Patents by Inventor Naoki Mitsuoka

Naoki Mitsuoka 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: 20220340059
    Abstract: A seat device includes a cushion portion configured to elastically support a seated person and a seat frame configured to support the cushion portion. The cushion portion includes a plurality of divided cushions divided in a seat width direction. The plurality of divided cushions each include a seat pad a seat cover that individually covers each seat pad, and a resin member that is engaged with at least one of the seat cover or the seat pad and is thus individually integrated with the seat pad covered by the seat cover. The resin member includes a snap-fit structure fixed to the seat frame by inserting from a seat front side to a seat back side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoki MITSUOKA, Yukinori SUGIURA, Takashi SAKAGUCHI, Takayuki SAITOU
  • Publication number: 20220340060
    Abstract: A seat device includes a cushion portion configured to elastically support a seated person, and a seat frame configured to support the cushion portion. The cushion portion includes a plurality of divided cushions divided in a seat width direction. Each of the plurality of divided cushions includes a seat pad, and a seat cover individually covering the seat pad. A divided surface between the divided cushions adjacent to each other includes a first divided surface extending from a seat front side toward a seat back side, and a second divided surface that is bent from a seat back side extending tip of the first divided surface in a direction different from a direction in which the first divided surface extends and extends toward the seat back side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoki MITSUOKA, Yukinori SUGIURA, Takashi SAKAGUCHI, Takayuki SAITOU
  • Patent number: 10647225
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a component part formed to be displaceable relative to a vehicle body; and a board member configured to cover a gap formed between the component part and the vehicle body. The board member is a flexible plate-shaped member. The board member includes an attachment portion configured to rotatably connect the board member to the component part or the vehicle body, and a sliding portion configured to rotate around the attachment portion as an axis so as to abut with the vehicle body or the component part and slide according to the displacement of the component part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoharu Morita, Naoki Mitsuoka, Hideyuki Izukawa
  • Publication number: 20180178680
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a component part formed to be displaceable relative to a vehicle body; and a board member configured to cover a gap formed between the component part and the vehicle body. The board member is a flexible plate-shaped member. The board member includes an attachment portion configured to rotatably connect the board member to the component part or the vehicle body, and a sliding portion configured to rotate around the attachment portion as an axis so as to abut with the vehicle body or the component part and slide according to the displacement of the component part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoharu MORITA, Naoki MITSUOKA, Hideyuki IZUKAWA
  • Patent number: 9707871
    Abstract: A headrest has a pad that is formed integrally with an outer cover by foam molding, and is also provided with: a low-resilience layer that is set in a front part of the pad and has lower resilience than the pad; a support member that is harder than the pad and supports the low-resilience layer from a backside of the low-resilience layer; and a blocking member that is located at a position to cover a contact area of the low-resilience layer and the support member from an outer circumference side while being in contact with at least one of the low-resilience layer and the support member and blocks infiltration of a foamed resin material of the pad into the contact area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignees: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, INOAC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Okamoto, Naoki Mitsuoka, Satoru Tsuchiya
  • Publication number: 20160167551
    Abstract: A headrest has a pad that is formed integrally with an outer cover by foam molding, and is also provided with: a low-resilience layer that is set in a front part of the pad and has lower resilience than the pad; a support member that is harder than the pad and supports the low-resilience layer from a backside of the low-resilience layer; and a blocking member that is located at a position to cover a contact area of the low-resilience layer and the support member from an outer circumference side while being in contact with at least one of the low-resilience layer and the support member and blocks infiltration of a foamed resin material of the pad into the contact area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicants: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, INOAC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji OKAMOTO, Naoki MITSUOKA, Satoru TSUCHIYA
  • Patent number: 8840178
    Abstract: A seatback for a vehicle seat, the seatback including: a frame to which a pad is mounted, the frame including, a pair of side frames extending along respective side parts of the seatback, and an extension bar extending between the side frames; and a cover that is rotatably attached to the extension bar along an outer surface of the extension bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoki Mitsuoka, Kazuhiro Tawada
  • Publication number: 20120112513
    Abstract: A seatback for a vehicle seat, the seatback including: a frame to which a pad is mounted, the frame including, a pair of side frames extending along respective side parts of the seatback, and an extension bar extending between the side frames; and a cover that is rotatably attached to the extension bar along an outer surface of the extension bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoki MITSUOKA, Kazuhiro TAWADA
  • Patent number: 7866746
    Abstract: The present invention can include a frame member which attaches the monitor panel at a back side of a vehicle seat, a skin member covering the vehicle seat, a pad member having a seat outer shape, the frame member is harder than the pad member, and the frame member is arranged at a back side of the vehicle seat in place of the pad member and covered by the skin member and the monitor panel is attached to the frame member through the skin member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toyotaka Watanabe, Takayuki Niwa, Nobuhiko Kazui, Masahiro Iwamoto, Satoshi Sugiyama, Kenji Obara, Naoki Mitsuoka, Hideyuki Yamanaka, Yuji Nishiyama
  • Publication number: 20090127897
    Abstract: The present invention can include a frame member which attaches the monitor panel at a back side of a vehicle seat, a skin member covering the vehicle seat, a pad member having a seat outer shape, the frame member is harder than the pad member, and the frame member is arranged at a back side of the vehicle seat in place of the pad member and covered by the skin member and the monitor panel is attached to the frame member through the skin member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toyotaka WATANABE, Takayuki NIWA, Nobuhiko KAZUI, Masahiro IWAMOTO, Satoshi SUGIYAMA, Kenji OBARA, Naoki MITSUOKA, Hideyuki YAMANAKA, Yuji NISHIYAMA