Patents by Inventor Hideki TOKUMOTO

Hideki TOKUMOTO 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: 10406953
    Abstract: An attachment of a surface cover to a seat back in a vehicle seat having through-holes is described. A bucket seat includes a pad provided with through-holes, a surface cover configured to cover a front surface of the pad, and a back frame disposed on a back side of the pad. The back frame includes: a support portion provided with through-holes positioned to face the first through-holes, the support portion being configured to support the pad; and retaining portions provided around the through-holes and configured to retain hooks of the surface cover. The support portion and the retaining portions are integrally molded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Tokumoto, Jeff Finni, Jake Anderson, Katsuhiro Kiya
  • Patent number: 10144470
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a cushion material and a cover for covering the cushion material. The cover includes a load receiving portion configured to receive a load of a seated occupant. The load receiving portion includes a large thickness portion and a small thickness portion that are located next to each other in a first direction that intersects with a thickness direction of the cover. Each of the large and small thickness portions includes an elastic layer compressive in the thickness direction and a lower cover layer located closer to the cushion material than the elastic layer in the thickness direction. The elastic layer of the small thickness portion is compressed such that the thickness of the small thickness portion is smaller than the thickness of the large thickness portion. The lower cover layer of the large thickness portion is partially cut off to form a cutoff portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignees: TS Tech Co., Ltd., Harley-Davidson Motor Company Group, LLC
    Inventors: Hideki Tokumoto, Sam Schacht, Elizabeth Chambers, Justin Schrand, Katsuhiro Kiya, Anthony Senger, Kenneth Luckjohn, Ben McGinley
  • Publication number: 20180297659
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a cushion material and a cover for covering the cushion material. The cover includes a load receiving portion configured to receive a load of a seated occupant. The load receiving portion includes a large thickness portion and a small thickness portion that are located next to each other in a first direction that intersects with a thickness direction of the cover. Each of the large and small thickness portions includes an elastic layer compressive in the thickness direction and a lower cover layer located closer to the cushion material than the elastic layer in the thickness direction. The elastic layer of the small thickness portion is compressed such that the thickness of the small thickness portion is smaller than the thickness of the large thickness portion. The lower cover layer of the large thickness portion is partially cut off to form a cutoff portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Hideki Tokumoto, Sam Schacht, Elizabeth Chambers, Justin Schrand, Katsuhiro Kiya, Anthony Senger, Kenneth Luckjohn, Ben McGinley
  • Publication number: 20180281645
    Abstract: An attachment of a surface cover to a seat back in a vehicle seat having through-holes is described. A bucket seat includes a pad provided with through-holes, a surface cover configured to cover a front surface of the pad, and a back frame disposed on a back side of the pad. The back frame includes: a support portion provided with through-holes positioned to face the first through-holes, the support portion being configured to support the pad; and retaining portions provided around the through-holes and configured to retain hooks of the surface cover. The support portion and the retaining portions are integrally molded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Hideki Tokumoto, Jeff Finni, Jake Anderson, Katsuhiro Kiya
  • Patent number: 10017221
    Abstract: A two-wheeled motor vehicle seat device with a backrest provided on a seat main body so as to be movable in a fore-and-aft direction is provided in which the backrest is provided on the seat main body mounted on a vehicle body so that the backrest can move in a fore-and-aft direction thereof, a heater is incorporated into the backrest, and a harness connected to the heater is passed through an interior of the seat main body and connected to a power supply. This enables the heater to be incorporated into the backrest to heat the backrest without interfering with the fore-and-aft movement of the backrest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Uemura, Minoru Takabayashi, Hideki Tokumoto, Kosuke Maeda, Kazuhiro Tsurumi
  • Publication number: 20170217523
    Abstract: A two-wheeled motor vehicle seat device with a backrest provided on a seat main body so as to be movable in a fore-and-aft direction is provided in which the backrest is provided on the seat main body mounted on a vehicle body so that the backrest can move in a fore-and-aft direction thereof, a heater is incorporated into the backrest, and a harness connected to the heater is passed through an interior of the seat main body and connected to a power supply. This enables the heater to be incorporated into the backrest to heat the backrest without interfering with the fore-and-aft movement of the backrest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Tetsuo UEMURA, Minoru TAKABAYASHI, Hideki TOKUMOTO, Kosuke MAEDA, Kazuhiro TSURUMI