Patents by Inventor Junpei Yoshikawa

Junpei Yoshikawa 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: 10470577
    Abstract: It is provided a seat pad having excellent comfort in seating with improved air permeability and cushion durability in a seat pad of the vehicle seat. The seat pad includes an air permeable member having a ventilation n function with an outside. The seat pad is integrally foam molded using a foamed resin material in a state where the air permeable member is introduced. The seat pad has a surface of the air permeable member projecting with respect to a surface of the seat pad located at a closest position to the air permeable member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignees: TACHI-S CO., LTD., BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideo Tobata, Junpei Yoshikawa, Jun Takano, Kazuo Noguchi, Kenji Kumagai
  • Patent number: 10106064
    Abstract: Providing a seat pad that can provide good sitting comfortability with bonding between a ventilation member and an expanded resin foam included in the seat pad ensured. A seat pad 10 including a ventilation member 20 having a function that lets air through to/from an outside, the seat pad 10 being formed by integral expansion molding of an expandable resin material M with the ventilation member 20 introduced therein, includes a covering member 30 that covers at least a part of the ventilation member 20 at an interface between the ventilation member 20 and the expandable resin material M, and the covering member 30 includes an impregnation inhibiting material having a function that inhibits infiltration of the expandable resin material M, the function being at least higher than that of the ventilation member 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignees: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION, TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Kumagai, Junpei Yoshikawa, Kei Miyata
  • Patent number: 9981412
    Abstract: A tubular lower mold partitioning wall is erected on a lower mold, and a three-dimensional mesh-like body is disposed with a part of a side face exposed with respect to the lower mold partitioning wall. When a pad main body is molded by foaming a liquid raw material, the mesh-like body is penetrated through the pad main body in a thickness direction. Since the mesh-like body is disposed with a part of the side face exposed with respect to the lower mold partitioning wall, the liquid raw material is hardened between the fibers on the side face of the mesh-like body, and the side face is attached to the pad main body. Therefore, it is possible that the mesh-like body is not easily displaced with respect to the pad main body while suppressing a sweaty feeling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignees: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD., TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu Mogi, Yu Sasaki, Junpei Yoshikawa, Jun Takano, Shogo Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9975459
    Abstract: To make it possible to provide an acoustic device in a headrest device such that a standard of a shock is satisfied and the performance of the acoustic device can be efficiently exhibited. In the headrest device, a shock resistant surface is formed in a core material of a headrest main body, an opening is formed in the shock resistant surface, and a non-contact type acoustic microphone is disposed on the inner side of the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignees: CLARION CO., LTD., TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Takada, Fumiaki Nakashima, Takao Ishikawa, Takahiko Nagasawa, Yasuyuki Ito, Junpei Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 9956706
    Abstract: A three-dimensional mesh-like body is disposed on a molding face of a lower mold onto which a liquid raw material of flexible foam is poured. An upper mold is laid over the lower mold to form a cavity, a projection projected on the upper mold toward the cavity is contacted with the three-dimensional mesh-like body, and the three-dimensional mesh-like body is fixed. The three-dimensional mesh-like body is attached and fixed to a front surface of a pad main body, so that the three-dimensional mesh-like body can be prevented from being displaced with respect to the pad main body. Moreover, the position of the three-dimensional mesh-like body can be prevented from being displaced in the process of foaming the liquid raw material because of the projection, and a vent hole can be formed on the pad main body. As a result, a sweaty feeling can be suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignees: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD., TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu Mogi, Yu Sasaki, Junpei Yoshikawa, Jun Takano, Shogo Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9925899
    Abstract: There is provided a seat pad 10 including a pad body 12 formed of a foam resin molding and a breathable cushion body 14 formed of a three-dimensional net structure made of linear bodies and provided in a pad surface side of the pad body 12. In the pad body 12, pulling-in grooves 22, 24 for pulling in a skin material 20 are provided on a pad surface, wires 26 are embedded along the pulling-in grooves, and locking holes 28 exposing part of the wires 26 are provided. The locking holes 28 are provided so as to pierce the pad to a pad reverse side and the breathable cushion body 14 is provided in a state where side surfaces thereof abut on the pulling-in grooves 22, 24 so as to communicate thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignees: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD., TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu Mogi, Shogo Suzuki, Junpei Yoshikawa, Jun Takano
  • Patent number: 9901181
    Abstract: To provide a seat with ventilative property, which can eliminate or minimize the possibility of its being permanently deformed and settled into an unrecoverable deformed state. In the seat with ventilative property, left and right three-dimensional network cushion elements are provided in a forwardly-facing region of a seat cushion of the seat, in a manner independent of each other, such that the left and right three-dimensional network cushion elements are respectively situated at: one location on which a left thigh portion of a seat occupant is to be contacted; and the other location on which a right thigh portion of the seat occupant is to be contacted. This arrangement can almost completely prevent a direct application of a weight of the seat occupant to the two three-dimensional network cushion elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Miyata, Junpei Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20170354261
    Abstract: It is provided a seat pad having excellent comfort in seating with improved air permeability and cushion durability in a seat pad of the vehicle seat. The seat pad includes an air permeable member having a ventilation n function with an outside. The seat pad is integrally foam molded using a foamed resin material in a state where the air permeable member is introduced. The seat pad has a surface of the air permeable member projecting with respect to a surface of the seat pad located at a closest position to the air permeable member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Hideo TOBATA, Junpei YOSHIKAWA, Jun TAKANO, Kazuo NOGUCHI, Kenji KUMAGAI
  • Patent number: 9630540
    Abstract: A headrest including: a trim cover element formed in a three-dimensional bag-like configuration, a fiber assembly; and a foam padding. The fiber assembly and foam padding are both provided within the trim cover element in such a manner that the fiber assembly is secured to and positioned on a front surface side of the trim cover element, whereas the foam padding is positioned on a rear surface side of the fiber assembly. The foam padding has been created by a foaming process so as to be integral with the trim cover element and fiber assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Miyata, Junpei Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20170021750
    Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] Providing a seat pad that can provide good sitting comfortability with bonding between a ventilation member and an expanded resin foam included in the seat pad ensured. [Solution] A seat pad 10 including a ventilation member 20 having a function that lets air through to/from an outside, the seat pad 10 being formed by integral expansion molding of an expandable resin material M with the ventilation member 20 introduced therein, includes a covering member 30 that covers at least a part of the ventilation member 20 at an interface between the ventilation member 20 and the expandable resin material M, and the covering member 30 includes an impregnation inhibiting material having a function that inhibits infiltration of the expandable resin material M, the function being at least higher than that of the ventilation member 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicants: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION, TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji KUMAGAI, Junpei YOSHIKAWA, Takashi MIYATA
  • Patent number: 9456702
    Abstract: In a seat with ventilation property, at least one three-dimensional network cushion element is provided in a foam padding(s) of the seat at at least one point on which at least one body portion of a seat occupant is to be substantially contacted. The three-dimensional network cushion element is formed by a plurality of fibers, each being composed of a core portion and a sheath portion covering the core portion, such that all the fibers are bonded with one another at the respective sheath portions thereof. Preferably, each of the fibers may be an helical fiber of eccentric core type wherein the core portion is eccentrically positioned in the sheath portion. Further, the three-dimensional network cushion element(s) may be arranged in the foam padding so as to prevent intensive exertion of a load from the seat occupant's body portion(s) upon the three-dimensional network cushion element(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Miyata, Junpei Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20160257227
    Abstract: To make it possible to provide an acoustic device in a headrest device such that a standard of a shock is satisfied and the performance of the acoustic device can be efficiently exhibited. In the headrest device, a shock resistant surface is formed in a core material of a headrest main body, an opening is formed in the shock resistant surface, and a non-contact type acoustic microphone is disposed on the inner side of the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicants: CLARION CO., LTD., TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki TAKADA, Fumiaki NAKASHIMA, Takao ISHIKAWA, Takahiko NAGASAWA, Yasuyuki ITO, Junpei YOSHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20160220028
    Abstract: To provide a seat with ventilative property, which can eliminate or minimize the possibility of its being permanently deformed and settled into an unrecoverable deformed state. In the seat with ventilative property, left and right three-dimensional network cushion elements are provided in a forwardly-facing region of a seat cushion of the seat, in a manner independent of each other, such that the left and right three-dimensional network cushion elements are respectively situated at: one location on which a left thigh portion of a seat occupant is to be contacted; and the other location on which a right thigh portion of the seat occupant is to be contacted. This arrangement can almost completely prevent a direct application of a weight of the seat occupant to the two three-dimensional network cushion elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kei MIYATA, Junpei YOSHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20150314714
    Abstract: A headrest including: a trim cover element formed in a three-dimensional bag-like configuration, a fiber assembly; and a foam padding. The fiber assembly and foam padding are both provided within the trim cover element in such a manner that the fiber assembly is secured to and positioned on a front surface side of the trim cover element, whereas the foam padding is positioned on a rear surface side of the fiber assembly. The foam padding has been created by a foaming process so as to be integral with the trim cover element and fiber assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kei MIYATA, Junpei YOSHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20150274048
    Abstract: There is provided a seat pad 10 including a pad body 12 formed of a foam resin molding and a breathable cushion body 14 formed of a three-dimensional net structure made of linear bodies and provided in a pad surface side of the pad body 12. In the pad body 12, pulling-in grooves 22, 24 for pulling in a skin material 20 are provided on a pad surface, wires 26 are embedded along the pulling-in grooves, and locking holes 28 exposing part of the wires 26 are provided. The locking holes 28 are provided so as to pierce the pad to a pad reverse side and the breathable cushion body 14 is provided in a state where side surfaces thereof abut on the pulling-in grooves 22, 24 so as to communicate thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicants: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd., TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu Mogi, Shogo Suzuki, Junpei Yoshikawa, Jun Takano
  • Publication number: 20150158214
    Abstract: A three-dimensional mesh-like body is disposed on a molding face of a lower mold onto which a liquid raw material of flexible foam is poured. An upper mold is laid over the lower mold to form a cavity, a projection projected on the upper mold toward the cavity is contacted with the three-dimensional mesh-like body, and the three-dimensional mesh-like body is fixed. The three-dimensional mesh-like body is attached and fixed to a front surface of a pad main body, so that the three-dimensional mesh-like body can be prevented from being displaced with respect to the pad main body. Moreover, the position of the three-dimensional mesh-like body can be prevented from being displaced in the process of foaming the liquid raw material because of the projection, and a vent hole can be formed on the pad main body. As a result, a sweaty feeling can be suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicants: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD., TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu Mogi, Yu Sasaki, Junpei Yoshikawa, Jun Takano, Shogo Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20150158213
    Abstract: A tubular lower mold partitioning wall is erected on a lower mold, and a three-dimensional mesh-like body is disposed with a part of a side face exposed with respect to the lower mold partitioning wall. When a pad main body is molded by foaming a liquid raw material, the mesh-like body is penetrated through the pad main body in a thickness direction. Since the mesh-like body is disposed with a part of the side face exposed with respect to the lower mold partitioning wall, the liquid raw material is hardened between the fibers on the side face of the mesh-like body, and the side face is attached to the pad main body. Therefore, it is possible that the mesh-like body is not easily displaced with respect to the pad main body while suppressing a sweaty feeling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicants: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD., TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Manabu Mogi, Yu Sasaki, Junpei Yoshikawa, Jun Takano, Shogo Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20150158405
    Abstract: In a seat with ventilation property, at least one three-dimensional network cushion element is provided in a foam padding (s) of the seat at at least one point on which at least one body portion of a seat occupant is to be substantially contacted. The three-dimensional network cushion element is formed by a plurality of fibers, each being composed of a core portion and a sheath portion covering the core portion, such that all the fibers are bonded with one another at the respective sheath portions thereof. Preferably, each of the fibers may be an helical fiber of eccentric core type wherein the core portion is eccentrically positioned in the sheath portion. Further, the three-dimensional network cushion element (s) may be arranged in the foam padding so as to prevent intensive exertion of a load from the seat occupant's body portion (s) upon the three-dimensional network cushion element (s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Kei MIYATA, Junpei YOSHIKAWA