Patents Assigned to BIZEN HATSUJO CO., LTD.
  • Patent number: 11828336
    Abstract: Provided is a spring lock mechanism including: a lock drum (11) provided on either one of a first member (20) and a second member (20); a coil spring (12) secured to the other member, abutting on the lock drum (11), and locking turning of the second member (30) in one direction relative to the first member (20) due to a frictional force; and a switching mechanism causing the second member (30) to turn relative to the first member (20) to switch a state in which the locking has been established and a state in which the locking has been released and held, in which the coil spring (12) abuts on an inner circumferential surface of the lock drum (11), the diameter of the coil spring (12) increases through compression of a spring wire material of the coil spring (12) in a longitudinal direction caused by the turning of the second member (20), the coil spring thus further presses the inner circumferential surface of the lock drum (11) and locks the turning due to the frictional force, and the switching mechanism acc
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: BIZEN HATSUJO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori Taniguchi, Tokuzo Kobayashi, Kengo Tamura, Arata Shimizu, Yasushi Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 9862294
    Abstract: A head rest that can secure backward view when it is not used, and enable adjustment of its front-and-rear position in use. The head rest is rotatable from a rearmost position to a stored position in which the head rest is tilted down forward. When the head rest is in a use range from the rearmost position to a forward adjustment limit position located in front, the tilting angle of the head rest is adjustable, and the head rest can be rotated forward to the stored position and rotated backward to the rearmost position. By contrast, when the head rest is in the stored position, forward rotation and backward rotation of the head rest are regulated, and the head rest can be rotated backward to the rearmost position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: BIZEN HATSUJO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Yamane, Tokuzo Kobayashi, Yasushi Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 9855873
    Abstract: A headrest with a lock urging member in which unintentional change in an urging direction will hardly occur is provided. The headrest includes a first member, a second member, a backward urging member, a lock plate, a lock urging member, a lock switching member, and a resistance member. The lock switching member is provided with a switching pin abutment portion A, a switching pin abutment portion B, and a switching cam abutment portion. The lock plate includes a switching cam abutted portion. In a lock adjustment range, the lock switching member is moved together with the second member by the resistance member configured to apply resistance to movement of the lock switching member with respect to the second member. In addition, in rotation further forward beyond a forward adjustment limit position, the switching abutment portion B abuts against the switching pin fixed to the first member, so that the lock switching member does not follow the second member, whereby the headrest is unlocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: BIZEN HATSUJO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Yamane, Tokuzo Kobayashi, Yasushi Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 9758077
    Abstract: A headrest (1) includes a stay (6), a framework (2) supported by the stay (6) in a turnable manner toward a head of a sitting person, and supporting the head thereof, a shaft member (4) to be actuated in conjunction with the turning of the framework (2), and turning at a larger angle than a turning angle of the framework (2), and a coil spring (5) including a coil (50) wound around a pivot portion (47) of the shaft member (4) in a direction tightening the shaft member (4) when the framework (2) turns to the opposite side to the head side of the sitting person, and supports the head of the sitting person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Bizen Hatsujo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Yamane, Tokuzo Kobayashi, Yasushi Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 9676307
    Abstract: An armrest comprises an arm body in which a through hole is formed, an arm connected to the arm body, a drum that includes a cylinder inserted in the through hole, a bottom, and planar walls extending outside from a part of an end of the cylinder, is arranged rearward the arm body, and pivots the arm body about the cylinder; and mounting metal fittings that are integrally connected to the drum while locking the bottom and can be mounted on the seat frame. The armrest can adjust a position of the arm at a storage state and at a use state. The planar walls are arranged in such a manner as to position in a front-and-rear direction of the arm body in the use state, and the arm body is sandwiched between the planar walls and the mounting metal fittings in an axial direction of the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Bizen Hatsujo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Yamane, Tokuzo Kobayashi, Yoshinori Taniguchi, Yasushi Taniguchi, Kengo Tamura
  • Patent number: 9127726
    Abstract: The rotary damper includes a brake drum (10) whose either end is integrally connected to the first member (100); a cylindrical case (20) covering the brake drum (10) in a state that the cylindrical case relatively rotates with respect to the brake drum, and being connected to the second member (200) in a state that the cylindrical case rotates in conjugation with the second member; a brake spring (30) being externally fitted to the brake drum (10) with the coil spring tightened, and being configured by a coil spring whose one end is fixed to one end of the cylindrical case (20) and other end is fixed to other end of the cylindrical case. The brake drum (10) is provided with a releasing concave portion (10c) on an outer periphery thereof and fixing portions for winding the brake spring rotating independently from the brake drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: BIZEN HATSUJO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Yamane, Tokuzo Kobayashi, Yasushi Taniguchi