Patents by Inventor Munetomo KUMAMOTO

Munetomo KUMAMOTO 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: 20230322130
    Abstract: A frame structure of the vehicle seat includes: a seat frame that constitutes a seat surface part of the vehicle seat; a pinion that is rotatably attached to the seat frame, and protrudes from an outer side to an inner side in a vehicle width direction; a drive input gear that is disposed on the inner side in the vehicle width direction with respect to the seat frame, is rotatable about a rotary shaft at a position different from the pinion, and enmeshes with the pinion; a reinforcement member that is disposed between the seat frame and the drive input gear in the vehicle width direction, and is fixed to the seat frame; and a support member that is disposed on the inner side in the vehicle width direction with respect to the seat frame with the drive input gear and the reinforcement member interposed therebetween, supports part of the pinion, and is fixed to the seat frame, and part of the support member comes into contact with the seat frame through an insertion part provided to the reinforcement member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Munetomo KUMAMOTO, Yuki ABE
  • Patent number: 10058178
    Abstract: A reclining device includes: a reclining mechanism, which is capable of tilting of a seat back relative to a seat cushion to be locked or unlocked; a hinge pin, which is engaged with the reclining mechanism and configured to cause the reclining mechanism to be in an unlocked state; a first biasing member, one end of which is hooked to a hooking part provided at a seat-cushion-side member; and a second biasing member, one end of which is engaged to a periphery of an engagement part formed at the hinge pin and the other end of which is hooked to the seat-cushion-side member, wherein a vertical cross-section of the engagement part of the hinge pin has a non-circular shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazutaka Sasaki, Nobumasa Higashi, Noriyuki Zaiki, Munetomo Kumamoto
  • Publication number: 20180213936
    Abstract: A reclining device includes: a reclining mechanism, which is capable of tilting of a seat back relative to a seat cushion to be locked or unlocked; a hinge pin, which is engaged with the reclining mechanism and configured to cause the reclining mechanism to be in an unlocked state; a first biasing member, one end of which is hooked to a hooking part provided at a seat-cushion-side member; and a second biasing member, one end of which is engaged to a periphery of an engagement part formed at the hinge pin and the other end of which is hooked to the seat-cushion-side member, wherein a vertical cross-section of the engagement part of the hinge pin has a non-circular shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Kazutaka Sasaki, Nobumasa Higashi, Noriyuki Zaiki, Munetomo Kumamoto
  • Patent number: 9969302
    Abstract: A walk-in seat includes: a lower arm; an upper arm; a reclining mechanism; a shaft, which is rotatably provided to the lower arm; an operating lever, which is rotated with interlocking with the walk-in lever that is rotated by the walk-in operation; a rotation facilitating lever, which causes the shaft and the operating lever to further rotate with interlocking with a forward tilting operation of the upper arm; a stopper lever, which is held in the shaft with a play in a rotation direction and has a stopper portion; an insertion hole, through which the stopper portion being inserted; and a restriction portion, which is provided to the upper arm and abutted against the stopper portion to restrict a forward tilting operation of the upper arm to a predetermined amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: SHIROKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobumasa Higashi, Munetomo Kumamoto
  • Publication number: 20170072817
    Abstract: A walk-in seat includes: a lower arm; an upper arm; a reclining mechanism; a shaft, which is rotatably provided to the lower arm; an operating lever, which is rotated with interlocking with the walk-in lever that is rotated by the walk-in operation; a rotation facilitating lever, which causes the shaft and the operating lever to further rotate with interlocking with a forward tilting operation of the upper arm; a stopper lever, which is held in the shaft with a play in a rotation direction and has a stopper portion; an insertion hole, through which the stopper portion being inserted; and a restriction portion, which is provided to the upper arm and abutted against the stopper portion to restrict a forward tilting operation of the upper arm to a predetermined amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Nobumasa HIGASHI, Munetomo KUMAMOTO