Patents by Inventor Susumu TOMIIE

Susumu TOMIIE 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).

  • Vehicle seat
    Patent number: 11400842
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle seat (1) comprising a seat back (4) and a seat cushion (2), wherein the seat back comprises a hipbone supporting portion (4a) for supporting the hipbones of a seated occupant, and a thorax supporting portion (4b) provided above the hipbone support portion to support the thorax of the seated occupant, and the seat cushion (2) comprises an ischium supporting portion (2a) oriented to extend approximately horizontally to support ischial tuberosity point (8a) of the seated occupant, and a femur supporting portion (2b) provided forward of the ischium supporting portion to extend obliquely upwardly from the ischium supporting portion, and wherein the seat back is configured such that a spring constant (k3) of the thorax supporting portion is equal to or less than a spring constant (k2) of the hipbone supporting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Susumu Tomiie
  • VEHICLE SEAT
    Publication number: 20200215945
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle seat (1) comprising a seat back (4) and a seat cushion (2), wherein the seat back comprises a hipbone supporting portion (4a) for supporting the hipbones of a seated occupant, and a thorax supporting portion (4b) provided above the hipbone support portion to support the thorax of the seated occupant, and the seat cushion (2) comprises an ischium supporting portion (2a) oriented to extend approximately horizontally to support ischial tuberosity point (8a) of the seated occupant, and a femur supporting portion (2b) provided forward of the ischium supporting portion to extend obliquely upwardly from the ischium supporting portion, and wherein the seat back is configured such that a spring constant (k3) of the thorax supporting portion is equal to or less than a spring constant (k2) of the hipbone supporting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Susumu TOMIIE