Patents Assigned to Tachi-s Co., Ltd
  • Patent number: 11110825
    Abstract: A sliding device includes a fixed rail, a movable rail, a lock plate, a spring member, and a fixing structure. The lock plate is displaced between a locking position where the lock plate engages with the fixed rail and restricts slide of the movable rail and a non-locking position where the restriction of slide is released. The spring member exerts an elastic force to maintain the lock plate in the locking position. The fixing structure includes a tapered portion of the spring member and a press spring portion that presses the tapered portion toward a hole of the movable rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignees: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TACHI-S CO., LTD., TF-METAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kosuke Taniguchi
  • Publication number: 20210253004
    Abstract: A vehicle seat is provided with a frame, a cushion pad which is disposed on the frame, a trim cover which covers the cushion pad, and a fastener provided to the surface of the cushion pad, which is installed on the frame. The fastener has a frame affixation section which is affixed to the frame, and a cover engagement section with which an end of the trim cover is engaged, and the fastener is joined to the cushion pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki NOJIMA
  • Patent number: 11072268
    Abstract: There is provided a head-rest of a car sheet which is configured to includes: a skin configured to cover a surface of the head-rest; a foamed material filled in the head-rest covered by the skin; and a stay extending to an outside from the skin in which the foamed material is filled, wherein the head-rest has a gate shape by indenting a center portion of a lower surface of the head-rest, and a groove portion is formed at the indented center portion of the gate shape by making end portions of the skin abut against each other, and members which are softer than the skin are seamed to the respective end portions of the skin which abut against each other in the groove portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Tsukada, Kouichi Moroi, Hitoshi Abe, Takafumi Kojima, Satoshi Hashimoto, Naoyuki Makita
  • Patent number: 11072266
    Abstract: A vehicle seat, wherein in order to ensure that air reliably flows through the entire sir channel formed on the seat obverse surface side when a blower on the seat reverse surface side is operated while an occupant is seated on the seat, a hole part passing from the surface on the side for seating the occupant through to the surface on the opposite side from the surface on the side for seating the occupant is formed through each urethane pad in a seat back and a seat cushion of the vehicle seat, the interiors of the hole parts formed in the urethane pads are filled with a material that is more breathable than the urethane pads, a plurality of grooves extending from the hole parts are formed on the surface of each of the urethane pads on the side for seating the occupant, and a blower for discharging or intaking air from the surface of each of the urethane pads on the side for seating the occupant through the hole parts filled with the breathable material is provided on the surface of each of the urethane pads
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Arata, Jun Takano
  • Patent number: 11065987
    Abstract: In the present invention, in a bottom portion 4a of a lower rail 4, a foreign matter interference portion 27 protruding upward and having a substantially arc-circular shape in a side view is formed by being cut and raised in a middle part in a rail width direction more on a front side than a bolt hole 26 for a mounting bolt for fixing the rear end portion of the lower rail 4 to a vehicle body. Rear-side stoppers 29 and long hole portions 31 shared with the rear-side stoppers 29 are formed on both sides of the foreign matter interference portion 27. The foreign matter interference portion 27 is separated into a front-side tongue piece 27a and a rear-side tongue piece 27b by a slit 32.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignees: TF-METAL CO., LTD., TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norifumi Koizumi, Hidekazu Kubota
  • Publication number: 20210188144
    Abstract: A holder is removable from a seatback frame. The seatback frame has a back plate, a top plate extending from an upper portion of the back plate toward a front side, and a fixing plate provided below the top plate and extending from the back plate toward the front side. The top plate has two insertion holes into which two holders can be inserted from above. The fixing plate is configured so as to be able to fix the end portions of the two holders inserted through the insertion holes of the top plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Daisuke Fujita
  • Patent number: 11034267
    Abstract: A vehicle seat has a seating part and a seat back. The seating part and the seat back define a gap therebetween and the gap is formed on the front face of the vehicle seat. A recessed opening is formed on the front face of the vehicle seat on a side of the seating part relative to the gap, and the recessed opening has an anchor to which a child safety seat is anchored. The vehicle seat has a flat, plate-like cover member that is provided on the front face of the vehicle seat and is capable of covering the opening. The cover member has a base-end portion fixed to the vehicle seat and a free-end portion that is not fixed to the vehicle seat and can be freely inserted into the gap. A hard plate is provided in the free-end portion of the cover member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tsunaki Nishida
  • Patent number: 11021087
    Abstract: In a vehicle seat, a seat back includes a backrest on which an occupant sitting on a seat cushion leans his/her back, and banks supporting the back of the sitting occupant on both sides. Urethane pads configuring the banks are formed in a shape protruded to the front with respect to a urethane pad configuring the backrest, the back face sides of the urethane pads configuring the banks formed in the shape protruded to the front are formed in a recessed shape with respect to a back face side of the urethane pad configuring the backrest, and on the portions of the back face sides of the urethane pads configuring the banks formed in the recessed shape, protrusions having faces at the same height as the back face side of the urethane pad configuring the backrest and extended to the portions formed in the recessed shape are formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinnosuke Kobayashi, Akinori Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 10994686
    Abstract: A seat includes an airbag module fixed to a seat frame, a trim cover including a breaking part which breaks according to an inflation and a deployment of an airbag of the airbag module, a first stay cloth and a second stay cloth which guide the inflating and deploying airbag to the breaking part, a first fixing member which is attached to the backside frame and stretches and supports the first stay cloth, and a second fixing member which stretches and supports the second stay cloth, in which the backside frame is provided with a pair of first attachment holes into which both end portions of the first fixing member are inserted and a pair of second attachment holes into which both end portions of the second fixing member are inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Inoue, Akinori Taniguchi, Takayuki Ohmori, Keita Myochin
  • Patent number: 10981477
    Abstract: In a car seat configured to cover a surface of a urethane pad by a trim cover, the trim cover is formed by sewing up a plural number of trim cover members with each other by chain stitch sewing, and by joining a surface on the back side of a portion where the plural number of the trim cover members are sewn up with each other by chain stitch sewing to a flat surface of the surface of the urethane pad by an adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Ishii, Masayuki Taguchi
  • Patent number: 10981478
    Abstract: A seat for vehicle includes a seat cushion and a seat back. A seat back frame of the seat back includes a right side frame, a left side frame, a lower frame, and an upper frame. The upper frame includes a first upper frame and a second upper frame, the first upper frame having a cross-sectional shape of a U-shape opening downward, the second upper frame having a cross-sectional shape of a U-shape opening downward, and a closed cross section is configured by vertically overlaying the first upper frame and the second upper frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Kubota, Masaru Kaneko, Hiroshi Fukushima
  • Patent number: 10960790
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle seat capable of easily maintaining the appearance. A bezel of the vehicle seat is abutted on a body fixing member so that the shift of the bezel in the direction in which the bezel is separated from an exposing section of a body is restricted by the body fixing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Yamaoka, Hideya Shiotani
  • Patent number: 10953776
    Abstract: The present invention provides a seat formed by bonding a trim cover to a foam pad, in which a sewing part of a trim cover can be bonded to a foam pad even when the trim cover is of leather. In a seat formed by bonding a trim cover to a foam pad, the trim cover includes a sewing part where plural trim covers are sewn up, raw material that is impregnated with an adhesive is sewn to the sewing part, and the foam pad and the raw material having been sewn are bonded to each other by the adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hideki Kamata
  • Patent number: 10933782
    Abstract: To prevent wrinkles from occurring on the outer skin member, in a vehicle seat including a urethane pad on which a groove is formed, a fixing member being embedded in the groove; trim covers covering a surface of the urethane pad; a suspender to suspend the trim covers sewn to each other for connection in the groove; and a plurality of tying members to tie the suspender with the fixing member, the suspender is provided with a seat cover suspension member and a reinforcement piece fixed to an edge portion of the seat cover suspension member, a number of slits are formed along the reinforcement piece at a portion of the seat cover suspension member where the reinforcement piece is fixed, and the plurality of tying members tie the suspender with the fixing member with a part of each of the tying members in abutment with the reinforcement piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Shindo, Masahiko Takahata, Yuuki Kumamoto
  • Patent number: 10906440
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a seating part that constitutes the vehicle seat; a support member that rotatably supports a portion of the seating part; an elastic member having a first end and a second end, the first end being attached to a movable portion of the seating part which is capable of rotating about the support member and the second end being attached to the seat frame; and an attenuation device that attenuates a motion of the movable portion when the movable portion moves from a seated state with a load applied, back to a normal state in which the applied load is removed. The movable portion of the seating part may include a base member, a slab member provided on the base member, and a surface member that covers the slab member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Tachi-S Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jun Takano
  • Patent number: 10906433
    Abstract: A vehicle seat 1 includes a seat cushion 2 for supporting the buttocks of an occupant, a backrest 3 having a seat back 5 and supporting the back of the occupant, and a reclining mechanism 8 having a bracket 82 that rotates about a rotation axis C and enabling the backrest 3 to rotate relative to the seat cushion 2. The bracket 82 is fastened onto a side surface plate 51 of the seat back 5 by a first bolt 61, a second bolt 62, and a third bolt 63 that pass through the bracket 82 and the side surface plate 51. An insertion position for the third bolt 63 is offset from a straight line L passing through an insertion position for the first bolt 61 and an insertion position for the second bolt 62.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Tachi-S Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Daisuke Fujita
  • Publication number: 20210009018
    Abstract: An armrest for a vehicle seat that is rotatable with respect to a seat back of the vehicle seat, and the armrest includes a bracket that is configured to support a rotation shaft of the armrest, the hollow plastic shell to which the bracket is joined and a trim cover that covers the hollow plastic shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masakazu TAKEDA, Rina KUROSAKI
  • Publication number: 20210001759
    Abstract: A vehicle seat (10) has a seat cushion (20) and a seat back (30), which are affixed to the body of a vehicle. The seat back (30) has: a first member (50) which is formed in a plate-like shape; and a second member (60) with a hat-shaped cross-section, which is configured so that a flange section (61) is in contact with one surface, in a thickness direction, of the first member (50). A center bead (52) is provided at the center portion of the first member (50). The center bead (52) is configured so that a longitudinal end of the center bead (52) and the second member (60) are overlapped in a plan view viewed in the thickness direction of the first member (50). As a result, the first member (50) of the seat back (30) is prevented from being deformed at the longitudinal end of the center bead (52).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masakazu TAKEDA, Mitsuru TSUKADA, Keita MYOCHIN, Tatsuya IWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20210001757
    Abstract: An impact absorbing device for a vehicle seat includes: a first base member; a second base member; and an impact absorbing member. The first base member rotatably supports the second base member. The impact absorbing member includes: a first fixing portion fixed to the first base member; a second fixing portion fixed to the second base member; and a deformable portion. The deformable portion is provided between the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion, and is configured to be bent by the rotation of the second base member. A distance between the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion in an undeformed state of the deformable portion has a value intermediate in a range of variation of the distance that varies depending on the bending of the deformable portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naoki TODA
  • Publication number: 20200398721
    Abstract: A headrest includes a frame made of metal, the frame includes a base plate supported by a headrest fixing device, and a cover plate disposed on an occupant head side of the base plate. The cover plate includes a cover panel portion, and a cover frame portion extending from an outer circumferential edge of the cover panel portion toward the base plate. The base plate includes a base panel portion, and a base frame portion extending from an outer circumferential edge of the base panel portion toward the cover plate, and fitted into the cover frame portion. A first part of the cover frame portion is joined to the base frame portion, and a remaining second part of the cover frame portion is enjoined to the base frame portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keita MYOCHIN, Naoki TODA