Patents by Inventor Hirotaka TORIKAI

Hirotaka TORIKAI 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: 20210145676
    Abstract: Provided is a boarding/deboarding controller that enables reduce time and effort for boarding and deboarding a vehicle of which canopy is opened or closed to allow a user boards or deboards. One aspect of the present disclosure provides a boarding/deboarding controller for a vehicle including a seat, an occupant compartment provided with the seat, and a canopy that moves to a closed position where the canopy covers the occupant compartment and to an opened position, which is situated upper than the closed position. The boarding/deboarding controller is configured to change a posture or position of the seat concurrently while the canopy is moved from the closed position to the opened position in an opened movement, or, from the opened position to the closed position in a closed movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicants: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirotaka TORIKAI, Junki KATO, Akira KANEKO, Kouichi MASAMURA, Shushi WASEDA
  • Patent number: 10919413
    Abstract: A controller in a vehicle seat system is configured to execute a first pivot control to cause the second seatback to pivot at a first pivoting speed, a second pivot control to cause the second seatback to pivot at a second pivoting speed that is greater than the first pivoting speed, and a first determination process to determine, during execution of a tilt control, whether the second seatback will interfere with the first seatback. If the controller determines, during execution of the tilt control, that the second seatback will interfere with the first seatback, then the controller causes the first seatback to pivot and executes the first pivot control in at least a part of a pivoting process of the second seatback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignees: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Haruki Uno, Kenji Iida, Hirotaka Torikai, Ran Wang, Soichiro Hozumi
  • Patent number: 10518683
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes an air bag, and a controller. The air bag is for holding a posture of an occupant and configured to inflate as air flows in or deflate as air flows out of the air bag. The controller is configured to receive an input of a signal based on a steering angle of the vehicle and to control inflation or deflation of the air bag based on the signal. The controller is configured to enable an active-support mode to cause air to flow inside the air bag in response to the steering angle becoming greater than or equal to a predefined given angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Teruhiko Kojima, Hirotaka Torikai, Takuya Fujimura, Kenji Iida
  • Publication number: 20190084446
    Abstract: A controller in a vehicle seat system is configured to execute a first pivot control to cause the second seatback to pivot at a first pivoting speed, a second pivot control to cause the second seatback to pivot at a second pivoting speed that is greater than the first pivoting speed, and a first determination process to determine, during execution of a tilt control, whether the second seatback will interfere with the first seatback. If the controller determines, during execution of the tilt control, that the second seatback will interfere with the first seatback, then the controller causes the first seatback to pivot and executes the first pivot control in at least a part of a pivoting process of the second seatback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicants: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Haruki UNO, Kenji IIDA, Hirotaka TORIKAI, Ran WANG, Soichiro HOZUMI
  • Publication number: 20180339626
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes an air bag, and a controller. The air bag is for holding a posture of an occupant and configured to inflate as air flows in or deflate as air flows out of the air bag. The controller is configured to receive an input of a signal based on a steering angle of the vehicle and to control inflation or deflation of the air bag based on the signal. The controller is configured to enable an active-support mode to cause air to flow inside the air bag in response to the steering angle becoming greater than or equal to a predefined given angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Teruhiko KOJIMA, Hirotaka TORIKAI, Takuya FUJIMURA, Kenji IIDA