Patents by Inventor Hidetaka Nagayasu
Hidetaka Nagayasu 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: 11273745Abstract: A vehicle seat attachable to a vehicle body, the vehicle seat including: a seat back; and a headrest configured to support a head of a seated occupant, the headrest including: a base portion fixed to the seat back; a slide portion slidable in a left-right direction in a state where the head is supported to the base portion; and an electric mechanism configured to slide the slide portion in the left-right direction, and in which the slide portion is configured to be moved by the electric mechanism in a moving direction in which the head moves in the left-right direction due to acceleration in the left-right direction applied when a vehicle moves, the electric mechanism being operated by a control device disposed in the vehicle body in response to a signal from a sensor disposed in the vehicle body, the sensor being configured to detect the moving direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2019Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Komei Yano, Kenji Kawano, Hidetaka Nagayasu, Makoto Asano, Osamu Kaneko, Hikaru Satou
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Publication number: 20190389353Abstract: A vehicle seat attachable to a vehicle body, the vehicle seat including: a seat back; and a headrest configured to support a head of a seated occupant, the headrest including: a base portion fixed to the seat back; a slide portion slidable in a left-right direction in a state where the head is supported to the base portion; and an electric mechanism configured to slide the slide portion in the left-right direction, and in which the slide portion is configured to be moved by the electric mechanism in a moving direction in which the head moves in the left-right direction due to acceleration in the left-right direction applied when a vehicle moves, the electric mechanism being operated by a control device disposed in the vehicle body in response to a signal from a sensor disposed in the vehicle body, the sensor being configured to detect the moving direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Komei YANO, Kenji KAWANO, Hidetaka NAGAYASU, Makoto ASANO, Osamu KANEKO, Hikaru SATOU
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Patent number: 9873356Abstract: There is provided a seat back interlocking ottoman device for a vehicle seat configured such that an angle of a seat back relative to a seat cushion can be adjusted and an ottoman is provided to the seat cushion. The ottoman device includes an interlocking mechanism configured to retract the ottoman to a retracted position below the front side of the seat cushion when the seat back is located at a regular usage position and to move the ottoman from the retracted position to an extended position at the front side of the seat cushion to thus support a leg part of a passenger when the seat back is tilted rearwards from the regular usage position. A part of the interlocking mechanism is configured to be operable by an arbitrary operation such that the ottoman can be moved between the retracted position and the extended position.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2014Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Satoru Kuno, Hidetaka Nagayasu
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Patent number: 9701221Abstract: A vehicle seat, which adjusts an inclination angle of a seat back with respect to a seat cushion through a recliner, includes a base member, a bracket, which supports the seat back so that the seat back is able to move, and is fixed to a rotation side of the recliner, a connecting member that connects the seat cushion and the seat back with each other, a first guide mechanism that guides the seat back with respect to the bracket, and a second guide mechanism that guides the seat cushion with respect to the base member. The seat back and the seat cushion are guided by the first guide mechanism and the second guide mechanism, respectively, so that the seat back and the seat cushion move rotationally about a position corresponding to a hip-point of a seated occupant.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2014Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hidetaka Nagayasu
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Patent number: 9616784Abstract: A vehicle seat in which an angle of a seatback with respect to a seat cushion is adjustable and which includes an ottoman in front of the seat cushion includes: an association mechanism which operates the seatback and the ottoman in association with each other; and an association prohibition mechanism, wherein when a tilting operation to tilt the seatback forward from a normal usage position is performed so as to decrease a relative angle of the seatback with respect to the seat cushion, the association prohibition mechanism disables an association function of the ottoman caused by the association mechanism according to the tilting operation.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2013Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hidetaka Nagayasu
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Patent number: 9597985Abstract: A conveyance seat includes a seat back; a seat cushion; a first link member; and a second link member. The floor or the seat cushion is connected to the seat back by the first and second link members. The first link member is shorter than the second link member. The seat back is able to be moved in a front-rear direction such that the first link member and the second link member do not intersect with each other. The seat back is able to be laid on or over the seat cushion such that the first link member and the second link member intersect with each other. A lock device is provided, and the lock device stops movement of the seat back while the seat back is moved in the front-rear direction such that the first link member and the second link member do not intersect with each other.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2015Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hidetaka Nagayasu
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Patent number: 9566889Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 9, 2015Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignees: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hidetaka Nagayasu, Osamu Kaneko, Kohshi Katoh, Eishi Takeuchi
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Patent number: 9561741Abstract: There is provided a vehicle seat including a seat frame which supports a load of a sitting passenger, a seat pad which is set on the seat frame and receives the load of the sitting passenger to be relieved, and a support body which is supported to the seat frame and supports a part of the seat pad from a backside thereof. The support body is supported to the seat frame to be slidable in an in-plane direction of a plane supporting the load of the sitting passenger or to be axially rotatable in an out-of-plane direction of the plane, such that the load of the sitting passenger can be relieved. The seat pad includes a fixed part which is supported to the seat frame at a fixed position and a movable part which is supported to the support body to be movable.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hidetaka Nagayasu
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Patent number: 9550440Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 17, 2014Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignees: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hidetaka Nagayasu, Kohshi Katoh, Eishi Takeuchi
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Patent number: 9332845Abstract: A seatback-associated ottoman device includes: a memory mechanism that mechanically memorizes an unfolded angle position of an ottoman and cancels the memorized unfolded angle position when the unfolded angle of the ottoman is adjusted by the angle adjustment mechanism; and a prohibition mechanism that prohibits the canceling the memorized unfolded angle position of the memory mechanism when the ottoman is placed at the stored position.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2014Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hidetaka Nagayasu
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Patent number: 9272643Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 2, 2014Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignees: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hidetaka Nagayasu, Osamu Kaneko, Eishi Takeuchi, Kohshi Katoh
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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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Publication number: 20150197167Abstract: A conveyance seat includes a seat back; a seat cushion; a first link member; and a second link member. The floor or the seat cushion is connected to the seat back by the first and second link members. The first link member is shorter than the second link member. The seat back is able to be moved in a front-rear direction such that the first link member and the second link member do not intersect with each other. The seat back is able to be laid on or over the seat cushion such that the first link member and the second link member intersect with each other. A lock device is provided, and the lock device stops movement of the seat back while the seat back is moved in the front-rear direction such that the first link member and the second link member do not intersect with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2015Publication date: July 16, 2015Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hidetaka NAGAYASU
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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: 20140375087Abstract: There is provided a seat back interlocking ottoman device for a vehicle seat configured such that an angle of a seat back relative to a seat cushion can be adjusted and an ottoman is provided to the seat cushion. The ottoman device includes an interlocking mechanism configured to retract the ottoman to a retracted position below the front side of the seat cushion when the seat back is located at a regular usage position and to move the ottoman from the retracted position to an extended position at the front side of the seat cushion to thus support a leg part of a passenger when the seat back is tilted rearwards from the regular usage position. A part of the interlocking mechanism is configured to be operable by an arbitrary operation such that the ottoman can be moved between the retracted position and the extended position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2014Publication date: December 25, 2014Inventors: Satoru KUNO, Hidetaka NAGAYASU
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Publication number: 20140284981Abstract: A vehicle seat, which adjusts an inclination angle of a seat back with respect to a seat cushion through a recliner, includes a base member, a bracket, which supports the seat back so that the seat back is able to move, and is fixed to a rotation side of the recliner, a connecting member that connects the seat cushion and the seat back with each other, a first guide mechanism that guides the seat back with respect to the bracket, and a second guide mechanism that guides the seat cushion with respect to the base member. The seat back and the seat cushion are guided by the first guide mechanism and the second guide mechanism, respectively, so that the seat back and the seat cushion move rotationally about a position corresponding to a hip-point of a seated occupant.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hidetaka NAGAYASU
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Publication number: 20140225407Abstract: There is provided a vehicle seat including a seat frame which supports a load of a sitting passenger, a seat pad which is set on the seat frame and receives the load of the sitting passenger to be relieved, and a support body which is supported to the seat frame and supports a part of the seat pad from a backside thereof. The support body is supported to the seat frame to be slidable in an in-plane direction of a plane supporting the load of the sitting passenger or to be axially rotatable in an out-of-plane direction of the plane, such that the load of the sitting passenger can be relieved. The seat pad includes a fixed part which is supported to the seat frame at a fixed position and a movable part which is supported to the support body to be movable.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2014Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hidetaka NAGAYASU
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Publication number: 20140225400Abstract: A seatback-associated ottoman device includes: a memory mechanism that mechanically memorizes an unfolded angle position of an ottoman and cancels the memorized unfolded angle position when the unfolded angle of the ottoman is adjusted by the angle adjustment mechanism; and a prohibition mechanism that prohibits the canceling the memorized unfolded angle position of the memory mechanism when the ottoman is placed at the stored position.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2014Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hidetaka NAGAYASU
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Publication number: 20140145476Abstract: A vehicle seat in which an angle of a seatback with respect to a seat cushion is adjustable and which includes an ottoman in front of the seat cushion includes: an association mechanism which operates the seatback and the ottoman in association with each other; and an association prohibition mechanism, wherein when a tilting operation to tilt the seatback forward from a normal usage position is performed so as to decrease a relative angle of the seatback with respect to the seat cushion, the association prohibition mechanism disables an association function of the ottoman caused by the association mechanism according to the tilting operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2013Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hidetaka NAGAYASU