Patents by Inventor Akiyoshi Okugawa

Akiyoshi Okugawa 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: 9440569
    Abstract: There is provided a method of manufacturing a vehicle seat configured by covering a seat cover on a sitting surface side of a seat frame via a seat pad and by covering a non-sitting surface side of the seat frame with a carpet, the vehicle seat including an end fixing part having a groove into which both ends of the seat cover and the carpet are to be inserted and fixed. The method includes fixing, to the end of the seat cover, an insertion member having stiffness, which can be inserted and fixed in the groove integrally with the seat cover, arranging the carpet such that the end thereof covers an entrance of the groove, and inserting the insertion member into the groove to thus push and fix the end of the carpet in the groove while the end of the carpet abuts on the insertion member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Okugawa, Kazuya Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9403463
    Abstract: There is provided a panel-shaped seat back frame used for a seat back of a vehicle seat. The panel-shaped seat back frame includes a basic frame member configured by a metallic rod-shaped material, and a panel-shaped forming member which is made of a hard foamed resin and covers the basic frame member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Okugawa, Kazuya Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20140375097
    Abstract: There is provided a panel-shaped seat back frame used for a seat back of a vehicle seat. The panel-shaped seat back frame includes a basic frame member configured by a metallic rod-shaped material, and a panel-shaped forming member which is made of a hard foamed resin and covers the basic frame member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Akiyoshi OKUGAWA, Kazuya SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20140375105
    Abstract: There is provided a method of manufacturing a vehicle seat configured by covering a seat cover on a sitting surface side of a seat frame via a seat pad and by covering a non-sitting surface side of the seat frame with a carpet, the vehicle seat including an end fixing part having a groove into which both ends of the seat cover and the carpet are to be inserted and fixed. The method includes fixing, to the end of the seat cover, an insertion member having stiffness, which can be inserted and fixed in the groove integrally with the seat cover, arranging the carpet such that the end thereof covers an entrance of the groove, and inserting the insertion member into the groove to thus push and fix the end of the carpet in the groove while the end of the carpet abuts on the insertion member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Akiyoshi OKUGAWA, Kazuya SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 6910723
    Abstract: A seat mounting device for a vehicle seat may include at least two locking mechanisms (20) provided on one of a vehicle seat (40) and a vehicle body, and an engagement member (43) provided on the other of the vehicle seat and the vehicle body. The locking mechanisms (20) are interconnected via an interconnecting member (26, 28). The engagement member (43) is arranged and constructed to be locked by the locking mechanisms (20). The locking mechanisms (20) and the engagement member (43) are arranged and constructed such that the engagement member (43) can be engaged with or removed from the locking mechanisms (20) by moving the vehicle seat (40) in one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: Araco Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideki Kawabe, Akiyoshi Okugawa
  • Publication number: 20040075307
    Abstract: A seat mounting device for a vehicle seat may include at least two locking mechanisms (20) provided on one of a vehicle seat (40) and a vehicle body, and an engagement member (43) provided on the other of the vehicle seat and the vehicle body. The locking mechanisms (20) are interconnected via an interconnecting member (26, 28). The engagement member (43) is arranged and constructed to be locked by the locking mechanisms (20). The locking mechanisms (20) and the engagement member (43) are arranged and constructed such that the engagement member (43) can be engaged with or removed from the locking mechanisms (20) by moving the vehicle seat (40) in one direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Inventors: Hideki Kawabe, Akiyoshi Okugawa