Patents Assigned to TS Tech Co., Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20230398915
    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: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kei OKUMA, Kazunari NISHIDE, Hidetaka YONEHARA, Yu SUGIYAMA, Yusuke TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 11840189
    Abstract: To reduce an amount of rear protrusion of a vehicle seat equipped with an airbag module configured to deploy rearward, in a vehicle seat provided with a seat cushion and a seat back, the seat back includes: a seat back frame including a pair of left and right side frames extending in a vertical direction and an upper frame connecting upper ends of the side frames to each other; an airbag module supported by an upper half of the seat back frame via a bracket; and a skin member covering the seat back frame, the bracket, and the airbag module from a rear side thereof, wherein a part of the skin member corresponding to the airbag module is provided with a frangible portion configured to open upon inflation of an airbag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hideki Usami
  • Patent number: 11833929
    Abstract: A seat back pad 70 has a groove 73 for tucking a skin material therein, formed at borders between a central portion 71 and side portions 72. A hole (slot hole 74) is formed in a bottom of the groove 73 along the groove 73. A tuck-in wire 76 for tucking the skin material in includes a plurality of tuck-in portions 76A provided along the groove 73, and a connecting portion (detour portion 76B) detouring around the hole and connecting the tuck-in portions 76A. With this configuration, when an upper body of an occupant P subsides into a seat back S2 in a rear-end collision of a vehicle, the central portion 71, defined by the groove 73 as a border, is easily and sufficiently moved rearward relative to the left and right side portions 72. Furthermore, the tuck-in wire 76 is not exposed through the hole, and thus adhesion between the seat back pad 70 and the tuck-in wire 76 can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takamasa Adachi, Tsutomu Matsuzaki, Masayuki Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11834027
    Abstract: A vehicle control system includes a driving controller that switches between autonomous driving an manual driving of a vehicle, a seat whose form is changed between a form during autonomous driving and a form during manual driving that are different from each other, and a seat controller that controls motion of the seat when a form of the seat is changed. If the seat is in a form during autonomous driving, the driving controller does not switch autonomous driving to manual driving when controlling the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Ozawa, Takayoshi Ito
  • Patent number: 11833935
    Abstract: Provided is a slide lock structure for a slide rail device which can produce a reliable locked state with a high and reliable mechanical strength by using a simple structure. The slide lock structure includes a casing, a pair of lock members provided on the casing, and each provided with a cam surface formed on an outer side thereof, and engagement projections projecting laterally outward so as to be laterally movable between an engaged position in which the engagement projections are received in the slots, and a disengaged position in which the engagement projections are dislodged from the slots, a compression coil spring urging the lock members toward the engaged position, and an operating member provided on the casing in a movable manner, and provided with a cooperating cam surface slidably engaging the cam surface such that the lock members are moved to the disengaged position against a biasing force of the compression coil spring as the operating member is moved vertically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dean C. Vandenheede, Justin Schrand, Andrew J. Simms
  • Patent number: 11827132
    Abstract: Provided is an armrest device that can be positioned in an appropriate position suitable for the build of the vehicle occupant. The armrest device comprises an interior member provided on an inboard side of a vehicle door, and an armrest main body supported by the interior member so as to be moveable between an initial position and a projecting position more inboard and forward than the initial position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takahiro Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11820269
    Abstract: To provide a vehicle seat in which the posture of the head of the occupant is controlled with a simpler configuration to reduce motion sickness of the occupant, the vehicle seat includes: a seat cushion; a seat back; a headrest including a main part configured to support the back of the head of the occupant, a left side part connected to a left edge of the main part to be rotatable about a vertical axis, a right side part connected to a right edge of the main part to be rotatable about a vertical axis, a left drive device for rotating the left side part forward relative to the main part, and a right drive device for rotating the right side part forward relative to the main part; an acceleration acquisition device; and a control device which, when a rightward acceleration is acquired by the acceleration acquisition device, makes the right drive device rotate the right side part forward until the right side part is positioned on a right side of the head of the occupant, and when a leftward acceleration is acqui
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Sakota, Takayoshi Ito, Kohei Kowata, Jinichi Tanabe
  • Patent number: 11820284
    Abstract: A vehicle illumination device includes a light source and a long light guide body that extends linearly in a direction of entry of light from one end thereof disposed so as to be adjacent to the light source and radiates light from a linear light-emitting face, the light guide body having formed thereon projecting parts arranged in a longitudinal direction on a back face of the light-emitting face and extending in a direction orthogonal to the direction of entry of light. The widths of the projecting part vary in accordance with the distance from the light source. Provided is a vehicle illumination device that enables light emission with uniform luminance in the longitudinal direction to be realized while improving the productivity of a light guide body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenta Kasuya, So Ono, Tomoya Takahashi, Manabu Mihira
  • Patent number: 11820286
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a board, a light-emitting element mounted on a surface of the board, a support member on which the board is placed, and a cover having a plate shaped main cover body covering the light-emitting element and a tubular portion which receives a light guide body that guides light emitted from the light-emitting element. The main cover body includes a base, a protrusion protruding from the base toward the board, and a ridge disposed on a protruded end of the protrusion. A step is formed by the protrusion and the ridge, and the protrusion and the ridge extend in a same direction along the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masanori Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11815246
    Abstract: To provide a lamp unit in which rattling of a light-emitting element is prevented, a lamp unit includes: a holder member attached to an attachment object, a base board provided with a light-emitting element coupled on a main surface thereof; a retaining member 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 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 for housing the base board and the retaining member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu Mihira, Yuji Nakano, Masahiro Nomura
  • Patent number: 11807183
    Abstract: An occupant protection apparatus includes: a vehicle seat arranged in an inner space of a side wall of a vehicle; a side airbag device provided in the side wall or the vehicle seat and including a side airbag to be inflated and deployed between the side wall and the vehicle seat. The vehicle seat includes: a pressure-receiving portion to receive a load from an occupant seated on the vehicle seat; and a frame to support the pressure-receiving portion. The occupant protection apparatus further comprising an electronic control circuit configured to perform moving the pressure-receiving portion so that the occupant is pushed away from the side wall before the occupant comes into contact with the side airbag at an activation time when the side airbag device is activated by an impact acting on the side wall from an outside of the vehicle and the side airbag is inflated and deployed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinichi Tanabe, Tatsuki Nonaka, Shoji Endo, Takayoshi Ito, Takahiro Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11807135
    Abstract: To improve the seated feeling of an occupant in a seat having partially different hardness, a vehicle seat includes a seat frame, an S spring which is installed on the seat frame and receives a load of an occupant, and a seat back pad which has a plurality of regions respectively formed of different materials and is disposed between a skin material of the seat and the S spring. The S spring is disposed at a position facing a boundary portion which is provided in the seat back pad and is the plurality of regions respectively formed of different materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazunori Hojo
  • Patent number: 11801802
    Abstract: Provided is a rear side airbag device that can be mounted with ease. A rear side airbag device is located between a vehicle body and a rear seat, and includes an airbag, an inflator configured to supply gas into the airbag, and a mounting bracket to which the inflator is fixed. The mounting bracket includes an inflator mount portion to which the inflator is fixed, and a first anchor portion and a second anchor portion that are to be fixed to other members, whereas the first anchor portion and the second anchor portion are located on a laterally inner side with respect to the inflator mount portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Atsushi Yamabe
  • Patent number: 11794654
    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: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Ozawa, Takayoshi Ito
  • Patent number: 11794618
    Abstract: Regarding a skin in which pores are formed for passage of a current of air generated by an air blower, the present invention properly ensures strength around the pores. A vehicle seat includes a skin forming a part of a seat body facing an occupant and an air blower attached to the seat body. The skin is provided with a top layer provided on a side of the skin facing the occupant in a thickness direction and a fabric layer provided at a position on a side opposite to the top layer. A plurality of pores allowing passage of a current of air generated by the air blower are formed in both the top layer and the fabric layer. A part of the fabric layer positioned at an edge of the pore is made of a fabric constituted by urethane resin-impregnated fibers being knitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takako Miyoshi, Junichi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11794619
    Abstract: To reduce the weight of a cross member bridged between right and left sides of a seat frame. A seat frame includes an upper frame forming an upper portion of a seat back frame, and a cross member bridged at the upper frame. The cross member includes right and left end portions in a seat width direction, the right and left end portions being fixed to the upper frame; and a first recessed portion that is recessed upward or downward and provided between the right and left end portions. The first recessed portion is provided at a center portion of the cross member in the seat width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Baba, Yuki Hosokawa, Takaya Kurisu
  • Patent number: 11794614
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion provided with a seat cushion frame, a front link configured to adjust a height of the seat cushion with respect to a base that is a slide rail or a vehicle body floor, and a front load detection sensor attached to an upper rail and configured to detect a load applied to the vehicle seat. The seat cushion frame includes a pair of side frames separated from each other in a seat width direction, the front link includes a first rotation shaft configured to be rotatable with respect to the seat cushion frame and a second rotation shaft configured to be rotatable with respect to the base, and the front load detection sensor is arranged at a position different from the second rotation shaft in a front to back direction of the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuto Aoki, Tadanori Masuda, Kei Okuma, Hidetsune Nonaka
  • Patent number: 11794616
    Abstract: Provided is a conveyance seat that effectively reduces a load to be applied to an occupant at the time of a vehicle collision. A conveyance seat includes a seat back and a headrest. The seat back includes a chest support member inside the seat back, which receives a chest of an occupant to support the chest of the occupant when a backward movement load is applied to the occupant because of a vehicle collision. The headrest includes a head support member inside the headrest, which receives a head of the occupant to support the head of the occupant when the backward movement load is applied to the occupant. When the backward movement load is applied to the occupant, both the chest support member and the head support member receive the backward movement load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jinichi Tanabe
  • Patent number: 11787359
    Abstract: In a vehicle seat having an airbag module placed in the seatback thereof, the load that may be applied to the back side of the seatback is prevented from being applied to the airbag module. The vehicle seat (1, 300, 400) comprise a seatback frame (19) including a pair of side members (26, 301) extending vertically along either side thereof and providing a structural framework of a seatback, a plate member (20, 402) positioned behind the seatback frame and including an extension (32, 410) extending in an outboard direction from the side member located on an outboard side of the seatback frame, a mounting member connected to the outboard side member, and an airbag module (23) positioned on a front side of the extension and connected to the outboard side member via the mounting member, a clearance (S) being defined between the airbag module and the extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinichi Tanabe, Katsuya Isomura, Sosaku Omori, Keita Wakesu, Kenji Matsuoka, Yuta Sugaya
  • Patent number: 11787317
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a seat of which a seating comfort can be improved. The seat includes a seat cushion pad having an air passage formed inside and an air vent formed at an upper surface thereof, and is configured to allow air in the air passage to blow out through the air vent, wherein the seat cushion pad includes a pad body and a cover member which is disposed over the pad body to form the air passage between the pad body and the cover member and in which the air vent is formed, and a front end portion of the cover member extends downward over a front end portion of the pad body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuzaburo Abe, Sachio Kobayashi