Patents by Inventor Akinori TANIGUCHI

Akinori TANIGUCHI has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240090538
    Abstract: The invention provides a thawing device including a power and a pair of electrodes connected with the power, and thawing a frozen food disposed between the pair of electrodes through electric heating. The thawing device includes a cooling device configured to cool a temperature of a periphery of the frozen food to a predetermined temperature equal to or higher than a temperature of the frozen food before thawing and equal to or lower than 0° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Sodick Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi OKIYAMA, Takuya TANIGUCHI, Akinori NOGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11021087
    Abstract: In a vehicle seat, a seat back includes a backrest on which an occupant sitting on a seat cushion leans his/her back, and banks supporting the back of the sitting occupant on both sides. Urethane pads configuring the banks are formed in a shape protruded to the front with respect to a urethane pad configuring the backrest, the back face sides of the urethane pads configuring the banks formed in the shape protruded to the front are formed in a recessed shape with respect to a back face side of the urethane pad configuring the backrest, and on the portions of the back face sides of the urethane pads configuring the banks formed in the recessed shape, protrusions having faces at the same height as the back face side of the urethane pad configuring the backrest and extended to the portions formed in the recessed shape are formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinnosuke Kobayashi, Akinori Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 10994686
    Abstract: A seat includes an airbag module fixed to a seat frame, a trim cover including a breaking part which breaks according to an inflation and a deployment of an airbag of the airbag module, a first stay cloth and a second stay cloth which guide the inflating and deploying airbag to the breaking part, a first fixing member which is attached to the backside frame and stretches and supports the first stay cloth, and a second fixing member which stretches and supports the second stay cloth, in which the backside frame is provided with a pair of first attachment holes into which both end portions of the first fixing member are inserted and a pair of second attachment holes into which both end portions of the second fixing member are inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Inoue, Akinori Taniguchi, Takayuki Ohmori, Keita Myochin
  • Publication number: 20200307428
    Abstract: In a vehicle seat, a seat back includes a backrest on which an occupant sitting on a seat cushion leans his/her back, and banks supporting the back of the sitting occupant on both sides. Urethane pads configuring the banks are formed in a shape protruded to the front with respect to a urethane pad configuring the backrest, the back face sides of the urethane pads configuring the banks formed in the shape protruded to the front are formed in a recessed shape with respect to a back face side of the urethane pad configuring the backrest, and on the portions of the back face sides of the urethane pads configuring the banks formed in the recessed shape, protrusions having faces at the same height as the back face side of the urethane pad configuring the backrest and extended to the portions formed in the recessed shape are formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Shinnosuke KOBAYASHI, Akinori TANIGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10730417
    Abstract: A seat back board includes: a flexible plate member which is made of a resin material and has the Shore hardness higher than 50, the plate member including: a back-surface covering part which covers a back surface of a seat back; and a bottom-surface covering part which covers a bottom surface of a seat cushion; a sewing part, which is sewn with a cover member covering a front surface and side surfaces of the seat back or is sewn with a coupling member to be coupled with the cover member in a detachable manner, being provided in an edge portion of the back-surface covering part; and a locking part, to be locked in the seat cushion, being provided in the bottom-surface covering part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignees: TACHI-S CO., LTD., KASAI KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Inoue, Akinori Taniguchi, Takayuki Ohmori, Keita Myochin, Saori Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20190176665
    Abstract: A seat back board includes: a flexible plate member which is made of a resin material and has the Shore hardness higher than 50, the plate member including: a back-surface covering part which covers a back surface of a seat back; and a bottom-surface covering part which covers a bottom surface of a seat cushion; a sewing part, which is sewn with a cover member covering a front surface and side surfaces of the seat back or is sewn with a coupling member to be coupled with the cover member in a detachable manner, being provided in an edge portion of the back-surface covering part; and a locking part, to be locked in the seat cushion, being provided in the bottom-surface covering part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicants: TACHI-S CO., LTD., KASAI KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi INOUE, Akinori TANIGUCHI, Takayuki OHMORI, Keita MYOCHIN, Saori AOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20190176741
    Abstract: A seat includes an airbag module fixed to a seat frame, a trim cover including a breaking part which breaks according to an inflation and a deployment of an airbag of the airbag module, a first stay cloth and a second stay cloth which guide the inflating and deploying airbag to the breaking part, a first fixing member which is attached to the backside frame and stretches and supports the first stay cloth, and a second fixing member which stretches and supports the second stay cloth, in which the backside frame is provided with a pair of first attachment holes into which both end portions of the first fixing member are inserted and a pair of second attachment holes into which both end portions of the second fixing member are inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi INOUE, Akinori TANIGUCHI, Takayuki OHMORI, Keita MYOCHIN
  • Patent number: 9499076
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a slide mechanism including an inner-side slide rail and an outer-side slide rail; a seat cushion; and a biasing unit for applying a biasing force for flipping up the seat cushion toward a wall portion of a vehicle. The outer-side slide rail includes: a first slide rail fixed to the wall portion at a same position as the seat cushion in a vertical direction; and a second slide rail fixed to a portion of the wall portion located deeper in an interior than the first slide rail, at a position below the seat cushion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Yuya Kanai, Akinori Taniguchi, Satoru Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20160236593
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a slide mechanism including an inner-side slide rail and an outer-side slide rail; a seat cushion; and a biasing unit for applying a biasing force for flipping up the seat cushion toward a wall portion of a vehicle. The outer-side slide rail includes: a first slide rail fixed to the wall portion at a same position as the scat cushion in a vertical direction; and a second slide rail fixed to a portion of the wall portion located deeper in an interior than the first slide rail, at a position below the seat cushion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Yuya KANAI, Akinori TANIGUCHI, Satoru WATANABE