Patents by Inventor Harumi Matsuo

Harumi Matsuo 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).

  • Patent number: 6203104
    Abstract: In a storage structure for a head rest designed in such a way that with a seat cushion pulled up and frontward and a head rest detached, a seat back is to be folded frontward and stays of the head rest are to be fitted in the seat cushion, a back of the seat cushion is formed by a resin panel integrally provided with cylindrical portions, which have bottoms and hold the stays of the head rest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Suzuki Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Matsuo, Harumi Matsuo
  • Patent number: 6174030
    Abstract: A seat hinge for a vehicle that is structurally simple, easy to manufacture, and that simplifies mounting on the vehicle. The seat hinge includes a pair of male brackets attached to a seat back, a female bracket that can be affixed to a car body, and a support pin about which the aforementioned pair of male brackets can tilt. Control of the rotation of one of the male brackets around the aforementioned pin is achieved by a bead protruding from the support portion of the male bracket and abutting against an angular member forming an apex of the support portion of the female bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: Suzuki Motor Corporation
    Inventor: Harumi Matsuo
  • Patent number: 6070939
    Abstract: The disclosure describes a double folding type of seat, wherein a panel for at least a seat cushion is molded in a synthetic resin material, and at the same time, hinge male parts of the hinge mechanisms are formed integrally into the molded cushion, and thus decreases the number of parts, reduces the weight, and improves the assembling performance. In particular, the seat includes a reinforcement panel 4 for a seat cushion 2 or seat back 3 being molded in a synthetic resin material, and additional parts for the reinforcement panel being integrally formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Suzuki Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Matsuo, Harumi Matsuo