Patents by Inventor Kazuhisa NIIMI

Kazuhisa NIIMI 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: 11958388
    Abstract: An in-vehicle seat includes a seat back, a seat cushion, and an anchor for fixing a child seat. The seat cushion has a seat cushion base, a seat cushion pad that is removable from the seat cushion, and a supporting panel. The supporting panel is provided between the seat cushion base and the seat cushion pad, and serves as a placement face for the child seat. The anchor is provided at a position at which the anchor is covered and hidden by the seat cushion pad, and at which the anchor is externally exposed when the seat cushion pad is removed from the seat cushion. A guide groove that guides a linking portion protruding from the child seat to the anchor is provided in the supporting panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keiichi Kondo, Kazuhisa Niimi, Ryo Sato
  • Patent number: 11919426
    Abstract: An in-vehicle seat includes a seat back, a seat cushion, and an anchor for fixing a child seat. The seat cushion has a seat cushion base, a seat cushion pad that is removable from the seat cushion, and a supporting panel. The supporting panel is provided between the seat cushion base and the seat cushion pad, and serves as a placement face for the child seat. The anchor is provided at a position at which the anchor is covered and hidden by the seat cushion pad, and at which the anchor is externally exposed when the seat cushion pad is removed from the seat cushion. A guide groove that guides a linking portion protruding from the child seat to the anchor is provided in the supporting panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Keiichi Kondo, Kazuhisa Niimi, Ryo Sato
  • Publication number: 20220097575
    Abstract: An in-vehicle seat includes a seat back, a seat cushion, and an anchor for fixing a child seat. The seat cushion has a seat cushion base, a seat cushion pad that is removable from the seat cushion, and a supporting panel. The supporting panel is provided between the seat cushion base and the seat cushion pad, and serves as a placement face for the child seat. The anchor is provided at a position at which the anchor is covered and hidden by the seat cushion pad, and at which the anchor is externally exposed when the seat cushion pad is removed from the seat cushion. A guide groove that guides a linking portion protruding from the child seat to the anchor is provided in the supporting panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keiichi Kondo, Kazuhisa Niimi, Ryo Sato
  • Publication number: 20190248254
    Abstract: Disclosed is one example of a vehicle seat system that is capable of shortening a time duration required until a third-row seat becomes available for boarding or deboarding. During execution of boarding or deboarding mode-conversion process, executed are front seat-pivot in which a first seatback is displaced seat-frontward in a pivoting manner; a first operation in which at least one of a second seat cushion or a second seatback is displaced relative to the other of the second seat cushion or the second seatback so that the second seat cushion faces the second seatback; and a second operation in which the second seat is displaced seat-frontward. During the execution of the boarding or deboarding mode-conversion process, the second operation is executed in response to the first seatback being placed in a specified state subsequent to execution of the front seat-pivot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Haruki UNO, Kazuhisa NIIMI