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).

  • Publication number: 20180301247
    Abstract: A parallel pair cable includes: a pair of insulated wires each of which includes an insulating layer around a conductor; a covering resin layer which is in contact with the pair of insulated wires, and which covers the pair of insulated wires; and a shield layer which is disposed outside the covering resin layer in contact with the covering resin layer, and which includes a metal layer. The pair of insulated wires are in contact with each other and arranged in parallel without being twisted, and the covering resin layer is formed by extrusion of resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yuto KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20180297549
    Abstract: A side airbag device 100 includes: a main bag 120, is built in a seat of a vehicle, and inflates and deploys toward a side of an occupant and a vehicle front side; an inner bag 122 which is formed in a bag shape independent of the main bag 120, and inflates and deploys on a vehicle rear side inside the main bag 120. An inflator 110 provided inside the inner bag 122 to supply gas; and a tension member 126 which spans between the vehicle front side and the vehicle rear side inside the inner bag 122 and is tensioned as the inner bag 122 inflates and deploys. The length of the inner bag 122 in the front-back direction of the vehicle at inflation is restricted by the tension member 126 to a predetermined range, and the inner bag therefore inflates in a vehicle width direction and pushes and spreads the vehicle rear side of the main bag 120 from the inside of the main bag 120 to both sides in the vehicle width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: YUTO KOBAYASHI, HIROYUKI TAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180265032
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle side airbag device including a shoulder protection part and a chest protection part and being capable of protecting the chest by the chest protection part that lifts an arm softly without flipping the same as required depending on a collision state while protecting a shoulder by the shoulder protection part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: YUTO KOBAYASHI, YUTAKA NAKAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20180186326
    Abstract: A side air bag device restraining an occupant at the early stage of the deployment. A seat back has a side support part bulging in a vehicle forward direction at a side part in a vehicle width direction. A seat frame of the seat is provided inside the seat. The side air bag device has an air bag deploying to restrain an occupant and an inflator supplying inflating gas. A side frame part of the seat frame is inside the side support part, and the side air bag device is on an outer side of the side frame. The air bag has a main chamber deploying forward and to an outer side of the side support part and a sub-chamber deploying inside the side support part. The sub-chamber deploys further toward a forward side than a vehicle forward edge of the side frame, at least a front part of the side support part protrudes and deforms toward an occupant side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: YUTO KOBAYASHI, HIROYUKI TAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 9975519
    Abstract: A side airbag (2), for mounting to a seat frame (7) having a support surface (7a) facing a vehicle door. An inflator (6) is stored inside the side airbag near a rear end in a deployment and inflation direction. The side airbag has a folded portion (X1) with a folding line (F1) and a superposed portion (S) sequentially from the side of the inflator to a front end thereof in the deployment and inflation direction. The folded portion has an abutment portion (Q) folded back to a vehicle rear side from a vehicle front side on a front side of the inflator in a vehicle front-back direction along the folding line and abutted against the support surface. The superposed portion is formed in a rolled and superposed state, and the folded portion is arranged between the support surface and the superposed portion in the vehicle-widthwise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventor: Yuto Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9961813
    Abstract: A shielded cable includes signal wires each having a signal conductor covered by an insulator, and a shield conductor comprising a metal foil resin tape spirally and overlappingly wrapped around the two signal wires, wherein an edge portion of the metal foil resin tape is folded back so that the metal foil therein is oriented outward, thereby bringing metal foils, which are arranged on lower and upper sides in the overlapping part of wrapping of the metal foil resin tape, into electrical contact with each other. The shielded cable includes two drain wires provided outside the metal foil resin tape and configured to be in electrical contact with an exposed part of the outwardly folded-back metal foil, which is exposed out of the overlapping part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yuto Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20180111579
    Abstract: A curtain airbag device that allows easy recognition and correction of twisting of an airbag during attaching. The curtain airbag device can be stored in a compact manner during transportation. The curtain airbag device including an airbag that is disposed along a roof side rail of a vehicle interior, and that can deploy so as to cover a window portion on a side face of the vehicle interior, the curtain airbag device further including a cover that covers the airbag, at least, in a part of the folded or rolled airbag in the longitudinal direction. The cover is formed of a pliable fabric material of polymer fibers, and maintains the shape of the rolled-up airbag through mutual fusion of at least a part of the polymer fibers. A high stiffness portion harder than other portions and formed during the fusion of the cover is provided in the cover extending in the longitudinal direction of the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: TAKAYUKI SHIMIZU, YUTO KOBAYASHI, MITSUO NOGAMI, HIROYOSHI SHIMONO
  • Publication number: 20180108455
    Abstract: A parallel pair cable includes a pair of metal wires aligned in parallel at a predetermined interval, an insulating resin configured to integrally cover the pair of metal wires and having a cross-sectional shape of an ellipse, and a shield layer provided on an outer periphery of the insulating resin. The shield layer is a layer formed by plating or vapor-depositing metal on an outer peripheral surface of the insulating resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yuto KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20180096755
    Abstract: A parallel pair cable includes a pair of insulated electric wires aligned in parallel, a shield tape longitudinally wrapped around the pair of insulated electric wires, a drain wire disposed inside the shield tape, and an insulating tape wrapped on an outer side of the shield tape. The shield tape has a metal layer provided on an inner surface thereof. The drain wire is provided to electrically contact the metal layer. A surface of the metal layer is provided with an adhesion surface having an adhesive applied thereto. The adhesion surface and the pair of insulated electric wires are adhered to each other. An area of the adhesion surface is 30% to 70% of a surface area of the metal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi TSUJINO, Yuto KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20180075948
    Abstract: A parallel pair cable includes a pair of insulated wires arranged to be in contact with each other, parallel to each other and not twisted, a first resin tape wrapped around the pair of insulated wires, and a shield tape longitudinally folded on the outside of the first resin tape and comprising a metal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yuto KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20180065591
    Abstract: A side airbag apparatus which allows a reduced amount of base fabric and, enables gas to flow efficiently inside the cushion. An inflator (110) supplies gas, a cushion (104) in which base fabrics are formed into a bag shape and inflates and deploys to protect an occupant (118) during a vehicle emergency, a base fabric joint portion (120) which is provided to join main panels 108a and 108b of the cushion (104) in a linear manner and partitions the cushion (104) into a rear chamber (114), a front chamber (116), and an opening (123) provided midway along the base fabric joint portion (120). The base fabric joint portion (120) includes vent forming portions 125a and 125b arranged in two rows which extend from both ends of the opening (123) towards the front chamber (116) or rear chamber (114) and form a projecting vent (124). The projecting vent (124) permits flow of gas between the rear chamber (114) and the front chamber (116).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: HIROYUKI TAGUCHI, YUTAKA NAKAJIMA, HIDEHO FUKUDA, MITSUO NOGAMI, YUTO KOBAYASHI, MAKOTO FUMA
  • Publication number: 20180050653
    Abstract: A cover member (18) is formed of a pliable fabric material having a plurality of polymer fibers, and is configured to maintain the shape of the airbag by mutual fusion of at least part of the polymer fibers. The cover member (18) is configured to have a high stiffness portion (25) of higher stiffness than other portions of the cover member, as a result of partial overlaying of the pliable fabric material in more folds than at other portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Applicant: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: TAKAYUKI SHIMIZU, YUTO KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20180043853
    Abstract: An airbag apparatus capable of protecting an occupant by restraining movement of the occupant in an obliquely forward direction and towards a far side during a collision. A far side airbag apparatus (102), which is an airbag apparatus, deploys between a driver seat (106) and a front passenger seat (108) arranged side by side in a vehicle width direction of a vehicle cabin (100). The apparatus (102) includes a cushion (120) which is embedded in a floor of the vehicle cabin (100) and reaches a height at least equal to that of a pelvis region (160) of an occupant (156) seated in either one of the driver seat (106) and the front passenger seat (108) during inflation and deployment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: HIROYUKI TAGUCHI, YUTAKA NAKAJIMA, HIDEHO FUKUDA, MITSUO NOGAMI, YUTO KOBAYASHI, MAKOTO FUMA
  • Patent number: 9783149
    Abstract: A side airbag device having a plurality of chambers. The side airbag 100 includes: an inflator 110; a rear chamber 114 which deploys at a side part 108 of a seat back 106 and a middle restraining part 122 that protrudes toward the front of a vehicle and a main part 120 at a rear side. A sectioning wall 124 which constitutes a front edge and an upper edge of the rear chamber 114. A front chamber 116 inflates into areas toward the front of the vehicle and the upper part of the vehicle from the sectioning wall 124. An upper opening 126 is formed on the sectioning wall 124 in a rear part of the upper edge of the rear chamber 114. A lower opening 128 is formed on the sectioning wall 124 in a lower part of the front edge of the rear chamber 114.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Taguchi, Yutaka Nakajima, Hideho Fukuda, Mitsuo Nogami, Yuto Kobayashi, Makoto Fuma
  • Publication number: 20170274861
    Abstract: A side airbag for enhancing protection of a shoulder area of a vehicle occupant having an airbag (10) which deploys beside an occupant toward the vehicle front, and an inflator (20). Before deploying, the airbag (10) is in a state having: an overlapping part (12) formed by overlapping a portion near an end part by accordion-folding or rolling; a folded-back part (14) on an inner side of the overlapping part (12) in a vehicle width direction and extended toward the front of the vehicle and folded back toward the rear of the vehicle; and a bent part (16) formed by bending a portion of the folded-back part (14), protruding from the overlapping part (12) toward the front of the vehicle toward an outer side in the vehicle width direction and covering at least part of the overlapping part (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Naoki Hatakeyama, Keita Eguchi, Yuto Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20170231124
    Abstract: A shielded cable includes signal wires each having a signal conductor covered by an insulator, and a shield conductor comprising a metal foil resin tape spirally and overlappingly wrapped around the two signal wires, wherein an edge portion of the metal foil resin tape is folded back so that the metal foil therein is oriented outward, thereby bringing metal foils, which are arranged on lower and upper sides in the overlapping part of wrapping of the metal foil resin tape, into electrical contact with each other. The shielded cable includes two drain wires provided outside the metal foil resin tape and configured to be in electrical contact with an exposed part of the outwardly folded-back metal foil, which is exposed out of the overlapping part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yuto KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 9728303
    Abstract: A shielded cable includes two signal wires, each of which having a signal conductor covered with an insulator, and a shield conductor having a metal clad resin tape spirally wrapped around the two signal wires in a lump. The insulator is configured so that a section thereof is to be deformable by an external force. A residual diameter ratio of the signal wire is 80% or greater and 95% or less when load of 1 kg is applied to the signal wire for 30 minutes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuto Kobayashi, Hayato Matsushita
  • Publication number: 20170197579
    Abstract: A side airbag device having a plurality of chambers. The side airbag 100 includes: an inflator 110; a rear chamber 114 which deploys at a side part 108 of a seat back 106 and a middle restraining part 122 that protrudes toward the front of a vehicle and a main part 120 at a rear side. A sectioning wall 124 which constitutes a front edge and an upper edge of the rear chamber 114. A front chamber 116 inflates into areas toward the front of the vehicle and the upper part of the vehicle from the sectioning wall 124. An upper opening 126 is formed on the sectioning wall 124 in a rear part of the upper edge of the rear chamber 114. A lower opening 128 is formed on the sectioning wall 124 in a lower part of the front edge of the rear chamber 114.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Taguchi, Yutaka Nakajima, Hideho Fukuda, Mitsuo Nogami, Yuto Kobayashi, Makoto Fuma
  • Patent number: 9704615
    Abstract: A shielded cable comprising two insulated wire covered with first and second metal clad resin tapes each of which has a laminated metal layer and a resin layer. The first metal clad resin tape covers the circumference of the two insulated wires by open-wrapping and the second metal clad resin tape is spirally wrapped around the circumference of the first metal clad resin tape. The first and second metal clad resin tapes are disposed while the metal layers face each other and, in the portion where the second metal clad resin tape is overlapped by wrapping, the metal layer of the overlapped one second metal clad resin tape and the metal layer of the other second metal clad resin tape are in contact with the first metal clad resin tape. The shielded cable can prevent sharp signal attenuation in a high frequency region and is easy to bend and flexible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Motoi Matsuda, Katsumi Karube, Yuto Kobayashi, Takaki Endo, Yoshiaki Arakawa, Hayato Matsushita
  • Publication number: 20170129446
    Abstract: A side airbag device 1 having a tensioned tether 5 is attached to an outer surface of the airbag 2 on a side facing an occupant. The tether 5 has a shape with a front edge 5a vertical length a longer than a rear edge 5b vertical length. The front edge 5a continuously extends in a vertical direction along a front end 2c of the airbag 2 between upper and lower parts when deployed. The rear edge continuously extends in the vertical near a rear end 2d of the airbag 2 between the upper and lower parts. The front edge 5a joins in the vertical direction to the airbag 2 front end 2c, and the tether 5 moves in an oblique direction having a vertical and horizontal direction components in a state of being pulled in an oblique direction inclined to the vertical direction when deployed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Yuto Kobayashi, Makoto Fuma