Patents by Inventor Kazuyuki Shiga

Kazuyuki Shiga 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).

  • Publication number: 20230225377
    Abstract: A tofu transfer mechanism is configured to transfer tofu from a first production device to a second production device in a tofu continuous production device. The tofu transfer mechanism includes: a transfer member disposed so as to bridge a terminal end of the first production device and a starting end of the second production device, the starting end of the second production device facing the terminal end of the first production device; and a folding-back guide unit configured to guide an endless conveyor of the second production device at the starting end of the second production device such that the endless conveyor of the second production device is bent downward at an acute angle with respect to a conveyance surface on which the tofu is conveyed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: TAKAI TOFU & SOYMILK EQUIPMENT CO.
    Inventors: Toichiro TAKAI, Masahide TAKEDA, Kazuyuki SHIGA
  • Publication number: 20230080359
    Abstract: In a vehicle-mounted device having a touchscreen, a controller separately displays a first image displaying an operation unit that is operated for air conditioning in a vehicle interior or temperature adjustment of pieces of equipment and a second image displaying image information different from the first image on the touchscreen. The vehicle-mounted device has a first pattern and a second pattern as a display pattern for separately displaying the first image and the second image. The second pattern has a smaller display region for the first image and a larger display region for the second image than the first pattern. The controller separately displays the first image and the second image in a display pattern that is either the first pattern or the second pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuyuki SHIGA
  • Publication number: 20230027134
    Abstract: A tofu packing device includes a pack covering device and a pack supply device. The pack covering device is configured to cover a plurality of cakes of tofu with packs in a state in which the packs are upside down, the plurality of cakes of tofu being aligned at predetermined intervals in front, rear, left and right directions on a conveying surface of a transfer conveyor. The pack supply device is configured to continuously supply the packs to the pack covering device from a lateral side of the transfer conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: TAKAI TOFU & SOYMILK EQUIPMENT CO.
    Inventors: Toichiro TAKAI, Masahide TAKEDA, Kazuyuki SHIGA
  • Patent number: 11554694
    Abstract: A vehicle seat control device including a control unit that, in a case in which at least one user has declared in advance a desire to board a self-driving vehicle having a plurality of seats that are switchable between a first state in which a user is able to sit down, and a second state that impedes a user sitting down, switches a same number of seats as a number of the at least one user to the first state before the at least one user boards the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Shiga
  • Patent number: 11554698
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat main body having a seat back, and disposed at a vehicle front side of a seating position at an end side in a vehicle width direction of a rear seat; and a flow path having one end side and another end side, conditioned air flowing through the one end side, the conditioned air being produced by an air-conditioning device mounted at the vehicle, the other end side being disposed inside the seat main body, another end of the flow path opening at a vehicle rear surface of the seat back, and the conditioned air flowing through an inside of the flow path and being blown from the other end towards a vehicle rear side of the seat back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Shiga
  • Patent number: 11366575
    Abstract: An interface device, including: a touchscreen; one or more hardware interfaces having an operation element disposed on a surface of the touchscreen; a storage unit configured to store the operation element in association with a disabled region that is a region on the touchscreen where touch operation is disabled; and a control unit configured to disable touch operation to the disabled region that is associated with the operation element, during a prescribed period estimated that a user operates the operation element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Shiga
  • Publication number: 20210240321
    Abstract: An interface device, including: a touchscreen; one or more hardware interfaces having an operation element disposed on a surface of the touchscreen; a storage unit configured to store the operation element in association with a disabled region that is a region on the touchscreen where touch operation is disabled; and a control unit configured to disable touch operation to the disabled region that is associated with the operation element, during a prescribed period estimated that a user operates the operation element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuyuki SHIGA
  • Patent number: 11039967
    Abstract: A fixing structure 40 has an inwardly-facing seat 22, a front side seat 42, and fixing members 44. The inwardly-facing seat 22 is fixed to a floor portion 14 such that passengers PA face in a vehicle transverse direction. The front side seat 42 has a seat cushion 46 on which the passenger PA sits, and a supporting member 52, and is disposed at the floor portion 14 at a vehicle longitudinal direction front side of the inwardly-facing seat 22, and rear wheels 36 can contact the seat cushion 46 in a vehicle longitudinal direction. The supporting member 52 supports the seat cushion 46 such that the seat cushion 46 can rotate toward the inwardly-facing seat 22. The fixing members 44 fix a wheelchair 30 to the floor portion 14 in a state in which the rear wheels 36 are made to contact the front side seat 42.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Shiga
  • Publication number: 20210122273
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat main body having a seat back, and disposed at a vehicle front side of a seating position at an end side in a vehicle width direction of a rear seat; and a flow path having one end side and another end side, conditioned air flowing through the one end side, the conditioned air being produced by an air-conditioning device mounted at the vehicle, the other end side being disposed inside the seat main body, another end of the flow path opening at a vehicle rear surface of the seat back, and the conditioned air flowing through an inside of the flow path and being blown from the other end towards a vehicle rear side of the seat back.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Shiga
  • Patent number: 10967768
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat main body having a seat back, and disposed at a vehicle front side of a seating position at an end side in a vehicle width direction of a rear seat; and a flow path having one end side and another end side, conditioned air flowing through the one end side, the conditioned air being produced by an air-conditioning device mounted at the vehicle, the other end side being disposed inside the seat main body, another end of the flow path opening at a vehicle rear surface of the seat back, and the conditioned air flowing through an inside of the flow path and being blown from the other end towards a vehicle rear side of the seat back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Shiga
  • Patent number: 10632877
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a seat main body including a seat face side at which occupant sits; a blower device provided at the seat main body and that blows air when operated; an exhaust portion provided at the seat main body and that exhausts air blown from the blower device to the seat face side of the seat main body; an intake portion provided at the seat main body and that takes in air; and a suction device provided at the seat main body and that takes in air through the intake portion when operated, and the suction device forming an air current at the seat face side of the seat main body at a vicinity of the seat occupant, the air current including at least a portion of air that is exhausted to an outer side of the seat main body from the exhaust portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keiichi Kondo, Kazuyuki Shiga, Kento Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20200108744
    Abstract: A vehicle seat control device including a control unit that, in a case in which at least one user has declared in advance a desire to board a self-driving vehicle having a plurality of seats that are switchable between a first state in which a user is able to sit down, and a second state that impedes a user sitting down, switches a same number of seats as a number of the at least one user to the first state before the at least one user boards the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Shiga
  • Publication number: 20200060903
    Abstract: A fixing structure 40 has an inwardly-facing seat 22, a front side seat 42, and fixing members 44. The inwardly-facing seat 22 is fixed to a floor portion 14 such that passengers PA face in a vehicle transverse direction. The front side seat 42 has a seat cushion 46 on which the passenger PA sits, and a supporting member 52, and is disposed at the floor portion 14 at a vehicle longitudinal direction front side of the inwardly-facing seat 22, and rear wheels 36 can contact the seat cushion 46 in a vehicle longitudinal direction. The supporting member 52 supports the seat cushion 46 such that the seat cushion 46 can rotate toward the inwardly-facing seat 22. The fixing members 44 fix a wheelchair 30 to the floor portion 14 in a state in which the rear wheels 36 are made to contact the front side seat 42.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Shiga
  • Publication number: 20200039397
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat main body having a seat back, and disposed at a vehicle front side of a seating position at an end side in a vehicle width direction of a rear seat; and a flow path having one end side and another end side, conditioned air flowing through the one end side, the conditioned air being produced by an air-conditioning device mounted at the vehicle, the other end side being disposed inside the seat main body, another end of the flow path opening at a vehicle rear surface of the seat back, and the conditioned air flowing through an inside of the flow path and being blown from the other end towards a vehicle rear side of the seat back.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Shiga
  • Publication number: 20190152362
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a seat main body including a seat face side at which occupant sits; a blower device provided at the seat main body and that blows air when operated; an exhaust portion provided at the seat main body and that exhausts air blown from the blower device to the seat face side of the seat main body; an intake portion provided at the seat main body and that takes in air; and a suction device provided at the seat main body and that takes in air through the intake portion when operated, and the suction device forming an air current at the seat face side of the seat main body at a vicinity of the seat occupant, the air current including at least a portion of air that is exhausted to an outer side of the seat main body from the exhaust portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keiichi Kondo, Kazuyuki Shiga, Kento Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20170253210
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a seat frame; a seat cover provided with a rupture portion; an airbag disposed in the seat; a pair of webbings provided so as to surround the airbag on a back surface side of the seat cover, one end sides of the webbings being mounted to the rupture portion; and a mounting section mounting the other end sides of the webbings to the seat frame. In a vehicle collision, the airbag is protruded out of the seat by rupturing and opening the rupture portion. The mounting section is provided at a place where a body of the seat frame is disposed. When the airbag is uninflated, the mounting section holds the other ends of the webbings apart from the body of the seat frame, and an inhibition portion in the mounting section inhibits contact between an edge-shaped portion formed in the body and the webbings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicants: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takao SAITO, Kunihiko Kondo, Takahiro Yasuda, Kazuyuki Shiga
  • Patent number: 9751488
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a seat frame; a seat cover provided with a rupture portion; an airbag disposed in the seat; a pair of webbings provided so as to surround the airbag on a back surface side of the seat cover, one end sides of the webbings being mounted to the rupture portion; and a mounting section mounting the other end sides of the webbings to the seat frame. In a vehicle collision, the airbag is protruded out of the seat by rupturing and opening the rupture portion. The mounting section is provided at a place where a body of the seat frame is disposed. When the airbag is uninflated, the mounting section holds the other ends of the webbings apart from the body of the seat frame, and an inhibition portion in the mounting section inhibits contact between an edge-shaped portion formed in the body and the webbings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignees: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takao Saito, Kunihiko Kondo, Takahiro Yasuda, Kazuyuki Shiga
  • Patent number: 9707917
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a side airbag device that includes an inflator and a bag body that inflates in a case in which the bag body is internally supplied with gas generated by the inflator, a side frame to which the side airbag device is attached, and a seatback pad that is attached to the side frame. The seatback pad is provided with an opening through which the inflating bag body passes, and a door that closes off the opening and that is pushed and swung by the inflating bag body so as to open up the opening. A depression is formed on a swing axis side of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Shiga, Hiroki Yamano, Jouji Adachi, Takahiro Yasuda
  • Patent number: 9688231
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a seat frame; a seat cover provided with a rupture portion; an airbag disposed in the seat; a pair of webbings provided so as to surround the airbag on a back surface side of the seat cover, one end sides of the webbings being mounted to the rupture portion; and a mounting section mounting the other end sides of the webbings to the seat frame. In a vehicle collision, the airbag is protruded out of the seat by rupturing and opening the rupture portion. The mounting section is provided at a place where a body of the seat frame is disposed. When the airbag is uninflated, the mounting section holds the other ends of the webbings apart from the body of the seat frame, and an inhibition portion in the mounting section inhibits contact between an edge-shaped portion formed in the body and the webbings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignees: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takao Saito, Kunihiko Kondo, Takahiro Yasuda, Kazuyuki Shiga
  • Patent number: 9630539
    Abstract: A tiltable vehicle seat has a seat frame, a pad formed in a mold associated with the seat frame and a bracket attaching a seatback to the seat frame. The pad is formed through foaming to expand and engulf the seat frame and is integrated with the seat frame. The bracket allows for the seat frame and the pad contained therein to be tilted relative to the seatback to provide multiple vehicle seat modes. The bracket is formed separately from the seat frame and attached to the seat frame thus allowing for the pad to be formed from a relatively compact mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignees: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoshi Yokoyama, Keisuke Yamamoto, Tomohiro Muramatsu, Kazuyuki Shiga