Patents Assigned to TS Tech Co., Ltd.
  • Door trim assembly
    Patent number: 11236539
    Abstract: In a door trim assembly for a vehicle door having an opening fitted with a vertically moveable window pane and a drive unit for driving the window pane for selectively closing the opening, the door trim assembly includes: a door trim main body configured to be attached to an inboard side part of the vehicle door under the opening; at least one transmitter provided in an upper part of the door trim main body; at least one receiver provided in an upper part of the door trim main body and configured to receive a signal emitted from the transmitter and reflected by an object positioned near the window pane; and a control unit connected to the receiver to compute a position of the object according to the signal received by the receiver and control the drive unit according to the computed position of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Yogo
  • Vehicle seat
    Patent number: 11235719
    Abstract: A vehicle seat comprises: a pair of opposed frames disposed opposite to and separately from each other; a pair of connecting frames disposed separately from each other in a perpendicular direction perpendicular to an opposing direction of the pair of opposed frames, the connecting frames being configured to connect the pair of opposed frames; a bridging wire disposed to bridge the pair of connecting frames; a reinforcing wire disposed to cross the bridging wire as viewed from an occupant side; and a plate-shaped plastic member configured to cover the bridging wire and the reinforcing wire at least at their crossover such that the bridging wire and the reinforcing wire are arranged to be spaced apart from and thus kept out of contact with each other, the bridging wire and the reinforcing wire being connected with the plate-shaped plastic member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koji Onuma
  • Armrest device
    Patent number: 11230209
    Abstract: An armrest device is provided in which deformation of an armrest frame is suppressed. The armrest device includes an armrest frame, and a bracket by which the armrest frame is rotatably supported. The armrest frame has, at lengthwise extremities thereof, a base end closer to an axis of rotation and a distal end farther from the axis of rotation. The bracket includes a deformation restriction portion provided protrusively toward the armrest frame, the deformation restriction portion being a portion which faces toward the armrest frame in a direction of the axis of rotation of the armrest frame and which is located on one side of the axis of rotation on which the base end is located, when an armrest is in a use position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hidetsune Nonaka
  • Seat frame assembling unit and manufacturing method for seat frame
    Patent number: 11224947
    Abstract: A seat frame assembling unit includes: a setting device and a setting robot. The setting device is driven in a state where side frames, a connecting frame, a pan frame, a member frame and an upper frame are arranged. The setting robot installs the side frames side by side and subsequently installs the connecting frame, the pan frame, the member frame and the upper frame between the side frames. The setting device moves the side frames to positions in which the side frames are to be assembled with the connecting frame, the pan frame, the member frame and the upper frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Nakano, Shingo Kaneko
  • Conveyance seat
    Patent number: 11225176
    Abstract: In a vehicle seat that can switch the state of a seat main body which includes a seat back and a seat cushion between a seatable state in which the seat back is erected to a car body floor to allow a seated occupant on the seat cushion and a storage state in which the seat back tilts down to the car body floor and the seat cushion is disposed between the seat back and the car body floor, the vehicle seat is provided with a guide part that contacts the lower portion of the seat cushion and supports the seat cushion when the seat state is in the seatable state, that slidably contacts a part of the seat main body in the transition of the state to the storage state, and that thus guides the movement of the seat back and the seat cushion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masao Hayashi
  • Seat unit, vehicle, and conveyance seat
    Patent number: 11198379
    Abstract: The time required to complete current-to-target state transitions of a plurality of movable portions constituting a seat is shortened. A seat unit 1 includes an occupant support portion S1, a plurality of movable mechanisms respectively moving a plurality of parts constituting the occupant support portion S1, and an ECU 40 controlling respective operations of the plurality of movable mechanisms. The ECU 40 causes each of the plurality of movable mechanisms to undergo a transition from a current state to a target state and the plurality of movable mechanisms have a first movable mechanism requiring a longest time for the transition. The ECU 40 causes the transitions of the plurality of movable mechanisms other than the first movable mechanism to be completed by completion of the transition of the first movable mechanism from the current state to the target state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Oshima, Atsushi Kusano, Yuki Yoshioka
  • ELECTRONIC MIRROR SYSTEM, AUTOMOBILE DOOR, AND AUTOMOBILE
    Publication number: 20210370837
    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: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetoshi OZAWA, Takayoshi ITO
  • Conveyance seat
    Patent number: 11186210
    Abstract: A seat cushion S1 of a vehicle seat S includes: a pad member 10 including a base pad 11 and an intermediate pad 12 overlapped on the base pad 11; a fan 31 provided so that air passes through the pad member 10; air passage holes 11h and 12h respectively formed in the base pad 11 and the intermediate pad 12; and a pull-in hole provided at a position different from the air passage hole 12h in the intermediate pad 12 and a position of the intermediate pad 12 with respect to the base pad 11 is held in such a manner that a skin pull-in trim cord enters the pull-in hole while the intermediate pad 12 is overlapped on the base pad 11 so that the air passage holes 11h and 12h communicate with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ryuzaburo Abe
  • Conveyance seat
    Patent number: 11185462
    Abstract: Provided is a conveyance seat including a pelvis support member of which a state or the like is adjusted. The conveyance seat includes the pelvis support member configured to support a portion of an occupant's body where a pelvis is positioned and lumbar supports configured to move the pelvis support member. The pelvis support member includes a seat back side support portion positioned behind a back portion of the occupant, a seat cushion side support portion positioned below buttocks of the occupant, and a connection portion that connects the seat back side support portion and the seat cushion side support portion. The lumbar supports are configured to move the pelvis support member so that a position of at least one of the seat back side support portion, the seat cushion side support portion, and the connection portion is changed with respect to the portion where the pelvis is positioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kensuke Mizoi, Naoto Yamauchi
  • Headrest fore-aft position adjuster
    Patent number: 11173821
    Abstract: Disclosed is a headrest fore-aft position adjuster including a displaceable body which receives load of an occupant's head and which displaces in a fore-aft direction with respect to a headrest pillar and a lock mechanism which locks and unlocks the displaceable body at a plurality of positions along the fore-aft direction, and the lock mechanism includes an engaging part which displaces in the fore-aft direction integrally with the displaceable body, a plurality of engaged part which is provided along a trajectory of the engaging part and which the engaging part is engaged with in a locked state and the engaging part is configured to engage with the engaged parts from a lateral position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuichi Shimizu, Yuji Tanaka
  • Vehicle seat
    Patent number: 11167672
    Abstract: Provided is vehicle seat with a seat cushion and a seat back, the vehicle seat comprising: a duct disposed astride the seat cushion and the seat back, and configured to connect an air passage and a blower, the air passage being formed in the seat cushion and the seat back; and a side frame cover configured to cover part of the duct. The duct includes a first duct member and a second duct member connected to the first duct member. The side frame cover is configured to cover at least part of a first connected section that is a section at which the first duct member and the second duct member are connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Hoshi, Kazuki Kobayashi, Tatsumi Konno
  • Vehicle seat
    Patent number: 11161440
    Abstract: A vehicle seat that can suitably protect a seated occupant against an impact from a seat width direction is described, while enlargement of the seat in the seat width direction is restrained. A support member provided to the vehicle seat supports the seated occupant from a side of the seated occupant, and includes an inner plate attached to a seat width direction inner side of a side frame, an outer plate attached to a seat width direction outer side of the side frame, and a connection plate for connecting the inner plate and the outer plate on a seat front side. The outer plate is attached to the seat width direction outer side of the side frame at a position that does not overlap in the seat width direction with attachment positions of the inner plate and the side frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinichi Tanabe, Akimitsu Kurihara
  • Vehicle seat
    Patent number: 11148565
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a pair of side frames disposed separately from each other in a lateral direction; a pair of connecting frames disposed separately from each other to connect the pair of side frames; and a supporting member including hook portions hooked on the pair of connecting frames, the supporting member being laid to bridge the pair of connecting frames, and configured to support an occupant, wherein a tubular member in which a connecting frame is disposed is provided in a position between the hook portions and the side frames. The tubular member is configured to contact the hook portion to thereby restrict a position of the supporting member in the lateral direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koji Onuma
  • Light-emitting device
    Patent number: 11152550
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to suppress the occurrence of a short circuit in a light-emitting device. A light-emitting device 1 includes a conductive member 11, a holding member 20 holding the conductive member 11, at least a part of the conductive member 11 being inserted in the holding member 20, a light-emitting element 30 connected to the conductive member 11, and a cover member 40 covering the holding member 20. The conductive member 11 has exposed portions 16 exposed to the outside from the holding member 20. The cover member 40 covers all the exposed portions 16 and has a lens portion 41 disposed at a position facing the light-emitting element 30.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Ito, Kazumasa Narita
  • Illuminating device
    Patent number: 11135971
    Abstract: An illuminating device (14) includes a circuit board (21) that has a wiring pattern on a first face (21a) and a second face (21b) being on a reverse side thereof, a light-emitting element that is mounted on the first face (21a) of the circuit board (21) and has a height (H) projecting from a front face of the circuit board (21), and a holder (22) that supports a reverse face (21b) of the circuit board (21) at a position that is lower than the height (H) of the light-emitting element (24) from a bottom face (27) thereof. Accordingly, the illuminating device that contributes to the versatility of the circuit board can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Ito, Kazumasa Narita
  • Vehicle seat having internal support member
    Patent number: 11135943
    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 and first and second mounting portions engaged by first and second cross members of the seat cushion frame. A pressure sensor is mounted on a part of an upper surface of the internal support member which is closer to the first cross member than the second cross member. The main body of the internal support member is formed with a pair of openings positioned on either side of a central longitudinal line. A sensor mounting portion supporting the pressure sensor is defined between mutually adjoining edges of the openings. The first mounting portion includes a central first mounting piece which is positioned laterally centrally and has a greater width than the sensor mounting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignees: TS TECH CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Onuma, Soichiro Kamei, Yozo Furuta, Shinobu Sasaki, Daisuke Ohkawa, Koji Sano, Hiroto Horie
  • Seat with blower
    Patent number: 11135949
    Abstract: A seat comprises a seat cushion pad (20) including an air flow passage (21), and a blower connected to the air flow passage (21). The seat cushion pad (20) comprises a pad body (100), and a cover member (200) disposed on an upper surface of the pad body (100) to form the air flow passage (21) between the pad body (100) and the cover member (200). The cover member (200) comprises a first cover member (210) disposed on the upper surface of the pad body (100), and a second cover member (220) disposed on an upper surface of the first cover member (210). The first cover member (210) is fixed to the pad body (100), and the second cover member (220) is fixed to the first cover member (210) and to the pad body (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Okimura, Tatsumi Konno, Wataru Nishii, Yuji Nakano, Hiroshi Izawa, Hiromi Taniguchi
  • Vehicle seat
    Patent number: 11117500
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle seat in which entry of foreign matter from an opening part formed in a cover member is suppressed when stored. The vehicle seat of the present invention includes a seat cushion 11 on which an occupant sits, a leg member 20 that supports the seat cushion 11 and includes a locking device 22 at a lower end, a cover member 30 that covers a front side of the leg member 20, wherein an opening part is formed at a position of the cover member that overlaps with the locking device 22, and an elastically deformable lip part 40 that is attached to the cover member 30 and that covers the opening part. Since the opening part is covered by the lip part, the entry of foreign matter is suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignees: TS TECH CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Souheil Hage-Hassan, Dinesh Hadadare, Teppei Ito, Derek Shane Lindsay, Kenneth Kirby Pilcher
  • Vehicular interior member
    Patent number: 11117331
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a vehicular interior member in which three components can be strongly joined to each other and the weight can be reduced. A vehicular interior member is formed so that first and second components respectively made of thermoplastic resin, and a middle component arranged between the first component and the second component are joined to each other. The first component has a boss projecting to the second component side. The middle component has a through hole through which the boss is inserted. The second component has a through hole through which the boss is inserted, and a fitting portion projecting to the middle component side, the fitting portion being fitted to an edge portion of the through hole. The boss and the second component are welded to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takashige Il
  • 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