Patents by Inventor Ryuzaburo Abe

Ryuzaburo Abe 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: 11945350
    Abstract: Provided is to stabilize a fixed state of each bag body provided at a vehicle seat and configured to expand to push a corresponding one of the shoulders of a seated passenger. Of a seat back provided at the vehicle seat, each shoulder support configured to support a corresponding one of the shoulders of the seated passenger includes an air cell configured to expand by injection of air. The air cell includes protrusions extending in a predetermined direction and provided at respective end portions of the air bag in the extending direction thereof. The air cell is attached to the inside of the seat back in such a manner that each of the protrusions provided at respective end portions in the extending direction is fixed to a corresponding one of fixing positions separated from each other in the width direction of the vehicle seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kensuke Mizoi, Ryuzaburo Abe, Kenichi Niitsuma, Soichiro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11787317
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a seat of which a seating comfort can be improved. The seat includes a seat cushion pad having an air passage formed inside and an air vent formed at an upper surface thereof, and is configured to allow air in the air passage to blow out through the air vent, wherein the seat cushion pad includes a pad body and a cover member which is disposed over the pad body to form the air passage between the pad body and the cover member and in which the air vent is formed, and a front end portion of the cover member extends downward over a front end portion of the pad body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuzaburo Abe, Sachio Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20230278474
    Abstract: Provided is to stabilize a fixed state of each bag body provided at a vehicle seat and configured to expand to push a corresponding one of the shoulders of a seated passenger. Of a seat back provided at the vehicle seat, each shoulder support configured to support a corresponding one of the shoulders of the seated passenger includes an air cell configured to expand by injection of air. The air cell includes protrusions extending in a predetermined direction and provided at respective end portions of the air bag in the extending direction thereof. The air cell is attached to the inside of the seat back in such a manner that each of the protrusions provided at respective end portions in the extending direction is fixed to a corresponding one of fixing positions separated from each other in the width direction of the vehicle seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Kensuke MIZOI, Ryuzaburo ABE, Kenichi NIITSUMA, Soichiro TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20230256795
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle interior component capable of exhibiting an in-vehicle lighting function even without electricity supply from a vehicle body power source. A vehicle interior component attached to a vehicle is a vehicle door lining, which includes a light-emitting member emitting light toward the inside of the vehicle, a power generation member electrically connected to the light-emitting member and supplying electricity to the light-emitting member, and a power storage member electrically connected to the light-emitting member and the power generation member and storing electricity. The light-emitting member, the power generation member, and the power storage member are disposed at different positions on the surface of the vehicle door lining on the vehicle inside. In addition, the power generation member is sheet-shaped or film-shaped and is disposed along the surface of the vehicle door lining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroyuki NUMAJIRI, Shoji KOTSUKA, Masanori SUZUKI, Tsutomu MATSUZAKI, Jinichi TANABE, Ryuzaburo ABE
  • Publication number: 20230249594
    Abstract: A seating posture is stabilized for the shoulders of a passenger seated on a vehicle seat. A vehicle seat is provided with a seat back configured to support the seated person from the rear. A shoulder support portion of the seat back configured to support a corresponding one of the shoulders of the seated passenger includes an air cell configured to expand when air is supplied. When the air cell expands, one end portion of the shoulder support portion on the outside in the width direction of the vehicle seat moves more forward than the other end portion of the shoulder support portion on the inside in the width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Kensuke Mizoi, Ryuzaburo Abe, Kenichi Niitsuma, Soichiro Tanaka, Chihiro Muto, Takeshi Ito, Ai Furuta
  • Patent number: 11648859
    Abstract: Provided is to stabilize a fixed state of each bag body provided at a vehicle seat and configured to expand to push a corresponding one of the shoulders of a seated passenger. Of a seat back provided at the vehicle seat, each shoulder support configured to support a corresponding one of the shoulders of the seated passenger includes an air cell configured to expand by injection of air. The air cell includes protrusions extending in a predetermined direction and provided at respective end portions of the air bag in the extending direction thereof. The air cell is attached to the inside of the seat back in such a manner that each of the protrusions provided at respective end portions in the extending direction is fixed to a corresponding one of fixing positions separated from each other in the width direction of the vehicle seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kensuke Mizoi, Ryuzaburo Abe, Kenichi Niitsuma, Soichiro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11628752
    Abstract: A seating posture is stabilized for the shoulders of a passenger seated on a vehicle seat. A vehicle seat is provided with a seat back configured to support the seated person from the rear. A shoulder support portion of the seat back configured to support a corresponding one of the shoulders of the seated passenger includes an air cell configured to expand when air is supplied. When the air cell expands, one end portion of the shoulder support portion on the outside in the width direction of the vehicle seat moves more forward than the other end portion of the shoulder support portion on the inside in the width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kensuke Mizoi, Ryuzaburo Abe, Kenichi Niitsuma, Soichiro Tanaka, Chihiro Muto, Takeshi Ito, Ai Furuta
  • Publication number: 20220371489
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a seat of which a seating comfort can be improved. The seat includes a seat cushion pad having an air passage formed inside and an air vent formed at an upper surface thereof, and is configured to allow air in the air passage to blow out through the air vent, wherein the seat cushion pad includes a pad body and a cover member which is disposed over the pad body to form the air passage between the pad body and the cover member and in which the air vent is formed, and a front end portion of the cover member extends downward over a front end portion of the pad body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Ryuzaburo ABE, Sachio KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11458870
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a seat of which a seating comfort can be improved. The seat includes a seat cushion pad having an air passage formed inside and an air vent formed at an upper surface thereof, and is configured to allow air in the air passage to blow out through the air vent, wherein the seat cushion pad includes a pad body and a cover member which is disposed over the pad body to form the air passage between the pad body and the cover member and in which the air vent is formed, and a front end portion of the cover member extends downward over a front end portion of the pad body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuzaburo Abe, Sachio Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11186210
    Abstract: A seat cushion S1 of a vehicle seat S includes: a pad member 10 including a base pad 11 and an intermediate pad 12 overlapped on the base pad 11; a fan 31 provided so that air passes through the pad member 10; air passage holes 11h and 12h respectively formed in the base pad 11 and the intermediate pad 12; and a pull-in hole provided at a position different from the air passage hole 12h in the intermediate pad 12 and a position of the intermediate pad 12 with respect to the base pad 11 is held in such a manner that a skin pull-in trim cord enters the pull-in hole while the intermediate pad 12 is overlapped on the base pad 11 so that the air passage holes 11h and 12h communicate with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ryuzaburo Abe
  • Publication number: 20210309135
    Abstract: A seating posture is stabilized for the shoulders of a passenger seated on a vehicle seat. A vehicle seat is provided with a seat back configured to support the seated person from the rear. A shoulder support portion of the seat back configured to support a corresponding one of the shoulders of the seated passenger includes an air cell configured to expand when air is supplied. When the air cell expands, one end portion of the shoulder support portion on the outside in the width direction of the vehicle seat moves more forward than the other end portion of the shoulder support portion on the inside in the width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Kensuke Mizoi, Ryuzaburo Abe, Kenichi Niitsuma, Soichiro Tanaka, Chihiro Muto, Takeshi Ito, Ai Furuta
  • Patent number: 11040644
    Abstract: A seating posture is stabilized for the shoulders of a passenger seated on a vehicle seat. A vehicle seat is provided with a seat back configured to support the seated person from the rear. A shoulder support portion of the seat back configured to support a corresponding one of the shoulders of the seated passenger includes an air cell configured to expand when air is supplied. When the air cell expands, one end portion of the shoulder support portion on the outside in the width direction of the vehicle seat moves more forward than the other end portion of the shoulder support portion on the inside in the width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kensuke Mizoi, Ryuzaburo Abe, Kenichi Niitsuma, Soichiro Tanaka, Chihiro Muto, Takeshi Ito, Ai Furuta
  • Publication number: 20210146814
    Abstract: Provided is to stabilize a fixed state of each bag body provided at a vehicle seat and configured to expand to push a corresponding one of the shoulders of a seated passenger. Of a seat back provided at the vehicle seat, each shoulder support configured to support a corresponding one of the shoulders of the seated passenger includes an air cell configured to expand by injection of air. The air cell includes protrusions extending in a predetermined direction and provided at respective end portions of the air bag in the extending direction thereof. The air cell is attached to the inside of the seat back in such a manner that each of the protrusions provided at respective end portions in the extending direction is fixed to a corresponding one of fixing positions separated from each other in the width direction of the vehicle seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Kensuke Mizoi, Ryuzaburo Abe, Kenichi Niitsuma, Soichiro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10899255
    Abstract: Provided is to stabilize a fixed state of each bag body provided at a vehicle seat and configured to expand to push a corresponding one of the shoulders of a seated passenger. Of a seat back provided at the vehicle seat, each shoulder support configured to support a corresponding one of the shoulders of the seated passenger includes an air cell configured to expand by injection of air. The air cell includes protrusions extending in a predetermined direction and provided at respective end portions of the air bag in the extending direction thereof. The air cell is attached to the inside of the seat back in such a manner that each of the protrusions provided at respective end portions in the extending direction is fixed to a corresponding one of fixing positions separated from each other in the width direction of the vehicle seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kensuke Mizoi, Ryuzaburo Abe, Kenichi Niitsuma, Soichiro Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20200376991
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a seat of which a seating comfort can be improved. The seat includes a seat cushion pad 1 having an air passage 1A formed inside and an air vent formed at an upper surface thereof, and is configured to allow air in the air passage 1A to blow out through the air vent, wherein the seat cushion pad 1 includes a pad body 10 and a cover member 20 which is disposed over the pad body 10 to form the air passage 1A between the pad body 10 and the cover member 20 and in which the air vent is formed, and a front end portion 23 of the cover member 20 extends downward over a front end portion 10F of the pad body 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Ryuzaburo ABE, Sachio KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20200269737
    Abstract: A seat cushion S1 of a vehicle seat S includes: a pad member 10 including a base pad 11 and an intermediate pad 12 overlapped on the base pad 11; a fan 31 provided so that air passes through the pad member 10; air passage holes 11h and 12h respectively formed in the base pad 11 and the intermediate pad 12; and a pull-in hole provided at a position different from the air passage hole 12h in the intermediate pad 12 and a position of the intermediate pad 12 with respect to the base pad 11 is held in such a manner that a skin pull-in trim cord enters the pull-in hole while the intermediate pad 12 is overlapped on the base pad 11 so that the air passage holes 11h and 12h communicate with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2018
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventor: Ryuzaburo ABE
  • Patent number: 10752140
    Abstract: It is an object to provide a seat of which a seating comfort can be improved. The seat includes a seat cushion pad 1 having an air passage 1A formed inside and an air vent formed at an upper surface thereof, and is configured to allow air in the air passage 1A to blow out through the air vent, wherein the seat cushion pad 1 includes a pad body 10 and a cover member 20 which is disposed over the pad body 10 to form the air passage 1A between the pad body 10 and the cover member 20 and in which the air vent is formed, and a front end portion 23 of the cover member 20 extends downward over a front end portion 10F of the pad body 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuzaburo Abe, Sachio Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10538187
    Abstract: A vehicle seat cushion material and a vehicle seat exhibiting excellent moldability and recyclability and providing favorable seating comfortability is described. A cushion material includes a small pad made of resin foam, a pad body integrally stacked on an upper side of the small pad to cover the small pad, made of resin foam, and formed larger than the small pad, and an impregnation layer formed in such a manner that the resin foam of one of the small pad or the pad body is impregnated with an expandable stock solution composition of the other one of the small pad or the pad body and formed at at least a portion of an area between the small pad and the pad body. The impregnation layer is formed on an upper surface and a side surface of the small pad, and the small pad is sterically covered with the impregnation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takanohashi, Kensuke Mizoi, Ryuzaburo Abe, Yutaka Kizawa
  • Patent number: 10427555
    Abstract: Improvement is made in a configuration of a movable portion movable to adjust a length of a seat cushion. A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion having a fixed portion and a movable portion movable relative to the fixed portion for adjustment of a length of the seat cushion, and also includes a notch arranged on the movable portion as a movable portion side engagement portion and an engagement plate piece arranged on the fixed portion as a fixed portion side engagement portion. The engagement plate piece is movable between i) a locking position engaged with the notch to bring the movable portion into an unmovable state, and ii) an unlocking position released from the notch to bring the movable portion into a movable state. The movable portion includes a pressing wire to move the engagement plate piece from the locking position to the unlocking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryuzaburo Abe, Takayuki Inose
  • Publication number: 20190283639
    Abstract: Provided is to stabilize a fixed state of each bag body provided at a vehicle seat and configured to expand to push a corresponding one of the shoulders of a seated passenger. Of a seat back provided at the vehicle seat, each shoulder support configured to support a corresponding one of the shoulders of the seated passenger includes an air cell configured to expand by injection of air. The air cell includes protrusions extending in a predetermined direction and provided at respective end portions of the air bag in the extending direction thereof. The air cell is attached to the inside of the seat back in such a manner that each of the protrusions provided at respective end portions in the extending direction is fixed to a corresponding one of fixing positions separated from each other in the width direction of the vehicle seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Kensuke Mizoi, Ryuzaburo Abe, Kenichi Niitsuma, Soichiro Tanaka