belt section includes an inflation section that is inflated by a supply of gas and in which a portion on a head side of the passenger with respect to a center section in a width direction of the shoulder belt section is deployed to be larger than a portion on an opposite side from the head side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yutaka Hirako
  • Patent number: 9227593
    Abstract: An anchor plate mounting structure of a vehicle seatbelt includes an anchor plate that is provided on a mounting portion provided on a surrounding portion of a vehicle seat, and has a belt connecting portion to which an end portion of a lap belt of the vehicle seatbelt, the lap belt corresponding to a waist of an occupant, is fastened; a fastening portion that is provided in a position away from the belt connecting portion, and by which the anchor plate is fastened to the mounting portion; and a rotation-stopping portion that is provided in a position away from both the belt connecting portion and the fastening portion, and by which the anchor plate engages with a mounting portion side. An alignment direction of the belt connecting portion and the fastening portion intersects with an alignment direction of the fastening portion and the rotation-stopping portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yutaka Hirako
  • Patent number: 9126510
    Abstract: A vehicle seat with a built-in cushion airbag device includes an inflator that produces gas by being activated; and a cushion airbag that is divided by a tether into a plurality of inflating portions including at least a rear-side inflating portion arranged on a seat lower side of a rear portion of a seat cushion, and a front-side inflating portion arranged to a seat front side of the rear-side inflating portion, and that inflates toward a seat upper side, with the front-side inflating portion becoming higher than the rear-side inflating portion, by the gas produced by the inflator being supplied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yutaka Hirako
  • Publication number: 20150054264
    Abstract: An air belt device includes a shoulder belt section that is worn from a shoulder on one side in a seat width direction to a lumbar on another side in the seat width direction of a passenger, who is seated on a seat. The shoulder belt section includes an inflation section that is inflated by a supply of gas and in which a portion on a head side of the passenger with respect to a center section in a width direction of the shoulder belt section is deployed to be larger than a portion on an opposite side from the head side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventor: Yutaka HIRAKO
  • Publication number: 20150054321
    Abstract: A vehicle rear seat cushion structure includes: an anchor plate mounted on a vehicle body; a buckle which is connected to the anchor plate via an inner webbing and with which a tongue plate attached to an occupant restraint webbing engages; a cushion pad in which a housing area which houses the buckle is formed on a position away from the anchor plate; and a cushion frame provided on a bottom portion of the cushion pad adjacent to the housing area to straddle the inner webbing from above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventor: Yutaka Hirako
  • Publication number: 20150021895
    Abstract: An anchor plate mounting structure of a vehicle seatbelt includes an anchor plate that is provided on a mounting portion provided on a surrounding portion of a vehicle seat, and has a belt connecting portion to which an end portion of a lap belt of the vehicle seatbelt, the lap belt corresponding to a waist of an occupant, is fastened; a fastening portion that is provided in a position away from the belt connecting portion, and by which the anchor plate is fastened to the mounting portion; and a rotation-stopping portion that is provided in a position away from both the belt connecting portion and the fastening portion, and by which the anchor plate engages with a mounting portion side. An alignment direction of the belt connecting portion and the fastening portion intersects with an alignment direction of the fastening portion and the rotation-stopping portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventor: Yutaka Hirako
  • Publication number: 20140361520
    Abstract: A vehicle seat with a built-in cushion airbag device includes an inflator that produces gas by being activated; and a cushion airbag that is divided by a tether into a plurality of inflating portions including at least a rear-side inflating portion arranged on a seat lower side of a rear portion of a seat cushion, and a front-side inflating portion arranged to a seat front side of the rear-side inflating portion, and that inflates toward a seat upper side, with the front-side inflating portion becoming higher than the rear-side inflating portion, by the gas produced by the inflator being supplied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventor: Yutaka Hirako
  • Publication number: 20130318753
    Abstract: A tongue for a seatbelt device includes: a metal core at which an insertion portion is formed continuously from a metal core base portion; a molded portion formed by the metal core base portion of the metal core being covered with a synthetic resin material; a webbing pass-through portion, one end of which opens along the thickness direction of the metal core base portion in one face of the molded portion, and another end of which opens in an end portion of the molded portion at a side opposite to the insertion portion; and a groove portion formed between the metal core base portion and the webbing pass-through portion, the groove portion opening in the end portion of the molded portion at the side opposite to the insertion portion and opening in an inner periphery face of the webbing pass-through portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENK-SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Toshinari NAKAI, Yutaka HIRAKO
  • Publication number: 20030020272
    Abstract: A seat belt guide includes a main portion formed of a lower cover and an upper cover, a slide portion of a hanger is inserted into a hanger guide portion to slide in the front and rear directions of the hanger guide portion. Thus, guide positions of a seat belt can be changed. In the main portion, there is provided a spacer with upper flange and lower flanges, which is inserted into a slide hole of the slide portion, so that the slide portion is disposed between the upper and the lower flanges, and the hanger can be slid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Applicant: NIFCO INC.
    Inventors: Kazuo Yoshino, Yutaka Hirako