Patents by Inventor Yuichiro Hoshi
Yuichiro Hoshi 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: 11932141Abstract: Provided is vehicle seat with a seat cushion and a seat back, the vehicle seat comprising: a pair of cushion side frames; a duct extending from the seat cushion along a rear side of a cushion frame toward the seat back and connecting an air passage and a blower, the air passage being formed in at least one of the seat cushion and the seat back; and a side frame cover configured to cover at least part of the cushion side frame. The side frame cover includes a duct cover portion configured to cover part of the duct at the rear side of the cushion frame.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuichiro Hoshi, Kazuki Kobayashi, Tomohisa Tanaka
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Patent number: 11738671Abstract: A vehicle seat which can restrain displacement of a duct from a pad is provided. The vehicle seat includes a blower, the pad (P) including an air passage formed therein and a hole (B2) communicating with the air passage, the duct (100) connected to the hole (B2) and configured to connect the blower and the air passage, and a holding member (150) connected to the duct (100). The duct (100) includes a first tubular portion (133) positioned in the hole (B2), and a first flange (134) extending outward from the first tubular portion (133). The holding member (150) includes a second tubular portion (151) connected to the first tubular portion (133), and a second flange (152) extending outward from the second tubular portion (151). The first flange (134) and the second flange (152) hold the pad therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuichiro Hoshi, Kazuki Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20230173959Abstract: A conveyance seat accommodable in a recess of a floor includes: a seat cushion; a front leg portion which supports a front lower portion of the seat cushion and of which one end is rotatably fixed at the front lower portion of the seat cushion and the other end is detachably fixed at a position in front of the recess; a rear leg portion which supports a rear lower portion of the seat cushion and of which one end is rotatably fixed at the rear lower portion of the seat cushion and the other end is rotatably fixed to the floor inside the recess; and an arm portion of which one end is rotatably fixed to the rear leg portion and the other end is fixable to the floor at a position behind the other end of the rear leg portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2021Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: Takako MIYOSHI, Takayuki KOBORI, Akio SEYA, Hiroki SHIBAYAMA, Kazuyoshi IIZUKA, Ai FURUTA, Kazuaki MIMA, Yuichiro HOSHI, Tomohisa CHIBA, Kensuke MORI, Hirokazu ONITSUKA
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Publication number: 20230173953Abstract: A mode adjustment system capable of changing interior in a conveyance with less effort and time includes an input device that allows an occupant to select mode information in which position information of a seat and a shade are registered in advance, a mode switching device that receives the mode information from the input device and switches the positions of the seat and the shade based on the mode information, a seat adjustment device, and a shade adjustment device. The mode switching device includes a seat movement amount calculator calculating the movement amount of the seat and a shade movement amount calculator calculating the movement amount of the shade, the seat adjustment device adjusts the position of the seat based on the calculated movement amount of the seat, and the shade adjustment device adjusts the position of the shade based on the calculated movement amount of the shade.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2021Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: Takako MIYOSHI, Takayuki KOBORI, Akio SEYA, Hiroki SHIBAYAMA, Kazuyoshi IIZUKA, Ai FURUTA, Kazuaki MIMA, Yuichiro HOSHI, Tomohisa CHIBA, Kensuke MORI
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Publication number: 20230158976Abstract: Provided is an attachment structure for a functional component capable of easily changing a position while supplying power. An attachment structure for a functional component is the attachment structure for the functional component to be attached to an interior member of a conveyance, including: a rail member provided in the interior member and extending in a predetermined direction; and a power transmission unit provided in the rail member and the functional component includes an engagement member fixed to be slidable on the rail member and a power receiving unit disposed to face the rail member in the engagement member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2021Publication date: May 25, 2023Inventors: Takako MIYOSHI, Yuichiro HOSHI, Jinichi TANABE
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Publication number: 20220281366Abstract: A vehicle seat which can restrain displacement of a duct from a pad is provided. The vehicle seat includes a blower, the pad (P) including an air passage formed therein and a hole (B2) communicating with the air passage, the duct (100) connected to the hole (B2) and configured to connect the blower and the air passage, and a holding member (150) connected to the duct (100). The duct (100) includes a first tubular portion (133) positioned in the hole (B2), and a first flange (134) extending outward from the first tubular portion (133). The holding member (150) includes a second tubular portion (151) connected to the first tubular portion (133), and a second flange (152) extending outward from the second tubular portion (151). The first flange (134) and the second flange (152) hold the pad therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2022Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventors: Yuichiro Hoshi, Kazuki Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20220250516Abstract: Provided is vehicle seat with a seat cushion and a seat back, the vehicle seat comprising: a pair of cushion side frames; a duct extending from the seat cushion along a rear side of a cushion frame toward the seat back and connecting an air passage and a blower, the air passage being formed in at least one of the seat cushion and the seat back; and a side frame cover configured to cover at least part of the cushion side frame. The side frame cover includes a duct cover portion configured to cover part of the duct at the rear side of the cushion frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Yuichiro HOSHI, Kazuki KOBAYASHI, Tomohisa TANAKA
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Patent number: 11338712Abstract: A vehicle seat which can restrain displacement of a duct from a pad is provided. The vehicle seat includes a blower, the pad (P) including an air passage formed therein and a hole (B2) communicating with the air passage, the duct (100) connected to the hole (B2) and configured to connect the blower and the air passage, and a holding member (150) connected to the duct (100). The duct (100) includes a first tubular portion (133) positioned in the hole (B2), and a first flange (134) extending outward from the first tubular portion (133). The holding member (150) includes a second tubular portion (151) connected to the first tubular portion (133), and a second flange (152) extending outward from the second tubular portion (151). The first flange (134) and the second flange (152) hold the pad therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2019Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuichiro Hoshi, Kazuki Kobayashi
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Patent number: 11332051Abstract: Provided are: a seat heater including a heater unit and an air blower; and a vehicle seat, whereby the whole seat can be warmed quickly and improved comfort can be provided through adjustments made in temperatures as desirable for comfort at each of the sites. The seat heater includes a heater unit disposed in a seat, a blower disposed at a portion corresponding to the heater unit, and a controller configured to regulate outputs of the heater unit and the blower. The controller is configured to: bring the blower into operation if a predetermined condition is satisfied during an operation of the heater unit; and make an output of the heater unit higher when the blower is in operation than when the blower is not in operation.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2017Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuichiro Hoshi, Takayoshi Ito, Masahiro Nomura
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Publication number: 20220144168Abstract: A notification system includes a seat; a luggage detection unit that detects a presence of luggage on the seat or in the vicinity of the seat, the luggage being held by a user; a seating detection unit that detects whether or not the user is seated on the seat; a notification unit that notifies the user of presence or absence information of the luggage; and a control unit that is connected to and controls the luggage detection unit and the notification unit. When the luggage detection unit detects the luggage after an elapse of a predetermined time from when the seating detection unit has detected that the user has left the seat, the control unit causes the notification unit to notify the user that the luggage has been detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2020Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: Takayoshi ITO, Yuichiro HOSHI, Kohei KOWATA, Hayato SHIMAZAKI
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Patent number: 11292372Abstract: In a vehicle seat (1), a heater element (40) disposed between the surface of a cushion pad (8) and a skin member (9) includes a pair of main body portions (45-47) and a crossing portion (48, 49) connecting the main body portions to each other, the crossing portion being received in a tuck-in groove (11) formed in the cushion pad and extending through a gap defined between a bottom portion (22) of the tuck-in groove and a tuck-in member (35). The heater element includes a substrate (41) in sheet form, and a heater wire (42) attached to the substrate, and the heater wire in the crossing portion extends in a direction orthogonal to a lengthwise direction of the tuck-in groove in a zigzag pattern, the heater wire including a bent portion (62) of the zigzag pattern located in a bottom region (68) of the tuck-in groove.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2020Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuichiro Hoshi, Sachio Kobayashi, Yuma Tanabe
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Patent number: 11279272Abstract: Provided is vehicle seat with a seat cushion and a seat back, the vehicle seat comprising: a pair of cushion side frames; a duct extending from the seat cushion along a rear side of a cushion frame toward the seat back and connecting an air passage and a blower, the air passage being formed in at least one of the seat cushion and the seat back; and a side frame cover configured to cover at least part of the cushion side frame. The side frame cover includes a duct cover portion configured to cover part of the duct at the rear side of the cushion frame.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2017Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuichiro Hoshi, Kazuki Kobayashi, Tomohisa Tanaka
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Patent number: 11167672Abstract: Provided is vehicle seat with a seat cushion and a seat back, the vehicle seat comprising: a duct disposed astride the seat cushion and the seat back, and configured to connect an air passage and a blower, the air passage being formed in the seat cushion and the seat back; and a side frame cover configured to cover part of the duct. The duct includes a first duct member and a second duct member connected to the first duct member. The side frame cover is configured to cover at least part of a first connected section that is a section at which the first duct member and the second duct member are connected.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2018Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuichiro Hoshi, Kazuki Kobayashi, Tatsumi Konno
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Publication number: 20210291729Abstract: An attachment structure for installing a lighting device on an attachment target, includes a hole formed in a bottom surface of the attachment structure for letting light from the lighting device pass through the hole, and a plurality of ribs formed around the hole. The plurality of ribs are substantially flush with each other in a lighting device placement area configured to receive a bottom surface of the lighting device, so that the lighting device is positioned with respect to the bottom surface of the attachment structure in a height direction of the lighting device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventors: Masanori SUZUKI, Yuichiro HOSHI, Noriyuki YAMATO
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Publication number: 20210268944Abstract: A vehicle seat which can restrain displacement of a duct from a pad is provided. The vehicle seat includes a blower, the pad (P) including an air passage formed therein and a hole (B2) communicating with the air passage, the duct (100) connected to the hole (B2) and configured to connect the blower and the air passage, and a holding member (150) connected to the duct (100). The duct (100) includes a first tubular portion (133) positioned in the hole (B2), and a first flange (134) extending outward from the first tubular portion (133). The holding member (150) includes a second tubular portion (151) connected to the first tubular portion (133), and a second flange (152) extending outward from the second tubular portion (151). The first flange (134) and the second flange (152) hold the pad therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2019Publication date: September 2, 2021Inventors: Yuichiro Hoshi, Kazuki Kobayashi
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Patent number: 11059419Abstract: An attachment structure for installing a lighting device on an attachment target, includes a hole formed in a bottom surface of the attachment structure for letting light from the lighting device pass through the hole, and a plurality of ribs formed around the hole. The plurality of ribs are substantially flush with each other in a lighting device placement area configured to receive a bottom surface of the lighting device, so that the lighting device is positioned with respect to the bottom surface of the attachment structure in a height direction of the lighting device.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2019Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masanori Suzuki, Yuichiro Hoshi, Noriyuki Yamato
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Patent number: 11027631Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat frame including a pan frame (12), a blower, and a bracket (50) configured to attach the blower to the pan frame (12). The bracket (50) is provided with a first engagement portion (110) protruding toward the pan frame (12), and the pan frame (12) is provided with a first engagement hole (12A) in which the first engagement portion (110) is engageable. The first engagement portion (110) includes a first stopper portion (112) configured to be locked to the pan frame (12) when the first engagement portion (110) is engaged in the first engagement hole (12A), and a first elastically deformable portion (113) configured to deform elastically to allow the first stopper portion (112) to pass through the first engagement hole (12A) when the first engagement portion (110) is inserted into the first engagement hole (12A).Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2017Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuichiro Hoshi, Kazuki Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20210101509Abstract: Provided is vehicle seat with a seat cushion and a seat back , the vehicle seat comprising: a duct disposed astride the seat cushion and the seat back, and configured to connect an air passage and a blower , the air passage being formed in the seat cushion and the seat back; and a side frame cover configured to cover part of the duct . The duct includes a first duct member and a second duct member connected to the first duct member. The side frame cover is configured to cover at least part of a first connected section that is a section at which the first duct member and the second duct member are connected.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2018Publication date: April 8, 2021Inventors: Yuichiro HOSHI, Kazuki KOBAYASHI, Tatsumi KONNO
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Publication number: 20200361350Abstract: Provided is vehicle seat with a seat cushion and a seat back, the vehicle seat comprising: a pair of cushion side frames; a duct extending from the seat cushion along a rear side of a cushion frame toward the seat back and connecting an air passage and a blower, the air passage being formed in at least one of the seat cushion and the seat back; and a side frame cover configured to cover at least part of the cushion side frame. The side frame cover includes a duct cover portion configured to cover part of the duct at the rear side of the cushion frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2017Publication date: November 19, 2020Inventors: Yuichiro HOSHI, Kazuki KOBAYASHI, Tomohisa TANAKA
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Publication number: 20200307426Abstract: In a vehicle seat (1), a heater element (40) disposed between the surface of a cushion pad (8) and a skin member (9) includes a pair of main body portions (45-47) and a crossing portion (48, 49) connecting the main body portions to each other, the crossing portion being received in a tuck-in groove (11) formed in the cushion pad and extending through a gap defined between a bottom portion (22) of the tuck-in groove and a tuck-in member (35). The heater element includes a substrate (41) in sheet form, and a heater wire (42) attached to the substrate, and the heater wire in the crossing portion extends in a direction orthogonal to a lengthwise direction of the tuck-in groove in a zigzag pattern, the heater wire including a bent portion (62) of the zigzag pattern located in a bottom region (68) of the tuck-in groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: Yuichiro Hoshi, Sachio Kobayashi, Yuma Tanabe