Patents by Inventor Masami Yoshida
Masami Yoshida 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: 7798462Abstract: A sliding-type automobile seat comprising a seat cushion frame, a slide rail mechanism for allowing the seat to be slidingly moved, slide lock mechanisms for causing the seat to be releasably locked at predetermined positions, a substantially U-shaped operating lever for causing the seat to be released from a locked state, and connection mechanisms for causing both end portions of the substantially U-shaped operating lever to the slide lock mechanisms, the slide rail mechanism comprising a pair of parallel lower rails mounted on a floor surface of an automobile, and a pair of parallel upper rails attached to a lower portion of the seat cushion frame and slidably engaged with the pair of parallel lower rails, each of the slide lock mechanisms comprising a lock member swingably mounted to a corresponding upper rail and urged upward at one end portion thereof by a spring, the lock member including a first engaging member, and a second engaging member provided at a corresponding lower rail, the first engaging memType: GrantFiled: May 12, 2006Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masami Yoshida, Kazuyuki Aoki
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Patent number: 7753449Abstract: A reclining seat for an automobile is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2006Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: TS TECH Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masami Yoshida
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Publication number: 20100045089Abstract: A vehicle seat comprises a seat back, a seat bottom, a headrest mounted on an upper portion of the seat back. The headrest includes a reverse U-shaped support section having downwardly extending two pillars and a horizontal section which connects upper portions of the pillars with each other. A lock plate is fixed to the horizontal section. A headrest frame is provided with an engagement disk which is changed over between a lock position where the engagement disk engages with the lock plate to disable the headrest to rotate about the horizontal section, and an unlock position where the engagement disk disengages from the lock plate to enable the headrest to rotate around the horizontal section.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2007Publication date: February 25, 2010Inventor: Masami Yoshida
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Patent number: 7537283Abstract: In an automobile seat provided with a seatback having a metal-made seatback frame of a substantially quadrilateral shape, the seatback frame comprising a pair of spaced apart left and right side frame sections 10a, 10b, an upper frame section 11 interconnecting upper end portions of the side frame sections 10a, 10b, and a lower frame section 12 interconnecting lower end portions of the side frame sections 10a, 10b, the lower frame section comprises a horizontally extending body arranged between the lower end portions of the side frame sections 10a, 10b, side bracket portions 12a, 12b provided at left and right ends of the horizontally extending body so as to project forward from the horizontally extending body, the side bracket portions 12a, 12b being applied and fixed to the lower end portions of the side frame sections 10a, 10b, and a structure for serving to facilitate deformation of the seatback in the event of a car crash or the like in order to absorb impact caused by the car crash or the like, the struType: GrantFiled: February 3, 2006Date of Patent: May 26, 2009Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenichi Niitsuma, Masami Yoshida
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Publication number: 20090127907Abstract: An automobile seat height adjuster includes a linkage base frame between the seat's side frames and seat brackets so as to be vertically swingable. The base frame has two pairs of linkage members interconnected by respective shafts. Each of the linkage members extends between one of the side frames and one of the brackets so as to be collapsable. A power transmission mechanism transmits to the linkage base frame power generated by operation of an operating knob and causes the linkage base frame to swing vertically, thereby causing the seat to move vertically. Stops on the linkage base frame abut the installation surfaces, limiting downward movement of the seat and keeping the seat in a lowermost position at which side frames of the seat are spaced from the installation surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2006Publication date: May 21, 2009Applicant: TS TECH Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masayuki Hoshi, Shinji Sugiyama, Masami Yoshida
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Patent number: 7489907Abstract: A transmitter for averagedly suppressing the variation in input level of an amplifier according to variation in carrier level. The transmitter includes an input power calculation section for calculating mean input power of each carrier, an output power calculating section for calculating mean output power of each carrier after the carrier band is limited, a monitoring section for identifying a carrier having the maximum mean input power, acquiring the maximum value, acquiring the mean output power of the identified carrier, determining the ratio of the mean input power to the mean output power, and calculating level control information which is the ratio of the ratio determined above to a predetermined expected value, and a signal level adjusting section for adjusting the level of a multicarrier signal by multiplying the level control information outputted from the monitoring section.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2003Date of Patent: February 10, 2009Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.Inventors: Norio Hasegawa, Tetsuhiko Miyatani, Hisashi Kawai, Masami Yoshida, Jun Watanabe
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Publication number: 20090032670Abstract: A sliding-type automobile seat comprising a seat cushion frame, a slide rail mechanism for allowing the seat to be slidingly moved, slide lock mechanisms for causing the seat to be releasably locked at predetermined positions, a substantially U-shaped operating lever for causing the seat to be released from a locked state, and connection mechanisms for causing both end portions of the substantially U-shaped operating lever to the slide lock mechanisms, the slide rail mechanism comprising a pair of parallel lower rails mounted on a floor surface of an automobile, and a pair of parallel upper rails attached to a lower portion of the seat cushion frame and slidably engaged with the pair of parallel lower rails, each of the slide rock mechanisms comprising a lock member swingably mounted to a corresponding upper rail and urged upward at one end portion thereof by a spring, the lock member including a first engaging member, and a second engaging member provided at a corresponding lower rail, the first engaging memType: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2006Publication date: February 5, 2009Applicant: TS TECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Masami Yoshida, Kazuyuki Aoki
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Publication number: 20090026824Abstract: A reclining seat for an automobile is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2006Publication date: January 29, 2009Applicant: TS TECH CO., LTD.Inventor: Masami Yoshida
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Publication number: 20090015980Abstract: A current detection circuit generates a pulse signal Sd based on a voltage Vd corresponding to a current I flowing through a solenoid coil, and feeds the pulse signal Sd back to a PWM circuit of a switch controller. The PWM circuit generates a pulse signal Sr having a predetermined duty ratio, based on a comparison between the fed back pulse signal Sd and a voltage value corresponding to a first current value or a second current value, and supplies the pulse signal Sr to a pulse supplying unit. The pulse supplying unit supplies the pulse signal Sr as a first pulse signal S1 and/or a second pulse signal S2 to a gate terminal G of a MOSFET.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2008Publication date: January 15, 2009Applicant: SMC Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshihiro FUKANO, Masami Yoshida, Yoshitada Doi, Shigeharu Oide
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Publication number: 20090015979Abstract: A current detection circuit generates a pulse signal Sd based on a voltage Vd corresponding to a current I flowing through a solenoid coil, and feeds the pulse signal Sd back to a PWM circuit of a switch controller. The PWM circuit generates a pulse signal Sr having a predetermined duty ratio, based on a comparison between the fed back pulse signal Sd and a voltage value corresponding to a first current value or a second current value, and supplies the pulse signal Sr to a pulse supplying unit. The pulse supplying unit supplies the pulse signal Sr as a first pulse signal S1 and/or a second pulse signal S2 to a gate terminal G of a MOSFET.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2008Publication date: January 15, 2009Applicant: SMC Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshihiro FUKANO, Masami Yoshida, Yoshitada Doi, Shigeharu Oide
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Publication number: 20080308758Abstract: A movable iron core unit includes a movable iron core, which is attracted toward a fixed iron core under excitation of a coil, and a guide member made from a resin material and mounted on an outer circumferential side of the movable iron core. The guide member is constructed from a pair of ring members and connecting members that interconnect the ring members. The ring members and the connecting members are mounted in mounting grooves, which are formed on an outer circumferential surface of the movable iron core, and project only slightly from the outer circumferential surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2008Publication date: December 18, 2008Applicant: SMC Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshihiro FUKANO, Masami YOSHIDA, Hideaki YASHIRO
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Publication number: 20080307416Abstract: A management apparatus that promotes productivity of management of a plurality of devices and of a plurality of functions of the device. The management apparatus for managing a plurality of functions for use in a device by a user, wherein each function has one or more functional elements, the apparatus including a first memory module that stores correspondence data describing a relationship between a functional element and unit configuration information of the device, the unit configuration information indicating units of the device used by the functional element, a second memory module that stores use authority data corresponding to the user, a management module that selects an available function based on the correspondence data and the use authority data, and sends the functional elements corresponding to the selected function to the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2008Publication date: December 11, 2008Inventors: Motomi INOUE, Youhei Takeyama, Masami Yoshida
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Publication number: 20080258519Abstract: In an automobile seat provided with a seatback having a metal-made seatback frame of a substantially quadrilateral shape, the seatback frame comprising a pair of spaced apart left and right side frame sections 10a, 10b, an upper frame section 11 interconnecting upper end portions of the side frame sections 10a, 10b, and a lower frame section 12 interconnecting lower end portions of the side frame sections 10a, 10b, the lower frame section comprises a horizontally extending body arranged between the lower end portions of the side frame sections 10a, 10b, side bracket portions 12a, 12b provided at left and right ends of the horizontally extending body so as to project forward from the horizontally extending body, the side bracket portions 12a, 12b being applied and fixed to the lower end portions of the side frame sections 10a, 10b, and a structure for serving to facilitate deformation of the seatback in the event of a car crash or the like in order to absorb impact caused by the car crash or the like, the struType: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2006Publication date: October 23, 2008Applicant: TS TECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenichi Niitsuma, Masami Yoshida
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Patent number: 7367603Abstract: In a bored headrest, a garnish includes a front garnish and a rear garnish that are attached to a through-hole of a skin member in front and rear directions of the through-hole to seal an opening. The front garnish has a first holding portion that can hold a first skin edge portion, and a first connecting portion formed at a near side to the rear garnish. The rear garnish has a second holding portion which can hold a second skin edge portion, and a second connecting portion formed at a near side to the front garnish. The rear garnish has a second connecting portion. Therefore, a bored headrest is provided having a high quality of appearance and whose quality of appearance can be kept constant.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2005Date of Patent: May 6, 2008Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigeru Adachi, Shuichi Hashiguchi, Masami Yoshida
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Patent number: 7316454Abstract: Ends of each supporting pin are projected to both sides of each link plate. Each supporting shaft is fixed by welding to each link plate at a position near one end side of the plate. A pipe-like connecting shaft is axis-aligned to and fitted on an end portion of the supporting pin which projects inward from each link plate, so as to be supported between link plates. An end portion of the supporting pin which projects outward from each link plate is passed through a side frame section and fixedly riveted over. Further, each link plate is fixed by welding to both ends of the connecting shaft, and a link base frame is assembled between side frame sections.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2004Date of Patent: January 8, 2008Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masami Yoshida
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Patent number: 7278686Abstract: A height adjusting device, wherein a pinion gear (8) rotated by an operating knob (7) for adjusting the height of the entire vehicle seat and a sector gear (9) are covered by a gear cover (12) and fixedly fitted to the inside of a seat side frame section (2), and a rotating shaft (7a) of the operating knob (7) and a supporting pin (9a) of the sector gear (9) are held by both the seat side frame section (2) and the gear cover (12) at their opposite ends.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2004Date of Patent: October 9, 2007Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masami Yoshida
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Publication number: 20070158988Abstract: Ends of each supporting pin are projected to both sides of each link plate. Each supporting shaft is fixed by welding to each link plate at a position near one end side of the plate. A pipe-like connecting shaft is axis-aligned to and fitted on an end portion of the supporting pin which projects inward from each link plate, so as to be supported between link plates. An end portion of the supporting pin which projects outward from each link plate is passed through a side frame section and fixedly riveted over. Further, each link plate is fixed by welding to both ends of the connecting shaft, and a link base frame is assembled between side frame sections.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2004Publication date: July 12, 2007Inventor: Masami Yoshida
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Publication number: 20070108804Abstract: In a bored headrest, a garnish includes a front garnish and a rear garnish that are attached to a through-hole of a skin member in front and rear directions of the through-hole to seal an opening. The front garnish has a first holding portion that can hold a first skin edge portion, and a first connecting portion formed at a near side to the rear garnish. The rear garnish has a second holding portion which can hold a second skin edge portion, and a second connecting portion formed at a near side to the front garnish. The rear garnish has a second connecting portion. Therefore, a bored headrest is provided having a high quality of appearance and whose quality of appearance can be kept constant.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2005Publication date: May 17, 2007Inventors: Shigeru Adachi, Shuichi Hashiguchi, Masami Yoshida
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Patent number: 7195261Abstract: A position sensor system is provided at a slidable vehicle seat for sensing seat position in zones and facilitating controlling of the operation of a vehicle passenger restraint device according to a position of the vehicle seat relative to the vehicle passenger restraint device. The vehicle seat includes a pair of substantially parallel slide rail mechanisms which comprise upper rail members and lower rail members mounted to a floor of a vehicle, the upper rail members being attached to lower portions of the vehicle seat and supported to the lower rail members so as to be movable along the lower rail members, so that the vehicle seat can be moved along the lower rail members. The upper rail members and the lower rail members are combined with each other, to thereby define inner spaces. The position sensor system is mounted within at least one of the inner spaces.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2003Date of Patent: March 27, 2007Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masami Yoshida, Shigeru Endo
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Publication number: 20070063570Abstract: A height adjusting device, wherein a pinion gear (8) rotated by an operating knob (7) for adjusting the height of the entire vehicle seat and a sector gear (9) are covered by a gear cover (12) and fixedly fitted to the inside of a seat side frame section (2), and a rotating shaft (7a) of the operating knob (7) and a supporting pin (9a) of the sector gear (9) are held by both the seat side frame section (2) and the gear cover (12) at their opposite ends.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2004Publication date: March 22, 2007Inventor: Masami Yoshida