Patents by Inventor Masato ARASHI
Masato ARASHI 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: 10800295Abstract: A seat for a vehicle includes: a recliner configured to allow a back frame to pivot about a prescribed pivot axis with respect to a cushion frame. The seat frame is provided with a through hole arranged around the pivot axis. The recliner has a protruding portion fitted into the through hole. The seat further includes a joint portion formed by joining the seat frame and the recliner using laser welding. The joint portion has an outer circumferential portion, an inner circumferential portion and a circumferential end portion. The outer circumferential portion extends along an edge on an outer circumferential side of the through hole. The inner circumferential portion extends along an edge on an inner circumferential side of the through hole. The circumferential end portion extends along an edge on an end side of the through hole and connects the outer circumferential portion and the inner circumferential portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masato Arashi, Osamu Ikai
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Patent number: 10396489Abstract: A grommet includes a body cylinder, an attachment cylinder, and a resilient retention portion. The body cylinder is configured such that a line shaped member is insertable therethrough. The attachment cylinder is provided at one end portion in an axis direction of the body cylinder and is configured to be attached to an opening formed at an attachment target. The resilient retention portion is provided between the body cylinder and the attachment cylinder, and is configured to resiliently deform to abut and retain the line shaped member.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2018Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignees: Nifco Inc., Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kanako Mizuno, Masato Arashi
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Publication number: 20190160978Abstract: A seat for a vehicle includes: a recliner configured to allow a back frame to pivot about a prescribed pivot axis with respect to a cushion frame. The seat frame is provided with a through hole arranged around the pivot axis. The recliner has a protruding portion fitted into the through hole. The seat further includes a joint portion formed by joining the seat frame and the recliner using laser welding. The joint portion has an outer circumferential portion, an inner circumferential portion and a circumferential end portion. The outer circumferential portion extends along an edge on an outer circumferential side of the through hole. The inner circumferential portion extends along an edge on an inner circumferential side of the through hole. The circumferential end portion extends along an edge on an end side of the through hole and connects the outer circumferential portion and the inner circumferential portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2018Publication date: May 30, 2019Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masato ARASHI, Osamu IKAI
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Patent number: 10280954Abstract: In a clip, first and second attachment portions are coupled by a coupling portion in an open state in which a seatback spring is able to pass between the first and second attachment portions in the radial direction of the seatback spring. The first and second attachment portions swing in mutually engaging directions. The first attachment portion is formed with a first placement portion, and the second attachment portion is formed with a second placement portion. The seatback spring can accordingly be placed between the coupling portion and either the first placement portion or the second placement portion. In this placed state, the seatback spring is retained in the clip by engaging an engagement claw of the first attachment portion with a peripheral edge portion of an engagement hole of the second attachment portion, enabling fixing to an attachment portion of a lower frame.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2015Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignees: NIFCO INC., TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daisuke Okamoto, Masato Arashi, Shunsuke Tanaka, Masahiro Sano
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Patent number: 10207601Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a seat cushion; a base provided on a vehicle body; a seat lifter configured to adjust a height of the seat cushion by a rotational motion of a link connecting the seat cushion to the base; and a fixture of a seat belt, the fixture being attached to the link.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2016Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignees: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuya Suzuki, Masato Arashi, Akira Kaneko
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Publication number: 20180342830Abstract: A grommet includes a body cylinder, an attachment cylinder, and a resilient retention portion. The body cylinder is configured such that a line shaped member is insertable therethrough. The attachment cylinder is provided at one end portion in an axis direction of the body cylinder and is configured to be attached to an opening formed at an attachment target. The resilient retention portion is provided between the body cylinder and the attachment cylinder, and is configured to resiliently deform to abut and retain the line shaped member.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventors: Kanako MIZUNO, Masato ARASHI
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Patent number: 9663009Abstract: A conveyance seat includes a seatback frame disposed in a seatback and supporting an end of a wire member for supporting an occupant in a manner such that the wire member is movable. The seatback frame includes a supporting plane part that the end of the wire member is disposed therein, the supporting plane part being provided along a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the wire member. A support portion that supports the wire member in a manner such that the wire member is movable is formed in the supporting plane part.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2014Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masato Arashi
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Publication number: 20170120778Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a seat cushion; a base provided on a vehicle body; a seat lifter configured to adjust a height of the seat cushion by a rotational motion of a link connecting the seat cushion to the base; and a fixture of a seat belt, the fixture being attached to the link.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2016Publication date: May 4, 2017Applicants: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuya SUZUKI, Masato ARASHI, Akira KANEKO
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Patent number: 9618024Abstract: There is disclosed a clip attaching structure of a vehicle seat. The seat frame includes an attaching hole and an expanded hole which expands a hole thereof from the attaching hole in a radial direction. The clip includes a fitting portion inserted into the attaching hole to fit in an inner periphery of the attaching hole, and an extending portion which extends a shape thereof from the fitting portion in the radial direction to be inserted into the expanded hole. A tip of the extending portion extends beyond the fitting portion in an inserting direction. On a tip surface of the extending portion in the inserting direction, a guide surface is formed to abut on a peripheral edge portion of the expanded hole when an inserting position of the fitting portion shifts from the attaching hole in the radial direction, thereby guiding the fitting portion toward the attaching hole.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2015Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masato Arashi
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Patent number: 9494191Abstract: When an attachment circular-cylinder section coupled to one axial line direction end portion of a mainbody circular-cylinder section of a grommet is inserted into an opening portion in an upper frame, engagement claws formed at an outer periphery of the attachment circular-cylinder section engage with a peripheral edge portion of the opening portion by elastically deforming, enabling the grommet to be attached to the upper frame. When a seatback spring is passed through the grommet, a retaining section formed at an inner peripheral portion of a boundary between the mainbody circular-cylinder section and the attachment circular-cylinder section retains the seatback spring.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2015Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignees: NIFCO INC., TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daisuke Okamoto, Hirofumi Hori, Masato Arashi, Naoya Okada
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Publication number: 20160169417Abstract: In a clip, first and second attachment portions are coupled by a coupling portion in an open state in which a seatback spring is able to pass between the first and second attachment portions in the radial direction of the seatback spring. The first and second attachment portions swing in mutually engaging directions. The first attachment portion is formed with a first placement portion, and the second attachment portion is formed with a second placement portion. The seatback spring can accordingly be placed between the coupling portion and either the first placement portion or the second placement portion. In this placed state, the seatback spring is retained in the clip by engaging an engagement claw of the first attachment portion with a peripheral edge portion of an engagement hole of the second attachment portion, enabling fixing to an attachment portion of a lower frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2015Publication date: June 16, 2016Inventors: Daisuke OKAMOTO, Masato ARASHI, Shunsuke TANAKA, Masahiro SANO
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Publication number: 20160169279Abstract: When an attachment circular-cylinder section coupled to one axial line direction end portion of a mainbody circular-cylinder section of a grommet is inserted into an opening portion in an upper frame, engagement claws formed at an outer periphery of the attachment circular-cylinder section engage with a peripheral edge portion of the opening portion by elastically deforming, enabling the grommet to be attached to the upper frame. When a seatback spring is passed through the grommet, a retaining section formed at an inner peripheral portion of a boundary between the mainbody circular-cylinder section and the attachment circular-cylinder section retains the seatback spring.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2015Publication date: June 16, 2016Inventors: Daisuke OKAMOTO, Hirofumi HORI, Masato ARASHI, Naoya OKADA
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Publication number: 20150308477Abstract: There is disclosed a clip attaching structure of a vehicle seat. The seat frame includes an attaching hole and an expanded hole which expands a hole thereof from the attaching hole in a radial direction. The clip includes a fitting portion inserted into the attaching hole to fit in an inner periphery of the attaching hole, and an extending portion which extends a shape thereof from the fitting portion in the radial direction to be inserted into the expanded hole. A tip of the extending portion extends beyond the fitting portion in an inserting direction. On a tip surface of the extending portion in the inserting direction, a guide surface is formed to abut on a peripheral edge portion of the expanded hole when an inserting position of the fitting portion shifts from the attaching hole in the radial direction, thereby guiding the fitting portion toward the attaching hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2015Publication date: October 29, 2015Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masato ARASHI
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Publication number: 20150091360Abstract: A conveyance seat includes a seatback frame disposed in a seatback and supporting an end of a wire member for supporting an occupant in a manner such that the wire member is movable. The seatback frame includes a supporting plane part that the end of the wire member is disposed therein, the supporting plane part being provided along a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the wire member. A support portion that supports the wire member in a manner such that the wire member is movable is formed in the supporting plane part.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2014Publication date: April 2, 2015Applicants: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SHIROKI CORPORATIONInventor: Masato ARASHI