Patents by Inventor Kazuo Noso

Kazuo Noso 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: 11896549
    Abstract: A seat device includes a massage mechanism configured to massage a first muscle and a vibration generation mechanism configured to administer a vibratory stimulus having a frequency that causes muscle tone to a second muscle, the second muscle being an antagonist muscle of the first muscle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuo Noso, Takashi Ogiso, Hideaki Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11535139
    Abstract: A seat device is provided with: a first air bag expanding and contracting inside a seat surface skin; a holding member for holding the first air bag and movable along the inner surface of the seat surface skin; a drive device for moving the holding member so as to change the arrangement of the first airbag; and a second air bag independent of the first air bag, the second air bag expanding inside the seat surface skin so as to press the seat surface skin to separate the seat surface skin from the first air bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Ogiso, Kazuo Noso
  • Patent number: 10667982
    Abstract: A massage apparatus includes: a base; a first air bag and a second air bag, the first air bag and the second air bag vertically overlapped with each other, the first air bag being disposed on an upper side of the second air bag, and the first air bag and the second air bag being joined to each other at an overlapped site; an air injection and discharge section connected to the first air bag for injecting air into and discharging air from the first air bag; a coupling section including a through hole arranged to communicate the air bags with each other is provided at a site where the air bags is joined to each other; and a fixing section rotatably fixing the first air bag to the base provided on a portion of the first air bag, the portion being not overlapped with the second air bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuo Noso, Takashi Ogiso
  • Publication number: 20200054518
    Abstract: A seat device includes a massage mechanism configured to massage a first muscle and a vibration generation mechanism configured to administer a vibratory stimulus having a frequency that causes muscle tone to a second muscle, the second muscle being an antagonist muscle of the first muscle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuo NOSO, Takashi OGISO, Hideaki YAMAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 10144318
    Abstract: Airbags each belonging to one of first and second control blocks are arranged below the thighs of an occupant seated on a seat seating surface (S). Specifically, the first and second control blocks are arranged such that the airbags belonging thereto are adjacent to one another in the seat width direction. Further, a seat device controls the airbags belonging to the first control block and the airbags belonging to the second control block to alternately expand and contract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Ogiso, Kazuo Noso
  • Publication number: 20180147964
    Abstract: A seat device is provided with: a first air bag expanding and contracting inside a seat surface skin; a holding member for holding the first air bag and movable along the inner surface of the seat surface skin; a drive device for moving the holding member so as to change the arrangement of the first airbag; and a second air bag independent of the first air bag, the second air bag expanding inside the seat surface skin so as to press the seat surface skin to separate the seat surface skin from the first air bag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi OGISO, Kazuo NOSO
  • Publication number: 20180065516
    Abstract: A seat device includes a seatback having a backrest surface, a massage airbag that presses a back of an occupant through the backrest surface by performing expanding operation and contracting operation in the interior of the seatback, an air supply-discharge device that selectively supplies air to and discharges internal air from the airbag based on an internal pressure of the airbag, a displacement device that displaces the backrest surface, a timer that measures an air discharge time of the internal air needed for the contracting operation of the airbag, and a load regulating device that controls operation of the displacement device such that a measured value of the air discharge time approaches a target value of the air discharge time in correspondence with a change of an occupant load acting on the backrest surface due to displacement of the backrest surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi OGISO, Kazuo NOSO
  • Publication number: 20170231861
    Abstract: A massage apparatus including: a base; a pair of air bags including a first air bag and a second air bag, the first air bag and the second air bag being vertically overlapped while being displaced from each other, the first air bag being disposed on an upper side of the second air bag, and the first air bag and the second air bag being joined to each other at an overlapped site; and an air injection and discharge section arranged to be connected to the first air bag, inject air into the first air bag, and discharge the air from the first air bag, wherein a coupling section including a through hole arranged to communicate the pair of air bags with each other is provided at a site where the pair of air bags is joined to each other, and a fixing section arranged to rotatably fix the first air bag to the base is provided in a portion of the first air bag, the portion being not overlapped with the second air bag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuo NOSO, Takashi OGISO
  • Publication number: 20160304009
    Abstract: Airbags each belonging to one of first and second control blocks are arranged below the thighs of an occupant seated on a seat seating surface (S). Specifically, the first and second control blocks are arranged such that the airbags belonging thereto are adjacent to one another in the seat width direction. Further, a seat device controls the airbags belonging to the first control block and the airbags belonging to the second control block to alternately expand and contract.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi OGISO, Kazuo Noso
  • Patent number: 6776586
    Abstract: The present invention provides a multi-stage vacuum pump which includes: a housing in which a plurality of pumping chambers are formed, the pumping chambers being arranged in series and being in fluid communication with one another, one of the pumping chambers which is at one end of the series acting as an initial stage pumping chamber, another of the pumping chamber which is at the other end of the series acting as a final stage pumping chamber, the housing being provided with an inlet port for sucking a gas from a space to be evacuated into the initial stage pumping chamber, the housing being provided with an outlet port for exhausting the gas from the final stage pumping chamber; a Roots-type pump section occupying each of the pumping chambers; and a device for decreasing a temperature differential between the initial stage pumping chamber and the final stage pumping chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Naito, Kazuo Noso, Kazuaki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 6699023
    Abstract: The present invention provides a multi-stage vacuum pump which includes: a housing in which a plurality of pumping chambers are formed, the pumping chambers being arranged in series and being in fluid communication with one another, one of the pumping chambers which is at one end of the series acting as an initial stage pumping chamber, another of the pumping chamber which is at the other end of the series acting as a final stage pumping chamber, the housing being provided with an inlet port for sucking a gas from a space to be evacuated into the initial stage pumping chamber, the housing being provided with an outlet port for exhausting the gas from the final stage pumping chamber; Roots-type pump sections occupying the respective pumping chambers, each of the Roots-type pump sections having a pair of intermeshed Roots-type profile rotors; and a pair of shafts adapted for rotation within the housing about their lengthwise axes in contra-rotational direction, the pair of shafts being secured to the respective
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Naito, Kazuo Noso
  • Publication number: 20030133817
    Abstract: The present invention provides a multi-stage vacuum pump which includes: a housing in which a plurality of pumping chambers are formed, the pumping chambers being arranged in series and being in fluid communication with one another, one of the pumping chambers which is at one end of the series acting as an initial stage pumping chamber, another of the pumping chamber which is at the other end of the series acting as a final stage pumping chamber, the housing being provided with an inlet port for sucking a gas from a space to be evacuated into the initial stage pumping chamber, the housing being provided with an outlet port for exhausting the gas from the final stage pumping chamber; Roots-type pump sections occupying the respective pumping chambers, each of the Roots-type pump sections having a pair of intermeshed Roots-type profile rotors; and a pair of shafts adapted for rotation within the housing about their lengthwise axes in contra-rotational direction, the pair of shafts being secured to the respective
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Naito, Kazuo Noso
  • Publication number: 20030077182
    Abstract: The present invention provides a multi-stage vacuum pump which includes: a housing in which a plurality of pumping chambers are formed, the pumping chambers being arranged in series and being in fluid communication with one another, one of the pumping chambers which is at one end of the series acting as an initial stage pumping chamber, another of the pumping chamber which is at the other end of the series acting as a final stage pumping chamber, the housing being provided with an inlet port for sucking a gas from a space to be evacuated into the initial stage pumping chamber, the housing being provided with an outlet port for exhausting the gas from the final stage pumping chamber; a Roots-type pump section occupying each of the pumping chambers; and a device for decreasing a temperature differential between the initial stage pumping chamber and the final stage pumping chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Naito, Kazuo Noso, Kazuaki Nakamura