Patents by Inventor Fumitoshi Akaike
Fumitoshi Akaike 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).
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Patent number: 10486574Abstract: A vehicle footrest device including: a footrest; and a footrest moving mechanism including: a rail fixed on a vehicle floor and extending in a front and rear direction; a slider configured to be guided so as to be slidable in the front and rear direction along the rail; and a variable-length arm bridged in a height direction between the slider and a vehicle seat and configured to change a bridging length between the slider and the vehicle seat by a sliding displacement of the variable-length arm in response to a forward and rearward movement of the slider, wherein the footrest is connected to the variable-length arm, and a position in the front and rear direction and an inclination angle of the footrest to the vehicle floor are configured to be changed according to a movement of the variable-length arm caused by the forward and rearward movement of the slider.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2018Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Fumitoshi Akaike, Hiroshi Tsuji, Yasuhiro Kato
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Patent number: 10479242Abstract: A vehicle seat including: a seat frame extending in a first direction; and an air conditioning duct extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, wherein the duct intersects the seat frame, and wherein the duct is inserted into a through hole which is formed in the seat frame and penetrates the seat frame in the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2018Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuhiro Kato, Fumitoshi Akaike
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Patent number: 10471865Abstract: A vehicle seat including: a seat cover configuring a design surface of a seat peripheral surface portion; a seat pad covered by the seat cover and configured to elastically support a load from a seated person; an air conditioning duct protruding from the seat peripheral surface portion; an insertion hole penetrating the seat cover and the seat pad; and a connection member attached to a seat internal structure which is provided at one side of the insertion hole opposite to another side of the insertion hole from which the duct is inserted into the insertion hole, wherein the duct is attached to the seat internal structure in a state of being inserted into the insertion hole and connected with the connection member.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2018Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuhiro Kato, Fumitoshi Akaike
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Patent number: 10449880Abstract: A back frame structure of a vehicle seat including: first and second side frames; and an upper frame that connects the first and second side frames, wherein the first side frame has a constant cross section and the second side frame has a constant cross section, wherein an outline shape of the cross section of the first side frame and an outline shape of the cross section of the second side frame are in line symmetry with respect to a centerline of the back frame in a left and right direction, and wherein a geometrical moment of inertia of the cross section of the first side frame is larger than a geometrical moment of inertia of the cross section of the second side frame.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2017Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi Mizobata, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Fumitoshi Akaike
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Patent number: 10434908Abstract: An air conditioning seat configured to blow temperature-adjusted air and including: a seat including a seat cushion and a seat back; a lateral member which is provided along the seated person seated on the seat on a lateral side of the seated person; a first air duct which is provided in the lateral member and is configured to guide the temperature-adjusted air towards the seated person; and a first air outlet from which the temperature-adjusted air is configured to be blown out from first the air duct, wherein the temperature-adjusted air is configured to be directed and blown out towards at least one of a knee and a lower leg portion of a leg of the seated person through the first air outlet, the at least one of the knee and the lower leg portion being positioned on a front side than a front end of the seat cushion.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2017Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Fumitoshi Akaike, Hiroshi Tsuji
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Patent number: 10377280Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a seat frame that is provided as a strength member and extends in a specific direction, the seat frame including: a closed section frame having a closed sectional shape and extending in the specific direction, an opened section frame having an opened sectional shape and extending in the specific direction in parallel with the closed section frame, wherein the opened section frame is coupled with the closed section in a state to have a closure forming part and a gradually changing structure, wherein the closure forming part forms a closed sectional shape between the opened section frame and the closed section frame, and wherein the gradually changing structure changes the closed sectional shape formed between the opened section frame and the closed section frame at the closure forming part.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2017Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Fumitoshi Akaike, Hiroshi Mizobata, Hisato Konai
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Patent number: 10358061Abstract: There is provided a vehicle seat including: a seat main body having a major surface facing a user seated; a first air passage extending from an air conditioning device of a vehicle toward the seat main body so as to guide air from the air conditioning device to the seat main body; an outlet communicating with the first air passage and opened toward a first region of the major surface through the seat main body; a second air passage having an inlet which is opened toward a second region of the major surface through the seat main body so as to suck air from the second region; and a blower configured to suck air in the second air passage.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2016Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Fumitoshi Akaike, Seiya Nishimura
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Patent number: 10343557Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a seating portion configured to support a seated occupant in a seating posture, the seating portion including a seat cushion portion and a seat back portion; a shell portion configured to cover a circumference of the seating portion from a rear side; and a moving mechanism that is configured to change a reclining angle, which is an angle of the seat back portion of the seating portion relative to the seat cushion portion, together with a position of the shell portion to be in two or more modes including a normal mode and a comfort mode, wherein the moving mechanism moves the shell portion to have a higher height in a seating height direction of the seated occupant with respect to the seat cushion portion in a comfort mode than in a normal mode.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2016Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Fumitoshi Akaike, Koji Kaneda
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Publication number: 20190176626Abstract: A vehicle monitor device for a vehicle that includes at least a first seat and a second seat, the vehicle monitor device including: a monitor which is electrically connected to a computer of the vehicle and which can be used for driving the vehicle; and a moving mechanism capable of moving the monitor between a position where the monitor can be used for driving by an occupant seated on the first seat and a position where the monitor can be used for driving by an occupant seated on the second seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2018Publication date: June 13, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Fumitoshi AKAIKE, Hiroshi TSUJI
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Patent number: 10300825Abstract: A table apparatus for a vehicle including: a table having a substantially horizontal upper surface in a region directly above a seating surface of a vehicle seat; a heat source provided to the table and configured to perform heat radiation from a lower surface side of the table; and a table moving mechanism configured to move the table so as to change a position of the table with respect to the vehicle seat, wherein a position of the heat source with respect to the vehicle seat is changed by moving the table by the table moving mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2018Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Fumitoshi Akaike, Hiroshi Tsuji, Yasuhiro Kato
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Publication number: 20190142172Abstract: An air conditioning seat including: a blowing path through which air is blown out from a seat surface, the blowing path including a panel member, the panel member including: an air distribution plate portion which has a vertical plate shape, extends to project from a seat side portion to a seat surface side, and in which air flows along an inner side surface thereof in a seat width direction, and a bent plate portion which is bent inward in the seat width direction from a part of the air distribution plate portion which projects further than a seat top surface, and which is configured to discharge the air flowing toward the seat surface side along the air distribution plate portion by bending the air inward in the seat width direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Keisuke TODA, Fumitoshi AKAIKE
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Publication number: 20190143845Abstract: A vehicle seat structure including: a mode switching mechanism including: a rotating mechanism which is configured to switch one seat of two seats between a state where the one seat faces a vehicle front direction and a state where the one seat faces a vehicle rear direction by rotating the one seat; and a slide mechanism which is configured to move another seat of the two seats from a laterally located position where the other seat is located side by side with the one seat to a vertically located position where the other seat is located to face, in the front-rear direction, the one seat facing the vehicle rear direction by obliquely sliding the other seat in a rear direction and in the seat width direction from the laterally located position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Fumitoshi AKAIKE, Hiroshi TSUJI
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Publication number: 20190135136Abstract: A vehicle seat structure including: a mode switching mechanism configured to switch configurations of two seats arranged in a front-rear direction between a face-to-face mode in which seated occupants are seated on the seats to face each other in the front-rear direction and a non-face-to-face mode in which the face-to-face mode is released, wherein one seat of the two seats is a wall seat attached to a wall of a vehicle which faces another seat of the two seats in the front-rear direction, and is configured to be switched, by the mode switching mechanism, between the non-face-to-face mode in which a seat surface portion of the one seat is accommodated in a concave portion in the wall and the face-to-face mode in which the seat surface portion of the one seat is pulled out from the concave portion so as to be capable of being seated on.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2018Publication date: May 9, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Fumitoshi AKAIKE, Hiroshi TSUJI
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Patent number: 10279774Abstract: A back frame structure for a vehicle seat includes a side frame extending in an up-down direction, wherein a webbing is disposed in the vehicle seat, and in a plan view, a direction along which a geometrical-moment of inertia of the side frame is at a maximum inclines toward an inner side of the vehicle seat with respect to a front-rear direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2017Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi Mizobata, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Fumitoshi Akaike
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Patent number: 10245986Abstract: A vehicle seat including: a seat back including a top plate main part configured to support a body of a seated person from the rear side and a top plate side part configured to protrude more forward than the top plate main part to support the body of the seated person from the lateral side; a side adjuster configured to move the top plate side part between a protruding position in which the top plate side part protrudes more forward than the top plate main part and a retracted position in which the top plate side part is retracted from the protruding position; and a controller configured to, in a case where a side collision of a vehicle is detected, drive and control the side adjuster so that the top plate side part is in the protruding position.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2017Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Fumitoshi Akaike, Koji Kaneda
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Patent number: 10232748Abstract: There is provided a vehicle seat including: a seat main body having a major surface facing a user seated; a first air passage extending from an air conditioning device of a vehicle toward the seat main body so as to guide air from the air conditioning device to the seat main body; an outlet provided to a side portion of the seat main body and opened so that air from the first air passage is blown out along the side portion of the seat main body; a second air passage having an inlet opened toward the major surface so that air blown out from the outlet is sucked from the major surface; and a blower configured to suck air in the second air passage.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2016Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Fumitoshi Akaike, Seiya Nishimura
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Patent number: 10160354Abstract: A vehicle air-conditioning seat comprising a blower and a heater therein, wherein at least one of a temperature adjustment region whose temperature is configured to be adjusted by the blower and a temperature adjustment region whose temperature is configured to be adjusted by the heater is divided into a plurality of regions, wherein the vehicle air-conditioning seat has a cool mode where temperature adjustment is performed only by the blower, a heat mode where the temperature adjustment is performed only by the heater, and a mixed mode where the temperature adjustment is performed by both of the blower and the heater, and wherein, in the mixed mode, the temperature adjustment is performed for each divided region by varying at least one of a blowing amount by the blower and a heating amount by the heater for each divided region.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2016Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Seiya Nishimura, Fumitoshi Akaike
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Publication number: 20180361891Abstract: A vehicle air conditioning structure including: a pair of air outlets which is provided at both side regions of a vehicle seat in a seat width direction and is configured to blow air toward an inner side in the seat width direction, wherein the pair of air outlets is arranged so as to blow the air obliquely in directions intersecting with the seat width direction such that the air blown from the air outlets hit each other in the seat width direction, thereby directing the hit air toward a specific body part of a seated person on the vehicle seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2018Publication date: December 20, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuhiro KATO, Fumitoshi AKAIKE, Kohei NAKAMURA
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Patent number: 10150391Abstract: A vehicle seat including a controller configured to, in a case where an excessive external load in a front and rear direction, by which a first back frame part is configured to be pressed and bent toward a second back frame part, is applied to the first back frame part, adjust an inclination angle of each back frame part by driving and controlling a reclining adjuster so that the first back frame part can be pressed against the second back frame part by being bent due to the excessive external load, the first back frame part being one of a front back frame part and a rear back frame part of a seat back, and the second back frame part being another of the front back frame part and the rear back frame part.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2017Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Fumitoshi Akaike, Koji Kaneda
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Patent number: 10144325Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a first frame member that forms a framework of the vehicle seat and extends in a seat vertical direction or in a seat front-and-rear direction; a second frame member that extends in a seat width direction; and a component mounting bracket that allows to mount a component and is provided in an inside-seat corner portion of a connecting part of the first frame member and the second frame member, wherein the first frame member or the second frame member has a hole into which a portion of the component is inserted when the component is mounted in the component mounting bracket.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2017Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Fumitoshi Akaike, Yasuhiro Kato