Patents by Inventor Masanobu Nakane

Masanobu Nakane 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: 20230415619
    Abstract: A seat device (10) that can reliably and easily regulate a reclining operation with a simple and compact configuration, only in a specific state where the reclining operation of a seat (1) is problematic. It includes a reclining operation unit (100) that performs an operation of tilting a backrest (3) of the seat (1) by a reclining mechanism (50), a lock mechanism (120) that restrains the reclining operation unit (100) to disable the operation when the seat (1) is in a long state, and a cable (124) that is pulled in conjunction with conversion into the long state of the seat (1). The lock mechanism (120) includes a stopper (121) that is linearly moved to be engaged with and released from an operation lever (110) of the reclining operation unit (100), and the stopper (121) is directly pulled by the cable (124) to be linearly moved to a restrained position at which the stopper (121) is engaged with the operation lever (110) to disable the operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Shunya EBINA, Masanobu NAKANE, Yutaka NAGAO
  • Patent number: 11849855
    Abstract: A seat device that can easily and positively achieve the conversion of the state of a seat. A leg stand (11) fixed on a floor surface, a movable stand (20) supported by the leg stand (11) so as to be able to advance/retract in front and back directions, an underframe (30) of the seat supported by the movable stand (20) so as to be rotatable in forward and backward directions, and an interlocking mechanism (50) that interlocks advancement/retraction of the movable stand (20) with rotation of the underframe (30) are included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: KOITO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masanobu Nakane, Yutaka Nagao
  • Publication number: 20230147877
    Abstract: A seat device that can reliably prevent a rotation operation of a seat by a seated person, in a long state where the back of the seat is along a wall. A rotation lock mechanism (60) that can restrain the rotation of a seat (1), a rotation operation unit (200) that performs a release operation of restraint by the rotation lock mechanism (60), and a rotation operation prevention mechanism (210) that disables the release operation in the rotation operation unit (200), when the seat (1) is in the long state are included. The rotation operation prevention mechanism (210) includes an engaging unit (211) provided in the leg stand (11), and an engaged unit (207) that is provided in the rotation operation unit (200) in the movable stand (20), and disables the release operation in the rotation operation unit (200) by being engaged with the engaging unit (211) when the seat (1) is in the long state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Masanobu NAKANE, Shunya EBINA, Yutaka NAGAO
  • Publication number: 20230109265
    Abstract: A seat device that can reliably regulates a reclining operation when in a long state where a back of a seat is along a wall. The seat device (10) that can convert the state of the seat (1) includes a reclining mechanism (50) that can tilt a backrest (3) of the seat (1), wherein an operation of tilting the backrest (3) by the reclining mechanism (50) is disabled when the seat (1) is in the long state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Masanobu NAKANE, Shunya EBINA, Yutaka NAGAO
  • Publication number: 20230015167
    Abstract: A seat device that can easily and positively achieve the conversion of the state of a seat. A leg stand (11) fixed on a floor surface, a movable stand (20) supported by the leg stand (11) so as to be able to advance/retract in front and back directions, an underframe (30) of the seat supported by the movable stand (20) so as to be rotatable in forward and backward directions, and an interlocking mechanism (50) that interlocks advancement/retraction of the movable stand (20) with rotation of the underframe (30) are included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Masanobu NAKANE, Yutaka NAGAO
  • Patent number: 5171944
    Abstract: A pressure pulsation absorbing device adapted to be connected between a pair of piping flanges includes a cup-shaped silencer box having a central inner bore for fluid flow therethrough, and a plurality of water stop bosses integrally formed with the silencer box around the inner bore and through which piping bolts are to be inserted. An elastic cylindrical body is provided in the silencer box around the water stop bosses to thereby divide the inside space of the silencer box into a radially inward fluid flow section and a radially outward dry section. A plurality of threaded bosses are integrally formed with the silencer box in the dry section for receiving bolts for fixing a side plate covering a side opening in the dry section. A slight clearance is provided respectively between outer surfaces of the water stop bosses and an inner circumference of the cylindrical body, and between outer surfaces of the threaded bosses and an outer periphery of the cylindrical body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1992
    Assignee: Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Aridome, Masanobu Nakane, Kazuyoshi Yamamoto