Patents by Inventor Takahiro HARITA

Takahiro HARITA 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: 20230406168
    Abstract: When reversing a direction in which an angle is adjusted by a first adjustment section and reversing a direction in which a posture is adjusted by a second adjustment section, a control section of a seat provides, before a timing at which a driving direction of a second driving section is reversed, a stop period for stopping the second adjustment section from adjusting the posture, and the control section causes the first adjustment section to carry out a preparation operation in advance during the stop period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro KATO, Akio SHIMIZU, Takahiro HARITA
  • Publication number: 20230346125
    Abstract: A rocking device includes: a seat which supports a body of a user; a motor which rotates a rotation shaft in a first rotation direction and in a second rotation direction that is a rotation direction opposite to the first rotation direction, and thereby supplies motive power for rocking the seat via a gear attached to the rotation shaft; and a controller which controls rocking of the seat via the motor. The seat is configured to make a first motion of moving in a first movement direction, in accordance with rotation of the rotation shaft in the first rotation direction, and make a second motion of moving in a second movement direction, in accordance with rotation of the rotation shaft in the second rotation direction. The controller is configured to control rocking of the seat such that a prescribed stopped period is provided between the first motion and second motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicants: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro KATO, Akio SHIMIZU, Takahiro HARITA, Takashi ABE
  • Patent number: 9258849
    Abstract: A fabric material includes a conductive wire material that generates heat when supplied with current. Part of the conductive wire material in a longitudinal direction of the conductive wire material is externally exposed from the fabric material. A first planar element and a second planar element, of which at least one has electrical conductivity, are electrically connected to an externally exposed portion of the conductive wire material in such a manner that the first and second planar elements sandwich the exposed portion and are bonded so as to be in planar contact with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kouhei Kato, Akari Takahashi, Takahiro Harita
  • Patent number: 8926010
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat main body, a heating portion provided in the seat main body, a degree-of-contact measuring portion that measures a degree of contact between the seat main body and an occupant seated on the seat main body, and a control portion that controls an amount of heat output from the heating portion such that the amount of heat increases according to an increase in the degree of contact between the seat main body and the occupant, and decreases according to a decrease in the degree of contact between the seat main body and the occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Fumitoshi Akaike, Takahiro Harita
  • Publication number: 20110284515
    Abstract: A cloth member is provided. The cloth member includes a conductive wire configured to generate heat by applying electric current, and a plane-shaped connecting member having conductivity. The conductive wire has an exposed part that is exposed to an outside from the cloth member at a part in a longitudinal direction of the wire. The place-shaped connecting member is folded to sandwich the exposed part of the conductive wire therebetween such that folded surfaces of the connecting member are surface-adhered with each other integrally with the exposed part to be electrically connected to the exposed part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Fumitoshi AKAIKE, Akari TAKAHASHI, Takahiro HARITA
  • Publication number: 20110278282
    Abstract: A fabric material includes a conductive wire material that generates heat when supplied with current. Part of the conductive wire material in a longitudinal direction of the conductive wire material is externally exposed from the fabric material. A first planar element and a second planar element, of which at least one has electrical conductivity, are electrically connected to an externally exposed portion of the conductive wire material in such a manner that the first and second planar elements sandwich the exposed portion and are bonded so as to be in planar contact with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kouhei KATO, Akari TAKAHASHI, Takahiro HARITA