Patents Assigned to TS Tech Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 11964593
    Abstract: In an arrangement which includes a seat support body slidably supported on a fixed rail fixed to a floor; a power supply device supplying power to an electrical component on a seat side; and a drive device driving the seat support body in a front-and-rear direction and having a motor and a transmission member disposed so as to pass longitudinally through an interior of the fixed rail, the power supply device includes: a housing housing an electric wire for power supply; and a slider linked to the seat support body and slidable within the fixed rail. The electric wire is drawn out from the housing, retained by the slider and slidable within the fixed rail. The slider has an interference-avoiding portion for avoiding interference with the transmission member disposed so as to pass longitudinally through the interior of the fixed rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsukasa Meguro, Toshiaki Shimada, Nobuyuki Tezuka
  • Patent number: 11958385
    Abstract: A seat includes a seat body and a sensor configured to acquired information on an occupant seated on the seat body. The seat includes a coating as a location marker that marks a location of the sensor to render the location visually recognizable from outside the seat body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaku, Ryuichiro Hirose, Hiroyuki Numajiri, Satoshi Fujita, Takako Miyoshi, Munetaka Kowa, Atsushi Kusano, Yoshikazu Ito, Yousuke Higashi, Satoshi Suzuki, Ryosuke Sato, Kento Uetake, Yasuharu Otsuka, Satoru Kaneda
  • Patent number: 11951920
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an operation device which can be easily installed on a vehicle door, and a vehicle door comprising the operation device. An operation device of the present invention comprises: a gripper provided on an inner surface of a door of a vehicle; an operation interface provided on an inner side surface of the gripper for receiving an operation input entered by an occupant to operate at least one in-vehicle device; a first sensor provided on an outer side surface of the gripper for detecting a finger of the occupant; a second sensor provided on at least one of the inner side surface and an upper surface of the gripper for detecting a finger of the occupant; and a controller connected to the operation interface, the first sensor, the second sensor, and the at least one in-vehicle device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinichi Tanabe, Takayoshi Ito, Kazumasa Narita, Yuma Miyamoto, Akihito Kobayashi, Kodai Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11951888
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion S1 and a seat back S2. The seat back S2 includes a seat back frame F2 constituting a framework thereof, a pressure-receiving member 30 located in the seat back frame F2 and designed to support an upper body of an occupant, elastically supporting members 26, 27 elastically supporting the pressure-receiving member 30 in the seat back frame F2, and a cover material covering the seat back frame F2 and the pressure-receiving member 30. The seat back is configured such that when a backward movement load is applied from the upper body of the occupant seated on the seat cushion S1 to the seat back S2, the pressure-receiving member 30 moves backward to allow the upper body of the occupant to sink into the seat back S2. A vibrating unit 50 is attached to the pressure-receiving member 30.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toyokazu Nakano, Haruki Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 11945347
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicle seat (car seat) comprising a seat cushion pad (seat body) having an air passage connected to an outlet port (114), and a blower having an inlet port (113) and configured to feed air taken in through the inlet port (113) to the air passage. The blower (100) is located on the lower side of the seat cushion pad (seat body) that is opposite to an occupant's side on which an occupant is to be seated, and the inlet port (113) is directed upward that is a direction toward the seat cushion pad (seat body).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sachio Kobayashi, Hayato Shimazaki, Kazuhiro Oshima
  • Patent number: 11945343
    Abstract: A car seat includes an actuator capable of changing an orientation of a rest surface of a seat back laterally by turning and moving at least a side portion frame that is part of the car seat frontward and rearward, and a controller configured to exercise control over the actuator. The controller includes a run-time posture support unit configured to execute a run-time posture support control under which when a car makes a turn, the actuator is regulated to cause the rest surface of the seat back to be oriented in a direction of the turn. The run-time posture support unit is configured to regulate the actuator in accordance with a placement of the seat in the car, when the run-time posture support unit executes the run-time posture support control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Sugiyama, Akira Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 11945350
    Abstract: Provided is to stabilize a fixed state of each bag body provided at a vehicle seat and configured to expand to push a corresponding one of the shoulders of a seated passenger. Of a seat back provided at the vehicle seat, each shoulder support configured to support a corresponding one of the shoulders of the seated passenger includes an air cell configured to expand by injection of air. The air cell includes protrusions extending in a predetermined direction and provided at respective end portions of the air bag in the extending direction thereof. The air cell is attached to the inside of the seat back in such a manner that each of the protrusions provided at respective end portions in the extending direction is fixed to a corresponding one of fixing positions separated from each other in the width direction of the vehicle seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kensuke Mizoi, Ryuzaburo Abe, Kenichi Niitsuma, Soichiro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11938852
    Abstract: A sensor disposition structure in a seat includes a cushion pad and a board-like member which is disposed under the cushion pad. A concave is formed in an upper surface of the board-like member, and a sensor is disposed in the concave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soichiro Kamei, Hiromi Taniguchi, Koji Onuma
  • Patent number: 11938851
    Abstract: A bracket for attaching an actuator is easily bonded to a side frame while avoiding interference with a shaft for driving a reclining mechanism. In a seat side frame which is provided at each of both ends of a seat back frame in the width direction, a reclining mechanism, and an actuator, the reclining mechanism is attached to a side wall of the side frame, and the actuator is fixed to an attachment bracket bonded to an inner surface of a portion to which the reclining mechanism is attached in the side wall in the width direction. An upper portion which is disposed above the attachment portion of the reclining mechanism and a lower portion which is disposed below the attachment portion thereof are connected to each other at the rear ends thereof and are separated from each other at the front ends thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masayuki Hoshi
  • Patent number: 11932145
    Abstract: Provided is a conveyance seat with which the assemblability of a wire member with respect to a seat frame can be improved. A conveyance seat includes a seat frame. The seat frame has: a pair of side frames arranged in side portions of the conveyance seat; and a cross-linking frame cross-linking the pair of side frames, a wire member is disposed between the pair of side frames, the cross-linking frame has a wire receiving portion receiving the wire member, and the wire member is fastened to the wire receiving portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Taro Murayama
  • Patent number: 11932141
    Abstract: Provided is vehicle seat with a seat cushion and a seat back, the vehicle seat comprising: a pair of cushion side frames; a duct extending from the seat cushion along a rear side of a cushion frame toward the seat back and connecting an air passage and a blower, the air passage being formed in at least one of the seat cushion and the seat back; and a side frame cover configured to cover at least part of the cushion side frame. The side frame cover includes a duct cover portion configured to cover part of the duct at the rear side of the cushion frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Hoshi, Kazuki Kobayashi, Tomohisa Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11932147
    Abstract: Disclosed is a seat including: sensors which includes a first cushion sensor provided at a seat cushion in a position corresponding to buttocks of an occupant, a second cushion sensor provided at the seat cushion and located farther frontward than the first cushion sensor, a first back sensor provided at a seat back and located in a lower position thereof, and a second back sensor provided at the seat back and located above the first back sensor; and a controller connected to the sensors and thereby allowed to acquire pressure values from the respective sensors. The controller is configured to identify the motion of the occupant based on outputs of at least two sensors of the first cushion sensor, the second cushion sensor, the first back sensor, and the second back sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaku, Atsushi Kusano, Hiroyuki Numajiri, Satoshi Fujita, Takako Miyoshi, Munetaka Kowa, Ryuichiro Hirose, Yoshikazu Ito, Yosuke Higashi, Satoshi Suzuki, Ryosuke Sato, Kento Uetake, Yasuharu Otsuka, Satoru Kaneda
  • Patent number: 11932144
    Abstract: A vehicle seat that can suitably protect a seated occupant against an impact from a seat width direction is described, while enlargement of the seat in the seat width direction is restrained. A support member provided to the vehicle seat supports the seated occupant from a side of the seated occupant, and includes an inner plate attached to a seat width direction inner side of a side frame, an outer plate attached to a seat width direction outer side of the side frame, and a connection plate for connecting the inner plate and the outer plate on a seat front side. The outer plate is attached to the seat width direction outer side of the side frame at a position that does not overlap in the seat width direction with attachment positions of the inner plate and the side frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinichi Tanabe, Akimitsu Kurihara
  • Patent number: 11904749
    Abstract: Disclosed is a seat including: sensors which includes a first cushion sensor provided at a seat cushion in a position corresponding to buttocks of an occupant, a second cushion sensor provided at the seat cushion and located farther frontward than the first cushion sensor, a first back sensor provided at a seat back and located in a lower position thereof, and a second back sensor provided at the seat back and located above the first back sensor; and a controller connected to the sensors and thereby allowed to acquire pressure values from the respective sensors. The controller is configured to identify the motion of the occupant based on outputs of at least two sensors of the first cushion sensor, the second cushion sensor, the first back sensor, and the second back sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaku, Atsushi Kusano, Hiroyuki Numajiri, Satoshi Fujita, Takako Miyoshi, Munetaka Kowa, Ryuichiro Hirose, Yoshikazu Ito, Yosuke Higashi, Satoshi Suzuki, Ryosuke Sato, Kento Uetake, Yasuharu Otsuka, Satoru Kaneda
  • Patent number: 11904747
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes right and left side frames 10, and an elastic member (cushion spring 20) run between the right and left side frames 10. The right and left side frames 10 include side walls 11 disposed opposite to each other in a lateral direction, and flange portions (upper flange portions 12) respectively extending laterally inward from the side walls 11, and the elastic member is attached to the flange portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Teppei Ito
  • Patent number: 11896396
    Abstract: A sensor-equipped seat detecting various parameters and determining a change in physical condition of a seated occupant includes: a surface temperature sensor detecting a seat surface temperature on a seated occupant side and acquiring surface temperature data; an outside air temperature sensor detecting the seat body outside temperature and acquiring outside air temperature data; and a controller having a calculation unit calculating the degree of change in temperature difference from the surface temperature data and the outside air temperature data and a wakefulness determination unit determining a wakefulness state of the seated occupant based on the degree of change. The calculation unit calculates the degree of change in temperature difference from the seat surface temperature in the surface temperature data and the outside air temperature in the outside air temperature data, the degree of data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shinji Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 11896141
    Abstract: In a configuration in which a holder holding a controller is mounted on a seat part with a plate-shaped member, the exposure of the mounting part of the plate-shaped member on which the holder is mounted is eliminated. A seat device includes a pressure sensor measuring a value relating to the seated person's state, a vibration imparting device performing a vibration imparting operation, an ECU controlling the vibration imparting device corresponding to the measurement result of the pressure sensor, a holder holding the ECU, and a mounting bracket fixed to a lower frame such that the holder is mounted on the lower frame of a seat part. The mounting bracket includes a mounting projection on which side wall of the holder is mounted in a predetermined mounting direction. When the side wall is mounted on the mounting projection, the mounting projection is covered with the side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Sugiyama, Takayuki Inose
  • Patent number: 11890979
    Abstract: The load applied to a connecting member that connects a second horizontal shaft to a base member in a headrest for a vehicle is reduced. The headrest comprises a pillar member including a right and a left vertical shaft extending upward from an upper part of a seat back, a right and a left first horizontal shaft extending forward from upper ends of the respective vertical shafts, each first horizontal shaft including a curved section, and a second horizontal shaft extending laterally between front parts of the first horizontal shafts, a base member including a base vertical portion extending vertically ahead of the vertical shafts, a base upper portion extending rearward from an upper end of the base vertical portion, and a right and a left first hole formed in the base upper portion to have the respective curved sections or the respective vertical shafts passed therethrough, a connecting member pivotably connecting the base upper portion to the second horizontal shaft, and a pad supported by the base member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Steven Johnson, Jacob Williams, James Denlinger, Dinesh Hadadare, Adam Greening, Chase Hemmelgarn, Peter Schupska, Ryan Buffington, Jason Christopher, David Saintignon
  • Publication number: 20240025429
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a driving controller that switches between autonomous driving an manual driving of a vehicle, a seat whose form is changed between a form during autonomous driving and a form during manual driving that are different from each other, and a seat controller that controls motion of the seat when a form of the seat is changed. If the seat is in a form during autonomous driving, the driving controller does not switch autonomous driving to manual driving when controlling the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetoshi OZAWA, Takayoshi ITO
  • Patent number: 11878612
    Abstract: Provided is a conveyance seat in which an increase in size is suppressed while an impact to be applied to a seated occupant when an impact such as a collision is generated is properly absorbed. A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion. The seat cushion includes a seat cushion frame including a pair of side frames provided to be separated from each other in a width direction of the vehicle seat, a seat cushion pad placed on the seat cushion frame, and an impact absorbing member provided below the seat cushion pad. The impact absorbing member is disposed between the pair of side frames in the width direction of the vehicle seat. The impact absorbing member is provided with a cavity portion. The impact absorbing member is supported from below by a plate-shaped member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Ishizuka, Atsushi Yamabe