Patents by Inventor Takuo Yanagihara
Takuo Yanagihara 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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Patent number: 10717373Abstract: A seat slide device that can adjust sliding resistance of sliding of an upper rail with respect to a lower rail in an unlock state is provided. The seat slide device is provided in a vehicle and includes a lower rail fixed to a floor of a vehicle, an upper rail fixed to a seat of the vehicle and supported to be capable of sliding with respect to the lower rail, a lock mechanism configured to switch a lock state in which movement of the upper rail is restricted and an unlock state in which the movement of the upper rail is allowed, and an adjusting mechanism configured to adjust sliding resistance of sliding of the upper rail with respect to the lower rail in the unlock state.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2017Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: Toyota Body Seiko Co., LTD.Inventors: Hisato Watanabe, Shin Shiraki, Motohisa Nakamura, Takuo Yanagihara
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Publication number: 20170368963Abstract: A seat slide device that can adjust sliding resistance of sliding of an upper rail with respect to a lower rail in an unlock state is provided. The seat slide device is provided in a vehicle and includes a lower rail fixed to a floor of a vehicle, an upper rail fixed to a seat of the vehicle and supported to be capable of sliding with respect to the lower rail, a lock mechanism configured to switch a lock state in which movement of the upper rail is restricted and an unlock state in which the movement of the upper rail is allowed, and an adjusting mechanism configured to adjust sliding resistance of sliding of the upper rail with respect to the lower rail in the unlock state.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2017Publication date: December 28, 2017Applicant: Toyota Body Seiko Co., LTD.Inventors: Hisato Watanabe, Shin Shiraki, Motohisa Nakamura, Takuo Yanagihara
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Patent number: 6698835Abstract: A structure for supporting a vehicle seat, which includes a seatback. The seat is slidable relative to a floor of the vehicle, and the seatback inclines forward with respect to the seat. The structure holds the seat in a stable state when the seatback is used as a table. The structure includes a seat cushion, which moves between a normal position at which a passenger may sit on the seat and a lifted position at which the seat cushion is moved from the normal position. A locking member selectively permits and prohibits the sliding of the seat. An actuating member controls the locking member and prohibits the sliding of the seat when the seat cushion is located at the lifted position and the seatback is inclined forward with respect to the seat.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2002Date of Patent: March 2, 2004Assignees: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Gifu Shatai Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuhiro Kojima, Yukifumi Yamada, Tadasu Yoshida, Mikihito Nagura, Masaru Wakayama, Yasuhiko Mori, Takuo Yanagihara
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Patent number: 6688574Abstract: A vehicle seat sliding device includes a lower rail adapted to be fixed to the floor of the vehicle, an upper rail adapted to be fixed to the vehicle seat and mounted on the lower rail for forward and rearward movement, and a releasable lock mechanism disposed between the lower rail and the upper rail for locking the upper rail. The lock mechanism has a lock lever disposed within sections of the upper and lower rails and extending forward and rearward, with the lock lever being movably mounted on the upper rail. A nail portion is formed on the lock lever and is adapted to be selectively fitted into engaging holes formed on the upper and lower rails from inside the upper and lower rails toward outside. An urging mechanism is positioned within the sections of the lower and upper rails for urging the lock lever toward its locking condition, and an operating mechanism operates the lock lever.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2001Date of Patent: February 10, 2004Assignees: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Gifu Shatai Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroyuki Okazaki, Yukifumi Yamada, Hideo Nihonmatsu, Yasuhiko Mori, Takuo Yanagihara
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Publication number: 20020096615Abstract: A structure for supporting a vehicle seat, which includes a seatback. The seat is slidable relative to a floor of the vehicle, and the seatback inclines forward with respect to the seat. The structure holds the seat in a stable state when the seatback is used as a table. The structure includes a seat cushion, which moves between a normal position at which a passenger may sit on the seat and a lifted position at which the seat cushion is moved from the normal position. A locking member selectively permits and prohibits the sliding of the seat. An actuating member controls the locking member and prohibits the sliding of the seat when the seat cushion is located at the lifted position and the seatback is inclined forward with respect to the seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2002Publication date: July 25, 2002Inventors: Yasuhiro Kojima, Yukifumi Yamada, Tadasu Yoshida, Mikihito Nagura, Masaru Wakayama, Yasuhiko Mori, Takuo Yanagihara
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Publication number: 20020060281Abstract: A vehicle seat sliding device includes a lower rail adapted to be fixed to the floor of the vehicle, an upper rail adapted to be fixed to the vehicle seat and mounted on the lower rail for forward and rearward movement, and a releasable lock mechanism disposed between the lower rail and the upper rail for locking the upper rail. The lock mechanism has a lock lever disposed within sections of the upper and lower rails and extending forward and rearward, with the lock lever being movably mounted on the upper rail. A nail portion is formed on the lock lever and is adapted to be selectively fitted into engaging holes formed on the upper and lower rails from inside the upper and lower rails toward outside An urging mechanism is positioned within the sections of the lower and upper rails for urging the lock lever toward its locking condition, and an operating mechanism operates the lock lever.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2001Publication date: May 23, 2002Inventors: Hiroyuki Okazaki, Yukifumi Yamada, Hideo Nihonmatsu, Yasuhiko Mori, Takuo Yanagihara
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Patent number: 6349914Abstract: A seat slide device for vehicles includes a first and second rows of locking teeth which are formed along the longitudinal direction of the rail on a lower rail, a first flange portion which is formed on the locking lever opposed to the first row of locking teeth and is provided with a plurality of locking holes, and a second flange portion which is formed on the locking lever opposed to the second row of locking teeth.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 1999Date of Patent: February 26, 2002Assignees: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Gifu Shatai Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tadasu Yoshida, Yukifumi Yamada, Yasuhiro Kojima, Takuo Yanagihara, Yasuhiko Mori, Masaru Wakayama
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Patent number: 6145922Abstract: A reinforcing construction for rear wheel housings in automobiles, provided on the right and left sides of a car body, which comprises a connection member (24) having engagement portions at two axial ends thereof, respectively, and extending between right and left suspension towers, a first restraint device (26) mounted on one of the right and left rear wheel housings for restraining one of the two engagement portions on the connection member, and structures mounted on the other of the right and left rear where housings for restraining the other of the two engagement portions. The first restraint device comprises two lock levers (32, 34) supported independently of each other and swingably on the rear where housings to be capable of releasing and restraining one of the two engagement portions on the connection member, each of the lock levers having an inclined surface (33, 35) which is adapted to come into frictional contact with one of the engagement portions.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 1999Date of Patent: November 14, 2000Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Gifu Shatai Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Mitsuharu Shirahama, Kenji Isaka, Junji Kitagawa, Takuo Yanagihara, Yasuhiko Mori, Kazuhiro Narusaka