Patents by Inventor Hidetaka Nagayasu

Hidetaka Nagayasu 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: 11273745
    Abstract: A vehicle seat attachable to a vehicle body, the vehicle seat including: a seat back; and a headrest configured to support a head of a seated occupant, the headrest including: a base portion fixed to the seat back; a slide portion slidable in a left-right direction in a state where the head is supported to the base portion; and an electric mechanism configured to slide the slide portion in the left-right direction, and in which the slide portion is configured to be moved by the electric mechanism in a moving direction in which the head moves in the left-right direction due to acceleration in the left-right direction applied when a vehicle moves, the electric mechanism being operated by a control device disposed in the vehicle body in response to a signal from a sensor disposed in the vehicle body, the sensor being configured to detect the moving direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Komei Yano, Kenji Kawano, Hidetaka Nagayasu, Makoto Asano, Osamu Kaneko, Hikaru Satou
  • Publication number: 20190389353
    Abstract: A vehicle seat attachable to a vehicle body, the vehicle seat including: a seat back; and a headrest configured to support a head of a seated occupant, the headrest including: a base portion fixed to the seat back; a slide portion slidable in a left-right direction in a state where the head is supported to the base portion; and an electric mechanism configured to slide the slide portion in the left-right direction, and in which the slide portion is configured to be moved by the electric mechanism in a moving direction in which the head moves in the left-right direction due to acceleration in the left-right direction applied when a vehicle moves, the electric mechanism being operated by a control device disposed in the vehicle body in response to a signal from a sensor disposed in the vehicle body, the sensor being configured to detect the moving direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Komei YANO, Kenji KAWANO, Hidetaka NAGAYASU, Makoto ASANO, Osamu KANEKO, Hikaru SATOU
  • Patent number: 9873356
    Abstract: There is provided a seat back interlocking ottoman device for a vehicle seat configured such that an angle of a seat back relative to a seat cushion can be adjusted and an ottoman is provided to the seat cushion. The ottoman device includes an interlocking mechanism configured to retract the ottoman to a retracted position below the front side of the seat cushion when the seat back is located at a regular usage position and to move the ottoman from the retracted position to an extended position at the front side of the seat cushion to thus support a leg part of a passenger when the seat back is tilted rearwards from the regular usage position. A part of the interlocking mechanism is configured to be operable by an arbitrary operation such that the ottoman can be moved between the retracted position and the extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoru Kuno, Hidetaka Nagayasu
  • Patent number: 9701221
    Abstract: A vehicle seat, which adjusts an inclination angle of a seat back with respect to a seat cushion through a recliner, includes a base member, a bracket, which supports the seat back so that the seat back is able to move, and is fixed to a rotation side of the recliner, a connecting member that connects the seat cushion and the seat back with each other, a first guide mechanism that guides the seat back with respect to the bracket, and a second guide mechanism that guides the seat cushion with respect to the base member. The seat back and the seat cushion are guided by the first guide mechanism and the second guide mechanism, respectively, so that the seat back and the seat cushion move rotationally about a position corresponding to a hip-point of a seated occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hidetaka Nagayasu
  • Patent number: 9616784
    Abstract: A vehicle seat in which an angle of a seatback with respect to a seat cushion is adjustable and which includes an ottoman in front of the seat cushion includes: an association mechanism which operates the seatback and the ottoman in association with each other; and an association prohibition mechanism, wherein when a tilting operation to tilt the seatback forward from a normal usage position is performed so as to decrease a relative angle of the seatback with respect to the seat cushion, the association prohibition mechanism disables an association function of the ottoman caused by the association mechanism according to the tilting operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hidetaka Nagayasu
  • Patent number: 9597985
    Abstract: A conveyance seat includes a seat back; a seat cushion; a first link member; and a second link member. The floor or the seat cushion is connected to the seat back by the first and second link members. The first link member is shorter than the second link member. The seat back is able to be moved in a front-rear direction such that the first link member and the second link member do not intersect with each other. The seat back is able to be laid on or over the seat cushion such that the first link member and the second link member intersect with each other. A lock device is provided, and the lock device stops movement of the seat back while the seat back is moved in the front-rear direction such that the first link member and the second link member do not intersect with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hidetaka Nagayasu
  • Patent number: 9566889
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a supporting member that supports a load of a seated person, a cushion frame, a rear pipe that is rotatably attached to the cushion frame, a lifter link that is fixed to the rear pipe, and a bracket that is rotatably attached to the rear pipe. An inclination of the cushion frame changes when the cushion frame is moved up and down by tilting the lifter link. The supporting member is connected to the rear pipe via the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignees: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidetaka Nagayasu, Osamu Kaneko, Kohshi Katoh, Eishi Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 9561741
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicle seat including a seat frame which supports a load of a sitting passenger, a seat pad which is set on the seat frame and receives the load of the sitting passenger to be relieved, and a support body which is supported to the seat frame and supports a part of the seat pad from a backside thereof. The support body is supported to the seat frame to be slidable in an in-plane direction of a plane supporting the load of the sitting passenger or to be axially rotatable in an out-of-plane direction of the plane, such that the load of the sitting passenger can be relieved. The seat pad includes a fixed part which is supported to the seat frame at a fixed position and a movable part which is supported to the support body to be movable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hidetaka Nagayasu
  • Patent number: 9550440
    Abstract: A conveyance seat includes a seat frame; a seat pad; and a support body disposed based on a center portion of a distribution of a sitting pressure applied by a seated occupant to the seat pad. The support body is supported with respect to the seat frame such that a front end portion thereof is rotatable in a right-left direction about a straight line tilted upward in a direction from a front side toward a rear side, and a rear end portion thereof is movable in the right-left direction. The seat pad includes a fixed portion that is supported at a fixed position by the seat frame, and a movable portion that is supported by the support body such that the movable portion is movable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignees: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidetaka Nagayasu, Kohshi Katoh, Eishi Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 9332845
    Abstract: A seatback-associated ottoman device includes: a memory mechanism that mechanically memorizes an unfolded angle position of an ottoman and cancels the memorized unfolded angle position when the unfolded angle of the ottoman is adjusted by the angle adjustment mechanism; and a prohibition mechanism that prohibits the canceling the memorized unfolded angle position of the memory mechanism when the ottoman is placed at the stored position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hidetaka Nagayasu
  • Patent number: 9272643
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicle seat including a seat cushion configured to support a weight of a sitting passenger from below, and a seat back configured to support an upper body of the sitting passenger from a back side thereof. The seat back includes a seat back fixing part including a back frame which configures a frame of the seat back, and a seat back moving part configured to support the upper body of the passenger at a passenger sitting surface side of the seat back fixing part. The seat back moving part is supported to the seat back fixing part so as to be rotatable about an upper part thereof in a left-right direction which corresponds to lateral sides of the sitting passenger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignees: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidetaka Nagayasu, Osamu Kaneko, Eishi Takeuchi, Kohshi Katoh
  • Publication number: 20150352981
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a supporting member that supports a load of a seated person, a cushion frame, a rear pipe that is rotatably attached to the cushion frame, a lifter link that is fixed to the rear pipe, and a bracket that is rotatably attached to the rear pipe. An inclination of the cushion frame changes when the cushion frame is moved up and down by tilting the lifter link. The supporting member is connected to the rear pipe via the bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicants: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidetaka NAGAYASU, Osamu KANEKO, Kohshi KATOH, Eishi TAKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20150197167
    Abstract: A conveyance seat includes a seat back; a seat cushion; a first link member; and a second link member. The floor or the seat cushion is connected to the seat back by the first and second link members. The first link member is shorter than the second link member. The seat back is able to be moved in a front-rear direction such that the first link member and the second link member do not intersect with each other. The seat back is able to be laid on or over the seat cushion such that the first link member and the second link member intersect with each other. A lock device is provided, and the lock device stops movement of the seat back while the seat back is moved in the front-rear direction such that the first link member and the second link member do not intersect with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hidetaka NAGAYASU
  • Publication number: 20150108806
    Abstract: A conveyance seat includes a seat frame; a seat pad; and a support body disposed based on a center portion of a distribution of a sitting pressure applied by a seated occupant to the seat pad. The support body is supported with respect to the seat frame such that a front end portion thereof is rotatable in a right-left direction about a straight line tilted upward in a direction from a front side toward a rear side, and a rear end portion thereof is movable in the right-left direction. The seat pad includes a fixed portion that is supported at a fixed position by the seat frame, and a movable portion that is supported by the support body such that the movable portion is movable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicants: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hidetaka NAGAYASU, Kohshi KATOH, Eishi TAKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20150061338
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicle seat including a seat cushion configured to support a weight of a sitting passenger from below, and a seat back configured to support an upper body of the sitting passenger from a back side thereof. The seat back includes a seat back fixing part including a back frame which configures a frame of the seat back, and a seat back moving part configured to support the upper body of the passenger at a passenger sitting surface side of the seat back fixing part. The seat back moving part is supported to the seat back fixing part so as to be rotatable about an upper part thereof in a left-right direction which corresponds to lateral sides of the sitting passenger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Hidetaka NAGAYASU, Osamu KANEKO, Eishi TAKEUCHI, Kohshi KATOH
  • Publication number: 20140375087
    Abstract: There is provided a seat back interlocking ottoman device for a vehicle seat configured such that an angle of a seat back relative to a seat cushion can be adjusted and an ottoman is provided to the seat cushion. The ottoman device includes an interlocking mechanism configured to retract the ottoman to a retracted position below the front side of the seat cushion when the seat back is located at a regular usage position and to move the ottoman from the retracted position to an extended position at the front side of the seat cushion to thus support a leg part of a passenger when the seat back is tilted rearwards from the regular usage position. A part of the interlocking mechanism is configured to be operable by an arbitrary operation such that the ottoman can be moved between the retracted position and the extended position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Satoru KUNO, Hidetaka NAGAYASU
  • Publication number: 20140284981
    Abstract: A vehicle seat, which adjusts an inclination angle of a seat back with respect to a seat cushion through a recliner, includes a base member, a bracket, which supports the seat back so that the seat back is able to move, and is fixed to a rotation side of the recliner, a connecting member that connects the seat cushion and the seat back with each other, a first guide mechanism that guides the seat back with respect to the bracket, and a second guide mechanism that guides the seat cushion with respect to the base member. The seat back and the seat cushion are guided by the first guide mechanism and the second guide mechanism, respectively, so that the seat back and the seat cushion move rotationally about a position corresponding to a hip-point of a seated occupant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hidetaka NAGAYASU
  • Publication number: 20140225407
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicle seat including a seat frame which supports a load of a sitting passenger, a seat pad which is set on the seat frame and receives the load of the sitting passenger to be relieved, and a support body which is supported to the seat frame and supports a part of the seat pad from a backside thereof. The support body is supported to the seat frame to be slidable in an in-plane direction of a plane supporting the load of the sitting passenger or to be axially rotatable in an out-of-plane direction of the plane, such that the load of the sitting passenger can be relieved. The seat pad includes a fixed part which is supported to the seat frame at a fixed position and a movable part which is supported to the support body to be movable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hidetaka NAGAYASU
  • Publication number: 20140225400
    Abstract: A seatback-associated ottoman device includes: a memory mechanism that mechanically memorizes an unfolded angle position of an ottoman and cancels the memorized unfolded angle position when the unfolded angle of the ottoman is adjusted by the angle adjustment mechanism; and a prohibition mechanism that prohibits the canceling the memorized unfolded angle position of the memory mechanism when the ottoman is placed at the stored position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hidetaka NAGAYASU
  • Publication number: 20140145476
    Abstract: A vehicle seat in which an angle of a seatback with respect to a seat cushion is adjustable and which includes an ottoman in front of the seat cushion includes: an association mechanism which operates the seatback and the ottoman in association with each other; and an association prohibition mechanism, wherein when a tilting operation to tilt the seatback forward from a normal usage position is performed so as to decrease a relative angle of the seatback with respect to the seat cushion, the association prohibition mechanism disables an association function of the ottoman caused by the association mechanism according to the tilting operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hidetaka NAGAYASU