Patents by Inventor Naotake HASHIMOTO

Naotake HASHIMOTO 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: 11850986
    Abstract: The present invention provides a headrest that is low-cost but still provides impact mitigation performance, and a vehicle seat having this headrest. A headrest of a vehicle seat includes: a headrest frame that is formed of at least one plate material and is fixed to a seatback frame of the vehicle seat; a pad that covers the headrest frame; and a skin that covers the pad. A contact section is provided at the lower part of the headrest frame, said lower part being located on the seatback-frame side, and the contact section is located closer to the rear surface of the headrest than the upper part of the headrest frame is, said upper part being located on the opposite side to the seatback-frame side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Sasaki, Xuandong Jin, Takahide Kirihara, Naotake Hashimoto, Tsutomu Hoshi
  • Publication number: 20220063464
    Abstract: The present invention provides a headrest that is low-cost but still provides impact mitigation performance, and a vehicle seat having this headrest. A headrest of a vehicle seat includes: a headrest frame that is formed of at least one plate material and is fixed to a seatback frame of the vehicle seat; a pad that covers the headrest frame; and a skin that covers the pad. A contact section is provided at the lower part of the headrest frame, said lower part being located on the seatback-frame side, and the contact section is located closer to the rear surface of the headrest than the upper part of the headrest frame is, said upper part being located on the opposite side to the seatback-frame side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhiko SASAKI, Xuandong JIN, Takahide KIRIHARA, Naotake HASHIMOTO, Tsutomu HOSHI
  • Patent number: 10744905
    Abstract: A vehicle seat assembly includes a backrest, a seat including a seat surface, and a partition. The seat is movable between a seat folded position in which the seat surface is disposed along a front surface of the backrest and a seat unfolded position in which the seat surface faces up. The partition to be disposed adjacent to a side surface of the backrest includes a fixing portion and a movable portion. The fixing portion includes a base portion that extends along the side surface and a projecting portion projecting from the base portion farther than the front surface. The movable portion is movable between a folded position adjacent to the base portion and the front surface and an unfolded position away from the base portion and the front surface. The movable portion includes an armrest surface that faces up when the movable portion is in the unfolded position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignees: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, HINO MOTORS, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Marubayashi, Naotake Hashimoto, Kenji Gondo
  • Publication number: 20190106017
    Abstract: A vehicle seat assembly includes a backrest, a seat including a seat surface, and a partition. The seat is movable between a seat folded position in which the seat surface is disposed along a front surface of the backrest and a seat unfolded position in which the seat surface faces up. The partition to be disposed adjacent to a side surface of the backrest includes a fixing portion and a movable portion. The fixing portion includes a base portion that extends along the side surface and a projecting portion projecting from the base portion farther than the front surface. The movable portion is movable between a folded position adjacent to the base portion and the front surface and an unfolded position away from the base portion and the front surface. The movable portion includes an armrest surface that faces up when the movable portion is in the unfolded position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicants: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, HINO MOTORS, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki MARUBAYASHI, Naotake HASHIMOTO, Kenji GONDO