Patents by Inventor Masafumi TAKANO

Masafumi TAKANO 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: 12097788
    Abstract: A vehicle seat frame includes a seat cushion frame, left and right links, a connection member, left and right slide rails, and left and right risers. The seat cushion frame includes left and right side frames. The left and right links each have a one end portion connected to respective front portions of the left and right side frames. The connection member connects the left and right links together in the seat left-right direction. The left and right slide rails are disposed below the left and right side frames and are attached to a floor section of the vehicle. The left and right risers are respectively attached to the left and right slide rails, are connected to respective other end portions of the left and right links, and are configured to be impacted by the connection member under load from the occupant during a head-on collision of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignees: NHK Spring Co., Ltd, Subaru Corporation, Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Syunichirou Osa, Hiroki Matsuda, Jun Shirai, Masafumi Takano, Fumito Kitanaka, Kenji Nagumo, Suguru Ishikawa, Naoki Hayashi
  • Patent number: 12054080
    Abstract: In a vehicle seat frame, a connection member that connects left and right links together in a seat left-right direction is disposed below a rear portion of a cushion pan included in a seat cushion frame. A sloped surface sloped with a downward gradient toward a seat rear side is formed at a lower surface of the rear portion of the cushion pan. The sloped surface of the cushion pan slides in a seat rearward and diagonally downward direction relative to the connection member when the cushion pan deforms in a seat downward direction under load from the occupant during a head-on collision of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignees: NHK SPRING CO., LTD., SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Syunichirou Osa, Hiroki Matsuda, Jun Shirai, Masafumi Takano, Kenji Nagumo, Fumito Kitanaka, Suguru Ishikawa, Naoki Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20240166156
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Kensuke YOSHIGA, Hiroki JINEDA, Takashi KAMIBAYASHI, Masafumi TAKANO
  • Publication number: 20240116407
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Yukinori MIKITA, Kensuke YOSHIGA, Fumito KITANAKA, Masafumi TAKANO
  • Publication number: 20240116408
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Yukinori MIKITA, Kensuke YOSHIGA, Jun SHIRAI, Fumito KITANAKA, Masafumi TAKANO
  • Publication number: 20240092242
    Abstract: A headrest stay includes a detachment prevention slot portion formed in a rod-shaped leg portion, the detachment prevention slot portion being recessed toward a center side of the leg portion, the lock portion being configured to enter into the detachment prevention slot portion, and the detachment prevention slot portion including: a first flat face portion that faces a lower side; and a second flat face portion that faces an upper side, the second flat face portion including: an opposing portion that opposes the first flat face portion; and a region that, in a vertical sectional diagram cut along the axial direction of the leg portion, is disposed at an outer peripheral side of the leg portion relative to the first flat face portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Kiyohito IMAMURA, Shogo NAKAMURA, Tatsuya SAWADA, Masafumi TAKANO
  • Publication number: 20230202361
    Abstract: A vehicle seat frame includes a seat cushion frame, left and right links, a connection member, left and right slide rails, and left and right risers. The seat cushion frame includes left and right side frames. The left and right links each have a one end portion connected to respective front portions of the left and right side frames. The connection member connects the left and right links together in the seat left-right direction. The left and right slide rails are disposed below the left and right side frames and are attached to a floor section of the vehicle. The left and right risers are respectively attached to the left and right slide rails, are connected to respective other end portions of the left and right links, and are configured to be impacted by the connection member under load from the occupant during a head-on collision of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Syunichirou OSA, Hiroki MATSUDA, Jun SHIRAI, Masafumi TAKANO, Fumito KITANAKA, Kenji NAGUMO, Suguru ISHIKAWA, Naoki HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230202362
    Abstract: A seat cushion frame configuring framework of a seat cushion for an occupant of a vehicle to sit on, and including left and right side frames, a cushion pan, and a reinforcement member. The left and right side frames are disposed at left and right side portions of the seat cushion. The cushion pan connects upper end portions of front portions of the left and right side frames together in a seat left-right direction. The reinforcement member includes the left and right reinforcement portions respective affixed to the seat left-right direction sides of the rear end portion of the cushion pan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Syunichirou OSA, Hiroki MATSUDA, Jun SHIRAI, Masafumi TAKANO, Fumito KITANAKA, Kenji NAGUMO, Suguru ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230202360
    Abstract: In a vehicle seat frame, a connection member that connects left and right links together in a seat left-right direction is disposed below a rear portion of a cushion pan included in a seat cushion frame. A sloped surface sloped with a downward gradient toward a seat rear side is formed at a lower surface of the rear portion of the cushion pan. The sloped surface of the cushion pan slides in a seat rearward and diagonally downward direction relative to the connection member when the cushion pan deforms in a seat downward direction under load from the occupant during a head-on collision of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Syunichirou OSA, Hiroki MATSUDA, Jun SHIRAI, Masafumi TAKANO, Kenji NAGUMO, Fumito KITANAKA, Suguru ISHIKAWA, Naoki HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20230202363
    Abstract: A seat cushion frame configuring a framework of a seat cushion for an occupant of a vehicle to sit on and including left and right side frames and a cushion pan. The left and right side frames are disposed at left and right side portions of the seat cushion. The cushion pan connects upper end portions of front portions of the left and right side frames together in a seat left-right direction, and is weakened locally at a weakened portion provided at a seat left-right direction center of a rear end portion of the cushion pan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Syunichirou OSA, Hiroki MATSUDA, Jun SHIRAI, Masafumi TAKANO, Kenji NAGUMO, Fumito KITANAKA, Suguru ISHIKAWA