Patents by Inventor Masayuki Hoshi

Masayuki Hoshi 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: 11938851
    Abstract: A bracket for attaching an actuator is easily bonded to a side frame while avoiding interference with a shaft for driving a reclining mechanism. In a seat side frame which is provided at each of both ends of a seat back frame in the width direction, a reclining mechanism, and an actuator, the reclining mechanism is attached to a side wall of the side frame, and the actuator is fixed to an attachment bracket bonded to an inner surface of a portion to which the reclining mechanism is attached in the side wall in the width direction. An upper portion which is disposed above the attachment portion of the reclining mechanism and a lower portion which is disposed below the attachment portion thereof are connected to each other at the rear ends thereof and are separated from each other at the front ends thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masayuki Hoshi
  • Publication number: 20240084278
    Abstract: The present invention has a purpose of providing a novel ?-galactosidase enzyme useful for the production of oligosaccharides. Disclosed is a ?-galactosidase enzyme comprising the amino acid sequence of any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 4 or an amino acid sequence that is 80% or more identical to said amino acid sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: AMANO ENZYME INC.
    Inventors: Yukiko Hoshi, Masamichi Okada, Akio Horii, Masayuki Hojo
  • Publication number: 20230249595
    Abstract: A bracket for attaching an actuator is easily bonded to a side frame while avoiding interference with a shaft for driving a reclining mechanism. In a seat side frame which is provided at each of both ends of a seat back frame in the width direction, a reclining mechanism, and an actuator, the reclining mechanism is attached to a side wall of the side frame, and the actuator is fixed to an attachment bracket bonded to an inner surface of a portion to which the reclining mechanism is attached in the side wall in the width direction. An upper portion which is disposed above the attachment portion of the reclining mechanism and a lower portion which is disposed below the attachment portion thereof are connected to each other at the rear ends thereof and are separated from each other at the front ends thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventor: Masayuki HOSHI
  • Patent number: 11628754
    Abstract: A bracket for attaching an actuator is easily bonded to a side frame while avoiding interference with a shaft for driving a reclining mechanism. In a seat side frame which is provided at each of both ends of a seat back frame in the width direction, a reclining mechanism, and an actuator, the reclining mechanism is attached to a side wall of the side frame, and the actuator is fixed to an attachment bracket bonded to an inner surface of a portion to which the reclining mechanism is attached in the side wall in the width direction. An upper portion which is disposed above the attachment portion of the reclining mechanism and a lower portion which is disposed below the attachment portion thereof are connected to each other at the rear ends thereof and are separated from each other at the front ends thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masayuki Hoshi
  • Publication number: 20220402417
    Abstract: In a vehicle seat, a side frame of a seat back frame has a front wall that is formed so as to be bent inward continuously from a front edge of a plate-shaped portion and forms a curved region extending vertically from around the rotating shaft and reaching an upper frame, and a rear wall that is formed so as to be bent inward continuously from a rear edge of the plate-shaped portion and forms a curved region extending vertically from around the rotating shaft and reaching the upper frame, and an inner edge of the front wall has a projecting piece that spreads to the inside from a virtual outline corresponding to a shape of the upper frame and is superimposed on the front wall of the upper frame from the rear. This provides a vehicle seat that can contribute to improvement of the work efficiency when assembling a seat back frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroshi BABA, Soichiro KAMEI, Masashi NAKANO, Takuya ARAI, Ryota URUSHIHARA, Masayuki HOSHI, Hironori WATANABE
  • Patent number: 11414045
    Abstract: An anchor position adjustment device includes a guide rail having a plurality of engagement recess portions formed to be arranged, a moving member attached to the guide rail, a lock pin-provided in the moving member, a first biasing member biasing the lock pin in an inserting direction of the lock pin with respect to the engagement recess portions, a release pin extending from the lock pin, and an operation member attached to the moving member in a slidable manner. The operation member has a release inclination surface guiding the release pin in a pulling direction of the lock pin with respect to the engagement recess portions in accordance with sliding of the operation member, and a release inhibition surface inhibiting the lock pin from being pulled out from the engagement recess portion in a pre-slide state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Sanoh Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Huy Hung Ha, Masayuki Hoshi
  • Publication number: 20220134923
    Abstract: A bracket for attaching an actuator is easily bonded to a side frame while avoiding interference with a shaft for driving a reclining mechanism. In a seat side frame which is provided at each of both ends of a seat back frame in the width direction, a reclining mechanism, and an actuator, the reclining mechanism is attached to a side wall of the side frame, and the actuator is fixed to an attachment bracket bonded to an inner surface of a portion to which the reclining mechanism is attached in the side wall in the width direction. An upper portion which is disposed above the attachment portion of the reclining mechanism and a lower portion which is disposed below the attachment portion thereof are connected to each other at the rear ends thereof and are separated from each other at the front ends thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventor: Masayuki HOSHI
  • Publication number: 20210221268
    Abstract: A bracket for attaching an actuator is easily bonded to a side frame while avoiding interference with a shaft for driving a reclining mechanism. In a seat side frame which is provided at each of both ends of a seat back frame in the width direction, a reclining mechanism, and an actuator, the reclining mechanism is attached to a side wall of the side frame, and the actuator is fixed to an attachment bracket bonded to an inner surface of a portion to which the reclining mechanism is attached in the side wall in the width direction. An upper portion which is disposed above the attachment portion of the reclining mechanism and a lower portion which is disposed below the attachment portion thereof are connected to each other at the rear ends thereof and are separated from each other at the front ends thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventor: Masayuki Hoshi
  • Patent number: 10967770
    Abstract: A bracket for attaching an actuator is easily bonded to a side frame while avoiding interference with a shaft for driving a reclining mechanism. In a seat side frame which is provided at each of both ends of a seat back frame in the width direction, a reclining mechanism, and an actuator, the reclining mechanism is attached to a side wall of the side frame, and the actuator is fixed to an attachment bracket bonded to an inner surface of a portion to which the reclining mechanism is attached in the side wall in the width direction. An upper portion which is disposed above the attachment portion of the reclining mechanism and a lower portion which is disposed below the attachment portion thereof are connected to each other at the rear ends thereof and are separated from each other at the front ends thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masayuki Hoshi
  • Publication number: 20200223337
    Abstract: A bracket for attaching an actuator is easily bonded to a side frame while avoiding interference with a shaft for driving a reclining mechanism. In a seat side frame which is provided at each of both ends of a seat back frame in the width direction, a reclining mechanism, and an actuator, the reclining mechanism is attached to a side wall of the side frame, and the actuator is fixed to an attachment bracket bonded to an inner surface of a portion to which the reclining mechanism is attached in the side wall in the width direction. An upper portion which is disposed above the attachment portion of the reclining mechanism and a lower portion which is disposed below the attachment portion thereof are connected to each other at the rear ends thereof and are separated from each other at the front ends thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventor: Masayuki Hoshi
  • Publication number: 20200216015
    Abstract: An anchor position adjustment device includes a guide rail having a plurality of engagement recess portions formed to be arranged, a moving member attached to the guide rail, a lock pin-provided in the moving member, a first biasing member biasing the lock pin in an inserting direction of the lock pin with respect to the engagement recess portions, a release pin extending from the lock pin, and an operation member attached to the moving member in a slidable manner. The operation member has a release inclination surface guiding the release pin in a pulling direction of the lock pin with respect to the engagement recess portions in accordance with sliding of the operation member, and a release inhibition surface inhibiting the lock pin from being pulled out from the engagement recess portion in a pre-slide state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Huy Hung HA, Masayuki HOSHI
  • Patent number: 10604044
    Abstract: A bracket for attaching an actuator is easily bonded to a side frame while avoiding interference with a shaft for driving a reclining mechanism. In a seat side frame which is provided at each of both ends of a seat back frame in the width direction, a reclining mechanism, and an actuator, the reclining mechanism is attached to a side wall of the side frame, and the actuator is fixed to an attachment bracket bonded to an inner surface of a portion to which the reclining mechanism is attached in the side wall in the width direction. An upper portion which is disposed above the attachment portion of the reclining mechanism and a lower portion which is disposed below the attachment portion thereof are connected to each other at the rear ends thereof and are separated from each other at the front ends thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masayuki Hoshi
  • Publication number: 20190241105
    Abstract: A bracket for attaching an actuator is easily bonded to a side frame while avoiding interference with a shaft for driving a reclining mechanism. In a seat side frame which is provided at each of both ends of a seat back frame in the width direction, a reclining mechanism, and an actuator, the reclining mechanism is attached to a side wall of the side frame, and the actuator is fixed to an attachment bracket bonded to an inner surface of a portion to which the reclining mechanism is attached in the side wall in the width direction. An upper portion which is disposed above the attachment portion of the reclining mechanism and a lower portion which is disposed below the attachment portion thereof are connected to each other at the rear ends thereof and are separated from each other at the front ends thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventor: Masayuki Hoshi
  • Patent number: 10266087
    Abstract: A bracket for attaching an actuator is easily bonded to a side frame while avoiding interference with a shaft for driving a reclining mechanism. In a seat side frame which is provided at each of both ends of a seat back frame in the width direction, a reclining mechanism, and an actuator, the reclining mechanism is attached to a side wall of the side frame, and the actuator is fixed to an attachment bracket bonded to an inner surface of a portion to which the reclining mechanism is attached in the side wall in the width direction. An upper portion which is disposed above the attachment portion of the reclining mechanism and a lower portion which is disposed below the attachment portion thereof are connected to each other at the rear ends thereof and are separated from each other at the front ends thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masayuki Hoshi
  • Patent number: 10052988
    Abstract: In a seat cushion frame which comprises side frames fixed to each of the two ends of a pan frame in the width direction, the rigidity of mounting the side frames to the pan frame is increased. In this seat cushion frame having a configuration in which side frames are fixed to both ends of the pan frame in the width direction, the side frame is fixed to the pan frame with a flange formed by bending the top part inwards in the width direction, and a recess recessed inwards in the width direction is formed in the portion of the flange that is fixed to the pan frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masayuki Hoshi
  • Publication number: 20180162249
    Abstract: In a seat cushion frame which comprises side frames fixed to each of the two ends of a pan frame in the width direction, the rigidity of mounting the side frames to the pan frame is increased. In this seat cushion frame having a configuration in which side frames are fixed to both ends of the pan frame in the width direction, the side frame is fixed to the pan frame with a flange formed by bending the top part inwards in the width direction, and a recess recessed inwards in the width direction is formed in the portion of the flange that is fixed to the pan frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventor: Masayuki Hoshi
  • Patent number: 9963057
    Abstract: A vehicle seat and frame thereof which minimize the size of an attachment mechanism of a support structure for supporting the back of a seated person are provided. A seat frame has side frames positioned at right and left sides of a seat back frame and extending in an up to down direction. The side frame has a side portion extending along a side portion of the seat, a rear portion projecting from a rear end of the side portion to an inner side of the seat, and a support member spanned between the right and left side frames, and receives a load of the seated person. The support member has a connecting portion for connecting to the side frame and is attached to the rear portion of the side frame in a state where the positional relationship between the connecting portion and the side frame is fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masayuki Hoshi
  • Publication number: 20180065530
    Abstract: A bracket for attaching an actuator is easily bonded to a side frame while avoiding interference with a shaft for driving a reclining mechanism. In a seat side frame which is provided at each of both ends of a seat back frame in the width direction, a reclining mechanism, and an actuator, the reclining mechanism is attached to a side wall of the side frame, and the actuator is fixed to an attachment bracket bonded to an inner surface of a portion to which the reclining mechanism is attached in the side wall in the width direction. An upper portion which is disposed above the attachment portion of the reclining mechanism and a lower portion which is disposed below the attachment portion thereof are connected to each other at the rear ends thereof and are separated from each other at the front ends thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventor: Masayuki Hoshi
  • Patent number: 9889779
    Abstract: In a seat cushion frame which comprises side frames fixed to each of the two ends of a pan frame in the width direction, the rigidity of mounting the side frames to the pan frame is increased. In this seat cushion frame having a configuration in which side frames are fixed to both ends of the pan frame in the width direction, the side frame is fixed to the pan frame with a flange formed by bending the top part inwards in the width direction, and a recess recessed inwards in the width direction is formed in the portion of the flange that is fixed to the pan frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masayuki Hoshi
  • Patent number: 9878640
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a link mechanism for liftably connecting a seat cushion to a support base directly or indirectly mounted to a vehicle body. The seat cushion is composed of a seating frame with side frames arranged at both right and left ends. The link mechanism includes link members connecting the support base and side frames, and a link connecting member connecting the link members together. Flange portions are formed at both end portions of the extending direction of the link connecting member. End surfaces of the extending direction of the flange portions and facing surfaces of the link members facing the end surfaces are abutted, and the end surfaces and the facing surfaces are joined by welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Hoshi, Hiroyuki Itoi, Takahiro Niimura