Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Mizobata
Hiroshi Mizobata 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: 9694719Abstract: A slide rail by which a conveyance seat is slidably coupled to a floor of a conveyance includes: a lower rail attached on the floor; an upper rail slidably assembled to the lower rail and attached to the conveyance seat; and a locking spring supported by the upper rail and having a locking piece that is inserted into a locking slit formed in the lower rail to prohibit the upper rail and the lower rail from sliding relative to each other. The locking piece extends in a direction along a cross-section (the width direction) of the upper rail from a position in the locking spring, at which the locking spring is supported by the upper rail. The locking piece is inserted into the locking slit by deflection deformation of the locking piece in an in-plane direction of the cross-section (the height direction) of the upper rail.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kouji Takiya, Hiroshi Mizobata
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Publication number: 20170095875Abstract: A different material welded joint in which a first member made of a first material and a second member made of a second material having a melting point lower than that of the first material are joined to each other by welded parts at a plurality of welding sections, wherein the first member has a plurality of through-holes respectively corresponding to the plurality of welding sections and a filler material made of the second material is filled in the plurality of through-holes, and wherein apexes of welding beads of the welded parts, which are deposited and formed on a surface of the second member facing the through-holes, are formed independently of each other at each of the welding sections.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2016Publication date: April 6, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi MIZOBATA, Fumitoshi AKAIKE, Tsuyoshi HATTORI
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Publication number: 20170095876Abstract: A different material welded joint in which a first member made of a first material and a second member made of a second material having a melting point lower than that of the first material are joined to each other by welded parts, wherein the first member has a plurality of through-holes and a filler material made of the second material is filled in the plurality of through-holes, and wherein an interval between the through-holes is made wider and/or an area of the through-hole is made smaller at a welding end-side than at a welding start-side with respect to progress of welding.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2016Publication date: April 6, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi MIZOBATA, Fumitoshi AKAIKE, Tsuyoshi HATTORI
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Publication number: 20170080871Abstract: A console device provided lateral to a vehicle seat on a vehicle floor, the console device includes a console box provided with a container portion having an open top and a lid provided on the console box to open and close the container portion. A clearance allowing conditioned air to flow out toward a person sitting on the seat is provided between an upper end of a lateral surface of the console box and a lateral end of the lid.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2016Publication date: March 23, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi MIZOBATA, Yasuhiro KATO, Fumitoshi AKAIKE
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Patent number: 9550438Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention may include a vehicle seat having a seatback and a headrest. The headrest has a first headrest portion, a second headrest portion and a headrest cover. The first headrest portion is connected to the seatback. The second headrest portion is provided nearer to a user seated in the seat than the first headrest portion. The second headrest portion is provided on the first headrest portion so as to be vertically movable. The headrest cover covers the first headrest portion and the second headrest portion. The headrest cover includes an elastic region. When the second headrest portion moves vertically with respect to the first headrest portion, the elastic region is deformed so as to allow movement of the second headrest portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2014Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroshi Mizobata
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Publication number: 20160362026Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a lower anchorage that serves as an attachment member for a child safety seat; a bracket; and a base frame that is provided on or above a vehicle body. The lower anchorage is fixed to the base frame via the bracket; and the lower anchorage is integrally assembled to the bracket, with contours of the lower anchorage and the bracket being in contact with each other in a front-rear direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2016Publication date: December 15, 2016Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi MIZOBATA, Fumitoshi AKAIKE
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Publication number: 20160347223Abstract: A recliner attachment bracket includes a closed-section structural material having a recliner attachment portion. The recliner attachment portion is configured such that surfaces of two plate materials are joined to each other by pressing a central part of the closed-section structural material while hollow closed-section structures are left on both sides of the closed-section structural material. A lower end of the recliner attachment portion is constituted by only one of the plate materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2016Publication date: December 1, 2016Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Fumitoshi AKAIKE, Hiroyuki SUZUKI, Hiroshi MIZOBATA
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Publication number: 20160339815Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat back, and a headrest that is provided above the seat back. The headrest includes a pair of stays that form a part of a skeleton of the headrest, a pair of panel members that sandwich parts of the pair of stays from front and rear or above and below so as to connect the stays with each other, and are joined to each other through outer peripheries so as to form a space inside and form a part of the skeleton of the headrest, a cushion material that covers the pair of panel members and the parts of the pair of stays, and a dynamic damper arranged inside the space.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2016Publication date: November 24, 2016Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi MIZOBATA, Shuuhei MIYAKE, Fumitoshi AKAIKE
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Publication number: 20160339821Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat frame made of metal; and a reinforcing member that is locally attached to a portion in which stress concentration occurs in the seat frame, the reinforcing member being attached in a state in which the reinforcing member disperses a stress, the reinforcing member having specific gravity smaller than specific gravity of the seat frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2016Publication date: November 24, 2016Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Fumitoshi AKAIKE, Hiroshi MIZOBATA
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Publication number: 20160339817Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a skeleton member, panel members that are attached to the skeleton member and has a space inside, and a dynamic damper that is provided with a weight and an elastic body and arranged inside the space. The weight is fixed by being fitted into a fitting part, the fitting part being provided in the elastic body and formed so as to encircle and be able to be fitted to a part of an outer periphery part of the weight. A part other than the fitting part in the elastic body is fixed to the panel members.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2016Publication date: November 24, 2016Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi MIZOBATA, Shuuhei MIYAKE
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Publication number: 20160339816Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat back and headrest provided with a stay, a pair of panel members that sandwich a part of the stay from front and rear or above and below, and joined to each other through outer peripheries so as to form a space inside, a cushion material formed so as to cover the panel members and the part of the stay, and a dynamic damper arranged inside the space. The dynamic damper has a weight, and an elastic body that fastens the weight and has a leg part extending in a direction away from the weight. A part of the leg part is attached to the pair of panel members by being sandwiched by the pair of panel members.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2016Publication date: November 24, 2016Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi MIZOBATA, Shuuhei MIYAKE, Fumitoshi AKAIKE
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Publication number: 20160311351Abstract: A headrest includes a stay, a skin material, a cushion material and a dynamic damper. The cushion material is foam-molded integrally with the stay inside the skin material, and has a hollow portion therein. The dynamic damper is attached to the stay, and is disposed in the hollow portion in such a manner as not to abut on the cushion material.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2016Publication date: October 27, 2016Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi MIZOBATA, Shuuhei MIYAKE
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Patent number: 9283877Abstract: A movable headrest includes a base member including a headrest stay; a movable member that is slidable relative to the headrest stay; and a lock mechanism that locks the movable member such that the movable member is restrained from sliding relative to the headrest stay. The movable member includes a flexure part that bends due to a load received from a head of an occupant, a frame part that supports the flexure part, and an engaging portion. The frame part includes a sliding portion that slides relative to the headrest stay, and when the flexure part is bent such that the engaging portion is moved relative to the frame part, the movable member is unlocked.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2015Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi Mizobata, Jun Fukami
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Patent number: 9145080Abstract: Embodiments may include a vehicle seat having a seatback and a headrest. The headrest has a first headrest portion, a second headrest portion and an elastic portion. The first headrest portion is connected to the seatback. The second headrest portion is arranged closer to an occupant than the first headrest portion. The second headrest portion is movable relative to the first headrest portion. The elastic portion generates an elastic force so as to restore the second headrest portion to an initial position when the second headrest portion moves from the initial position.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2014Date of Patent: September 29, 2015Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroshi Mizobata
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Publication number: 20150217661Abstract: A slide rail by which a conveyance seat is slidably coupled to a floor of a conveyance includes: a lower rail attached on the floor; an upper rail slidably assembled to the lower rail and attached to the conveyance seat; and a locking spring supported by the upper rail and having a locking piece that is inserted into a locking slit formed in the lower rail to prohibit the upper rail and the lower rail from sliding relative to each other. The locking piece extends in a direction along a cross-section (the width direction) of the upper rail from a position in the locking spring, at which the locking spring is supported by the upper rail. The locking piece is inserted into the locking slit by deflection deformation of the locking piece in an in-plane direction of the cross-section (the height direction) of the upper rail.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2015Publication date: August 6, 2015Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kouji TAKIYA, Hiroshi MIZOBATA
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Publication number: 20150210191Abstract: A movable headrest includes a base member including a headrest stay; a movable member that is slidable relative to the headrest stay; and a lock mechanism that locks the movable member such that the movable member is restrained from sliding relative to the headrest stay. The movable member includes a flexure part that bends due to a load received from a head of an occupant, a frame part that supports the flexure part, and an engaging portion. The frame part includes a sliding portion that slides relative to the headrest stay, and when the flexure part is bent such that the engaging portion is moved relative to the frame part, the movable member is unlocked.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2015Publication date: July 30, 2015Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi MIZOBATA, Jun FUKAMI
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Publication number: 20140368008Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention may include a vehicle seat having a seatback and a headrest. The headrest has a first headrest portion, a second headrest portion and a headrest cover. The first headrest portion is connected to the seatback. The second headrest portion is provided nearer to a user seated in the seat than the first headrest portion. The second headrest portion is provided on the first headrest portion so as to be vertically movable. The headrest cover covers the first headrest portion and the second headrest portion. The headrest cover includes an elastic region. When the second headrest portion moves vertically with respect to the first headrest portion, the elastic region is deformed so as to allow movement of the second headrest portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2014Publication date: December 18, 2014Inventor: Hiroshi MIZOBATA
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Publication number: 20140339864Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention may include a vehicle seat having a seatback and a headrest. The headrest has a first headrest portion, a second headrest portion and an elastic portion. The first headrest portion is connected to the seatback. The second headrest portion is arranged closer to an occupant than the first headrest portion. The second headrest portion is movable relative to the first headrest portion. The elastic portion generates an elastic force so as to restore the second headrest portion to an initial position when the second headrest portion moves from the initial position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2014Publication date: November 20, 2014Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroshi MIZOBATA
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Patent number: 8807594Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat frame, a pad that is attached to the seat frame, an air bag that is attached to the seat frame, a board that is attached to the seat frame and covers the air bag, and a cap that is made of material harder than the pad and is attached to the seat frame, and extends forward of a tip end edge of the board through a gap between the pad and the board.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2012Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hiroshi Mizobata
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Patent number: 8708418Abstract: A vehicle seat is provided. The vehicle seat includes: a planar elastic body that has a frame body provided in a periphery of the planar elastic body, the planar elastic body stretched to the frame body; a cushion member disposed around the planar elastic body; and a backbone member, wherein a supporting surface configured to support a seated person is formed by the planar elastic body and the cushion member, the planar elastic body is assembled to the seat by fixing the frame body to the backbone member, and the cushion member is disposed to be overlaid on the periphery of the planar elastic body at a supporting surface side, the cushion member is covered by a skin material that is attached on the planar elastic body at the supporting surface side.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2010Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hiroshi Mizobata