Inertial Actuation Patents (Class 416/57)
  • Patent number: 9987908
    Abstract: A sun visor includes: a first light-blocking plate having a base attached to a seat width direction inside surface of a head rest of a front seat disposed in a vehicle via a fastener whose axial direction coincides with the seat width direction and selectively assuming a stored state in which the first light-blocking plate lies along the seat up and down direction about the fastener and a use state in which the first light-blocking plate lies along the seat front and rear direction about the fastener; a second light-blocking plate having a base end portion attached to a seat width direction outside surface of the head rest of the front seat via the fastener and selectively assuming the stored state and the use state; and a third light-blocking plate that interconnects in the seat width direction the first light-blocking plate and the second light-blocking plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Akihiro Tamaoki
  • Patent number: 9215935
    Abstract: A chair shade including a cover sheet, frame having a first end and a second end, a sliding unit simultaneously affixed to the cover sheet and slidably affixed to the frame such that the sliding unit moves along the length of the frame when a force is applied and maintains its position on the frame when no force is applied and a securing unit that secures the first end and second end of the frame to corresponding opposite sides of a chair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Inventors: James Surek, Marinela Surek, Scott W. Beu, Ronaldo J. Santiago, Renato E. Imana