Patents by Inventor Kensuke YOSHIGA
Kensuke YOSHIGA 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).
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Patent number: 12139092Abstract: A seat back of a vehicle seat, including: a side frame provided inside a cushion member in which an accommodation portion is formed; a cover material that covers a surface of the cushion member; an airbag accommodated in a folded state in the accommodation portion; a cylindrical inflator provided in the accommodation portion; a first retaining cloth, one end portion of which is connected to a rupture portion; a second retaining cloth, one end portion of which is connected to the rupture portion; and a joining member that joins together the respective other end portions of the first retaining cloth and second retaining cloth at the accommodation portion, wherein, when viewed along an axis of the inflator, a front end portion of the side frame is disposed forward of the inflator and the joining member is disposed forward of a front end portion of the side frame.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2023Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignees: NHK Spring Co., Ltd., Subaru CorporationInventors: Kensuke Yoshiga, Hiroki Jineda, Takashi Kamibayashi, Masafumi Takano
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Publication number: 20240246458Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a seat cushion frame; a side finisher provided at a side of the seat cushion; a circuit board positioned between the side frame and the side finisher in a side view; a support case supporting the circuit board and positioned between the side frame and the side finisher in a side view; and a board-connected cable including a first end connected to the circuit board, a flexible cable main body that extends from the first end, and a second end that is a connector connectable to an electric cable for supplying power to an electric actuator. The support case is integrated to the side finisher; the support case is installable to the side frame; and the support case includes a cable protection section that, in a side view, overlaps with at least part of the cable main body and that does not overlap with at least the connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Inventors: Kensuke YOSHIGA, Yukinori MIKITA, Kenji NAGUMO, Fumito KITANAKA
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Publication number: 20240198873Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a seat cushion frame; a seat back frame; a routing member extending from a rear face side of a seat back to a lower side of a seat cushion; a screen member provided extending from the rear face side of the seat back to the lower side of the seat cushion. The screen member includes: a main body portion disposed at a lower side of a rear face of the seat back, and a projecting portion projecting from the main body portion and disposed at the lower side of the seat cushion; and a resilient member, one end, in a length direction, of the resilient member being attached to the projecting portion, at which the main body portion is disposed, another end of the resilient member being attached to the seat cushion frame, and the resilient member being extensible in accordance with a tilting action of the seat back.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2023Publication date: June 20, 2024Inventors: Kensuke YOSHIGA, Hiroki JINEDA, Kenji NAGUMO, Fumito KITANAKA, Mitsutoshi SAITO
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Publication number: 20240174147Abstract: A seatback of a vehicle seat, including: a cushion member including a central section, and a pair of side sections respectively connected to a pair of side edge portions of the central section so as to be rotatable relative to the central section; a lumbar support configured to contact a rear face of the central section and to be deformable such that a front-rear direction position of part of the lumbar support is changed; a covering member having a bag shape and covering the cushion member and the lumbar support; a pair of side restraint members configured so as to be connected to an inner face of the covering member and to respectively restrain the pair of side sections; and a pair of back face restraint members provided at an inner face of a back face configuration section of the covering member and connected to the side restraint members.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2023Publication date: May 30, 2024Inventors: Kensuke YOSHIGA, Hiroki JINEDA, Mitsutoshi SAITO
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Publication number: 20240166156Abstract: A seat back of a vehicle seat, including: a side frame provided inside a cushion member in which an accommodation portion is formed; a cover material that covers a surface of the cushion member; an airbag accommodated in a folded state in the accommodation portion; a cylindrical inflator provided in the accommodation portion; a first retaining cloth, one end portion of which is connected to a rupture portion; a second retaining cloth, one end portion of which is connected to the rupture portion; and a joining member that joins together the respective other end portions of the first retaining cloth and second retaining cloth at the accommodation portion, wherein, when viewed along an axis of the inflator, a front end portion of the side frame is disposed forward of the inflator and the joining member is disposed forward of a front end portion of the side frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2023Publication date: May 23, 2024Inventors: Kensuke YOSHIGA, Hiroki JINEDA, Takashi KAMIBAYASHI, Masafumi TAKANO
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Publication number: 20240157862Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion having an upward and downward movement mechanism configured to adjust a position of the seat cushion in a range between an upper most position and a lower most position in a seat vertical direction; and a shielding member configured to bend, and shielding a lower side of the seat cushion. The shielding member includes: an upper section disposed at a lower surface side of the seat cushion; a middle section disposed at a lower side of the upper section, provided with an inducing portion serving as a trigger for bending of the shielding member, and being configured to follow a movement, in the seat vertical direction, of the seat cushion by changing a bending angle at a bending start point portion that is bent by the inducing portion; and a lower section disposed at a lower side of the middle section.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2023Publication date: May 16, 2024Inventors: Kensuke YOSHIGA, Hiroki JINEDA, Kenji NAGUMO, Fumito KITANAKA, Mitsutoshi SAITO
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Publication number: 20240116408Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a hinge cover and a reclining lever. The hinge cover is disposed at a side portion of a seat cushion, and has an opening through which a recliner shaft of a recliner provided between the seat cushion and a seat back passes. The reclining lever is disposed at an outer side in a seat width direction with respect to the hinge cover, is rotatable about the recliner shaft to unlock the recliner, and has a protrusion protruding inward in the seat width direction, the protrusion facing an edge portion of the opening in a radial direction of the recliner shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Yukinori MIKITA, Kensuke YOSHIGA, Jun SHIRAI, Fumito KITANAKA, Masafumi TAKANO
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Publication number: 20240116407Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a hinge cover that is disposed at aside portion of a seat cushion and has an opening through which a recliner shaft of a recliner provided between the seat cushion and a seat back passes, and a reclining lever that is disposed at an outer side in a seat width direction with respect to the hinge cover and is rotatable about the recliner shaft to unlock the recliner. A part of an edge portion of the opening of the hinge cover is provided with a facing portion that protrudes further toward the recliner shaft side than another portion of the edge portion and faces the recliner shaft in proximity.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Yukinori MIKITA, Kensuke YOSHIGA, Fumito KITANAKA, Masafumi TAKANO
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Publication number: 20230202359Abstract: A seatback frame including left and right side frames, a lower frame, and a sacrum support section. The left and right side frames extend in a seat up-down direction inside left and right side portions of a seatback of a vehicle seat. The lower frame spans between lower end portions of the left and right side frames. The sacrum support section extends from a lower end portion of the lower frame toward a seat front side and supports a sacral region of a seated occupant from a seat rear side. A weakened portion that is weakened by a load from the seat front side is provided to the sacrum support section.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2022Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Daisuke KOBAYASHI, Kensuke YOSHIGA, Akihiko MIZUNO, Fumito KITANAKA, Kenji NAGUMO
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Patent number: 11414041Abstract: A vehicle seat including: an outside cover; an inside cover; a side airbag module; a side frame; an outside reinforcement cloth that covers a seat width direction outer side of the side airbag module; and an inside reinforcement cloth that is disposed between the side frame and the side airbag module, that covers a seat width direction inner side of the side airbag module, that includes one seat front-rear direction end portion separated into seat upper and lower sides and fixed to the side frame in a manner that avoids the fixing portion, that includes another seat front-rear direction end portion joined to the inside cover at the join portion, and that is configured to transmit tension to the join portion during inflation and deployment of the side airbag.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hitoshi Toba, Kazuhito Kashima, Kensuke Yoshiga, Yukinori Mikita, Shota Nakajima
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Publication number: 20210107428Abstract: A vehicle seat including: an outside cover; an inside cover; a side airbag module; a side frame; an outside reinforcement cloth that covers a seat width direction outer side of the side airbag module; and an inside reinforcement cloth that is disposed between the side frame and the side airbag module, that covers a seat width direction inner side of the side airbag module, that includes one seat front-rear direction end portion separated into seat upper and lower sides and fixed to the side frame in a manner that avoids the fixing portion, that includes another seat front-rear direction end portion joined to the inside cover at the join portion, and that is configured to transmit tension to the join portion during inflation and deployment of the side airbag.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Inventors: Hitoshi TOBA, Kazuhito KASHIMA, Kensuke YOSHIGA, Yukinori MIKITA, Shota NAKAJIMA