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).
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Patent number: 11819092Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 11, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENKI-SEISAKUSHOInventors: Ryuji Yamaguchi, Yoshio Mizuno, Yutaka Hirako
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Publication number: 20230067413Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventors: Ryuji Yamaguchi, Yoshio Mizuno, Yutaka Hirako
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Patent number: 9592754Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 19, 2014Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yutaka Hirako
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Patent number: 9283915Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 5, 2014Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yutaka Hirako
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Patent number: 9227593Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 16, 2014Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yutaka Hirako
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Patent number: 9126510Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 9, 2014Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yutaka Hirako
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Publication number: 20150054264Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventor: Yutaka HIRAKO
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Publication number: 20150054321Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Inventor: Yutaka Hirako
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Publication number: 20150021895Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2014Publication date: January 22, 2015Inventor: Yutaka Hirako
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Publication number: 20140361520Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2014Publication date: December 11, 2014Inventor: Yutaka Hirako
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Publication number: 20130318753Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2013Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI-RIKA-DENK-SEISAKUSHOInventors: Toshinari NAKAI, Yutaka HIRAKO
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Publication number: 20030020272Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2002Publication date: January 30, 2003Applicant: NIFCO INC.Inventors: Kazuo Yoshino, Yutaka Hirako