Patents Assigned to Tachi-s Co., Ltd
  • Vehicle seat
    Patent number: 10640026
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a seat back, connected with a seat cushion through a recliner, an outlet of a shoulder belt being provided in one shoulder of the seat back, wherein: the seat back includes: a first side frame, arranged on the one shoulder side; and a second side frame, arranged on the other shoulder side; the first side frame includes: a first frame member having a hollow and closed sectional shape; and a plate-shaped bracket which is attached in the recliner; and the bracket includes a joint part which is inserted into a lower end portion of the first frame member and is joined with the lower end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignees: TACHI-S CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yousuke Hasegawa, Sigeyuki Okamoto, Hiroyuki Yajima, Shogo Wakana, Osamu Kyogoku, Sugiaki Yamazato, Toru Inagaki
  • VEHICLE SEAT
    Publication number: 20200130542
    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: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Yamaoka, Hideya Shiotani
  • SEAT SLIDE DEVICE FOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20200130539
    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: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicants: TF-METAL Co., Ltd., TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norifumi KOIZUMI, Hidekazu KUBOTA
  • Vehicle seat with walk-in mechanism
    Patent number: 10632875
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide, in a vehicle seat having a walk-in mechanism, a locking mechanism for a seat back with which rotation of a lock plate can be suppressed against impact in any direction, and with which the locked state can be more reliably retained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Watanabe, Takayuki Ohmori
  • VEHICLE SEAT
    Publication number: 20200122619
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a cushion pad; a vibration transmission member which has a wire shape and is embedded in the cushion pad; and a vibration device configured to vibrate the vibration transmission member. The vibration transmission member includes: a bent portion; an operation portion provided on one end side with respect to the bent portion and extending in a first direction along a seated person support surface of the cushion pad; and an input portion provided on the other end side with respect to the bent portion and extending in a second direction intersecting the seated person support surface. The vibration device vibrates the input portion in a third direction intersecting the second direction in a plane defined by the first direction and the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicants: TACHI-S CO., LTD., CLARION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu FUJIKAKE, Kazuo NOGUCHI, Daisuke FUJITA, Naoki TAKADA, Kenji KONO, Masao KOMADA, Yosuke TAKANO
  • Vehicle seat and reclining mechanism cover used for the same
    Patent number: 10618440
    Abstract: A reclining mechanism cover for covering hinge portions (15) of a reclining mechanism in a vehicle seat includes a seat front right reclining mechanism cover (11) and a seat front left reclining mechanism cover (12) which cover, from the front of a seat back the hinge portions on the left and right sides in the width direction of the seat back; and a seat lower reclining mechanism cover (10) which comprises left and right rear reclining mechanism covers that cover, from the rear of the seat back, the left and right hinge portions (15) of the seat back and a seat back rear covering component that is integral with the seat back rear reclining mechanism covers. This reclining mechanism cover is mounted to the seat back frame (4) of the seat back via the seat lower reclining mechanism cover (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasuhiko Kamei
  • Seat cover, seat cover manufacturing method, and vehicle seat
    Patent number: 10611276
    Abstract: A seat cover (5) of a vehicle seat (1) includes: a welt seam part (17) in which seam allowances (15 and 16) of sewn skin materials (10 and 11) are split to right and left sides to be folded on the skin materials (10 and 11), and are sewn on the skin materials (10 and 11) by stitches (13 and 14) which are formed in the skin materials (10 and 11) along a seam (12) where the skin materials (10 and 11) are sewn; and a hook-and-loop fastener (18) provided in the welt seam part (17). The seam allowances (15 and 16) include edge portions (21 and 22) arranged outside the stitches (13 and 14). The hook-and-loop fastener (18) is fixed in the edge portions (21 and 22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiko Suzuki, Koji Kobayashi
  • Interior part of vehicle and manufacturing method thereof
    Patent number: 10596937
    Abstract: An interior part of vehicle capable of improving in design property is manufactured by joining a plurality of pieces of a layered cloth having at least a skin material and a cushion material. The plurality of pieces to be joined are processed with continuous stitches, and the pieces joined with the stitch processing are sewn up, with the front surfaces put together, along ends to be joined. One of the joined plurality of pieces is folded, thus the plurality of pieces are provided, with the front surfaces facing vehicle interior space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Sekino, Yukihito Kobayashi, Satoshi Tadokoro, Meimei Lai, Takuya Hori
  • Vehicle seat
    Patent number: 10596938
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a seat cushion; a lower frame which supports the seat cushion to be lifted and lowered and to be advanced and retreated along a floor in conjunction with the lifting and lowering, a finisher which covers a lower side frame; and a flexible cover which is hung from the side portion of the seat cushion such that a lower edge part is engaged in the finisher, and is expanded and folded in accordance with the lifting and lowering of the seat cushion, wherein: the finisher includes a guiding part which guides the lower edge part of the cover to be movable in an advancing and retreating direction of the seat cushion; and the lower edge part of the cover includes a guided part which is engaged with the guiding part to be movable in the advancing and retreating direction of the seat cushion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoko Yokoyama, Takashi Inoue
  • Vehicle seat
    Patent number: 10576852
    Abstract: The vehicle seat is structured by covering the pad surface with the surface layer provided with the beading, which prevents the beading formed on the vehicle seat from being rubbed and worn out by clothing of the occupant who is getting on or off the vehicle under pressure applied by the thigh or the back of the occupant, and further prevents dislocation of the beading on the seat under pulling force applied by the thigh of the occupant who is getting on or off the vehicle. The pad has a groove in which the beading is embedded. The beading is embedded in the groove famed in the pad, and the surface layer for enclosing the beading core of the beading is bonded and fixed to the bottom surface of the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ayaru Sasaki, Hideki Kamata, Yasuyuki Ito
  • Vehicle seat
    Patent number: 10569667
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion that includes a seat cushion frame, a riser that supports the seat cushion frame, a seat position adjusting device that moves and adjusts the seat cushion back and forth, and a load detector that detects a load applied to the seat cushion. The riser includes a bottom wall and a sidewall that extends upward from an end portion of the bottom wall. The seat position adjusting device includes an upper rail that supports the riser and slides a lower rail. The load detector is positioned between the upper rail and the bottom wall. The upper rail, the load detector, the bottom wall, and the bracket are co-clamped with a first fastening member, and the bracket is secured to the sidewall with a second fastening member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Mihara
  • Method of forming a seat frame of a vehicle seat, seat frame for use in vehicle seat, and vehicle seat having the seat frame
    Patent number: 10562136
    Abstract: A plate is continuously press-bent, into a shaped member having a recess opening at one surface (i.e., lower surface). Then, the plate is bent back by pressing, at the front and rear ends, covering the openings of the recess and a side frame having open cross sections, each with a gap, is thereby formed. In the forming step, the side frame is not welded and has open cross sections, each with a gap. The side frames are then subjected to the next step (i.e., step of assembling the seat frame). In the step of assembling the seat frame, the side frames and coupling members are welded together, constituting a substantially rectangular seat frame. As the side frames are so welded in step of assembling the seat frame, a rigid structure each having closed cross sections with no gaps is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiromi Yamamoto, Yasushi Kaku
  • Vehicular seat
    Patent number: 10562421
    Abstract: With respect to a vehicular seat, a hook member of a seat skin and a seat frame structure that facilitate assembling of the skin of a seat cushion or a seat back to a seat frame are provided. The vehicular seat includes: a seat cushion to be a seating face portion of the seat; and a seat back provided on the rear side of the seat cushion and to be a backrest portion of the seat. At least either of the seat cushion and the seat back includes an engaging member provided at an end of the skin material thereof with one or more protruded portions. The skin material is engaged with the seat frame by fitting the protruded portions on the engaging member into grooves or openings provided in the seat frame of the vehicular seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideo Tobata, Naoyuki Makita
  • Vehicle seat
    Patent number: 10556527
    Abstract: A vehicle seat provided with a seat cushion and a seat back, wherein the seat back is provided with: a urethane pad in which the surface is covered by a trim cover; and a pressure means in which a laterally extending shaft and a pair of pressing parts in the vertical direction relative to the shaft are formed on the reverse side of the urethane pad toward the side covered by the trim cover, and a configuration is adopted such that the shaft extending in the lateral direction of the pressure means rotates or swings, thereby causing the upper-side pressing part among the upper and lower pair of pressing parts to press the upper side of the urethane pad forward and the lower-side pressing part to press the lower side of the urethane pad forward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Tachi-S Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Yokoyama, Takumi Yamakawa, Takayuki Nosaka
  • Vehicle seat
    Patent number: 10549668
    Abstract: A vehicle seat that ensures improving operability of a manipulating member. A supporting member includes a first supporting portion and a second supporting portion disposed at a predetermined interval. A strap is bridged between the first supporting portion and the second supporting portion. A seat back has a recess. A space is formed between the strap (a part bridged between the first supporting portion and the second supporting portion). The part of the strap bridged between the first supporting portion and the second supporting portion are manipulated in a direction entering into the recess or in a direction separating from the recess such that a wire cable is drawn. This allows easily drawing the wire cable using the space of the recess when the strap is manipulated. Accordingly, operability of the strap is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masayuki Taguchi
  • Seat cushion pad and seat
    Patent number: 10549664
    Abstract: A seat cushion pad and a seat which enable reduction of a cost and improvement of use feeling are provided. The cushion pad (20) fixed in a seat frame (21) of the seat (1) includes a cushion pad body (31), and an air cell (30) which can be expanded and contracted by supplied/exhausted air. The air cell (30) is provided integrally with the cushion pad body (31) and is held by the cushion pad body (31).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Fujikake, Takumi Yamakawa, Takayuki Nosaka
  • Vehicle seat
    Patent number: 10543765
    Abstract: The present invention realizes a vehicle seat that allows for smooth movements of the shoulders of a sitter while maintaining a good fit for the sitter. The vehicle seat comprises a back seat having a lower part that supports a lower back area of a sitter, a central part that supports a ribs area, and an upper part that supports a shoulder blades area. The central part has a front surface formed so as to be wider than the lower part and the upper part as viewed from the front side, the front surface being curved with right and left ends thereof being projected forward. The seat back has a notched shape extending from the central part to the upper part such that shoulders of the sitter are exposed as viewed from the rear side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Tachi-S Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Tobata, Atsushi Koike, Shumpei Toyomi, Atsushi Ishii, Kotaro Kumagai
  • Vehicle Seat
    Publication number: 20200023759
    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: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: Tachi-S Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jun Takano
  • Vehicle seat
    Patent number: 10525856
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a seat back; and a seat cushion including: a first side frame; a second side frame; a front frame connecting front end portions of the first side frame and the second side frame to each other; and a rear frame connecting rear end portions of the first side frame and the second side frame to each other. The first side frame includes: a frame member including a closed sectional shape part between the front frame and the rear frame; a first reinforcing member being provided between the front frame and the rear frame to pass through an inner side wall and an outer side wall, and being joined with the inner side wall and the outer side wall; and a connection member connecting an end portion of the first reinforcing member with at least one frame of the front frame and the rear frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignees: TACHI-S CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yousuke Hasegawa, Sigeyuki Okamoto, Hiroyuki Yajima, Shogo Wakana, Osamu Kyogoku, Sugiaki Yamazato, Toru Inagaki
  • Seat with ventilation system
    Patent number: 10517405
    Abstract: A seat with a ventilation system that maintains seated person's coolness by blowing air to minimum segments of a seatback and a seat cushion so that seated person's comfort is maintained is provided. Air-blowing means is controlled in air-blowing quantity and air-blowing time periodically by air-blowing control means, and air blowing in each period is set to include a first term T1 in which a predetermined quantity of air is blown and a second term T2 in which the predetermined quantity of air to be blown is gradually reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignees: TACHI-S CO., LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION CHIBA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tetsuo Katsuura, Yoshihiro Shimomura, Tomoyuki Takeuchi, Hideo Tobata, Tsutomu Fujikake, Kazuyoshi Arata