Patents by Inventor Hideki Usami

Hideki Usami 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: 20260021784
    Abstract: To reduce an amount of rear protrusion of a vehicle seat equipped with an airbag module configured to deploy rearward, in a vehicle seat provided with a seat cushion and a seat back, the seat back includes: a seat back frame including a pair of left and right side frames extending in a vertical direction and an upper frame connecting upper ends of the side frames to each other; an airbag module supported by an upper half of the seat back frame via a bracket; and a skin member covering the seat back frame, the bracket, and the airbag module from a rear side thereof, wherein a part of the skin member corresponding to the airbag module is provided with a frangible portion configured to open upon inflation of an airbag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2025
    Publication date: January 22, 2026
    Inventor: Hideki Usami
  • Patent number: 12454238
    Abstract: To reduce an amount of rear protrusion of a vehicle seat equipped with an airbag module configured to deploy rearward, in a vehicle seat provided with a seat cushion and a seat back, the seat back includes: a seat back frame including a pair of left and right side frames extending in a vertical direction and an upper frame connecting upper ends of the side frames to each other; an airbag module supported by an upper half of the seat back frame via a bracket; and a skin member covering the seat back frame, the bracket, and the airbag module from a rear side thereof, wherein a part of the skin member corresponding to the airbag module is provided with a frangible portion configured to open upon inflation of an airbag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2025
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hideki Usami
  • Publication number: 20250162479
    Abstract: A seat includes a seat cushion frame and a seat back frame. The seat cushion frame includes left and right side members extending in a front-and-rear direction, a front member extending in a lateral direction and coupled to a front portion of each of the side members, a rear member extending in the lateral direction and coupled to a rear portion of each of the side members, and support members coupled to a rear end of each of the side members and extending upward. At least one of the support members includes a support member lower portion coupled to a laterally outer surface of the side member, and a support member upper portion extending upward and laterally inward from the support member lower portion and rotatably supporting the seat back frame. When viewed in an up-and-down direction, the support member upper portion overlaps with the side member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Inventors: Wataru HIRATSUKA, Tsukasa MEGURO, Kazuki TOBITA, Masaki TANAKA, Taiki TAKEUCHI, Hideki USAMI, Akihito KOBAYASHI, Jinichi TANABE, Makoto SHIBUYA, Yuki YOSHIOKA, Heehyeok PARK, Hiroyuki KOZUTSUMI, Momoko MORIOKA, Yasutaka KOHATA, Takayoshi ITO, Akira MIYOSHI
  • Publication number: 20250074348
    Abstract: To reduce an amount of rear protrusion of a vehicle seat equipped with an airbag module configured to deploy rearward, in a vehicle seat provided with a seat cushion and a seat back, the seat back includes: a seat back frame including a pair of left and right side frames extending in a vertical direction and an upper frame connecting upper ends of the side frames to each other; an airbag module supported by an upper half of the seat back frame via a bracket; and a skin member covering the seat back frame, the bracket, and the airbag module from a rear side thereof, wherein a part of the skin member corresponding to the airbag module is provided with a frangible portion configured to open upon inflation of an airbag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventor: Hideki Usami
  • Patent number: 12172594
    Abstract: To reduce an amount of rear protrusion of a vehicle seat equipped with an airbag module configured to deploy rearward, in a vehicle seat provided with a seat cushion and a seat back, the seat back includes a seat back frame including a pair of left and right side frames extending in a vertical direction and an upper frame connecting upper ends of the side frames to each other; an airbag module supported by an upper half of the seat back frame via a bracket; and a skin member covering the seat back frame, the bracket, and the airbag module from a rear side thereof, wherein a part of the skin member corresponding to the airbag module is provided with a frangible portion configured to open upon inflation of an airbag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hideki Usami
  • Publication number: 20240059244
    Abstract: To reduce an amount of rear protrusion of a vehicle seat equipped with an airbag module configured to deploy rearward, in a vehicle seat provided with a seat cushion and a seat back, the seat back includes a seat back frame including a pair of left and right side frames extending in a vertical direction and an upper frame connecting upper ends of the side frames to each other; an airbag module supported by an upper half of the seat back frame via a bracket; and a skin member covering the seat back frame, the bracket, and the airbag module from a rear side thereof, wherein a part of the skin member corresponding to the airbag module is provided with a frangible portion configured to open upon inflation of an airbag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventor: Hideki Usami
  • Patent number: 11840189
    Abstract: To reduce an amount of rear protrusion of a vehicle seat equipped with an airbag module configured to deploy rearward, in a vehicle seat provided with a seat cushion and a seat back, the seat back includes: a seat back frame including a pair of left and right side frames extending in a vertical direction and an upper frame connecting upper ends of the side frames to each other; an airbag module supported by an upper half of the seat back frame via a bracket; and a skin member covering the seat back frame, the bracket, and the airbag module from a rear side thereof, wherein a part of the skin member corresponding to the airbag module is provided with a frangible portion configured to open upon inflation of an airbag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hideki Usami
  • Publication number: 20220281401
    Abstract: To reduce an amount of rear protrusion of a vehicle seat equipped with an airbag module configured to deploy rearward, in a vehicle seat provided with a seat cushion and a seat back, the seat back includes: a seat back frame including a pair of left and right side frames extending in a vertical direction and an upper frame connecting upper ends of the side frames to each other; an airbag module supported by an upper half of the seat back frame via a bracket; and a skin member covering the seat back frame, the bracket, and the airbag module from a rear side thereof, wherein a part of the skin member corresponding to the airbag module is provided with a frangible portion configured to open upon inflation of an airbag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventor: Hideki Usami
  • Patent number: 11358552
    Abstract: To reduce an amount of rear protrusion of a vehicle seat equipped with an airbag module configured to deploy rearward, in a vehicle seat (1) provided with a seat cushion (3) and a seat back (4), the seat back includes: a seat back frame (7) including a pair of left and right side frames (11) extending in a vertical direction and an upper frame (12) connecting upper ends of the side frames to each other; an airbag module (43) supported by an upper half of the seat back frame via a bracket (31); and a skin member (9) covering the seat back frame, the bracket, and the airbag module from a rear side thereof, wherein a part of the skin member corresponding to the airbag module is provided with a frangible portion (80) configured to open upon inflation of an airbag (45).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hideki Usami
  • Patent number: 11173648
    Abstract: A thermoforming device includes: an upper hot plate including a first heating surface configured to heat a sheet from above; a lower hot plate including a second heating surface configured to heat the sheet from below; and a substrate-supplying unit including a base configured to hold a molded substrate, and configured to attach the molded substrate to and detach the molded substrate from the base and to dispose the molded substrate at a molding position below the first heating surface with the sheet interposed therebetween, in which the upper hot plate and the lower hot plate are configured to heat the sheet simultaneously from an upper surface and a lower surface of the sheet, the lower hot plate is provided to be movable in a horizontal direction with respect to a position below the upper hot plate, and the thermoforming device die-molds or adheres, onto the molded substrate held by the base, the sheet softened by being heated by the upper hot plate and the lower hot plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Asano Laboratories Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazunori Teramoto, Masanobu Nihira, Hideki Usami
  • Publication number: 20200369231
    Abstract: To reduce an amount of rear protrusion of a vehicle seat equipped with an airbag module configured to deploy rearward, in a vehicle seat (1) provided with a seat cushion (3) and a seat back (4), the seat back includes: a seat back frame (7) including a pair of left and right side frames (11) extending in a vertical direction and an upper frame (12) connecting upper ends of the side frames to each other; an airbag module (43) supported by an upper half of the seat back frame via a bracket (31); and a skin member (9) covering the seat back frame, the bracket, and the airbag module from a rear side thereof, wherein a part of the skin member corresponding to the airbag module is provided with a frangible portion (80) configured to open upon inflation of an airbag (45).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventor: Hideki Usami
  • Patent number: 10427561
    Abstract: A vehicular seat is provided with which compactness can be achieved in a housed state where a seat main body is housed. A vehicular seat is a seat configured to be housed in a housing recess formed in a vehicle body floor. The vehicular seat includes: right and left rail devices fixed on the vehicle body floor and supporting a seat main body to be movable in the front to back direction; and a reclining device pivotably connecting the seat main body to a support base constructed on the right and left rail devices. The reclining device is arranged at a height position overlapping upper rails in the up and down direction, and is arranged outside the upper rails in a seat width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Akutsu, Hideki Usami, Hiroshi Izawa, Daisuke Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 10384567
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion frame, a slide mechanism, a drive source, and a transmission mechanism configured to receive a driving force from the drive source and to cause the seat cushion frame to move in a front-rear direction. The slide mechanism includes a guide member extending in the front-rear direction and a slide member movable along the guide member relative to the guide member; the seat cushion frame is fixed to one of the guide member and the slide member, and another of the guide member and the slide member is fixed to a floor of a vehicle; and the drive source is fixed to the floor of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime Yoshida, Koji Onuma, Hideki Usami, Kazuhiro Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20180354188
    Abstract: A thermoforming device includes: an upper hot plate including a first heating surface configured to heat a sheet from above; a lower hot plate including a second heating surface configured to heat the sheet from below; and a substrate-supplying unit including a base configured to hold a molded substrate, and configured to attach the molded substrate to and detach the molded substrate from the base and to dispose the molded substrate at a molding position below the first heating surface with the sheet interposed therebetween, in which the upper hot plate and the lower hot plate are configured to heat the sheet simultaneously from an upper surface and a lower surface of the sheet, the lower hot plate is provided to be movable in a horizontal direction with respect to a position below the upper hot plate, and the thermoforming device die-molds or adheres, onto the molded substrate held by the base, the sheet softened by being heated by the upper hot plate and the lower hot plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Kazunori Teramoto, Masanobu Nihira, Hideki Usami
  • Publication number: 20170313209
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion frame, a slide mechanism, a drive source, and a transmission mechanism configured to receive a driving force from the drive source and to cause the seat cushion frame to move in a front-rear direction. The slide mechanism includes a guide member extending in the front-rear direction and a slide member movable along the guide member relative to the guide member; the seat cushion frame is fixed to one of the guide member and the slide member, and another of the guide member and the slide member is fixed to a floor of a vehicle; and the drive source is fixed to the floor of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Hajime YOSHIDA, Koji ONUMA, Hideki USAMI, Kazuhiro HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20170313215
    Abstract: A vehicular seat is provided with which compactness can be achieved in a housed state where a seat main body is housed. A vehicular seat is a seat configured to be housed in a housing recess formed in a vehicle body floor. The vehicular seat includes: right and left rail devices fixed on the vehicle body floor and supporting a seat main body to be movable in the front to back direction; and a reclining device pivotably connecting the seat main body to a support base constructed on the right and left rail devices. The reclining device is arranged at a height position overlapping upper rails in the up and down direction, and is arranged outside the upper rails in a seat width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Takeshi Akutsu, Hideki Usami, Hiroshi Izawa, Daisuke Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 9364992
    Abstract: A thermoforming device using a hot plate heating includes a frame; a hot plate; a decompression unit connected to the frame; a decompression unit which is connected to a hot plate; a unit which is connected to the hot plate and opens a heating surface side to an atmosphere or pressures the heating surface side; an adsorption and heating control unit which performs the adsorption and heating operation of the sheet by the hot plate; a decompression control unit which performs a decompression operation in the concave portion; and a molding operation control unit which concurrently performs the adsorption and heating operation and the decompression operation, stops the adsorption and heating operation of the sheet after a predetermined time from the start of the operation, and opens a portion between the hot plate and the sheet to the atmosphere or pressures the portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Asano Laboratories Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Takai, Kenichi Mizoguchi, Hideki Usami, Kazunori Teramoto
  • Patent number: 9321384
    Abstract: A cup holder comprises a lid body in which an upper lid and a lower lid are connected by an engagement mechanism. The engagement mechanism includes: a claw part that protrudes from the upper lid; an arch part that protrudes from the lower lid and engages with the claw part; and a protrusion wall that is provided contiguously to the upper lid or the lower lid and restricts the arch part from collapsing in a state where the claw part and the arch part are engaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Kawashima, Takeshi Sato, Hideki Usami, Hiroshi Izawa
  • Publication number: 20150232010
    Abstract: A seat device is provided with a seat back frame which has a seat frame section and which also has a seat belt guide support provided to the seat frame section. The seat belt guide support is provided with a mounting section to which a seat belt guide is mounted, leg sections which are provided to the mounting section and which can be affixed to the seat frame section, and an entry prevention section which is provided to the mounting section and which prevents a back pad from entering the gap between the mounting section and the seat frame section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Takeshi Sato, Hideki Usami
  • Publication number: 20150203016
    Abstract: A cup holder comprises a lid body in which an upper lid and a lower lid are connected by an engagement mechanism. The engagement mechanism includes: a claw part that protrudes from the upper lid; an arch part that protrudes from the lower lid and engages with the claw part; and a protrusion wall that is provided contiguously to the upper lid or the lower lid and restricts the arch part from collapsing in a state where the claw part and the arch part are engaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Kawashima, Takeshi Sato, Hideki Usami, Hiroshi Izawa