Patents by Inventor Ryuji Tsunoda

Ryuji Tsunoda 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: 10640027
    Abstract: Provided is a table unit enabling easy opening of a table provided to the back surface of a seat backrest. A table unit is provided with: a hinge mechanism that is coaxially fitted to a fulcrum shaft portion of a table main body and that can retain and release the table main body in and from a plurality of attitudes; and a hook unit that retains and releases the table main body at the position of a housed attitude. The hinge mechanism is configured to have a pair of cam bodies that face each other in the axial direction, and, through mutual cooperation of the pair of cam bodies, position the table main body to a use attitude in which the table main body is deployed to a use position and to a partially-housed attitude between the housed attitude and the use attitude as a plurality of stages of attitudes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Nifco, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoichi Hirano, Ryuji Tsunoda
  • Publication number: 20190152373
    Abstract: Provided is a table unit enabling easy opening of a table provided to the back surface of a seat backrest. A table unit is provided with: a hinge mechanism that is coaxially fitted to a fulcrum shaft portion of a table main body and that can retain and release the table main body in and from a plurality of attitudes; and a hook unit that retains and releases the table main body at the position of a housed attitude. The hinge mechanism is configured to have a pair of cam bodies that face each other in the axial direction, and, through mutual cooperation of the pair of cam bodies, position the table main body to a use attitude in which the table main body is deployed to a use position and to a partially-housed attitude between the housed attitude and the use attitude as a plurality of stages of attitudes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Yoichi Hirano, Ryuji Tsunoda
  • Patent number: 10052986
    Abstract: A cover anchor clip includes a base section having a plate shape extending in one direction, that is formed with through holes into which a foam body enters, and that is configured to be retained in the foam body; and an anchor portion including a pair of extension portions that extend upward from a surface of the base section and that are disposed facing each other, and a pair of anchor claws that are formed at respective leading ends of the pair of extension portions, and that is configured to anchor an anchored member attached to a cover for covering the foam body by sandwiching the anchored member therebetween. The through holes formed at the base section are aligned in the one direction, and plural hole-rows formed by the through holes aligned in the one direction are disposed separated by a spacing in an intersection direction intersecting the one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignees: NIFCO INC., TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takehiro Sato, Ryuji Tsunoda, Ryo Yasuda
  • Patent number: 9896008
    Abstract: A cover anchor clip comprising a base section that is a rectangular shaped plate body for retention in a foam body, and that is formed with a plurality of through holes into which the foam body enters, the plurality of through holes are lined up along a length direction of the base section in a plurality of rows; and a plurality of anchor portions that are formed standing out from the base section side-by-side in the length direction of the base section, and each of that is configured to anchor an anchored portion fixed to a cover for covering the foam body, wherein a notch is formed to one edge out of a pair of edges of the base section, the pair of edges extends in the length direction of the base section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignees: NIFCO INC., TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takehiro Sato, Ryuji Tsunoda, Ryo Yasuda
  • Patent number: 9751441
    Abstract: A cover anchor clip comprising a base section; an anchor portion including a pair of extension portions that stands up from the base section so as to face each other, a pair of anchor claws that is formed at respective leading ends of the pair of extension portions and that projects out toward sides where the extension portions mutually face each other, and a protrusion that is formed at each leading end of the extension portions and that projects out to the opposite side to the mutually facing sides of the extension portions; and upstanding portions standing up from the base section, each of the upstanding portions can make contact with either one of the protrusions in the event that either one of the extension portions is elastically deformed and the pair of anchor claws move away from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignees: NIFCO INC., TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takehiro Sato, Ryuji Tsunoda, Ryo Yasuda
  • Publication number: 20160280107
    Abstract: A cover anchor clip comprises a base section having a plate shape extending in one direction, that is formed with through holes into which a foam body enters, and that is configured to be retained in the foam body; and an anchor portion including a pair of extension portions that extend upward from a surface of the base section and that are disposed facing each other, and a pair of anchor claws that are formed at respective leading ends of the pair of extension portions, and that is configured to anchor an anchored member attached to a cover for covering the foam body by sandwiching the anchored member therebetween. The through holes formed at the base section are aligned in the one direction, and plural hole-rows formed by the through holes aligned in the one direction are disposed separated by a spacing in an intersection direction intersecting the one direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Takehiro SATO, Ryuji TSUNODA, Ryo YASUDA
  • Publication number: 20160280105
    Abstract: A cover anchor clip comprising a base section; an anchor portion including a pair of extension portions that stands up from the base section so as to face each other, a pair of anchor claws that is formed at respective leading ends of the pair of extension portions and that projects out toward sides where the extension portions mutually face each other, and a protrusion that is formed at each leading end of the extension portions and that projects out to the opposite side to the mutually facing sides of the extension portions; and upstanding portions standing up from the base section, each of the upstanding portions can make contact with either one of the protrusions in the event that either one of the extension portions is elastically deformed and the pair of anchor claws move away from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Takehiro SATO, Ryuji TSUNODA, Ryo YASUDA
  • Publication number: 20160280106
    Abstract: A cover anchor clip comprising a base section that is a rectangular shaped plate body for retention in a foam body, and that is formed with a plurality of through holes into which the foam body enters, the plurality of through holes are lined up along a length direction of the base section in a plurality of rows; and a plurality of anchor portions that are formed standing out from the base section side-by-side in the length direction of the base section, and each of that is configured to anchor an anchored portion fixed to a cover for covering the foam body, wherein a notch is formed to one edge out of a pair of edges of the base section, the pair of edges extends in the length direction of the base section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Takehiro SATO, Ryuji TSUNODA, Ryo YASUDA
  • Patent number: 9180804
    Abstract: Slits (36) are formed on a wall part (28) of a clip (16), and a locking piece (34) is made elastically deformable. Only the locking piece (34) is elastically deformed outward when a suspender (22) is locked in the locking piece (34). The locking piece (34) is restored when an upper face (22A) of the suspender (22) passes a top part of a locking claw (38) of the locking piece (34). The suspender (22) is thus prevented from coming out, and the suspender (22) is locked in the clip (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: NIFCO INC.
    Inventor: Ryuji Tsunoda
  • Patent number: 8827108
    Abstract: When a lid body (36) is opened, a side wall member (22) projects from an upper end face of a circumferential wall of a main body (12), and outside a cup portion (20), a wall portion (24) of the side wall member (22) rises. Specifically, a height of the wall portion (24) capable of supporting a side portion of a container (16) rises. Therefore, for a portion wherein the side wall member (22) rises, a depth of a supporting portion capable of supporting the container (16) is deepened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Nifco Inc.
    Inventor: Ryuji Tsunoda
  • Publication number: 20120174352
    Abstract: Slits (36) are formed on a wall part (28) of a clip (16), and a locking piece (34) is made elastically deformable. Only the locking piece (34) is elastically deformed outward when a suspender (22) is locked in the locking piece (34). The locking piece (34) is restored when an upper face (22A) of the suspender (22) passes a top part of a locking claw (38) of the locking piece (34). The suspender (22) is thus prevented from coming out, and the suspender (22) is locked in the clip (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: NIFCO INC.
    Inventor: Ryuji Tsunoda
  • Publication number: 20120104011
    Abstract: When a lid body (36) is opened, a side wall member (22) projects from an upper end face of a circumferential wall of a main body (12), and outside a cup portion (20), a wall portion (24) of the side wall member (22) rises. Specifically, a height of the wall portion (24) capable of supporting a side portion of a container (16) rises. Therefore, for a portion wherein the side wall member (22) rises, a depth of a supporting portion capable of supporting the container (16) is deepened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: NIFCO INC.
    Inventor: Ryuji Tsunoda