Patents by Inventor Hirofumi FUWA
Hirofumi FUWA 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: 10703245Abstract: Provided is a vehicle seat that enables a lift lever to be detached without detaching a reclining lever from the vehicle seat. The vehicle seat is configured such that, when a reclining lever is turned downward, the reclining lever and a fastening member of a lift lever as viewed from the side of a seat part overlap each other, and when the reclining lever is turned upward, the reclining lever and the fastening member of the lift lever as viewed from the side of the seat part do not overlap each other, and the lift lever can be detached from the seat part.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2018Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignees: Tachi-S Co., Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Motoshi Minegishi, Hirofumi Fuwa
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Publication number: 20190092200Abstract: Provided is a vehicle seat that enables a lift lever to be detached without detaching a reclining lever from the vehicle seat. The vehicle seat is configured such that, when a reclining lever is turned downward, the reclining lever and a fastening member of a lift lever as viewed from the side of a seat part overlap each other, and when the reclining lever is turned upward, the reclining lever and the fastening member of the lift lever as viewed from the side of the seat part do not overlap each other, and the lift lever can be detached from the seat part.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2018Publication date: March 28, 2019Applicants: Tachi-S Co., Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Motoshi Minegishi, Hirofumi Fuwa
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Patent number: 10179528Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a seat cushion; a seat back; a side cover provided at a side of the seat cushion and having a recess and a protrusion; a first operation lever provided in the recess; and a second operation lever provided in the recess between the first operation lever and the seat cushion. The protrusion is positioned behind the first operation lever and is disposed such that when a seat belt is fastened, the webbing of the seat belt is abutted against the protrusion. The rear side face of the first operation lever is positioned inside a side face of the protrusion and the rear upper face of the first operation lever is positioned below the upper face of the protrusion.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2017Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignees: TACHI-S CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Motoshi Minegishi, Hirofumi Fuwa, Ryosuke Nakashima
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Patent number: 10131253Abstract: An automobile seat includes a right seat, a center seat, and a left seat. The center seat includes a center seat cushion and a center seat back having one end rotatably supported for reclining to the side of the center seat cushion and raising therefrom. A belt is attached to the center seat back, while being grasped by a hand of a passenger for reclining to the side of the center seat cushion to be brought into abutment on the skin of the seat cushion. The thus configured automobile seat reduces fricative sound generated by collision and friction between the center seat back and the center seat cushion owing to movement up and down of the automobile in the reclined state, resulting in alleviated discomfort given to the passenger.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2017Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignees: TACHI-S CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuta Tashiro, Hirofumi Fuwa
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Publication number: 20180029512Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a seat cushion; a seat back; a side cover provided at a side of the seat cushion and having a recess and a protrusion; a first operation lever provided in the recess; and a second operation lever provided in the recess between the first operation lever and the seat cushion. The protrusion is positioned behind the first operation lever and is disposed such that when a seat belt is fastened, the webbing of the seat belt is abutted against the protrusion. The rear side face of the first operation lever is positioned inside a side face of the protrusion and the rear upper face of the first operation lever is positioned below the upper face of the protrusion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2017Publication date: February 1, 2018Inventors: Motoshi MINEGISHI, Hirofumi FUWA, Ryosuke NAKASHIMA
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Patent number: 9809138Abstract: A seat device includes a seat part on which an occupant is seated, a support part for supporting the seat part, and a front cover made of soft material, which is fitted between front parts of the seat part and the support part. The front cover includes a seat connection end part joined with the front part of the seat part, a detachable first fixture attached to an end of the front cover opposite to the seat connection end part for attachment to the support part, an elastic member having one end disposed between the seat connection end part and the first fixture, and a detachable second fixture attached to the other end of the elastic member for attachment to a seat lower surface as a lower surface of the seat part.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2016Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignees: TACHI-S CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANYInventors: Hirofumi Fuwa, Yusuke Ogata, Sugiaki Yamazato, Muneatsu Minato, Masakazu Koganei, Toshinari Mitsumoto
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Publication number: 20170225596Abstract: An automobile seat includes a right seat, a center seat, and a left seat. The center seat includes a center seat cushion and a center seat back having one end rotatably supported for reclining to the side of the center seat cushion and raising therefrom. A belt is attached to the center seat back, while being grasped by a hand of a passenger for reclining to the side of the center seat cushion to be brought into abutment on the skin of the seat cushion. The thus configured automobile seat reduces fricative sound generated by collision and friction between the center seat back and the center seat cushion owing to movement up and down of the automobile in the reclined state, resulting in alleviated discomfort given to the passenger.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2017Publication date: August 10, 2017Inventors: Yuta TASHIRO, Hirofumi FUWA
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Publication number: 20170113585Abstract: A seat device includes a seat part on which an occupant is seated, a support part for supporting the seat part, and a front cover made of soft material, which is fitted between front parts of the seat part and the support part. The front cover includes a seat connection end part joined with the front part of the seat part, a detachable first fixture attached to an end of the front cover opposite to the seat connection end part for attachment to the support part, an elastic member having one end disposed between the seat connection end part and the first fixture, and a detachable second fixture attached to the other end of the elastic member for attachment to a seat lower surface as a lower surface of the seat part.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2016Publication date: April 27, 2017Inventors: Hirofumi FUWA, Yusuke OGATA, Sugiaki YAMAZATO, Muneatsu MINATO, Masakazu KOGANEI, Toshinari MITSUMOTO