Patents Assigned to Gifu Shatai Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
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Patent number: 7086698Abstract: A seat device equips a walk-in mechanism and a fold down mechanism (a seatback is turned down with large angle so as to attain the flat condition). These mechanisms can be operated selectively using a simple operation without using plural levers. A base bracket of the seat device is fixed to a lower arm. The base bracket has a stopper and pivotally supports the first link member and the second member in a freely turning way. An upper arm has a contact portion. If the upper arm is turned down in the forward direction for the walk-in operation, the contact portion gets in contact with an intervening member of the first link member so as not to turn further down in the forward direction. In the case that the seatback is turned to the flat condition, the intervening member is moved towards the outside portion of the locus of movement of the contact portion. Consequently, the contact portion of the upper arm can be turned down on a large scale without getting in contact with the intervening member.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2004Date of Patent: August 8, 2006Assignees: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Gifu Shatai Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Shin Shiraki
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Patent number: 7017993Abstract: A seat device is provided, in which a locking condition of an upper rail (2) to a lower rail (1) is released and a seat can be moved in forward direction when a seatback is turned down in forward direction due to a walk in operation. A turning bracket (18) is pivotally supported on the side portion of a lower arm (3) fixed to the upper rail (2). An actuating lever (20) for actuating a lock mechanism is fixed to a turning pin (17) for supporting a turning bracket (18). A cable (15) is connected to the turning bracket (18), a hook member (22) is pivotally supported on the side portion of the lower arm (3), and a detecting member (29) is supported thereby in a turning way. A projecting portion (25) of a hook member (22) can be engaged with or disengaged from a notch portion (31) of a turning bracket (18).Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2002Date of Patent: March 28, 2006Assignees: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Gifu Shatai Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Naoki Niimi, Hiroyuki Okazaki, Shin Shiraki
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Publication number: 20050052062Abstract: A seat device equips a walk-in mechanism and a fold down mechanism (a seatback is turned down with large angle so as to attain the flat condition). These mechanisms can be operated selectively using a simple operation without using plural levers. A base bracket of the seat device is fixed to a lower arm. The base bracket has a stopper and pivotally supports the first link member and the second member in a freely turning way. An upper arm has a contact portion. If the upper arm is turned down in the forward direction for the walk-in operation, the contact portion gets in contact with an intervening member of the first link member so as not to turn further down in the forward direction. In the case that the seatback is turned to the flat condition, the intervening member is moved towards the outside portion of the locus of movement of the contact portion. Consequently, the contact portion of the upper arm can be turned down on a large scale without getting in contact with the intervening member.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2004Publication date: March 10, 2005Applicants: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, GIFU SHATAI KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Shin Shiraki
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Patent number: 6799801Abstract: A seat device equips a walk-in mechanism and a fold down mechanism (a seatback is turned down with large angle so as to attain the flat condition). These mechanisms can be operated selectively using a simple operation without using plural levers. A base bracket of the seat device is fixed to a lower arm. The base bracket has a stopper and pivotally supports the first link member and the second member in a freely turning way. An upper arm has a contact portion. If the upper arm is turned down in the forward direction for the walk-in operation, the contact portion gets in contact with an intervening member of the first link member so as not to turn further down in the forward direction. In the case that the seatback is turned to the flat condition, the intervening member is moved towards the outside portion of the locus of movement of the contact portion. Consequently, the contact portion of the upper arm can be turned down on a large scale without getting in contact with the intervening member.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2002Date of Patent: October 5, 2004Assignees: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Gifu Shatai Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Naoki Niimi, Hiroyuki Okazaki, Shin Shiraki
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Patent number: 6698835Abstract: A structure for supporting a vehicle seat, which includes a seatback. The seat is slidable relative to a floor of the vehicle, and the seatback inclines forward with respect to the seat. The structure holds the seat in a stable state when the seatback is used as a table. The structure includes a seat cushion, which moves between a normal position at which a passenger may sit on the seat and a lifted position at which the seat cushion is moved from the normal position. A locking member selectively permits and prohibits the sliding of the seat. An actuating member controls the locking member and prohibits the sliding of the seat when the seat cushion is located at the lifted position and the seatback is inclined forward with respect to the seat.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2002Date of Patent: March 2, 2004Assignees: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Gifu Shatai Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasuhiro Kojima, Yukifumi Yamada, Tadasu Yoshida, Mikihito Nagura, Masaru Wakayama, Yasuhiko Mori, Takuo Yanagihara
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Patent number: 6688574Abstract: A vehicle seat sliding device includes a lower rail adapted to be fixed to the floor of the vehicle, an upper rail adapted to be fixed to the vehicle seat and mounted on the lower rail for forward and rearward movement, and a releasable lock mechanism disposed between the lower rail and the upper rail for locking the upper rail. The lock mechanism has a lock lever disposed within sections of the upper and lower rails and extending forward and rearward, with the lock lever being movably mounted on the upper rail. A nail portion is formed on the lock lever and is adapted to be selectively fitted into engaging holes formed on the upper and lower rails from inside the upper and lower rails toward outside. An urging mechanism is positioned within the sections of the lower and upper rails for urging the lock lever toward its locking condition, and an operating mechanism operates the lock lever.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2001Date of Patent: February 10, 2004Assignees: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Gifu Shatai Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroyuki Okazaki, Yukifumi Yamada, Hideo Nihonmatsu, Yasuhiko Mori, Takuo Yanagihara
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Patent number: 6349914Abstract: A seat slide device for vehicles includes a first and second rows of locking teeth which are formed along the longitudinal direction of the rail on a lower rail, a first flange portion which is formed on the locking lever opposed to the first row of locking teeth and is provided with a plurality of locking holes, and a second flange portion which is formed on the locking lever opposed to the second row of locking teeth.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 1999Date of Patent: February 26, 2002Assignees: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Gifu Shatai Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tadasu Yoshida, Yukifumi Yamada, Yasuhiro Kojima, Takuo Yanagihara, Yasuhiko Mori, Masaru Wakayama
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Patent number: 6145922Abstract: A reinforcing construction for rear wheel housings in automobiles, provided on the right and left sides of a car body, which comprises a connection member (24) having engagement portions at two axial ends thereof, respectively, and extending between right and left suspension towers, a first restraint device (26) mounted on one of the right and left rear wheel housings for restraining one of the two engagement portions on the connection member, and structures mounted on the other of the right and left rear where housings for restraining the other of the two engagement portions. The first restraint device comprises two lock levers (32, 34) supported independently of each other and swingably on the rear where housings to be capable of releasing and restraining one of the two engagement portions on the connection member, each of the lock levers having an inclined surface (33, 35) which is adapted to come into frictional contact with one of the engagement portions.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 1999Date of Patent: November 14, 2000Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Gifu Shatai Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Mitsuharu Shirahama, Kenji Isaka, Junji Kitagawa, Takuo Yanagihara, Yasuhiko Mori, Kazuhiro Narusaka