Patents by Inventor Eishi Takeuchi
Eishi Takeuchi 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: 9227685Abstract: Provided herein is a vehicle having high driving operability during turning. The vehicle having a right wheel provided at the right of a main body and a left wheel provided at the left of the main body, includes a right lower arm that connects the main body to the right wheel, a left lower arm that connects the main body to the left wheel, and foot placement sections that are respectively mounted to the right and left lower arms in order to place feet of a driver thereon. A mounting position of the right lower arm to the main body is to the left of the main body and a mounting position of the left lower arm to the main body is to the right of the main body.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2014Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kohshi Katoh, Kuniaki Gotou, Eishi Takeuchi
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Publication number: 20150367756Abstract: A vehicle seat of the present invention includes a seatback frame, a backrest section that supports a back of an occupant, a swivel-coupling section that couples the backrest section and that is capable of swiveling with respect to the seatback frame in a seat width direction, and an outer periphery support section that couples plural locations at an outer peripheral side of the backrest section to the seatback frame, that supports the backrest section with respect to the seatback frame, and that permits the backrest section to swivel.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2015Publication date: December 24, 2015Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kohshi KATOH, Eishi TAKEUCHI, Tsutomu HAMABE, Yasuhiro SUWA
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Publication number: 20150352981Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a supporting member that supports a load of a seated person, a cushion frame, a rear pipe that is rotatably attached to the cushion frame, a lifter link that is fixed to the rear pipe, and a bracket that is rotatably attached to the rear pipe. An inclination of the cushion frame changes when the cushion frame is moved up and down by tilting the lifter link. The supporting member is connected to the rear pipe via the bracket.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2015Publication date: December 10, 2015Applicants: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hidetaka NAGAYASU, Osamu KANEKO, Kohshi KATOH, Eishi TAKEUCHI
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Patent number: 9205856Abstract: The vehicle having a pair of left and right wheels includes a seating section configured such that a driver is able to take a seat by straddling the same, foot placement sections located beneath the seating section to be respectively provided at left and right positions with the seating section interposed therebetween, the foot placement sections being respectively supported by lower arms connected to the wheels, feet of the driver being placed on the foot placement sections, and a grip section gripped with a hand of the driver. Left and right steering may be performed by twisting the feet placed on the foot placement sections by the driver.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2014Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kohshi Katoh, Kuniaki Gotou, Eishi Takeuchi
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Publication number: 20150343924Abstract: A vehicle seat apparatus includes a seat portion, a seatback arranged on a rear side of the seat portion, a seat portion supporting mechanism that supports the seat portion such that a right side and a left side of the seat portion are able to move relative to one another in a vertical direction of the vehicle seat apparatus, and a seat portion restoring force generating mechanism that generates a restoring force that returns the seat portion to an original position when the seat portion rotates.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2014Publication date: December 3, 2015Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Eishi TAKEUCHI, Kohshi KATOH, Koki KUNUGI
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Publication number: 20150306982Abstract: A vehicle seat control device includes a seat unit on which an occupant sits, a seat unit support mechanism that supports the seat unit such that a right side and a left side of the seat unit are capable of moving relative to each other in a vehicle up-down direction, a lock actuator for fixing the relative movement in the up-down direction of the seat unit supported by the seat unit support mechanism, and a seat ECU that controls the lock actuator so as to fix the seat unit in cases in which a predetermined fixing condition for fixing the seat unit has been satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2015Publication date: October 29, 2015Applicants: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tsutomu HAMABE, Reiji IWAIHARA, Kohshi KATOH, Eishi TAKEUCHI, Hikaru SATO
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Patent number: 9168942Abstract: The vehicle a pair of left and right wheels includes a seating section configured such that a driver is able to take a seat by straddling the same, foot placement sections located beneath the seating section to be respectively provided at left and right positions with the seating section interposed therebetween, the foot placement sections being respectively supported by lower arms connected to the wheels, feet of the driver being placed on the foot placement sections, and a grip section gripped with a hand of the driver. Left and right steering may be performed by twisting the feet placed on the foot placement sections by the driver.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2014Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kohshi Katoh, Kuniaki Gotou, Eishi Takeuchi
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Publication number: 20150266448Abstract: There is provided a vehicle seat including: a seat main body including a seating portion, a seat back that supports an upper body of the vehicle occupant seated on the seating portion, and a headrest that is provided at an upper side of the seat back and supports a head portion of the vehicle occupant; a seatbelt that restrains the upper body of the vehicle occupant with respect to the seat back; a belt guide portion that is provided at an upper portion of the seat back or at the headrest, and through which the seatbelt is inserted, and that guides the seatbelt; and a rotating portion that, following movement of a shoulder portion of the vehicle occupant, changes a direction of guiding the seatbelt by rotating the belt guide portion by external force applied due to tension of the seatbelt.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2015Publication date: September 24, 2015Inventors: Norihisa AOKI, Kohshi KATOH, Eishi TAKEUCHI
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Patent number: 9132761Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle seat that is capable of changing a property of S springs with a simple configuration and therefore improves a seating property by changing the property of the S spring in response to a physique of a passenger. In regard to a vehicle seat 1 in which S springs 6 are stretched in a seat cushion frame that supports a seat cushion on which the passenger sits, a restriction member 13 that is detachably attached to each of the S springs 6 and partially restricts an extensional deformation of the S springs 6 is provided. The restriction member 13 includes a pair of wire hook portions 15 and 16 that is hooked on a horizontal portion 8 and a back-end horizontal portion 12 of the S spring 6, and a long wire portion 14 that connects the pair of wire hook portions 15 and 16.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2011Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Eishi Takeuchi, Kohshi Katoh, Shunsuke Tanaka
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Patent number: 9045058Abstract: A vehicle seat apparatus includes a seat unit supporting mechanism rotatably supporting a seat unit about a rotation axis in a roll direction of a vehicle and a yaw direction of the vehicle. The rotation axis is set so that a rear side is higher than a front side in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle seat apparatus, and so as to pass near a waist of a driver sitting on the vehicle seat apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2011Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kohshi Katoh, Eishi Takeuchi
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Publication number: 20150142289Abstract: The vehicle includes a seating section provided in a main body and configured such that a driver is able to take a seat by straddling the same, foot placement sections located beneath the seating section to be respectively provided at left and right positions of sides of the main body with the seating section interposed therebetween, feet of the seated driver being placed on the foot placement sections, and a grip section located in front of the seating section and disposed above the seating section, the grip section being gripped with a hand of the driver so as to be operated, an acceleration operation being performed by tilting the grip section in a forward direction, a deceleration operation being performed by tilting the grip section in a rearward direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2014Publication date: May 21, 2015Inventors: Kohshi KATOH, Kuniaki GOTOU, Eishi TAKEUCHI
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Publication number: 20150137468Abstract: The vehicle a pair of left and right wheels includes a seating section configured such that a driver is able to take a seat by straddling the same, foot placement sections located beneath the seating section to be respectively provided at left and right positions with the seating section interposed therebetween, the foot placement sections being respectively supported by lower arms connected to the wheels, feet of the driver being placed on the foot placement sections, and a grip section gripped with a hand of the driver. Left and right steering may be performed by twisting the feet placed on the foot placement sections by the driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2014Publication date: May 21, 2015Inventors: Kohshi KATOH, Kuniaki GOTOU, Eishi TAKEUCHI
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Publication number: 20150137472Abstract: Provided herein is a vehicle having high driving operability during turning. The vehicle having a right wheel provided at the right of a main body and a left wheel provided at the left of the main body, includes a right lower arm that connects the main body to the right wheel, a left lower arm that connects the main body to the left wheel, and foot placement sections that are respectively mounted to the right and left lower arms in order to place feet of a driver thereon. A mounting position of the right lower arm to the main body is to the left of the main body and a mounting position of the left lower arm to the main body is to the right of the main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2014Publication date: May 21, 2015Inventors: Kohshi KATOH, Kuniaki GOTOU, Eishi TAKEUCHI
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Publication number: 20150130237Abstract: Disclosed is a seat for a vehicle including a seatback portion and a seat portion. The seatback portion includes a lower portion of the seatback portion that supports a lower part of an upper body of an occupant sitting in the seat portion, and an upper portion of the seatback portion that supports an upper part of the upper body. The lower portion of the seatback portion has support resistance against the lateral movement of the upper body, which is lower than that of the upper portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2012Publication date: May 14, 2015Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Eishi Takeuchi, Kohshi Katoh
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Publication number: 20150108806Abstract: A conveyance seat includes a seat frame; a seat pad; and a support body disposed based on a center portion of a distribution of a sitting pressure applied by a seated occupant to the seat pad. The support body is supported with respect to the seat frame such that a front end portion thereof is rotatable in a right-left direction about a straight line tilted upward in a direction from a front side toward a rear side, and a rear end portion thereof is movable in the right-left direction. The seat pad includes a fixed portion that is supported at a fixed position by the seat frame, and a movable portion that is supported by the support body such that the movable portion is movable.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2014Publication date: April 23, 2015Applicants: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hidetaka NAGAYASU, Kohshi KATOH, Eishi TAKEUCHI
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Publication number: 20150061338Abstract: There is provided a vehicle seat including a seat cushion configured to support a weight of a sitting passenger from below, and a seat back configured to support an upper body of the sitting passenger from a back side thereof. The seat back includes a seat back fixing part including a back frame which configures a frame of the seat back, and a seat back moving part configured to support the upper body of the passenger at a passenger sitting surface side of the seat back fixing part. The seat back moving part is supported to the seat back fixing part so as to be rotatable about an upper part thereof in a left-right direction which corresponds to lateral sides of the sitting passenger.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Inventors: Hidetaka NAGAYASU, Osamu KANEKO, Eishi TAKEUCHI, Kohshi KATOH
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Publication number: 20140191550Abstract: A vehicle seat apparatus includes a seat unit supporting mechanism rotatably supporting a seat unit about a rotation axis in a roll direction of a vehicle and a yaw direction of the vehicle. The rotation axis is set so that a rear side is higher than a front side in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle seat apparatus, and so as to pass near a waist of a driver sitting on the vehicle seat apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2011Publication date: July 10, 2014Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kohshi Katoh, Eishi Takeuchi
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Publication number: 20140159463Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle seat that is capable of changing a property of S springs with a simple configuration and therefore improves a seating property by changing the property of the S spring in response to a physique of a passenger. In regard to a vehicle seat 1 in which S springs 6 are stretched in a seat cushion frame that supports a seat cushion on which the passenger sits, a restriction member 13 that is detachably attached to each of the S springs 6 and partially restricts an extensional deformation of the S springs 6 is provided. The restriction member 13 includes a pair of wire hook portions 15 and 16 that is hooked on a horizontal portion 8 and a back-end horizontal portion 12 of the S spring 6, and a long wire portion 14 that connects the pair of wire hook portions 15 and 16.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2011Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Eishi Takeuchi, Kohshi Katoh, Shunsuke Tanaka
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Publication number: 20140077766Abstract: A charging/discharging support center provides normal power sales/purchase price information, including a power purchase price of power purchased to charge a battery of a vehicle and a power sales price of power discharged from the battery for sale, depending on whether it is busy hours during which a large-scale store is crowded or slow hours during which the large-scale store is not crowded, based on the past record. When the traffic volume in the surrounding area of the large-scale store is predicted to increase, the charging/discharging support center changes the power sales/purchase price information and provides, to a user of the vehicle, power sales/purchase price information in which the power purchase price of power purchased to charge the battery at the store is increased and set high, whereas the power sales price of power discharged from the battery for sale is reduced and set cheap.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2011Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Eishi Takeuchi, Hiroyuki Ogawa, Yuki Yamada, Masato Endo
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Patent number: 8579361Abstract: A vehicle undercover is provided with a fixed section fixed to a front body and a rotating section, one end of which is rotatably coupled to the fixed section and the other end of which vertically moves relative to the front body so as to be able to open and close a lower opening, in which the fixed section closes a part of the lower opening and the rotating section closes a remaining part of the lower opening, which is not closed by the fixed section. Such a configuration improves aerodynamic performance of a vehicle and improves workability of maintenance operation.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2008Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Eishi Takeuchi