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).
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Publication number: 20190217756Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2019Publication date: July 18, 2019Inventors: Kensuke Mizoi, Ryuzaburo Abe, Kenichi Niitsuma, Soichiro Tanaka, Chihiro Muto, Takeshi Ito, Ai Furuta
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Patent number: 10315543Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 19, 2015Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kensuke Mizoi, Ryuzaburo Abe, Kenichi Niitsuma, Soichiro Tanaka
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Patent number: 10308143Abstract: In a vehicle seat including an adjustment device configured to move a front end of a seat cushion to adjust the length of the seat cushion in a front-to-back direction, the adjustment device has a support portion movable back and forth relative to a seat cushion frame, and a roller portion rotatably supported by the support portion and configured such that a pad material is wound around an outer peripheral portion at a front end portion of the seat cushion. The length of the seat cushion is adjustable by a change in an amount of winding of the pad material around the outer peripheral portion corresponding to a rotation of the roller portion during front-to-back movement of the support portion. The outer peripheral portion of the roller portion is made of a soft material.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2016Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryuzaburo Abe, Takayoshi Katori
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Patent number: 10239429Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 5, 2018Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kensuke Mizoi, Ryuzaburo Abe, Kenichi Niitsuma, Soichiro Tanaka, Chihiro Muto, Takeshi Ito, Ai Furuta
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Publication number: 20190031059Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2018Publication date: January 31, 2019Inventors: Ryuzaburo ABE, Sachio KOBAYASHI
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Patent number: 10124705Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 9, 2017Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryuzaburo Abe, Sachio Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20180236901Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2018Publication date: August 23, 2018Inventors: Ryuzaburo Abe, Takayuki Inose
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Publication number: 20180229624Abstract: In a vehicle seat including an adjustment device configured to move a front end of a seat cushion to adjust the length of the seat cushion in a front-to-back direction, the adjustment device has a support portion movable back and forth relative to a seat cushion frame, and a roller portion rotatably supported by the support portion and configured such that a pad material is wound around an outer peripheral portion at a front end portion of the seat cushion. The length of the seat cushion is adjustable by a change in an amount of winding of the pad material around the outer peripheral portion corresponding to a rotation of the roller portion during front-to-back movement of the support portion. The outer peripheral portion of the roller portion is made of a soft material.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2016Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Ryuzaburo ABE, Takayoshi KATORI
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Publication number: 20180222369Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2016Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventors: Hiroshi Takanohashi, Kensuke Mizoi, Ryuzaburo Abe, Yutaka Kizawa
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Publication number: 20180154811Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2018Publication date: June 7, 2018Inventors: Kensuke Mizoi, Ryuzaburo Abe, Kenichi Niitsuma, Soichiro Tanaka, Chihiro Muto, Takeshi Ito, Ai Furuta
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Patent number: 9884574Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 27, 2013Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kensuke Mizoi, Ryuzaburo Abe, Kenichi Niitsuma, Soichiro Tanaka, Chihiro Muto, Takeshi Ito, Ai Furuta
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Publication number: 20170274804Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2017Publication date: September 28, 2017Inventors: Ryuzaburo ABE, Sachio KOBAYASHI
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Patent number: 9707875Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 29, 2014Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryuzaburo Abe, Sachio Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20170088029Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2015Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventors: Kensuke Mizoi, Ryuzaburo Abe, Kenichi Niitsuma, Soichiro Tanaka
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Publication number: 20160207431Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2014Publication date: July 21, 2016Inventors: Ryuzaburo ABE, Sachio KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20150321590Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2013Publication date: November 12, 2015Inventors: Kensuke Mizoi, Ryuzaburo Abe, Kenichi Niitsuma, Soichiro Tanaka, Chihiro Muto, Takeshi Ito, Ai Furuta
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Publication number: 20140159461Abstract: An armrest attachable to a seat back includes: an arm frame; and a clutch through which the arm frame is rotatably supported by the seat back. The clutch includes: an inner member (inner race) configured to be fixed to one of the arm frame and the seat back; an outer race provided radially outward of the inner member and spaced apart from the inner member, and configured to be fixed to the other one of the arm frame and the seat back; an unlocking member provided coaxially with the inner member and the outer race and configured to be rotatable relative to both of the inner member and the outer race; and an unlocking manipulation mechanism configured to actuate the unlocking member to unlock a locked state.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2012Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: TS TECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Haruki Mochizuki, Ryuzaburo Abe