Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Matsuhashi

Kazuhiro Matsuhashi 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: 7604293
    Abstract: A vehicle seat structure, which comprises a seat cushion (10), a seat back (20) connected to a rear end of the seat cushion (10), and a downward displacement suppression device (70, 80, 90, 100) operable, when a rearward load is input into the seat back (20), to suppress a downward displacement of the seat cushion (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Matsuhashi
  • Patent number: 7556307
    Abstract: A floor board positioned in the foot area of an occupant seated in an occupant seat is allowed to be driven up or down. In an automobile movable floor apparatus, a floor board 5 that covers the upper face of an automobile body floor 3 and a raising-lowering drive mechanism 6 that drives the floor board 5 to be raised or lowered are provided in the foot area of an occupant seated in an occupant seat 4, and a toe board portion 8 sloping down to the rear and a floor base portion 9 that extends toward the rear of the automobile body and is continuous with the rear end of the toe board portion 8 are provided in the automobile body floor 3. The floor board 5 includes a toe board corresponding portion 18 that corresponds to the toe board portion 8 of the automobile body floor 3, and a floor base corresponding portion 19 that corresponds to the floor base portion 9, and the toe board corresponding portion 18 and the floor base corresponding portion 19 are formed in a flattened V-like shape when viewed from the side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Tomonori Ohtsubo, Hiroki Uemura, Toshimine Morino, Kazuhiro Matsuhashi, Keisuke Iida, Yukio Iwayama, Eiji Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20070284922
    Abstract: A vehicle seat structure, which comprises a seat cushion (10), a seat back (20) connected to a rear end of the seat cushion (10), and a downward displacement suppression device (70, 80, 90, 100) operable, when a rearward load is input into the seat back (20), to suppress a downward displacement of the seat cushion (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Matsuhashi
  • Publication number: 20070176456
    Abstract: A floor board positioned in the foot area of an occupant seated in an occupant seat is allowed to be driven up or down. In an automobile movable floor apparatus, a floor board 5 that covers the upper face of an automobile body floor 3 and a raising-lowering drive mechanism 6 that drives the floor board 5 to be raised or lowered are provided in the foot area of an occupant seated in an occupant seat 4, and a toe board portion 8 sloping down to the rear and a floor base portion 9 that extends toward the rear of the automobile body and is continuous with the rear end of the toe board portion 8 are provided in the automobile body floor 3. The floor board 5 includes a toe board corresponding portion 18 that corresponds to the toe board portion 8 of the automobile body floor 3, and a floor base corresponding portion 19 that corresponds to the floor base portion 9, and the toe board corresponding portion 18 and the floor base corresponding portion 19 are formed in a flattened V-like shape when viewed from the side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Tomonori Ohtsubo, Hiroki Uemura, Toshimine Morino, Kazuhiro Matsuhashi, Keisuke Iida, Yukio Iwayama, Eiji Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20070085368
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure of a vehicle including a seat, having a baggage compartment at a rear portion in a cabin, comprises a seat back supported by a hinge member provided at a lower portion of the seat so as to rotate in a longitudinal direction, the seat back being provided to be held in a specified upright position, a first engagement portion provided at an outside end portion of the seat back, a second engagement portion provided at a portion of a vehicle sidewall portion corresponding to the first engagement portion, wherein the first and second engagement portions are configured to be fixed in a vehicle width direction when the seat back is in the specified upright position. Thereby, a rigidity of the vehicle body can be improved by using the seat back.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2006
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masato Hirokawa, Yoh Koizumi, Kenji Satani, Masao Hara, Yusuke Kohge, Shigeaki Watanabe, Gunji Yoshii, Kazuhiro Matsuhashi, Keisuke Iida, Masaki Nishino, Masato Shimada, Yoshitaka Fujihara, Hiromasa Honji, Yuji Ohta, Hiroshi Okiyama, Tsutomu Naganuma
  • Patent number: 7073823
    Abstract: A seat belt system for a vehicle comprising at least a seat, and a recess which is formed receding downwardly in a floor of the vehicle immediately behind the seat. A cross member extends across the vehicle width above the recess and is fixed to the vehicle body at its opposite ends. A buckle connecting member is connected with a buckle of the seat belt for the seat at one end and connected with the cross member at the other end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Toshimine Morino, Kenji Satani, Tatsuya Takahashi, Kazuhiro Matsuhashi, Hiroshi Okiyama
  • Publication number: 20040113410
    Abstract: A seat belt system for a vehicle comprising at least a seat, and a recess which is formed receding downwardly in a floor of the vehicle immediately behind the seat. A cross member extends across the vehicle width above the recess and is fixed to the vehicle body at its opposite ends. A buckle connecting member is connected with a buckle of the seat belt for the seat at one end and connected with the cross member at the other end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Applicant: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Toshimine Morino, Kenji Satani, Tatsuya Takahashi, Kazuhiro Matsuhashi, Hiroshi Okiyama
  • Patent number: 6609745
    Abstract: A seat device of a vehicle including a substantially flat floor surface substantially extending across a full cabin space of the vehicle, front row seats, center row seats and a rear row seat disposed in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle on the floor surface, a seat storage pan extending rearward the rear row seat and downward a level of the floor surface, the front row seats being disposed with a space, the center row seats including a plurality of seats in which at least one of the seats is movable in a lateral direction of the vehicle. When the rear row seat is received in the seat storage pan, a substantially flat and continuous surface of a substantially same level as the floor surface is formed rearward the center row seats to a rear end of the cabin space with a substantially full width of the cabin space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Tamio Miyahara, Kazuhiro Matsuhashi, Masahiro Maruyama, Yasukazu Watanabe, Akira Itoh
  • Publication number: 20020153740
    Abstract: A seat device of a vehicle including a substantially flat floor surface substantially extending across a full cabin space of the vehicle, front row seats, center row seats and a rear row seat disposed in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle on the floor surface, a seat storage pan extending rearward the rear row seat and downward a level of the floor surface, the front row seats being disposed with a space, the center row seats including a plurality of seats in which at least one of the seats is movable in a lateral direction of the vehicle. When the rear row seat is received in the seat storage pan, a substantially flat and continuous surface of a substantially same level as the floor surface is formed rearward the center row seats to a rear end of the cabin space with a substantially full width of the cabin space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2002
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: Tamio Miyahara, Kazuhiro Matsuhashi, Masahiro Maruyama, Yasukazu Watanabe, Akira Itoh
  • Patent number: 6435590
    Abstract: A seat device of a vehicle including a substantially flat floor surface substantially extending across a full cabin space of the vehicle, front row seats, center row seats and a rear row seat disposed in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle on the floor surface, a seat storage pan extending rearward the rear row seat and downward a level of the floor surface, the front row seats being disposed with a space, the center row seats including a plurality of seats in which at least one of the seats is movable in a lateral direction of the vehicle. When the rear row seat is received in the seat storage pan, a substantially flat and continuous surface of a substantially same level as the floor surface is formed rearward the center row seats to a rear end of the cabin space with a substantially full width of the cabin space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Tamio Miyahara, Kazuhiro Matsuhashi, Masahiro Maruyama, Yasukazu Watanabe, Akira Itoh
  • Patent number: 6371561
    Abstract: A seatback frame structure (F) for a seatback (2) of a seat (S) comprises a generally rectangular seatback frame (4) and a lower or primary wire frame (9) which has base frame sections (9a) extending from opposite vertical side frame sections (4a) of the rectangular seatback frame (4) at a height of lumbar vertebras, respectively, an upward extending support frame section (91) which extends upward from the base frame sections (9a) and comprises opposite vertical side frame sections (91b) extending from the base sections (4a), respectively, and a horizontal frame section (91a) extending between the opposite vertical side frame sections (91b) at a height of shoulder blades, and an upper or subsidiary wire frame (8) extending between the opposite vertical side frame sections (4a) behind the upward extending support frame section (91). The upward extending support frame section (91) at its upper part is bent backward so as to extend along the backbone of a person P sitting on the seat S.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Iwamoto, Shuji Kumano, Kazuhiro Matsuhashi
  • Publication number: 20020011737
    Abstract: A seat device of a vehicle including a substantially flat floor surface substantially extending across a full cabin space of the vehicle, front row seats, center row seats and a rear row seat disposed in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle on the floor surface, a seat storage pan extending rearward the rear row seat and downward a level of the floor surface, the front row seats being disposed with a space, the center row seats including a plurality of seats in which at least one of the seats is movable in a lateral direction of the vehicle. When the rear row seat is received in the seat storage pan, a substantially flat and continuous surface of a substantially same level as the floor surface is formed rearward the center row seats to a rear end of the cabin space with a substantially full width of the cabin space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2001
    Publication date: January 31, 2002
    Inventors: Tamio Miyahara, Kazuhiro Matsuhashi, Masahiro Maruyama, Yasukazu Watanabe, Akira Itoh
  • Patent number: 6129405
    Abstract: A seat device of a vehicle including a substantially flat floor surface substantially extending across a full cabin space of the vehicle, front row seats, center row seats and a rear row seat disposed in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle on the floor surface, a seat storage pan extending rearward the rear row seat and downward a level of the floor surface, the front row seats being disposed with a space, the center row seats including a plurality of seats in which at least one of the seats is movable in a lateral direction of the vehicle. When the rear row seat is received in the seat storage pan, a substantially flat and continuous surface of a substantially same level as the floor surface is formed rearward the center row seats to a rear end of the cabin space with a substantially full width of the cabin space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2000
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Tamio Miyahara, Kazuhiro Matsuhashi, Masahiro Maruyama, Yasukazu Watanabe, Akira Ito
  • Patent number: 6062593
    Abstract: A side air bag apparatus installed within a seat has an air bag unit containing an inflator and a folded air bag in an air bag unit housing which is placed on a side of the center of the seat with respect to and in close proximity to a frame member extending along a side section of the seat so as to direct an opening of the air bag unit housing in a specified direction. The air bag unit housing is secured to the frame member by a bracket frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Satani, Yoshiyuki Iwamoto, Kazuhiro Matsuhashi, Kiyoshi Hayashi
  • Patent number: 5957522
    Abstract: A cargo blocking device for a vehicle that prevents cargo from moving forward beyond a rear passenger seat in an event of a front end collision on a sudden stop of the vehicle. The cargo blocking device can include a blocking frame connected to a backrest of the rear passenger seat. The seat cushion can be hinged to move to an approximately upright vertical position and the backrest can be positioned in an approximately horizontal rest position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Matsuhashi, Tetsuhiro Iwaki, Junsuke Inoue
  • Patent number: 5851024
    Abstract: A side air bag apparatus installed within a seat has an air bag unit containing an inflator and a folded air bag in an air bag unit housing which is connected to a firing control unit by way of a harness partly extending from the air bag unit within and along a lower transverse section of the seat from one side of the seat close to a door to the other side of the seat and partly extending under the seat to the firing control unit via a coupler secured to the underside of the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1998
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Satani, Yoshiyuki Iwamoto, Kazuhiro Matsuhashi
  • Patent number: 5387026
    Abstract: A support structure for supporting an acoustic oscillation transferring device has a cushion forming a part of an automobile's seat and having an open space therein in which a frame of the device is supported, and an unstretchable but flexible band material for securing a frame of the device to a frame of the automobile's seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1995
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Matsuhashi, Koji Takada, Yoshikazu Okamoto
  • Patent number: RE39101
    Abstract: A seat device of a vehicle including a substantially flat floor surface substantially extending across a full cabin space of the vehicle, front row seats, center row seats and a rear row seat disposed in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle on the floor surface, a seat storage pan extending rearward the rear row seat and downward a level of the floor surface, the front row seats being disposed with a space, the center row seats including a plurality of seats in which at least one of the seats is movable in a lateral direction of the vehicle. When the rear row seat is received in the seat storage pan, a substantially flat and continuous surface of a substantially same level as the floor surface is formed rearward the center row seats to a rear end of the cabin space with a substantially full width of the cabin space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Tamio Miyahara, Kazuhiro Matsuhashi, Masahiro Maruyama, Yasukazu Watanabe, Akira Itoh