Patents by Inventor Tomio Ikeda

Tomio Ikeda 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: 12520946
    Abstract: The chair of the present disclosure includes a base, a seating surface positioned on the upper side of the base and seated by a user, a base and a seating surface are connected, a seating surface is maintained in a reference state, and a seating surface is inclined from the reference state in accordance with a force applied to the seating surface by the seating of the user in accordance with the reference state; an elastic support post installed on the upper side of the base and rotating about an axis in the vertical direction based on power; a plurality of support posts installed on the upper side of the rotating table and supporting the seating surface at the upper end portion when the seating surface is inclined; and a motor that generates power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2026
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tadashi Odashima, Tomio Ikeda
  • Patent number: 12478830
    Abstract: Supination and pronation of an ankle joint during a lower limb exercise is achieved. A foot-pedaling exercise equipment as a lower limb exercise equipment is a lower limb exercise equipment that enables a lower limb exercise to be performed using a pair of pedal units. Each of pedal units includes: a step part on which a corresponding foot part can be put; a base part; and a joint part that is provided between the step part and the base part and couples the step part to the base part in such a way that the step part can do a pitch turn, a roll turn, and a yaw turn with respect to the base part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eisuke Aoki, Tomio Ikeda
  • Patent number: 12440725
    Abstract: A left leg unit includes a vertical piece; a horizontal piece; a vertical guide groove; a horizontal guide groove; an outer coupling bar to which the vertical piece and the horizontal piece are rotatably coupled, thereby coupling the vertical piece and the horizontal piece to each other; and a pedal that is rotatably coupled to the outer coupling bar. The vertical guide groove and the horizontal guide groove are extended in such a way that they intersect with each other. A rotation axis of the pedal is disposed away from a rotation axis of the vertical piece and a rotation axis of the horizontal piece and is disposed away from a midpoint of a line that connects the rotation axis of the vertical piece and the rotation axis of the horizontal piece, whereby the rotation axis of the pedal moves along an elliptical trajectory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eisuke Aoki, Tomio Ikeda
  • Patent number: 12397191
    Abstract: A rowing exercise device includes: a pair of pedals; and a device body that guides the pair of pedals in such a way that the pair of pedals repeatedly move along a predetermined trajectory. A user performs a lower limb exercise by putting his/her feet on the pair of respective pedals. Each pedal is configured in such a way that a relative roll turn of a forefoot part relative to the device body is prevented while a relative roll turn of a rearfoot part relative to the forefoot part is allowed, whereby a relative roll turn of the forefoot part relative to the rearfoot part occurs during the lower limb exercise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eisuke Aoki, Tomio Ikeda
  • Patent number: 12390684
    Abstract: A lower limb exercise device that enables a user to perform a lower limb exercise effectively is achieved. A lower limb exercise device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure enables a user to perform a lower limb exercise while the user is seated on a chair. The lower limb exercise device includes exercise equipment for the user to perform the lower limb exercise, and a restriction mechanism configured to restrict movement of at least one caster of the chair from a reference arrangement range of the caster during the lower limb exercise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2025
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eisuke Aoki, Tomio Ikeda, Tadashi Odashima, Takahiro Takeda
  • Publication number: 20250256154
    Abstract: A chair includes: two coxal bone support balloons that support two coxal bones respectively; and a sacral bone support balloon that supports one of a sacral bone and a coccygeal bone. The two coxal bone support balloons are configured to be able to rock relative to the sacral bone support balloon. In this configuration, the movability of a sacroiliac joint between the two coxal bones and the sacral bone is improved, and therefore, the mechanical stress on a lumbar region joint, on which a load increases in compensation for an insufficient movability of the sacroiliac joint, is curbed, so that a low back pain is relieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2025
    Publication date: August 14, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eisuke AOKI, Tomio IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20250204689
    Abstract: An exercise chair that allows a user to perform a lower extremity exercise in a sitting position includes: a seating portion configured to allow the user to sit on the seating portion; and a first stabilizing portion configured to restrain movement of a first specific portion of the user sitting on the seating portion by contacting the user at a position facing the first specific portion in a front-back direction. The first specific portion is either the fifth or ninth thoracic vertebra of the thoracic spine of the user. The front-back direction is a front-back direction as seen from the user sitting on the seating portion. The exercise chair is configured so as not to restrain movement of any part of the thoracic spine of the user other than the first specific portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2024
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eisuke AOKI, Tomio IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20250032337
    Abstract: An exercise chair allows a user to perform a lower extremity exercise in a sitting position. The exercise chair includes: a seating portion configured to allow the user to sit on; a backrest configured to support the back of the user; and a support mechanism configured to support the backrest. The support mechanism is configured to support the backrest so as to allow the backrest to reciprocate to right and left and to rotate in roll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eisuke AOKI, Tomio Ikeda
  • Patent number: 12029327
    Abstract: A chair includes a movable part including a seat on which a user sits, a supporting part configured to support the movable part in such a way that the movable part can be moved to the right and to the left; and a restoration unit, which is a biasing member configured to bias the movable part toward the neutral position in the right and the left. The supporting part supports the movable part in such a way that the movable part descends as the movable part is away from the neutral position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eisuke Aoki, Takahiro Takeda, Tadashi Odashima, Tomio Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11980559
    Abstract: The present disclosure can provide a leg brace capable of reducing a pain in a knee while both enhancing its convenience and reducing the burden on an ankle. the leg brace including: a first pushing part that pushes a leg of the wearer outward so that an ankle bone is positioned above a heel bone; a second pushing part that pushes the leg of the wearer inward so that the ankle bone is positioned above the heel bone; a restraint part that restrains a positional relation between the first and the second pushing parts in which they face each other across the leg of the wearer; and a placement part on which a foot of the wearer is placed, the placement part being connected to the first pushing part or the second pushing part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eisuke Aoki, Takahiro Takeda, Seiichi Tanabe, Tomio Ikeda, Tadashi Odashima
  • Publication number: 20240149108
    Abstract: A rowing exercise device includes: a pair of pedals; and a device body that guides the pair of pedals in such a way that the pair of pedals repeatedly move along a predetermined trajectory. A user performs a lower limb exercise by putting his/her feet on the pair of respective pedals. Each pedal is configured in such a way that a relative roll turn of a forefoot part relative to the device body is prevented while a relative roll turn of a rearfoot part relative to the forefoot part is allowed, whereby a relative roll turn of the forefoot part relative to the rearfoot part occurs during the lower limb exercise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eisuke AOKI, Tomio IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20240139583
    Abstract: A lower limb exercise device that enables a user to perform a lower limb exercise effectively is achieved. A lower limb exercise device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure enables a user to perform a lower limb exercise while the user is seated on a chair. The lower limb exercise device includes exercise equipment for the user to perform the lower limb exercise, and a restriction mechanism configured to restrict movement of at least one caster of the chair from a reference arrangement range of the caster during the lower limb exercise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eisuke AOKI, Tomio Ikeda, Tadashi Odashima, Takahiro Takeda
  • Patent number: 11969372
    Abstract: A knee brace includes a thigh fixing part, a shank fixing part, an outer leg joint that couples the thigh fixing part with the shank fixing part, and an inner leg joint that couples the thigh fixing part with the shank fixing part. When the wearer P flexes his/her knee joint, a lower arm is rotated with respect to an upper arm along with a rotation fulcrum shaft sliding in a long groove and a cam shaft sliding in a cam groove. When the outer leg joint and the inner leg joint are extended, the lower arm of the outer leg joint is configured to be moved relatively forward with respect to the lower arm of the inner leg joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eisuke Aoki, Takahiro Takeda, Tomio Ikeda, Tadashi Odashima
  • Patent number: 11911331
    Abstract: A leg brace configured to be attached to a leg of a user, includes a rear thigh link extending along a thigh of the user, and a lower-leg link rotatably connected to the rear thigh link and extending along a lower leg of the user. A handle is provided in the thigh link, the handle being configured to project forward when the user is in the sitting position. The rear thigh link and the lower-leg link are connected to each other near the knee joint of the user. Specifically, the rear thigh link and the lower-leg link are connected to each other at a rear connection part disposed near the knee joint. Further, the rear thigh link and the handle are also connected to each other near the knee joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eisuke Aoki, Tomio Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20240049886
    Abstract: The chair of the present disclosure includes a base, a seating surface positioned on the upper side of the base and seated by a user, a base and a seating surface are connected, a seating surface is maintained in a reference state, and a seating surface is inclined from the reference state in accordance with a force applied to the seating surface by the seating of the user in accordance with the reference state; an elastic support post installed on the upper side of the base and rotating about an axis in the vertical direction based on power; a plurality of support posts installed on the upper side of the rotating table and supporting the seating surface at the upper end portion when the seating surface is inclined; and a motor that generates power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tadashi ODASHIMA, Tomio IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20230347205
    Abstract: A left leg unit includes a vertical piece; a horizontal piece; a vertical guide groove; a horizontal guide groove; an outer coupling bar to which the vertical piece and the horizontal piece are rotatably coupled, thereby coupling the vertical piece and the horizontal piece to each other; and a pedal that is rotatably coupled to the outer coupling bar. The vertical guide groove and the horizontal guide groove are extended in such a way that they intersect with each other. A rotation axis of the pedal is disposed away from a rotation axis of the vertical piece and a rotation axis of the horizontal piece and is disposed away from a midpoint of a line that connects the rotation axis of the vertical piece and the rotation axis of the horizontal piece, whereby the rotation axis of the pedal moves along an elliptical trajectory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eisuke AOKI, Tomio IKEDA
  • Publication number: 20230330483
    Abstract: Supination and pronation of an ankle joint during a lower limb exercise is achieved. A foot-pedaling exercise equipment as a lower limb exercise equipment is a lower limb exercise equipment that enables a lower limb exercise to be performed using a pair of pedal units. Each of pedal units includes: a step part on which a corresponding foot part can be put; a base part; and a joint part that is provided between the step part and the base part and couples the step part to the base part in such a way that the step part can do a pitch turn, a roll turn, and a yaw turn with respect to the base part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eisuke AOKI, Tomio IKEDA
  • Patent number: 11779804
    Abstract: A pedaling exercise machine according to the present embodiment includes: a pair of right and left pedal portions on which feet of a user are placed; a rotation mechanism that rotates the pedal portions when the feet of the user step on the pedal portions; a seating portion that is disposed on a rear end side of the rotation mechanism separately from the rotation mechanism and on which the user is seated; a fixing member disposed on a front end side of the rotation mechanism; and a belt member that is detachably connected to the seating portion and provided to extend from the fixing member to the seating portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eisuke Aoki, Tomio Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11583465
    Abstract: The knee joint weight-bearing apparatus includes a buttock attaching part, a lower-leg attaching part, and two thigh connection units. Each thigh connection unit includes a front thigh link and a rear thigh link. The buttock attaching part, the lower-leg attaching part, the front thigh link, and the rear thigh link constitute a four-bar linkage. The buttock attaching part is configured so that when a user applies his/her weight to the buttock attaching part, a tensile force is generated in the front thigh link and a compressive force acts on the rear thigh link. The rear thigh link includes a gas spring that is configured to be stretchable in a longitudinal direction thereof and generates a resistive force against the compressive force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tadashi Odashima, Eisuke Aoki, Tomio Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20220408927
    Abstract: A chair includes a movable part including a seat on which a user sits, a supporting part configured to support the movable part in such a way that the movable part can be moved to the right and to the left; and a restoration unit, which is a biasing member configured to bias the movable part toward the neutral position in the right and the left. The supporting part supports the movable part in such a way that the movable part descends as the movable part is away from the neutral position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eisuke Aoki, Takahiro Takeda, Tadashi Odashima, Tomio Ikeda