Patents Assigned to TS Tech Co., Ltd.
  • Lamp unit and vehicle door equipped with lamp unit
    Patent number: 11112095
    Abstract: To provide a lamp unit in which rattling of a light-emitting element is prevented, a lamp unit (4) includes: a holder member (9) attached to an attachment object (3), a base board (6) provided with a light-emitting element (5) coupled on a main surface thereof; a retaining member (8) that engages the holder member to sandwich the base board between the retaining member and the holder member such that the base board is retained at a prescribed position on the holder member; and a cover member (9) that is at least partially light-transmissive and is attached to the holder member such that the cover member cooperates with the holder member to define a housing chamber (90) for housing the base board and the retaining member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu Mihira, Yuji Nakano, Masahiro Nomura
  • Vehicle interior member
    Patent number: 11110858
    Abstract: In an interior member (1) for a vehicle, a lens (18) extends along a light guide member, and is provided with a groove (26) receiving the light guide member therein, a first engaging portion (21) provided on a wall that defines the groove, and a second engaging portion (22) provided on a wall that defines the groove, and the interior member main body is provided with a first engaged portion (34) engaged by the first engaging portion, and a second engaged portion (35) engaged by the second engaging portion, the lens being resiliently deformable so as to bring the walls defining the groove toward each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu Mihira, Yuji Nakano
  • SKELETAL STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20210268949
    Abstract: A skeletal structure is provided that includes a panel, and a frame joined to a front surface side of the panel. The frame includes a plurality of first frames oriented in a fixed direction and a second frame oriented in a direction orthogonal to the plurality of first frames, and each of the plurality of first frames and the second frame are formed to have an open cross-sectional shape. An end portion of each first frame of the plurality of first frames is joined to the second frame in an overlapping state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kei OKUMA, Kazunari NISHIDE, Hidetaka YONEHARA, Yu SUGIYAMA, Yusuke TAKAHASHI
  • Vehicle seat attached to floor of vehicle via supporting plate and coupling device
    Patent number: 11104250
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle seat which is attached to a floor of a vehicle via a rail device and a coupling device with a high level of stiffness so as to minimize deformation of the rail device and the coupling device without substantially increasing the weight and the manufacturing cost of the seat. The vehicle seat is provided with an upper engagement portion secured to a member on a side of an upper rail of the rail device, and a lower engagement portion secured to a member on a side of a lower rail of the rail device and including a part opposing a corresponding part of the upper engagement portion from above defining a prescribed gap therebetween. The coupling device is provided laterally spaced from the rail device, and the upper engagement portion and the lower engagement portion are provided substantially directly above the coupling device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haruki Ikawa, Yasutaka Abe
  • Vehicle seat having internal support member
    Patent number: 11097637
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes an internal support member for supporting a seat occupant. The internal support member includes a main body in plate or sheet form positioned within a seat cushion frame, a pair of inclined portions extending laterally from a part of either lateral side of the main body with an upward slant, and front and rear mounting portions engaged by front and rear cross members of the seat cushion frame. A pressure sensor is mounted on a part of an upper surface of the internal support member located ahead of the inclined portions. The main body of the internal support member is provided with a pair of openings located on either side of the pressure sensor, and a connecting portion connecting the pressure sensor with a part of the front mounting portion. The pressure sensor and the openings are spaced from the front edge of the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignees: TS TECH CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Onuma, Soichiro Kamei, Masaki Shimazu, Akira Nakajima, Hiromitsu Nagatomo, Yuki Fukuda, Toshimitsu Mizukoshi, Taiji Misono
  • Vehicle seat having internal support member
    Patent number: 11084405
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a frame provided in at least one of a seat cushion and a seat back; an internal support member for supporting an occupant, the internal support member including a main body in plate or sheet form positioned within the frame and extending substantially in parallel with the frame, and a pair of inclined portions extending laterally outward from at least a part of either lateral side of the main body with a slant away from the frame; a pad placed on a front side of the frame and the internal support member; a skin member covering the pad; and a clip securing another member to one of the inclined portions. The one inclined portion is formed with a tubular portion projecting from a back side thereof orthogonally to the main body, the tubular portion internally defining a mounting hole receiving the clip therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignees: TS TECH CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Onuma, Soichiro Kamei, Masaki Shimazu, Akira Nakajima, Hiromitsu Nagatomo, Yuki Fukuda, Toshimitsu Mizukoshi, Taiji Misono, Kota Yamamoto
  • ECU DEVICE, VEHICLE SEAT, SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING LOWER LIMB LENGTH OF SEATED PERSON, AND ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE FOR SITTING HEIGHT DETECTION SENSOR
    Publication number: 20210237620
    Abstract: An ECU device which estimates a length of a lower limb of a seated person who is seated in a vehicle seat is shown. The ECU device includes the following. A thigh angle information obtainer obtains information regarding a thigh angle of the seated person. A back knee angle information obtainer obtains information regarding a back knee angle of the seated person. An estimator estimates the length of the lower limb of the seated person based on the information regarding the thigh angle obtained by the thigh angle information obtainer and information regarding the back knee angle obtained by the back knee angle information obtainer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kensuke MIZOI, Naoto YAMAUCHI
  • Vehicle seat
    Patent number: 11072267
    Abstract: A vehicle seat including: a seat cushion on which a passenger is able to be seated; a seat back that is attached to a rear end of the seat cushion; and an electric component that is provided to at least one of the seat cushion and the seat back, wherein a fastening member is provided to the rear end of the seat cushion or a lower end of the seat back, an electric wire for supplying an electric power to the electric component is fastened to the rear end of the seat cushion or the lower end of the seat back by the fastening member, and one of the seat cushion and the seat back to which the fastening member is provided includes a contact regulation portion that is located behind the fastening member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignees: TS TECH CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Okuma, Koichi Suemitsu, Kento Ota, Shingo Baba
  • Seat apparatus
    Patent number: 11065993
    Abstract: A seat apparatus includes a vehicle seat including a cushion member having a bottom portion with a plurality of recessed portions, a plurality of air cells configured to expand by injection of compressed air, and a fluid supply mechanism configured to supply the fluid to the air cells. In the seat apparatus, at least one of the recessed portions is provided at a portion of the bottom portion of the cushion member positioned at a seating portion of the vehicle seat, the hip of a passenger being placed on the seating portion. Each air cell is expandable in a corresponding one of the recessed portions. The fluid supply mechanism is configured to expand at least one air cell by supplying the compressed air thereto and to change the at least one air cell to be expanded by switching a fluid supply destination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomohisa Chiba
  • Attachment structure of lighting device
    Patent number: 11059419
    Abstract: An attachment structure for installing a lighting device on an attachment target, includes a hole formed in a bottom surface of the attachment structure for letting light from the lighting device pass through the hole, and a plurality of ribs formed around the hole. The plurality of ribs are substantially flush with each other in a lighting device placement area configured to receive a bottom surface of the lighting device, so that the lighting device is positioned with respect to the bottom surface of the attachment structure in a height direction of the lighting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Suzuki, Yuichiro Hoshi, Noriyuki Yamato
  • Vehicle seat
    Patent number: 11059388
    Abstract: A vehicle seat comprising: a seat cushion; a seat back; an actuator capable of changing an orientation of the seat back laterally by moving a pressure-receiving member; and a controller configured to exercise control over the actuator. The controller includes a posture control unit configured to execute, during turning of a vehicle, a seat posture control under which the actuator is caused to move the pressure-receiving member from an initial position to an advanced position to cause the seat back to orient toward a turning direction. The posture control unit is configured to activate, when an execution time of the seat posture control has become equal to or greater than an execution time threshold value, a control under which the actuator is caused to move the pressure-receiving member from the advanced position to an intermediate position to reversely change the orientation of the seat back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shinji Sugiyama
  • Reinforcement structure for seat back frame
    Patent number: 11059404
    Abstract: A reinforcement structure for a seat back frame includes a panel material; and a frame material joined to the panel material. The frame material is formed as a hat-type frame material including a web portion which is formed as a substantial U shape from a cross-sectional view and which forms a closed cross-sectional shape with the panel material, and a flange which is formed as one with the web portion and which is also joined to the panel material. A bead is formed in the panel material in a position opposing to the frame material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignees: TS TECH CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Okuma, Naoya Nishimoto, Yuta Sugaya, Hisato Oku, Shingo Baba
  • Conveyance seat
    Patent number: 11059402
    Abstract: The number of components required to restrict the movement of an operating section, when a cushion frame is moved in the height direction, and a link member, which is for moving the cushion frame, is reduced. The seat is provided with: a drive link that is rotatably attached to the cushion frame and that moves the cushion frame in the height direction according to rotation thereof; a gear part that engages with the drive link and that rotates the drive link; a link-rotation restricting member for restricting the rotation range of the drive link; an operating section that accepts an operation for adjusting the height of the cushion frame; and a rotation application section for rotating the drive link via the gear part according to the operating section. The movement of the operating section is restricted as a result of the link-rotation restricting member abutting against the rotation application section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoichi Tachikawa, Takatoshi Nakazawa, Naoto Nagasawa, Wataru Honda
  • Fatigue reducing seat
    Patent number: 11046222
    Abstract: Provided is a seat which offers increased ride comfort and less fatigue felt even on long-time sitting. The seat includes a cushion frame, a first support member supported by the cushion frame and configured to support a seated occupant, second support members disposed at left and right sides of the first support member and configured to be deformable, and a restraining portion by which each second support member is restrained in such a manner that its laterally outer side is less likely to sink down than its laterally center side. The seat is configured such that an upper-side support surface for supporting a seated occupant is so restrained by the restraining portion as to assume a first position when no occupant is seated, and to assume a second position when an occupant is seated, the support surface facing further inward in the second position than in the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kensuke Mizoi
  • Method for assembling vehicle seat with cushion plate
    Patent number: 11046219
    Abstract: A method of assembling a vehicle seat is provided, comprising: providing a seat back frame; forwardly movably connecting a headrest for supporting a head of a seat occupant to the seat back frame; mounting a rear-end collision detector to the seat back frame at a position behind the seat occupant, operatively connecting the rear-end collision detector to the headrest; disposing a link member at a position lateral to the rear-end collision detector; forming a front extending portion that inwardly extends in a right-to-left direction at a front end of a lateral face of the side frame; and forming a rear extending portion that inwardly extends in the right-to-left direction; wherein a protruding portion is formed from a portion of the lateral face of the side frame that faces at least the part of the bracket, the link support shaft being disposed at a same height as the protruding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Misao Omori, Kenichi Niitsuma
  • Skeletal structure
    Patent number: 11046221
    Abstract: A skeletal structure is provided that includes a panel, a first frame joined to a front surface side of the panel, and a plurality of reinforcing structure sections. The plurality of reinforcing structure sections are surrounded by primary beads and divided into subsections by auxiliary beads. The plurality of reinforcing structure sections are also formed on the panel and each of the primary beads bulges into a ridge shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Okuma, Kazunari Nishide, Hidetaka Yonehara, Yu Sugiyama, Yusuke Takahashi
  • Vehicle seat
    Patent number: 11040686
    Abstract: To improve workability when attaching an airbag module disposed in a side portion of a vehicle seat from a seat back side. A vehicle seat (S) includes: a side frame (13) which constitutes a side portion of a seat back frame (10); a bracket (20) which includes an attachment portion (21) attached to a side surface of the side frame (13) on a seat inner side and a back protrusion portion (22) protruding backward from the attachment portion (21); and an airbag module (30) which includes a retainer (34) fixed to the back protrusion portion (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuro Yamada, Atsushi Yamabe
  • Vehicle seat
    Patent number: 11040644
    Abstract: A seating posture is stabilized for the shoulders of a passenger seated on a vehicle seat. A vehicle seat is provided with a seat back configured to support the seated person from the rear. A shoulder support portion of the seat back configured to support a corresponding one of the shoulders of the seated passenger includes an air cell configured to expand when air is supplied. When the air cell expands, one end portion of the shoulder support portion on the outside in the width direction of the vehicle seat moves more forward than the other end portion of the shoulder support portion on the inside in the width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kensuke Mizoi, Ryuzaburo Abe, Kenichi Niitsuma, Soichiro Tanaka, Chihiro Muto, Takeshi Ito, Ai Furuta
  • Vehicle seat frame
    Patent number: 11034272
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle seat frame configured so that the weight of the frame can be reduced while the strength of a portion of the frame can be ensured. A vehicle seat frame F includes a frame member molded from a high tensile strength steel plate. A metal structure of a portion of the frame member is a structure formed according to one or more conditions upon a thermal treatment performed on the frame member, and the strength of the portion is different from those of other portions of the frame member. For example, the portion of the frame member includes a high strength portion with a higher strength than those of the other portions. Moreover, the portion of the frame member includes, for example, a low strength portion with a lower strength than those of the other portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norifumi Hashimoto, Shintaro Mochizuki, Mitsuru Sueki
  • Electronic mirror system, automobile door, and automobile
    Patent number: 11034302
    Abstract: An electronic mirror system includes, a camera which can be attached to a side of an automobile and which is able to image a moving image diagonally behind the automobile; and a monitor apparatus which can be attached in the passenger compartment of the automobile and which can display the moving image imaged by the camera. The monitor apparatus includes a movable portion which can move the display which displays the moving image with relation to a wall to where the monitor apparatus is attached in the passenger compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Ozawa, Takayoshi Ito