Patents Assigned to Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
  • Patent number: 11827764
    Abstract: A complex structure material includes a foam made of thermosetting resin and coverings made of thermoplastic resin. The foam includes a matrix and pores. At least some of the pores communicate with each other. The foam has a continuous porous structure formed by the matrix and the pores. The coverings cover inner walls of the pores in the foam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Atsuhiro Hattori
  • Patent number: 11823812
    Abstract: A wire end of a wire harness is protected. The wire harness includes a wire bundle and a connector connected therewith. The wire bundle includes the wire end, and the wire end includes a bent portion and faces the connector. First, a sheet member is folded perpendicularly to a wire lead-out surface of the connector, thereby forming, concurrently, counter sides facing the wire lead-out surface, side surface covering portions, and a tip end protection portion. Next, the side surface covering portions are folded along a top protection portion formation portion, thereby forming, concurrently, side surface protection portions, a top protection portion and an extending portion. Next, a wire end protection portion is secured, with a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape or the like, to a wire bundle portion while the relative position of the counter sides with respect to the wire lead-out surface is maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC., TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yumiko Kasugai, Takuya Fujimura, Tomoya Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 11821385
    Abstract: A chain cover includes a first member, which is made of a hard plastic, and a second member, which is made of a material different from the hard plastic. The first member is formed by insert molding with the second member as an insert. A first joint surface is formed in a peripheral portion around an insertion hole. The first joint surface is joined to the first member. The first joint surface includes a first joint portion, which includes a lattice-shaped recess portion, and a second joint portion, which includes grooves. The grooves extend in a direction in which the peripheral portion extends, while being arranged in an intersecting direction, which intersects with the extending direction. The second joint portion is provided to be closer to a space adjacent to the peripheral portion than the first joint portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kensuke Doi, Yoji Horiuchi, Hideto Morishita
  • Publication number: 20230365066
    Abstract: A luggage hook provided in an interior portion of a vehicle includes a hook configured to be coupled to the interior portion so as to be rotatable about an axis extending in a lateral direction of the vehicle, a bezel including a frame configured to be fixed to the interior portion and to be attached around the hook, and a metal stopping portion joined to the frame of the interior portion and configured to, at a use position, stop rotation of the hook in a deployment direction protruding from the bezel. A direction in which the rotation of the hook is stopped by the stopping portion is the same as a rotation direction in which the hook is pressed about the axis as an object is hooked at the use position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideyuki IZUKAWA, Iwao MATSUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20230356019
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides one example of an easy chair in light of market trends related to health and fitness. The easy chair of the present disclosure includes a movable portion configured to change a seated posture, and further includes a moving mechanism that includes at least an electric actuator and is configured to displace the movable portion, and a controller configured to control an operation of the electric actuator and perform a posture change mode and a muscle strength training mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro KATO, Masaya KITO
  • Patent number: 11808234
    Abstract: A chain cover includes a first member, which is made of a hard plastic, and a second member, which is made of a material different from the hard plastic. The first member includes a back face, which faces an engine main body. The second member is joined to the first member. Only the back face of the first member includes a groove, which receives a seal member. The seal member provides a seal between the first member and the engine main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kensuke Doi, Yoji Horiuchi
  • Publication number: 20230346125
    Abstract: A rocking device includes: a seat which supports a body of a user; a motor which rotates a rotation shaft in a first rotation direction and in a second rotation direction that is a rotation direction opposite to the first rotation direction, and thereby supplies motive power for rocking the seat via a gear attached to the rotation shaft; and a controller which controls rocking of the seat via the motor. The seat is configured to make a first motion of moving in a first movement direction, in accordance with rotation of the rotation shaft in the first rotation direction, and make a second motion of moving in a second movement direction, in accordance with rotation of the rotation shaft in the second rotation direction. The controller is configured to control rocking of the seat such that a prescribed stopped period is provided between the first motion and second motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicants: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro KATO, Akio SHIMIZU, Takahiro HARITA, Takashi ABE
  • Publication number: 20230335759
    Abstract: A supporting body includes a cluster of an alloy containing Pt and Co, and a support on which the cluster is supported. An amount of Pt supported is 1×10?14 ng/cm2 or more and 1×105 ng/cm2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicants: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KEIO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Akira OHNUMA, Tomotaka SAITO, Atsushi NAKAJIMA
  • Patent number: 11787905
    Abstract: Provided is a polyamide compound excellent in various properties such as heat resistance and impact resistance. The polyamide compound contains a dicarboxylic acid unit represented by the general formula (1) and a diamine unit having a 9,9-bisarylfluorene skeleton. This polyamide compound is excellent in heat resistance and impact resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Chihan Lee
  • Publication number: 20230327167
    Abstract: A fuel cell stack includes a stack main body including stacked single cells, and sensing terminals made of metal. Two surfaces facing each other in any adjacent two of the single cells are respectively defined as a first facing surface and a second facing surface. The first facing surface is a surface of the first separator of one of the two single cells. The second facing surface is a surface of the second separator of the other single cell. The first facing surface is provided with at least one first engagement portion. Each sensing terminal includes a base portion, an arm portion, and at least one second engagement portion that is engaged with the at least one first engagement portion of the first facing surface. The arm portion is in contact with the second facing surface while being elastically deformed toward the first facing surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Haruyuki AONO, Satoshi KAWABE
  • Publication number: 20230323919
    Abstract: There is provided a rotational force transmission device configured to transmit a rotational force and applied to a vehicle seat apparatus. The rotational force transmission device includes an input-side transmission member having a ball point, an output-side transmission member slidably coupled to the input-side transmission member and having a ball point, and an elastic member providing an elastic force to make the input-side transmission member and the output-side transmission member displaced apart from each other along a central axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kouju SUZUKI, Tadasuke HIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230322131
    Abstract: A gear device includes a first gear, a second gear, and a third gear, a stopper plate, and a housing. The second gear is offset eccentrically when the first gear is rotated. The third gear is rotated at a slower speed than the first gear when the second gear is offset eccentrically. The stopper plate is engaged with the second gear thereby restricting rotational movement of the second gear while permitting linear movement of the second gear. The housing accommodates the stopper plate in a state restricting rotational movement of the stopper plate while permitting linear movement of the stopper plate. The stopper plate includes an arm extending in a linear movement direction of the stopper plate. The housing includes an accommodation pit accommodating the arm. The arm includes a branching portion. The accommodation pit includes a projected wall arranged in the branching portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takayuki HIROSE, Kouhei IZUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230323939
    Abstract: A gear device includes a first gear, a second gear, a third gear, a housing, and a cover. The second gear is offset eccentrically when the first gear is rotated. The third gear is rotated at a speed slower than a rotation speed of the first gear when the second gear is offset eccentrically. The housing accommodates the first gear, the second gear, and the third gear. The cover is attached to the housing. The cover includes a deformation resistance portion that limits deformation of the cover in an axial direction of the third gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takayuki HIROSE, Kouhei IZUCHI
  • Patent number: 11781636
    Abstract: Provided is a gearbox for vehicle seats that can inhibit rattling of its shaft while inhibiting an increase in sliding resistance at a shaft end. The gearbox is used in a movable mechanism of a vehicle seat, and including a housing, a thrust bearing, and a cap. The housing accommodates a shaft, a gear, and a rotary bearing therein, and includes a female screw portion. The thrust bearing includes a force applied portion to be in contact with an end of the shaft, a male screw portion threadedly engaged with the female screw portion, and an engaged portion arranged to interpose the male screw portion between the engaged portion and the force applied portion in an axial direction of the shaft. The cap includes an engaging portion in engagement with the engaged portion of the thrust bearing, and a removal stopper restricting removal of the thrust bearing from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji Tatewaki, Tomokazu Fukuda, Kentaro Morishita
  • Publication number: 20230311786
    Abstract: The present interior component includes a plate-shaped base material to be fastened to the base member and a skin material for covering the front surface of the base material. The skin material has a woven fabric in which an optical fiber is woven as a constituent yarn, the skin material is provided with a folded portion turned back to the back surface of the base material while being folded into a plurality of sheets, and a clip body for clipping the folded portion is provided on the back surface of the base material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi YAMAGUCHI, Yohei ISHIZU, Mitsutaka SAKO
  • Publication number: 20230311730
    Abstract: A cushion frame comprises first and second side frames and a coupling member coupling rear end portions of the first and second side frames. Each of the first and second side frames has a fixation portion at a corresponding rear end portion. The first side frame comprises first and second bead portions in the rear end portion thereof. In the first side frame, a hypothetical ridge line of the first bead portion substantially coincides with an imaginary line extending from the coupling member to the fixation portion. An angle between the hypothetical ridge line of the first bead portion and a hypothetical ridge line of the second bead portion is equal to or less than a preset angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuma KONDO, Takuya INOUE
  • Patent number: 11772527
    Abstract: A seat reclining device includes a ratchet and a guide assembled to be rotatable relative to each other, a pawl capable of restricting relative rotation between the ratchet and the guide, and a rotation cam that pushes and moves the pawl. The pawl has an eccentric structure in which the pawl is pressed and inclined to one side in the rotation direction due to a pressing force received from the rotation cam, and has a first protrusion that restricts the inclination of the pawl by contact with a guide wall that the first protrusion faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroaki Teraguchi, Takeshi Nishiura, Naoaki Hoshihara
  • Publication number: 20230307685
    Abstract: A fuel cell stack includes stacked single cells. Each single cell includes a power generating unit, a first separator, and a second separator. The first separator includes a facing surface that faces the power generating unit. The facing surface includes first groove passages. The first groove passages include first main passages and first auxiliary passages. The second separator includes a facing surface that faces the power generating unit. The facing surface includes second groove passages. The second groove passages include second main passages and second auxiliary passages. Extending portions of at least one of a set of the first auxiliary passages or a set of the second auxiliary passages include a wavy section. The wavy section intersects with one of the extending portions of the other one of the set of the first auxiliary passages and the set of the second auxiliary passages with the power generating unit in between.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Haruyuki AONO, Satoshi KAWABE
  • Patent number: 11767117
    Abstract: A room for an aircraft cabin is a hollow box shaped room and installed in the aircraft cabin. The room includes a floor wall portion that is configured to face a seat of the cabin, a side wall portion that extends from the floor wall portion in a direction away from the seat and has an opening portion for entering and leaving the room, a ladder portion extending in a direction toward the seat from a periphery of the opening portion, and a ceiling wall portion that extends to couple the floor wall portion and the side wall portion and has an engagement structure with an inner wall of the cabin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Enoch Morishima
  • Publication number: 20230299309
    Abstract: A single cell for a fuel cell includes a power generating unit and two separators that hold the power generating unit in between. Each separator includes a facing surface, which faces the power generating unit. Each facing surface includes groove passages and ribs. Each of the ribs includes a top wall portion, two side wall portions, and corner portions. The top wall portion is in contact with the power generating unit. The side wall portions are located at the opposite sides of the top wall portion. Each corner portion is located between the top wall portion and one of the side wall portions. A restricting portion is provided at a section of each corner portion that faces the groove passage. The restricting portion restricts the gas diffusion layer from sinking into the groove passage. The restricting portion is a conductive porous body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Haruyuki AONO, Satoshi KAWABE