Patents by Inventor Setsu Takuma

Setsu Takuma 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: 9021888
    Abstract: A load detection device for a vehicle seat includes a strain generating body including a first end hole, a second end hole and a strain gauge, a first fixing member including a first middle shaft portion and a first end shaft portion, a second fixing member including a second middle shaft portion and a second end shaft portion, a bracket member including first and second fixing portions connected to each other with a connecting portion, first and second fixing holes, the first end shaft portion is press-fitted into the first fixing hole, the second fixing hole is fitted onto the second end shaft portion in a manner that the second fixing hole includes a degree of freedom of a movement thereof in a lengthwise direction and a movement thereof in a direction intersecting with the lengthwise direction is restricted, and a connecting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignees: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Setsu Takuma, Kan Ichihara, Koichi Nakayama, Koji Washino, Harutomi Nishide
  • Patent number: 7953522
    Abstract: A vehicle seat has a seat cushion having a seating region. A first seating sensor is disposed at a central portion of the seating region and can detect a first seating position of an occupant. A second seating sensor is disposed at a peripheral portion of the seating region and can detect a second seating position of the occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Toyoto Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuhito Takai, Hitoshi Yanase, Shigeyoshi Toda, Koji Ito, Setsu Takuma, Hiromi Kondo, Yoshiyuki Amamiya
  • Patent number: 7708341
    Abstract: A vehicle seat has a seat cushion having a cushion pad deformable to be flexed when a seating load of an occupant is applied. A seating sensor is disposed within the seat cushion for detecting a seating position of the occupant. The seating sensor is configured as a push-in switch and can detect the seating position of the occupant when the seating sensor is pressed by the cushion pad. A fragile region is interleaved between the seating sensor and the cushion pad at a pressure receiving region where the pressing force is applied to the seating sensor. The fragile region has rigidity lower than the cushion pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignees: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuhito Takai, Hitoshi Yanase, Koji Ito, Setsu Takuma, Hiromi Kondo, Yoshiyuki Amamiya
  • Publication number: 20080191527
    Abstract: A vehicle seat has a seat cushion having a seating region. A first seating sensor is disposed at a central portion of the seating region and can detect a first seating position of an occupant. A second seating sensor is disposed at a peripheral portion of the seating region and can detect a second seating position of the occupant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicants: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Nobuhito TAKAI, Hitoshi YANASE, Shigeyoshi TODA, Koji ITO, Setsu TAKUMA, Hiromi KONDO, Yoshiyuki AMAMIYA
  • Publication number: 20080191524
    Abstract: A vehicle seat has a seat cushion having a cushion pad deformable to be flexed when a seating load of an occupant is applied. A seating sensor is disposed within the seat cushion for detecting a seating position of the occupant. The seating sensor is configured as a push-in switch and can detect the seating position of the occupant when the seating sensor is pressed by the cushion pad. A fragile region is interleaved between the seating sensor and the cushion pad at a pressure receiving region where the pressing force is applied to the seating sensor. The fragile region has rigidity lower than the cushion pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicants: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Nobuhito TAKAI, Hitoshi YANASE, Koji ITO, Setsu TAKUMA, Hiromi KONDO, Yoshiyuki AMAMIYA