Patents by Inventor Yuto KOBAYASHI

Yuto KOBAYASHI 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: 11878649
    Abstract: An improved modularization of an airbag cushion covered with a cover member and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. A first press is performed on the first portion of the cover member in a state where the folded airbag cushion 30 is not covered with the cover member. The first portion has at least a portion that includes a position corresponding to an inflator within the folded airbag cushion. Next, the folded airbag cushion is covered with the cover member, and in the covered state, a second press is applied to at least a part of the second portion of the cover member excluding the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Inventors: Yuto Kobayashi, Tsutomu Sakurai, Hideho Fukuda
  • Patent number: 11865988
    Abstract: PROBLEM: To provide a side airbag device that can be stored compactly. RESOLUTION MEANS The present invention is an airbag device to be stowed in a vehicle seat, comprising: an airbag cushion that restrains an occupant by expanding and deploying; an inflator arranged on the inner side of the seat frame which supplies expansion gas to the airbag cushion; and a cover member made of a ductile material that melts and shrinks under heat and pressure to retain the airbag cushion. The airbag cushion includes a rear chamber section where the inflator is stowed, and a front chamber section that extends forward from the rear chamber section that is arranged outside of the seat frame when stowed. The cover member is then configured to heat and pressurize the region corresponding to the front chamber section of the airbag cushion, thereby pressurizing and retaining the relevant section of the airbag cushion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Yuto Kobayashi, Tsutomu Sakurai, Tomofumi Tochigi
  • Publication number: 20230406254
    Abstract: A side airbag device having an airbag cushion that restrains an occupant by expanding and deploying and an inflator disposed on an inner side of the seat frame that supplies expansion gas to the airbag cushion; and a holding part that holds the airbag cushion. The airbag cushion includes an inner expanding portion internally containing the inflator and an outer expanding portion connected to the inner expanding portion and is disposed on an outer side of the seat frame by being folded back at a front edge portion of the seat frame. The outer expanding portion includes a folded portion of the airbag cushion. A forward portion of the holding part contacts an outer surface of the folded portion of the outer expanding portion, and a rearward portion is connected to the seat frame. Furthermore, the holding part is configured to cover a part of the outer expanding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Yuto KOBAYASHI, Takaki SHIBUYA
  • Publication number: 20230410261
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (1) includes a viewpoint position detection unit (15) and a correction processing unit (11). The viewpoint position detection unit (15) detects a viewpoint position (PS) of an observer. The correction processing unit (11) detects a gaze point (GP) on a viewpoint image (VPI) corresponding to the viewpoint position (PS). The correction processing unit (11) blurs an outer edge of the viewpoint image (VPI) away from the gaze point (GP) in a parallax direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: YUTO KOBAYASHI, NORIAKI TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20230402942
    Abstract: A power conversion device comprises: power conversion circuitry for converting DC power into AC power and supplying it into a load according to a switching state quantity defined by combinations among switching parameters of switching devices; a voltage output calculation device for calculating a voltage output value on the power conversion circuitry, based on the switching state quantity; an integration value calculation device for acquiring a voltage reference integration value and a voltage output integration value by integrating a voltage reference value and the calculated voltage output value; a switching update-determination unit for outputting an update signal of the switching state quantity, based on the voltage reference integration value, its allowance value, and the voltage output integration value; and a switching determination table for determining a switching state quantity of the switching devices, based on the voltage reference integration value, the voltage output integration value and the up
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, National University Corporation Nagaoka University of Technology
    Inventors: Tenjiro HIWATARI, Sota SANO, Akira SATAKE, Kiyoshi OHISHI, Yuki YOKOKURA, Yuto KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11833990
    Abstract: This invention relates to a side airbag device stored inside a vehicle seat and fixed to a side frame. The device includes an airbag that expands and deploys to restrict an occupant; an inflator that supplies expansion gas to the airbag; and a bracket connected to the side frame that holds the airbag and the inflator. The airbag includes a prepush chamber having an inflator stored therein and mainly deploys inside of the side frame; and a main chamber connected to the prepush chamber and mainly deploys forward of the side frame. The bracket includes a first surface oriented in the forward direction of the vehicle; and a second surface oriented to the inside of the seat in the width direction of the vehicle. When the airbag is stored by being folded and/or rolled, at least the main chamber is disposed on the first surface of the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Yuto Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Shima, Tsutomu Sakurai
  • Publication number: 20230388472
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (1) includes a cost evaluation unit (12) and a correction processing unit (11). The cost evaluation unit (12) evaluates a correction residual after crosstalk correction processing as a cost (CS). The correction processing unit (11) performs a plurality of different pieces of crosstalk correction processing while determining a correction range and a correction amount based on the cost (CS).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: TAKAAKI SUZUKI, NORIAKI TAKAHASHI, YUTO KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11820319
    Abstract: The airbag device includes a first airbag cushion part and a second airbag cushion part installed on each side of a seat of a vehicle, a first active vent provided in the first airbag cushion part and a second active vent provided in the second airbag cushion part, and a controller that controls the first active vent or the second active vent to open and the other to close when the first airbag cushion part and the second airbag cushion part are expanded and deployed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Yuto Kobayashi, Mitsuo Nogami
  • Publication number: 20230347845
    Abstract: A vehicle airbag device and a method for manufacturing the same, in which stud bolts for securing the device to the vehicle body can be inserted avoiding the sewn sections, and in which unbalanced stresses are not generated in the panel parts during expansion and deployment. The device having a pair of panel parts, a pair of expansion parts integrally provided on the pair of panel parts, the expansion part of the first panel part overlapping the second panel part, and the expansion part of the second panel part overlapping the first panel part, forming an overlapping section by joining each expansion part to each panel part at a sewn section, and joining the overlapping section with a pair of panel part outer edges, the outer sewn section forming a hollow bag body, and providing inflator insertion holes and bolt insertion holes provided through the overlapping section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Yuto KOBAYASHI, Tsutomu SAKURAI
  • Patent number: 11785203
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus (30) includes: a specification unit (331) that specifies a viewpoint position of an observer of a display device (10) that reproduces rays of light that have been sent out by a three-dimensional object; a setting unit (332) that sets a region that makes it possible for the observer to stereoscopically view the three-dimensional object, by using, as a reference, the viewpoint position that has been specified by the specification unit (331); and a display control unit (333) that performs control to cause the display device (10) to emit a ray-of-light group that makes it possible to stereoscopically view the three-dimensional object from an inside of the region that has been set by the setting unit (332), and makes it impossible to stereoscopically view the three-dimensional object from an outside of the region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuto Kobayashi, Noriaki Takahashi, Takaaki Suzuki, Haruka Mitsumori
  • Publication number: 20230317315
    Abstract: A two-core cable includes two coated wires and a metal tape. Each of the two coated wires includes a conductor and an insulating layer that covers an outer surface of the conductor, and the metal tape is configured to collectively cover outer surfaces of the two coated wires. The metal tape has a structure in which a resin layer and a metal layer are stacked, and the resin layer is located towards the two coated wires relative to the metal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Jun OTSUKA, Yuko YAMAGUCHI, Yuto KOBAYASHI, Tatsunori HAYASHISHITA
  • Publication number: 20230307156
    Abstract: A shielded twisted pair cable includes a twisted pair wire including two insulated wires that are twisted together, and a shield configured to cover the twisted pair wire. Each of the two insulated wires includes a conductor, and an insulator covering the conductor. The shield includes a first shield, a second shield, and a third shield in this order from a position closest to the twisted pair wire. The first shield includes a first resin tape with a metal foil, spirally wound around the twisted pair wire, the second shield includes a braided conductor, and the third shield includes a second resin tape with a metal foil. The metal foil of the first resin tape with the metal foil makes contact with the braided conductor, and the braided conductor makes contact with the metal foil of the second resin tape with the metal foil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventor: Yuto KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11766983
    Abstract: An airbag cushion including a cushion rear portion on the inner side of a frame side plate part, a cushion folded portion folded to the outer side of the frame side plate part, and a cushion front portion on the outer side of the frame side plate part. A cover enveloping portion of a cover member has a first end portion engaged with the cushion rear portion and a second end portion that covers a front surface of the cushion folded portion to the cushion front portion and is engaged with a back surface of the cushion folded portion. A cover extension portion connected to the cover enveloping portion by a joint portion and is engaged with the frame side plate part. The cover enveloping portion or the cover extension portion is provided with a weak portion (breakable).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Yuto Kobayashi, Tsutomu Sakurai
  • Patent number: 11752965
    Abstract: A side airbag device that is stowed inside a vehicle seat and protects an occupant seated in the seat, including an airbag that restrains the occupant by expanding and deploying, and an inflator that supplies expansion gas to the airbag. The airbag includes a pre-push chamber that contains the inflator inside and deploys mainly on the occupant side (inside), and a main chamber that is connected to the pre-push chamber and deploys mainly toward the front of the vehicle. When the airbag is in the stowed state, the pre-push chamber forms the first folded part and the main chamber forms the second folded part. At the portion where the first folded part and the second folded part overlap, a sewn part joins the first folded part and at least a portion of the pre-chamber, and the sewn part is configured to break during deployment of the airbag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Yuto Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Shima
  • Patent number: 11752966
    Abstract: The present invention is a side airbag device housed in the side support part of a vehicle seat and includes an airbag for restraining an occupant and an inflator. The airbag includes a first bag housing the inflator which is capable of inflating and deploying, and a second bag capable of inflating and deploying on the side of the first bag. The second bag is configured to be deployed by inflation gas flowing in from the first bag. At the upper edge of the second bag, an inclined part is formed that is inclined to be lower at the front thereof than at the rear thereof when viewed from the vehicle width direction. The front portion of the inclined part is configured to be located lower than the center line extending in the longitudinal direction of the upper arm of the occupant seated in a vehicle seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Yuto Kobayashi, Tsutomu Sakurai
  • Patent number: 11752967
    Abstract: A frame side plate part of a frame member of a seat along a side surface of a backrest; and a bracket attached to the frame side plate part in a condition where an airbag cushion and an inflator are secured. The frame side plate part has a notch region where a predetermined range of a front edge is cut out The bracket has: a base part which is fitted into the notch region of the frame side plate part and to which the airbag cushion and the inflator are secured; and a reaction force plate bent from a front side of the base part and extends to one side in a vehicle width direction. Guide grooves are formed on an upper edge and lower edge of the notch region, and the base part can be inserted into the notch region from the front along the guide grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Yuto Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Shima, Hiroyoshi Shimono, Akira Ishimae
  • Publication number: 20230278516
    Abstract: The present invention provides: an airbag cover which is formed by integrally joining a first base fabric and a second base fabric having mutually different characteristics, and has a joint portion that ensures high productivity in mass production; a method for manufacturing the airbag cover; and an airbag device. The present invention relates to an airbag cover for storing a bag-shaped cushion which is rolled up or folded before being inflated and deployed by a gas supplied from an inflater, and relates to a method for manufacturing the airbag cover. The airbag cover is characterized by comprising a first base fabric made of a plain-woven fabric or a non-woven fabric made from chemical fibers, and a second base fabric containing fibers different from the fibers constituting the first base fabric, and having an initial tensile resistance value higher than an initial tensile resistance value of the first base fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicants: Asahi Kasei Advance Corporation, Autoliv Development AB, Asahi Kasei Advance (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Ishikawa, Atsushi Kobayashi, Yuto Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11731576
    Abstract: Problem: To effectively suppress movement toward a collision site of an occupant even when the occupant is seated only in the driver's seat. Resolution Means: a side airbag device 1 provided on a side surface portion on the center side in the width direction of the backrest SB of the seat s of one of the driver's seat Sd and the passenger seat Sn, and is provided with a cushion 2 that constrains movement of the occupant p toward a site where an impact is applied during a collision event. A portion of the inflator 3 is inserted into the cushion 2. The cushion 2 comprises a main chamber 2 a and a sub-chamber 2 b disposed on the base panel 4 b opposite the occupant side base panel 4 a of the main chamber 2 a that is seated by the occupant p seated in the driver seat Sd.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Makoto Fuma, Yuto Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20230202421
    Abstract: A side airbag deviceis provided with a frame side plate partan airbag cushion embedded in a side support of a seat in a stowed state, and an inflator inserted into the airbag cushion The airbag cushion in stowed state includes a cushion rear part assembled to a frame side plate part a cushion extension part that extends along a seat pad of the side support a cushion folding part folded rearward from the cushion extension part and a cushion front part of the cushion folding part arranged rolled or folded toward the outside of the seatback. The cushion extension part expands toward the center of the seatback 444 and presses on the occupant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventor: Yuto KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230192022
    Abstract: PROBLEM To provide an airbag device capable of efficiently retaining an airbag cushion in stowed form. RESOLUTION MEANS An airbag device 100 is provided with a bag-shaped airbag cushion 112 in a prescribed rolled or folded stowed form, and a cover member 114 for covering an outer periphery of the airbag cushion 112 in stowed form formed of a ductile fabric material containing a plurality of polymer fibers. The cover member 114 has a hard portion 124 in a state in which at least a portion of the plurality of polymer fibers are melted together, and a soft portion 126 that bends more readily than the hard portion 124 in which the percentage of the plurality of polymer fibers that are melted is at least lower than that of the hard portion 124. The airbag device 100 is characterized by a state in which the cover member 114 is bent along the soft portion 126, covering at least a portion of the outer periphery of the airbag cushion 112 in stowed form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Yuto KOBAYASHI, Tsutomu SAKURAI, Hiroyuki SHIMA