Patents by Inventor Kouichi Nakaya

Kouichi Nakaya 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: 20070057559
    Abstract: A seat for a vehicle comprises a seat cushion, a seat back, a headrest having a neck-support portion, a headrest pole member to support the headrest, and a rotational support device. The rotational support device supports the headrest in such a manner that the neck-support portion of the headrest is rotated around a rotational axis that extends in substantially a width direction of the seat back and held at a specified angle relative to the seat back, wherein the headrest is its lowest position, the neck-support portion of the headrest is configured to be allowed to be rotated forward from its rearmost stored position by the rotational support device. Accordingly, a neck portion of a passenger can be supported by the neck-support portion of the headrest properly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2006
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tamio Miyahara, Kouichi Nakaya, Nanae Michida, Hiroshi Okiyama, Akihiro Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20050253440
    Abstract: A headrest-attached vehicle seat is provided in which a headrest is provided over a seat back. In the headrest-attached vehicle seat: the headrest includes a headrest body, and a neck-support portion which is provided under the headrest body; and the neck-support portion turns around a pivot which extends in the seat-width directions inside of the headrest body and moves in the front-and-rear directions, and the neck-support portion is positioned at a predetermined turning angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2005
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Applicants: TOYO SEAT CO., LTD., MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadao Kotani, Kouichi Nakaya, Nanae Michida, Tamio Miyahara, Hiroshi Okiyama
  • Publication number: 20040256901
    Abstract: A second row seat is guided by a vehicle-longitudinal-direction sliding mechanism and a vehicle-width-direction siding mechanism supported on the vehicle-longitudinal-direction sliding mechanism. The vehicle-width-direction sliding mechanism is configured such that a length thereof is set within a width of a recess portion formed at the bottom face of a seat cushion so as to allow the vehicle-width-direction sliding mechanism to be placed within the recess portion when the seat cushion has been moved forward and downward by a moving mechanism. Accordingly, a load floor formed by a back face of a seat back according to a forward movement of the seat back with its lower and horizontal position can be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouichi Nakaya, Kenji Muramatsu