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).
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Publication number: 20230225377Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2021Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: TAKAI TOFU & SOYMILK EQUIPMENT CO.Inventors: Toichiro TAKAI, Masahide TAKEDA, Kazuyuki SHIGA
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Publication number: 20230080359Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kazuyuki SHIGA
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Publication number: 20230027134Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 25, 2020Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicant: TAKAI TOFU & SOYMILK EQUIPMENT CO.Inventors: Toichiro TAKAI, Masahide TAKEDA, Kazuyuki SHIGA
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Patent number: 11554694Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 2, 2019Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kazuyuki Shiga
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Patent number: 11554698Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 7, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kazuyuki Shiga
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Patent number: 11366575Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 4, 2021Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kazuyuki Shiga
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Publication number: 20210240321Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kazuyuki SHIGA
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Patent number: 11039967Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 31, 2019Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kazuyuki Shiga
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Publication number: 20210122273Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2021Publication date: April 29, 2021Inventor: Kazuyuki Shiga
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Patent number: 10967768Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 26, 2019Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kazuyuki Shiga
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Patent number: 10632877Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 6, 2018Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Keiichi Kondo, Kazuyuki Shiga, Kento Yoshida
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Publication number: 20200108744Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2019Publication date: April 9, 2020Inventor: Kazuyuki Shiga
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Publication number: 20200060903Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2019Publication date: February 27, 2020Inventor: Kazuyuki Shiga
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Publication number: 20200039397Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2019Publication date: February 6, 2020Inventor: Kazuyuki Shiga
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Publication number: 20190152362Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2018Publication date: May 23, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Keiichi Kondo, Kazuyuki Shiga, Kento Yoshida
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Publication number: 20170253210Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2017Publication date: September 7, 2017Applicants: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takao SAITO, Kunihiko Kondo, Takahiro Yasuda, Kazuyuki Shiga
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Patent number: 9751488Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 22, 2017Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignees: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takao Saito, Kunihiko Kondo, Takahiro Yasuda, Kazuyuki Shiga
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Patent number: 9707917Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 27, 2014Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuyuki Shiga, Hiroki Yamano, Jouji Adachi, Takahiro Yasuda
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Patent number: 9688231Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 26, 2015Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignees: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takao Saito, Kunihiko Kondo, Takahiro Yasuda, Kazuyuki Shiga
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Patent number: 9630539Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 17, 2013Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignees: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Satoshi Yokoyama, Keisuke Yamamoto, Tomohiro Muramatsu, Kazuyuki Shiga