Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Kushiku

Hiroshi Kushiku 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: 9783091
    Abstract: There is provided a seatback frame integrally formed by resin molding, the seatback frame including: an upper side frame section that includes a headrest retaining portion that extends along a seat width direction; a pair of side frame sections that extend along a seat up-down direction; and a reinforcing section that is formed in the upper side frame section by forming plural recessed portions, at least from the headrest retaining portion to the seat width direction end portion, wherein at least one or more of the recessed portions is open toward the seat rear side so as to provide a first wall face at the seat front side; and another one or more of the recessed portions is open toward the seat front side so as to provide a second wall face at the seat rear side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignees: NHK SPRING CO., LTD., TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kenzo Yasuda, Hiroshi Kushiku, Tomoyuki Onodera, Ryotaro Nagao
  • Patent number: 9610871
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a seatback frame of a resin-formed seatback, including a plate-shaped back face panel portion; a headrest; a seatback pad; a lattice-shaped spring member formed from wire arranged in a lattice shape, attached to the seatback frame at a front side of the back face panel portion, and that resiliently supports the seatback pad from a rear side, with a space formed between the back face panel portion and the lattice-shaped spring member; and a load transmission section provided at one of the lattice-shaped spring member or the back face panel portion and disposed inside the space so as to project out toward the side of the other one of the lattice-shaped spring member or the back face panel portion, such that a gap is formed between the load transmission section and the other one of the lattice-shaped spring member or the back face panel portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenzo Yasuda, Hiroshi Kushiku
  • Patent number: 9586508
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicle seat including: a seatback frame that includes a plate-shaped back face panel portion; a headrest; a seatback pad that is provided at a front face side of the seatback frame, with a space formed between the seatback pad and the back face panel portion; a back spring that is formed from wire and includes left and right side portions extending in an up-down direction of the seatback, at both seat width direction sides inside the space, and includes a lower portion coupling together lower end portions of the left and right side portions in the seat width direction, wherein the left and right side portions are supported so as to be capable of undergoing displacement toward a seat width direction outer side with respect to the seatback frame, and support the seatback pad from a seat rear side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenzo Yasuda, Hiroshi Kushiku
  • Patent number: 9381828
    Abstract: A vehicle seat comprising a seat cushion having a seat cushion main body portion and seat cushion side portions that are disposed on both sides in a seat width direction of the seat cushion main body portion; a seat back having a seat back main body portion and seat back side portions that are disposed on both sides in the seat width direction of the seat back main body portion; and a varying mechanism supporting at least one of the seat cushion main body portion and the seat back main body portion, and varying the position of the seat cushion main body portion in a seat upward and downward direction relative to the seat cushion side portions, and/or varying the position of the seat back main body portion in a seat frontward and rearward direction relative to the seat back side portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Tanaka, Tsuyoshi Matsuzawa, Hiroshi Kushiku
  • Publication number: 20160023583
    Abstract: There is provided a seatback frame integrally formed by resin molding, the seatback frame including: an upper side frame section that includes a headrest retaining portion that extends along a seat width direction; a pair of side frame sections that extend along a seat up-down direction; and a reinforcing section that is formed in the upper side frame section by forming plural recessed portions, at least from the headrest retaining portion to the seat width direction end portion, wherein at least one or more of the recessed portions is open toward the seat rear side so as to provide a first wall face at the seat front side; and another one or more of the recessed portions is open toward the seat front side so as to provide a second wall face at the seat rear side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Kenzo Yasuda, Hiroshi Kushiku, Tomoyuki Onodera, Ryotaro Nagao
  • Publication number: 20160001689
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicle seat including: a seatback frame that includes a plate-shaped back face panel portion; a headrest; a seatback pad that is provided at a front face side of the seatback frame, with a space formed between the seatback pad and the back face panel portion; a back spring that is formed from wire and includes left and right side portions extending in an up-down direction of the seatback, at both seat width direction sides inside the space, and includes a lower portion coupling together lower end portions of the left and right side portions in the seat width direction, wherein the left and right side portions are supported so as to be capable of undergoing displacement toward a seat width direction outer side with respect to the seatback frame, and support the seatback pad from a seat rear side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Kenzo Yasuda, Hiroshi Kushiku
  • Publication number: 20150367762
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a seatback frame of a resin-formed seatback, including a plate-shaped back face panel portion; a headrest; a seatback pad; a lattice-shaped spring member formed from wire arranged in a lattice shape, attached to the seatback frame at a front side of the back face panel portion, and that resiliently supports the seatback pad from a rear side, with a space formed between the back face panel portion and the lattice-shaped spring member; and a load transmission section provided at one of the lattice-shaped spring member or the back face panel portion and disposed inside the space so as to project out toward the side of the other one of the lattice-shaped spring member or the back face panel portion, such that a gap is formed between the load transmission section and the other one of the lattice-shaped spring member or the back face panel portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Kenzo Yasuda, Hiroshi Kushiku
  • Patent number: 9010854
    Abstract: A seat cushion frame structure of a seat for a vehicle has an oblique monolithic strip on at least one of a pair of side frames an upper end of which is fixed to a side portion of the at least one of pair of side frames and a lower end of which is fixed to the seat cushion frame structure at a position forward of the upper end. The oblique monolithic strip is arranged in such a way that one of its strip surfaces opposed to each other is oriented to be upward, its cross section perpendicular to the opposed strip surfaces is a rectangle long in a lateral direction and includes at each of its upper and lower ends a wound portion which is wound in a loop manner in such a way that the one of said opposed strip surfaces is oriented to be inward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Nonomiya, Hiroshi Kushiku
  • Publication number: 20150084390
    Abstract: A vehicle seat comprising a seat cushion having a seat cushion main body portion and seat cushion side portions that are disposed on both sides in a seat width direction of the seat cushion main body portion; a seat back having a seat back main body portion and seat back side portions that are disposed on both sides in the seat width direction of the seat back main body portion; and a varying mechanism supporting at least one of the seat cushion main body portion and the seat back main body portion, and varying the position of the seat cushion main body portion in a seat upward and downward direction relative to the seat cushion side portions, and/or varying the position of the seat back main body portion in a seat frontward and rearward direction relative to the seat back side portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Daisuke Tanaka, Tsuyoshi Matsuzawa, Hiroshi Kushiku
  • Publication number: 20120313415
    Abstract: A seat cushion frame structure of a seat for a vehicle has an oblique monolithic strip on at least one of a pair of side frames an upper end of which is fixed to a side portion of the at least one of pair of side frames and a lower end of which is fixed to the seat cushion frame structure at a position forward of the upper end. The oblique monolithic strip is arranged in such a way that one of its strip surfaces opposed to each other is oriented to be upward, its cross section perpendicular to the opposed strip surfaces is a rectangle long in a lateral direction oblique monolithic strip and includes at each of its upper and lower ends a wound portion which is wound in a loop manner in such a way that the one of said opposed strip surfaces is oriented to be inward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Inventors: Masaaki NONOMIYA, Hiroshi Kushiku