Patents by Inventor Takahiko NAGASAWA

Takahiko NAGASAWA 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: 10654384
    Abstract: The present invention provides a seat which is unlikely to cause wrinkles or slack in a surface cover thereof, makes surface cover attachment and detachment simple, and is also capable of withstanding long-term use. To this end, a second fastening part 50 for attachably/detachably connecting a cushion material 2 and a surface cover 4 to one another is formed as a zipper in a seat 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignees: TACHI-S CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiko Nagasawa, Tsutomu Fujikake, Ryo Kurobe, Taku Nagasawa, Tomoyuki Uemura, Kazuyuki Kaneko
  • Patent number: 10328831
    Abstract: To make it possible to improve a low-tone reproducing ability with a simple structure in an acoustic device including speakers in a headrest. The acoustic device includes a core material of a closed structure functioning as a core of a headrest main body, acoustic speakers 50, 50 disposed in the core material, and hollow headrest stays 15, 15 that pierce through the core material. The headrest stays 15, 15 circulate the air on the inside of the core material to the outer side via hollow sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignees: CLARION CO., LTD., TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Takada, Fumiaki Nakashima, Takao Ishikawa, Takahiko Nagasawa, Yasuyuki Ito
  • Patent number: 10137808
    Abstract: A recessed seam structure for a cover (3) that improves workability when forming a recessed seam (A) and allows frequent attachment and detachment at the recessed seam (A) is provided. In a seat (1) having the recessed seam (A) formed by pulling part of the cover (3) toward a side of a cushion material (2), the recessed seam (A) is provided with an opening and closing fastener (30) configured to couple the cover (3) and the cushion material (2), and the opening and closing fastener (30) includes a first fastener half (31) fixed to a back face of the cover (3) and a second fastener half (32) fixed to the cushion material (2). In such a seat (1), the recessed seam (A) can be formed easily and reliably on the seat (1) by aligning an end of the first fastener half (31) in a longitudinal direction and an end of the second fastener half (32) in the longitudinal direction of the opening and closing fastener (30) and simply sliding a slider (33).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taku Nagasawa, Tomoyuki Uemura, Kazuyuki Kaneko, Takahiko Nagasawa, Tsutomu Fujikake, Ryo Kurobe
  • Patent number: 10064496
    Abstract: There is provided a head rest device 10 that does not impair safety of a seated person even when a secondary battery 35 is accommodated therein. An accommodation space 28 partitioned by a partitioning plate part 25 is provided inside a cushioning core material 12 of a head rest main body, and a secondary battery 35 is accommodated inside the accommodation space 28.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: CLARION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Takada, Fumiaki Nakashima, Takao Ishikawa, Takahiko Nagasawa, Yasuyuki Ito
  • Patent number: 9981613
    Abstract: To prevent a person from experiencing discomfort when touching portions of a headrest having built-in speakers; to enable the headrest to be formed compactly by arranging the speakers close to the body of the person; and to prevent any decrease in the acoustic pressure and/or acoustic quality of sound from the speakers. Provided are: a plurality of speakers 25a, 25b; fiber pads 15 provided to the front surfaces of the speakers 25a, 25b; a sound-insulating pad 16 provided between the fiber pads 15; and a surface skin 9 for covering the speakers 25a, 25b, the fiber pads 15, and the sound-insulating pad 16, the fiber pads 15 being formed from an elastic material that has a three-dimensional-mesh structure therein, and the sound-insulating pad 16 being formed from an elastic material for minimizing the transmission of sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Ito, Takahiko Nagasawa, Naoki Takada, Fumiaki Nakashima, Takao Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 9975459
    Abstract: To make it possible to provide an acoustic device in a headrest device such that a standard of a shock is satisfied and the performance of the acoustic device can be efficiently exhibited. In the headrest device, a shock resistant surface is formed in a core material of a headrest main body, an opening is formed in the shock resistant surface, and a non-contact type acoustic microphone is disposed on the inner side of the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignees: CLARION CO., LTD., TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Takada, Fumiaki Nakashima, Takao Ishikawa, Takahiko Nagasawa, Yasuyuki Ito, Junpei Yoshikawa
  • Publication number: 20180105084
    Abstract: A hooking structure (10) of a seat for supporting a trim cover (7) by hooking the trim cover (7) onto a seat member (3) constituting the seat, the hooking structure (10) comprising: a linear hook member (14) used for hooking, the linear hook member (14) being arranged on a front surface side of the trim cover (7); and an anchoring member (18) which anchors the linear hook member (14) onto the seat member (3), with the linear hook member (14) being inserted in a hooking groove (11) formed in the seat member (3). An insert member (16) to be engaged with the anchoring member (18) is preferably provided inside the seat member (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: Tachi-S Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Tobata, Takahiko Nagasawa, Tsutomu Fujikake
  • Publication number: 20170327017
    Abstract: The present invention provides a seat which reduces the load applied to a first fastening part, is unlikely to cause wrinkles or slack in a surface cover, and makes surface sheet attachment and detachment simple. To this end, a first fastening part and a second fastening part of a seat are attachable and detachable; hence, it is possible to easily exchange a surface cover according to the season and to clean the surface cover. The second fastening part attachably/detachably connects the surface cover and the rear-surface cover to one another. As a result, the second fastening part appropriately reduces the load directly applied to the first fastening part, making it possible to prevent damage to the first fastening part, and making it unlikely for wrinkles or slack to occur in the surface cover. Furthermore, the second fastening part is the same color and hue at each suspended section; hence, aligning the surface sheet position is easy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiko NAGASAWA, Tsutomu FUJIKAKE, Ryo KUROBE
  • Publication number: 20170305315
    Abstract: A recessed seam structure for a cover (3) that improves workability when forming a recessed seam (A) and allows frequent attachment and detachment at the recessed seam (A) is provided. In a seat (1) having the recessed seam (A) formed by pulling part of the cover (3) toward a side of a cushion material (2), the recessed seam (A) is provided with an opening and closing fastener (30) configured to couple the cover (3) and the cushion material (2), and the opening and closing fastener (30) includes a first fastener half (31) fixed to a back face of the cover (3) and a second fastener half (32) fixed to the cushion material (2). In such a seat (1), the recessed seam (A) can be formed easily and reliably on the seat (1) by aligning an end of the first fastener half (31) in a longitudinal direction and an end of the second fastener half (32) in the longitudinal direction of the opening and closing fastener (30) and simply sliding a slider (33).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taku NAGASAWA, Tomoyuki UEMURA, Kazuyuki KANEKO, Takahiko NAGASAWA, Tsutomu FUJIKAKE, Ryo KUROBE
  • Publication number: 20170297465
    Abstract: Provided is a hook-and-loop fastener member capable of removably joining different sheet members, wherein exposed portions of the hook-and-loop fastener member are always of loop type and the hook-and-loop fastener member is therefore soft and friendly on the skin and clothing fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takahiko NAGASAWA
  • Publication number: 20170253157
    Abstract: The present invention provides a seat which is unlikely to cause wrinkles or slack in a surface cover thereof, makes surface cover attachment and detachment simple, and is also capable of withstanding long-term use. To this end, a second fastening part 50 for attachably/detachably connecting a cushion material 2 and a surface cover 4 to one another is formed as a zipper in a seat 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Takahiko NAGASAWA, Tsutomu FUJIKAKE, Ryo KUROBE, Taku NAGASAWA, Tomoyuki UEMURA, Kazuyuki KANEKO
  • Publication number: 20170156503
    Abstract: There is provided a head rest device 10 that does not impair safety of a seated person even when a secondary battery 35 is accommodated therein. An accommodation space 28 partitioned by a partitioning plate part 25 is provided inside a cushioning core material 12 of a head rest main body, and a secondary battery 35 is accommodated inside the accommodation space 28.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicants: CLARION CO., LTD., TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki TAKADA, Fumiaki NAKASHIMA, Takao ISHIKAWA, Takahiko NAGASAWA, Yasuyuki ITO
  • Publication number: 20170106775
    Abstract: To make it possible to improve a low-tone reproducing ability with a simple structure in an acoustic device including speakers in a headrest. The acoustic device includes a core material of a closed structure functioning as a core of a headrest main body, acoustic speakers 50, 50 disposed in the core material, and hollow headrest stays 15, 15 that pierce through the core material. The headrest stays 15, 15 circulate the air on the inside of the core material to the outer side via hollow sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicants: CLARION CO., LTD., TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki TAKADA, Fumiaki NAKASHIMA, Takao ISHIKAWA, Takahiko NAGASAWA, Yasuyuki ITO
  • Publication number: 20170072869
    Abstract: To prevent a person from experiencing discomfort when touching portions of a headrest having built-in speakers; to enable the headrest to be formed compactly by arranging the speakers close to the body of the person; and to prevent any decrease in the acoustic pressure and/or acoustic quality of sound from the speakers. Provided are: a plurality of speakers 25a, 25b; fiber pads 15 provided to the front surfaces of the speakers 25a, 25b; a sound-insulating pad 16 provided between the fiber pads 15; and a surface skin 9 for covering the speakers 25a, 25b, the fiber pads 15, and the sound-insulating pad 16, the fiber pads 15 being formed from an elastic material that has a three-dimensional-mesh structure therein, and the sound-insulating pad 16 being formed from an elastic material for minimizing the transmission of sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: TACHI-S CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yasuyuki ITO, Takahiko NAGASAWA, Naoki TAKADA, Fumiaki NAKASHIMA, Takao ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20160257227
    Abstract: To make it possible to provide an acoustic device in a headrest device such that a standard of a shock is satisfied and the performance of the acoustic device can be efficiently exhibited. In the headrest device, a shock resistant surface is formed in a core material of a headrest main body, an opening is formed in the shock resistant surface, and a non-contact type acoustic microphone is disposed on the inner side of the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicants: CLARION CO., LTD., TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki TAKADA, Fumiaki NAKASHIMA, Takao ISHIKAWA, Takahiko NAGASAWA, Yasuyuki ITO, Junpei YOSHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 8864225
    Abstract: Container for accommodating small article(s) comprises: a container body including flange portion wherein connecting slits are formed; and a container lid element including lateral wall region having projected connecting pieces. A trim cover assembly of the seat includes: a peripheral end area or margin defined in a container mounting hole formed in the trim cover assembly; and connecting slits formed in that margin. In assembly, the connecting pieces are inserted through those flanged portion, while simultaneously the margin of trim cover assembly is sandwiched between the flanged portion and lateral wall region. Those free ends are flattened to connecting slits, respectively, so that free ends of the connecting pieces project from the connect together all the container body, container lid element and trim cover assembly. Finally, the trim cover assembly is attached upon a foam padding, with the container body inserted in a recession of the foam padding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Tachi-S Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiko Nagasawa, Takashi Inoue, Atsushi Ishii, Naoyuki Makita
  • Publication number: 20120200127
    Abstract: Container for accommodating small article(s) comprises: a container body including flange portion wherein connecting slits are formed; and a container lid element including lateral wall region having projected connecting pieces. A trim cover assembly of the seat includes: a peripheral end area or margin defined in a container mounting hole formed in the trim cover assembly; and connecting slits formed in that margin. In assembly, the connecting pieces are inserted through those flanged portion, while simultaneously the margin of trim cover assembly is sandwiched between the flanged portion and lateral wall region. Those free ends are flattened to connecting slits, respectively, so that free ends of the connecting pieces project from the connect together all the container body, container lid element and trim cover assembly. Finally, the trim cover assembly is attached upon a foam padding, with the container body inserted in a recession of the foam padding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Inventors: Takahiko NAGASAWA, Takashi INOUE, Atsushi ISHII, Naoyuki MAKITA