Patents by Inventor Akiyoshi Shibata

Akiyoshi Shibata 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: 20240075824
    Abstract: A charge port device includes a charge port provided in a port accommodation recess and a lid for concealing the port accommodation recess. A latch is provided in the port accommodation recess on an opposite side to a lid hinge with respect to the charge port. A slit is formed between a surface of a vehicle body and an outer circumferential edge of the lid while the lid is closed. A lamp is provided at a position in the port accommodation recess between the latch and the slit on an opposite side to the lid hinge with respect to the charge port and the position is not visible from outside while the lid is closed. Formed is a light-guiding reflection path that guides a light emitted from the lamp toward the above-mentioned slit as an indirect light by reflecting the light while the lid is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Shibata, Daisuke Ichiwara, Atsushi Takaki, Toshihiro Inoue, Ryohei Miyoshi
  • Publication number: 20210276458
    Abstract: A controller, which serves as a pressure-feeding control portion, drives an air pump to pressure-feed air to massage airbags located in a seat. In addition, the controller, which serves as an inflation-deflation control portion, performs massage control that inflates and deflates the airbags while keeping the air pump driven by controlling the operation of intake-discharge valves in second flow passage (branch lines), which connects the air pump to the airbags. Furthermore, the controller, which serves as a decompression control portion, opens a discharge valve, which is located upstream of the intake-discharge valves, in a state in which the airbags are deflated during the massage control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicants: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuki FUJII, Akiyoshi SHIBATA, Hiroyuki ODA, Shunsuke HAYAKAWA, Shunsuke TANAKA, Shinichiro KOMAKI, Kenji HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200023800
    Abstract: A vehicle seat device includes a reproduction control portion configured to inflate an airbag provided in a seat based on an internal pressure target value, an occupant detection portion configured to detect a seated state in which an occupant is seated on the seat, a body size detection portion configured to detect a size of the occupant, and a correction amount calculation portion configured to calculate, based on the size of the occupant, a correction amount to be used to correct the internal pressure target value in a non-seated state in which the occupant is not seated on the seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicants: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki FUJII, Akiyoshi SHIBATA, Hiroyuki ODA, Shunsuke HAYAKAWA, Shunsuke TANAKA, Shinichiro KOMAKI, Kenji HASHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 10406939
    Abstract: A pneumatic pressure control method for a vehicle seat includes: repeatedly detecting an internal pressure of a bladder provided inside the vehicle seat at intervals; correcting the internal pressure of the bladder based on a differential pressure between a detection value and a target value; and lengthening a detection interval to detect the internal pressure depending on a time elapsing from starting of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignees: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Shibata, Yuki Fujii, Hiroyuki Oda, Shunsuke Hayakawa, Shunsuke Tanaka, Kenji Hashimoto, Shinichiro Komaki
  • Patent number: 10315547
    Abstract: A vehicle seat device includes: a plurality of air bags configured to be provided inside a seat; a flow path having a shared section to communicate with each of the air bags; a plurality of intake valves each of which is arranged at a flow path position at an upstream of each of the air bags when air is pumped into each of the air bags; a plurality of exhaust valves arranged at flow path positions communicating with the shared section; and a control device configured to control operations of the intake valves and the exhaust valves, in which the control device adjusts a discharge speed of internal air by selectively opening the exhaust valves when the internal air of each of the air bags is discharged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Shibata, Yuki Fujii, Hiroyuki Oda, Shunsuke Hayakawa
  • Publication number: 20190152372
    Abstract: A pneumatic control device for a vehicle seat includes a forcible-delivery control unit, an opening-closing control unit, and a residual pressure release control unit. The forcible-delivery control unit drives an air pump to forcibly deliver air to an airbag, which is provided in a seat. The opening-closing control unit opens and closes an inlet valve, which is provided in a passage of the air. The passage is in communication with the airbag. The residual pressure release control unit opens an outlet valve provided in the passage on an upstream side of the inlet valve after driving of the air pump is stopped, thereby releasing the air sealed on the upstream side of the inlet valve in a closed state from the passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki FUJII, Akiyoshi SHIBATA, Hiroyuki ODA, Shunsuke HAYAKAWA
  • Patent number: 10220755
    Abstract: An air pressure control device of a vehicle seat includes: a bulging shape forming unit configured to form a bulging shape on a seat surface by expanding air bags configured to be provided inside a seat; a bulging shape moving unit configured to move a position of the bulging shape formed on the seat surface by each corresponding air bag by sequentially expanding and contracting a plurality of air bags aligned in a direction along the seat surface in an arrangement direction of the air bags; and a pumping capacity adjusting unit configured to increase a pumping capacity of an air pump that pumps air into each air bag as a protrusion amount of the corresponding bulging shape increases when a formation position of the bulging shape is moved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Shibata, Yuki Fujii, Hiroyuki Oda, Shunsuke Hayakawa, Shunsuke Tanaka, Shinichiro Komaki, Kenji Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20170368968
    Abstract: A vehicle seat device includes: a plurality of air bags configured to be provided inside a seat; a flow path having a shared section to communicate with each of the air bags; a plurality of intake valves each of which is arranged at a flow path position at an upstream of each of the air bags when air is pumped into each of the air bags; a plurality of exhaust valves arranged at flow path positions communicating with the shared section; and a control device configured to control operations of the intake valves and the exhaust valves, in which the control device adjusts a discharge speed of internal air by selectively opening the exhaust valves when the internal air of each of the air bags is discharged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akiyoshi SHIBATA, Yuki FUJII, Hiroyuki ODA, Shunsuke HAYAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20170368969
    Abstract: An air pressure control device of a vehicle seat includes: a bulging shape forming unit configured to form a bulging shape on a seat surface by expanding air bags configured to be provided inside a seat; a bulging shape moving unit configured to move a position of the bulging shape formed on the seat surface by each corresponding air bag by sequentially expanding and contracting a plurality of air bags aligned in a direction along the seat surface in an arrangement direction of the air bags; and a pumping capacity adjusting unit configured to increase a pumping capacity of an air pump that pumps air into each air bag as a protrusion amount of the corresponding bulging shape increases when a formation position of the bulging shape is moved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akiyoshi SHIBATA, Yuki FUJII, Hiroyuki ODA, Shunsuke HAYAKAWA, Shunsuke TANAKA, Shinichiro KOMAKI, Kenji HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170274801
    Abstract: A pneumatic pressure control method for a vehicle seat includes: repeatedly detecting an internal pressure of a bladder provided inside the vehicle seat at intervals; correcting the internal pressure of the bladder based on a differential pressure between a detection value and a target value; and lengthening a detection interval to detect the internal pressure depending on a time elapsing from starting of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicants: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akiyoshi SHIBATA, Yuki FUJII, Hiroyuki ODA, Shunsuke HAYAKAWA, Shunsuke TANAKA, Kenji HASHIMOTO, Shinichiro KOMAKI
  • Patent number: 5306772
    Abstract: A polyacetal resin composition produced by melt-kneading polyacetal, polyfluorovinylidene and optionally, an organic lubricant at a temperature higher than the melting point of each of the polyacetal and the polyfluorovinylidene; and a molded article formed from the above polyacetal resin composition. This resin composition has excellent resistance to frictional wear and heat stability, and is useful as a material for slide parts for use in electric and electronic appliances, business machines, automobiles, and other industrial machines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1994
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mimura, Akiyoshi Shibata, Satoshi Nagai, Masaharu Kimura, Makoto Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 4526921
    Abstract: An acetal resin composition comprising an acetal resin and a low molecular weight polycarbonate compound having an intrinsic viscosity of 0.2 dl/g or less in methylene chloride at 25.degree. C. and, optionally, an organic or inorganic filler is disclosed. Said composition has improved surface gloss and weather resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1985
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Masanori Sakurai, Junichi Miyawaki, Toshikazu Umemura, Akiyoshi Shibata
  • Patent number: 4506053
    Abstract: An acetal resin composition comprising(A) an acetal resin,(B) at least one member selected from the group consisting of (1) a polyfunctional cyanic acid ester or its prepolymer, (2) a mixture of a polyfunctional cyanic acid ester or its prepolymer with a polyfunctional maleimide or its prepolymer and (3) a pre-copolymer of a polyfunctional cyanic acid ester and a polyfunctional maleimide,(C) an amine-substituted triazine and/or a cyanoguanidine compound, and(D) an inorganic filler other than glass, and/or an organic filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1985
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Masanori Sakurai, Junichi Miyawaki, Toshikazu Umemura, Toshikatsu Kawata, Shinzi Kiboshi, Akiyoshi Shibata