Patents by Inventor Michitaka Maeda

Michitaka Maeda 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).

  • Publication number: 20230150411
    Abstract: A seat back includes a back board serving as a decorative plate on a rear side of the seat back, a back frame that is configured to support a seated person, a back pad that is disposed at a front side the back frame, is configured to supports the seated person, and has elasticity, an intermediate board that is interposed between a peripheral edge of the back pad and a peripheral edge of the back board, and a back cover that is disposed over the back pad and the intermediate board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Michitaka MAEDA, Tsubasa KUNO, Makoto ESAKI
  • Patent number: 8608243
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a holder assembled to a back frame, the holder configured to receive a backrest load of a seated person via a pad member; a vibration device assembled to a rear side of the holder, the vibration device configured to give a local stimulus to a seated person's waist; an air massage device disposed in a through hole formed in a thickness direction of the pad member, the air massage device configured to locally press a seated person's back; and a lumbar support device configured to change a projecting amount of a receiving surface of a seat back, wherein the lumbar support device has a rod configured to be movable between an advancing position and a retreating position to change the projecting amount of the receiving surface of the seat back, and wherein the rod is disposed between the holder and the vibration device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Michitaka Maeda, Naoki Takada, Masato Oguri, Masahiro Sanou, Kazuyoshi Fujisaka
  • Publication number: 20110068611
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a holder assembled to a back frame, the holder configured to receive a backrest load of a seated person via a pad member; a vibration device assembled to a rear side of the holder, the vibration device configured to give a local stimulus to a seated person's waist; an air massage device disposed in a through hole formed in a thickness direction of the pad member, the air massage device configured to locally press a seated person's back; and a lumbar support device configured to change a projecting amount of a receiving surface of a seat back, wherein the lumbar support device has a rod configured to be movable between an advancing position and a retreating position to change the projecting amount of the receiving surface of the seat back, and wherein the rod is disposed between the holder and the vibration device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Michitaka Maeda, Naoki Takada, Masato Oguri, Masahiro Sanou, Kazuyoshi Fujisaka