Patents by Inventor Tomoyo Futakawame

Tomoyo Futakawame 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: 20230228400
    Abstract: An indoor illumination device includes a compartment-side ceiling member, a lighting body support base, a direct illumination lighting body, and an indirect illumination lighting body. The lighting body support base is attached to the compartment-side ceiling member. The direct illumination lighting body is supported by a lighting body support base such that an illumination section of direct illumination lighting body is disposed below the compartment-side ceiling member and direct light is radiated into the passenger compartment. The indirect illumination lighting body is supported by a lighting body support base such that an illumination section of the indirect illumination lighting body is disposed above the compartment-side ceiling member and reflected light is radiated into the passenger compartment. The lighting body support base extends in a vehicle forward/rearward direction at an outer side portion of the ceiling section in the passenger compartment in a vehicle width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Shuto Yoshiuchi, Yoshitomo Oka, Makoto Ohta, Masakazu Okada, Mai Nagasawa, Tomoyo Futakawame, Tomoo Ito, Hiroki Taniguchi, Yuichiro Imaizumi, Miki Saito
  • Patent number: 11505152
    Abstract: In a vehicle seat, a back pad outer skin covering a surface of a back pad includes a first portion covering a surface of one part, including a side face, of a bolster pad part, and second portions covering a surface of another part that is different from the one part of the bolster pad part. A bound part is formed by binding to each other mutually adjacent end parts of the first portion and the second portions and extremity parts of expansive force transmission webbings having base portions fixed to a frame, the bound part being capable of breaking when an airbag is made to expand. A non-stretchable cloth member is disposed on a reverse side of specific outer skin portions, covering a front face of the bolster pad part, of the second portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignees: TS Tech Co., Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tachiā€”S Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jinichi Tanabe, Tetsumei Mochizuki, Soichi Nishikawa, Tomoyo Futakawame, Kazuo Noguchi, Ryou Kurobe
  • Publication number: 20210078518
    Abstract: In a vehicle seat, a back pad outer skin covering a surface of a back pad includes a first portion covering a surface of one part, including a side face, of a bolster pad part, and second portions covering a surface of another part that is different from the one part of the bolster pad part. A bound part is formed by binding to each other mutually adjacent end parts of the first portion and the second portions and extremity parts of expansive force transmission webbings having base portions fixed to a frame, the bound part being capable of breaking when an airbag is made to expand. A non-stretchable cloth member is disposed on a reverse side of specific outer skin portions, covering a front face of the bolster pad part, of the second portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Jinichi TANABE, Tetsumei MOCHIZUKI, Soichi NISHIKAWA, Tomoyo FUTAKAWAME, Kazuo NOGUCHI, Ryou KUROBE
  • Patent number: 10414303
    Abstract: A seat (1) comprises: a seat member (3(2)) that includes a cushioning material (4); and a fastening member (5) that allows a trim cover (7) to be detachably attached to a predetermined position on the seat member (3). The fastening member (5) is constituted by a slide fastener that includes: a fastener part (51) constituted by one fastener half (511) and another fastener half (512); and a slider part. At least part of a base part (6) provided in the one fastener half (511) is embedded in the cushioning material (4), and part of the other fastener half (512) is fixed to the trim cover (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignees: Tachi-S Co., Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Fujikake, Tomoyo Futakawame, Tomoyuki Uemura, Taku Nagasawa, Shinobu Sasaki
  • Patent number: 10358064
    Abstract: A changeable cover for a seat headrest comprises: a first locking part for locking a portion of the cover with a stay of the headrest; and a second locking part for locking another portion of the cover with the headrest. The first locking part may be, for example, a through-hole into which the stay is inserted. The second locking part may be, for example, a hook-and-loop fastener member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignees: Tachi-S Co., Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Nishino, Ryo Kurobe, Tomoyuki Uemura, Taku Nagasawa, Tomoyo Futakawame, Shinobu Sasaki
  • Patent number: 10328828
    Abstract: A hooking structure includes a fastening member that is configured from an open-type slide fastener and is not stitched to a base trim cover, and a plastic fixing member for fixing one fastener half part to a seat member in a groove part formed in a seat member and used for hooking. The fastening member is provided with a locked part, the fixing member is provided with a flexible locking part that locks with the locked part, and the other fastener half part and a dressing cover are anchored together by an anchoring part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignees: Tachi-S Co., Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Fujikake, Tomoyo Futakawame, Tomoyuki Uemura, Taku Nagasawa, Shinobu Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20190143862
    Abstract: A hooking structure includes a fastening member that is configured from an open-type slide fastener and is not stitched to a base trim cover, and a plastic fixing member for fixing one fastener half part to a seat member in a groove part formed in a seat member and used for hooking. The fastening member is provided with a locked part, the fixing member is provided with a flexible locking part that locks with the locked part, and the other fastener half part and a dressing cover are anchored together by an anchoring part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicants: Tachi-S Co., Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Fujikake, Tomoyo Futakawame, Tomoyuki Uemura, Taku Nagasawa, Shinobu Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20190143861
    Abstract: A seat hooking structure (10) which supports by hooking a changeable cover (7) so as to be detachably attached to a seat member provided with a base trim cover (6), the seat hooking structure (10) comprising: an open-type fastening member (5) which is not sewn to the base trim cover (6), the fastening member (5) including a fastener part constituted by one fastener half (511) and another fastener half (512), and a slider part that slides along the fastener part so as to open and close the one fastener half (511) and the other fastener half (512); and an anchoring member (18) which anchors the one fastener half (511) to the seat member in a groove for hooking (11). The other fastener half (512) and the changeable cover (7) are secured to each other by a securing part (74).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicants: Tachi-S Co., Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Fujikake, Tomoyo Futakawame, Tomoyuki Uemura, Taku Nagasawa, Shinobu Sasaki
  • Patent number: 10232749
    Abstract: A seat hooking structure (10) which supports by hooking a changeable cover (7) so as to be detachably attached to a seat member provided with a base trim cover (6), the seat hooking structure (10) comprising: an open-type fastening member (5) which is not sewn to the base trim cover (6), the fastening member (5) including a fastener part constituted by one fastener half (511) and another fastener half (512), and a slider part that slides along the fastener part so as to open and close the one fastener half (511) and the other fastener half (512); and an anchoring member (18) which anchors the one fastener half (511) to the seat member in a groove for hooking (11). The other fastener half (512) and the changeable cover (7) are secured to each other by a securing part (74).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignees: Tachi-S Co., Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Fujikake, Tomoyo Futakawame, Tomoyuki Uemura, Taku Nagasawa, Shinobu Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20180368586
    Abstract: A cover member is a detachable cover member of seat. The cover member comprises at least a skin material and a lining material which is positioned on a back side of the skin material, the lining material is a multistory cloth which is bonded on the back side of the skin material through bonding agent, the cover member comprises bonded parts which the bonding agent is adhered and non-bonded parts which the bonding agent is not adhered between the the multistory cloth and the skin material. And, the multistory cloth may be a multistory knitting fabric which is knitted by polyester resin-made threads, the bonded part may be arranged in any one out of a net-likeshape, a dot-like-shape and a checkered pattern, the bonded part may be arranged irregularly et cetera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicants: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., TB Kawashima Co., Ltd., SEIREN CO., LTD., Sage Automotive Interiors Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki UEMURA, Tomoyo FUTAKAWAME, Kazuki KITAGAWA, Kentaro ISEKI, Hideki KONDO, Takuro IZUMI, Satoshi NISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20180194254
    Abstract: A hooking structure includes a fastening member that is configured from an open-type slide fastener and is not stitched to a base trim cover, and a plastic fixing member for fixing one fastener half part to a seat member in a groove part formed in a seat member and used for hooking. The fastening member is provided with a locked part, the fixing member is provided with a flexible locking part that locks with the locked part, and the other fastener half part and a dressing cover are anchored together by an anchoring part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicants: Tachi-S Co., Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Fujikake, Tomoyo Futakawame, Tomoyuki Uemura, Taku Nagasawa, Shinobu Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20180118066
    Abstract: A seat hooking structure (10) which supports by hooking a changeable cover (7) so as to be detachably attached to a seat member provided with a base trim cover (6), the seat hooking structure (10) comprising: an open-type fastening member (5) which is not sewn to the base trim cover (6), the fastening member (5) including a fastener part constituted by one fastener half (511) and another fastener half (512), and a slider part that slides along the fastener part so as to open and close the one fastener half (511) and the other fastener half (512); and an anchoring member (18) which anchors the one fastener half (511) to the seat member in a groove for hooking (11). The other fastener half (512) and the changeable cover (7) are secured to each other by a securing part (74).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicants: Tachi-S Co., Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Fujikake, Tomoyo Futakawame, Tomoyuki Uemura, Taku Nagasawa, Shinobu Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20180099593
    Abstract: A seat (1) comprises: a seat member (3(2)) that includes a cushioning material (4); and a fastening member (5) that allows a trim cover (7) to be detachably attached to a predetermined position on the seat member (3). The fastening member (5) is constituted by a slide fastener that includes: a fastener part (51) constituted by one fastener half (511) and another fastener half (512); and a slider part. At least part of a base part (6) provided in the one fastener half (511) is embedded in the cushioning material (4), and part of the other fastener half (512) is fixed to the trim cover (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicants: Tachi-S Co., Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Fujikake, Tomoyo Futakawame, Tomoyuki Uemura, Taku Nagasawa, Shinobu Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20170361739
    Abstract: A changeable cover for a seat headrest comprises: a first locking part for locking a portion of the cover with a stay of the headrest; and a second locking part for locking another portion of the cover with the headrest. The first locking part may be, for example, a through-hole into which the stay is inserted. The second locking part may be, for example, a hook-and-loop fastener member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicants: TACHI-S CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Nishino, Ryo Kurobe, Tomoyuki Uemura, Taku Nagasawa, Tomoyo Futakawame, Shinobu Sasaki