Patents by Inventor Takao Sakamoto

Takao Sakamoto 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: 4611783
    Abstract: A body-weight adjusting device for a seat suspension is provided including a combination of bell cranks, tension springs and a connecting rod. Vertical movement of an operation lever results in an increase or decrease in the tension of the springs (depending upon the starting position of the lever) in response to which the seat suspension mechanism is raised or lowered correspondingly so as to permit a selective adjustment of the seat suspension in accordance with the weight of a seated occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1986
    Assignee: Tachikawa Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takao Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 4589620
    Abstract: An improved seat with an air suspension is disclosed in which detector means, a control circuit and electromagnetic valves are cooperatively used to operate the air suspension so as to automatically control the amount of air to be contained within the air suspension according to the weights of different occupants of the seat. Outputs from the detection means for detecting the vertical displacements of the seat are inputted to the control circuit and held therein for a predetermined period of time before the control circuit is operated to control the amount of air to be contained within the air suspension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1986
    Assignee: Tachikawa Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takao Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 4588225
    Abstract: An improved height adjustment mechanism for a vehicle seat is disclosed which is adapted to incline the entire seat. In this height adjustment mechanism, four plate-like receiving pieces are provided respectively in the four leg rods of a seat frame in such a manner that they are respectively inclined or descend forwardly, and, on the other hand, four support plates are provided in a mounting platform to be fixed to the vehicle in such a manner that they respectively have the same inclined surface as that of the receiving piece, thereby achieving a face engagement between the respective receiving pieces and support plates. Such face engagement allows loads applied to the respective leg rods to be dispersed over the entire mounting platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1986
    Assignee: Tachikawa Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takao Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 4573657
    Abstract: An improved vertical adjustment device for use with a seat in a vehicle such as an automobile is disclosed which is capable to adjust the cushioning function of such seat. In this vertical adjustment device, a cam with an operation lever is cooperatively connected with the sliding portions of a pair of X-shaped expansion legs by means of springs interposed between the cam and the sliding portions to energize the sliding portions in their sliding direction. The expansion legs are respectively provided between a seat support frame for carrying the seat thereon and a mounting frame to be fixed directly or indirectly to a floor of the vehicle. With this improved vertical adjustment device, the cam can be rotated to adjust the elastic forces of the springs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1986
    Assignee: Tachikawa Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takao Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 4550949
    Abstract: A lumbar support device in which a lumbar support member is pivotally secured to a swing frame mounted swingably in a fore-and-aft direction relative to a back frame such that the lumbar support member can be rotated back and forth, the angle of the fore-and-aft inclination of the swing frame relative to the back frame can be variably adjusted by means of a cam mechanism, and the angle of inclination of the lumbar support member relative to the swing frame can be adjusted by means of an inclination adjustment means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1983
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1985
    Assignee: Tachikawa Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takao Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 4521473
    Abstract: In a carpet having a through bore, the through bore is formed by fusion-cutting. A hem member is welded integrally to the areas of a napped portion and a base cloth at the circumferential edges of the through bore. This prevents the threads of the napped portion existing at the circumferential edges of the through bore from fraying and also keeps such areas from being stained with oil or the like. Also, a method of welding said hem member to said base cloth is disclosed which comprises: laminating a thermally weldable synthetic resin film for hemming on a carpet, punching out a through bore in the synthetic resin film by means of a high frequency wave, and at the same time welding the hem member integrally to the wall edges of said punched through-bore. The simultaneous operation--welding of the hem member and punching of the through bore--provides a carpet quite easy to form and less expensive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1985
    Assignee: Tachikawa Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Sakamoto, Tadafumi Abe
  • Patent number: 4308273
    Abstract: This invention relates to the novel 1,6-naphthyridine derivatives useful as antidinic and/or cerebral circulation improver, such novel derivatives being represented by the following general formula: ##STR1## (wherein R is a C.sub.2-10 alkyl which may have hydroxyl, lower alkylcarbonyl, lower alkyloxycarbonyl or phenoxy as a substituent; a C.sub.2-10 unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon group having unsaturated double bond(s); a phenyl-lower alkyl which may have halogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy or lower alkylthio as substituent(s) attached to the phenyl ring; a cinnamyl which may have halogen, nitro, lower alkyl or lower alkoxy as substituent(s) attached to the phenyl ring; propargyl; 1-naphthylmethyl; 2-thenyl; cyclohexenyl; a cycloalkyl-lower alkyl with a 3- to 6-membered ring; 1/2(C.sub.2-4 alkylene); 1/2(butenylene), or diphenylmethyl, and in case two alkoxyl groups are present attached to the phenyl ring, they may be bonded to form a ring) and salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1981
    Assignee: Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Yamanaka, Takao Sakamoto, Akira Shiozawa, Yuh-Ichiro Ichikawa, Michio Ishikawa, Hiroshi Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 4240484
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire for large size and high speed motor cycles is disclosed. The tire comprises a tread having a rib-block pattern defined by a central groove extending in a substantially circumferential direction of the tire at a center of a crown, a first circumferential groove adjacent to the central groove, a second circumferential groove arranged at that side of the first circumferential groove opposite to the central groove, which consists of a common portion united with the first circumferential groove and a non-common portion arranged circumferentially in a discontinuous manner independently of the common portion, and long and short transverse grooves arranged within regions located between the common portion and the tread edge on the one hand and between the non-common portion and the tread edge on the other hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1980
    Assignee: Bridgestone Tire Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kojima, Takao Sakamoto, Tatsuro Shimada
  • Patent number: D248293
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1978
    Assignee: Bridgestone Tire Company Limited
    Inventors: Toshio Hayakawa, Takao Sakamoto
  • Patent number: D262011
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1981
    Assignee: Bridgestone Tire Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kojima, Takao Sakamoto, Tatsuro Shimada