Patents by Inventor Toshiro Matsushima

Toshiro Matsushima 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).

  • Passenger seat for motor vehicle
    Patent number: 4969687
    Abstract: A passenger seat for use as a front seat in a motor vehicle is highly rigid and provides a space beneath a seat cushion for allowing a rear seat passenger to put front foot ends therein. The passenger seat has a seat frame comprising a main frame having a pair of beams disposed on opposite rear side thereof and extending rearwardly, and a substantially U-shaped opening defined in a rear central portion thereof and opening rearwardly, and a reinforcing frame interconnecting rear ends of the beams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 13, 1990
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takahiro Higuchi, Toshiro Matsushima, Akio Yanaka
  • Longitudinal seat sliding apparatus for automobiles
    Patent number: 4809939
    Abstract: An apparatus for supporting an automobile seat for longitudinal sliding including a stationary rail for mounting on the automobile, a movable rail for mounting on the seat, and roller members positioned between the rails to support the movable rail on the stationary rail. The roller members have two different diameters which respectively engage the movable rail and stationary rail for causing unequal relative movement between the roller members and each of the rails whereby the rails are of different lengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1989
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiro Matsushima, Hiroshi Ueda