Patents by Inventor Toshimitsu MIZUKOSHI
Toshimitsu MIZUKOSHI 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).
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Patent number: 11273743Abstract: A mat mounting structure for mounting a mat on a seat back frame in a seat back may have a guide wire attachable to the mat configured to receive a force from a back of an occupant on the seat back. The guide wire may have a straight part extending linearly in a longitudinal direction of the seat back frame on a head side or a root side of the seat back frame. A bushing including a penetration hole in which the straight part is insertable in the longitudinal direction may be included in the structure. An attachment hole part in the seat back frame may also be part of the structure. The bushing may be detachably engageable with and attachable to the attachment hole part.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2020Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignees: Adient Engineering and IP GmbH, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Frederick L. Wilkinson, Sean M. Osinski, Yunxiao Li, Wenting Zhang, Naoto Komiya, Laxmikant Indi, Toshimitsu Mizukoshi, Taiji Misono, Hiroki Ikeda, Hiromitsu Nagatomo, Yuki Fukuda, Souhei Noguchi
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Patent number: 11097637Abstract: A vehicle seat includes an internal support member for supporting a seat occupant. The internal support member includes a main body in plate or sheet form positioned within a seat cushion frame, a pair of inclined portions extending laterally from a part of either lateral side of the main body with an upward slant, and front and rear mounting portions engaged by front and rear cross members of the seat cushion frame. A pressure sensor is mounted on a part of an upper surface of the internal support member located ahead of the inclined portions. The main body of the internal support member is provided with a pair of openings located on either side of the pressure sensor, and a connecting portion connecting the pressure sensor with a part of the front mounting portion. The pressure sensor and the openings are spaced from the front edge of the main body.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2020Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignees: TS TECH CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Koji Onuma, Soichiro Kamei, Masaki Shimazu, Akira Nakajima, Hiromitsu Nagatomo, Yuki Fukuda, Toshimitsu Mizukoshi, Taiji Misono
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Patent number: 11084405Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a frame provided in at least one of a seat cushion and a seat back; an internal support member for supporting an occupant, the internal support member including a main body in plate or sheet form positioned within the frame and extending substantially in parallel with the frame, and a pair of inclined portions extending laterally outward from at least a part of either lateral side of the main body with a slant away from the frame; a pad placed on a front side of the frame and the internal support member; a skin member covering the pad; and a clip securing another member to one of the inclined portions. The one inclined portion is formed with a tubular portion projecting from a back side thereof orthogonally to the main body, the tubular portion internally defining a mounting hole receiving the clip therein.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2020Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignees: TS TECH CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Koji Onuma, Soichiro Kamei, Masaki Shimazu, Akira Nakajima, Hiromitsu Nagatomo, Yuki Fukuda, Toshimitsu Mizukoshi, Taiji Misono, Kota Yamamoto
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Patent number: 10926683Abstract: To secure both flexibility and rigidity of a pressure-receiving member, a pressure-receiving member capable of moving rearward in a state of receiving a load from a back of an occupant is included in a seat back of a conveyance seat for supporting the back of the occupant. The pressure-receiving member has a load-receiving portion which receives the load from the back of the occupant at a front face, and the load-receiving portion includes a load-receiving portion piece formed so that a length in a vertical direction of the seat back is shorter than a length in a seat width direction, and a rear reinforcement rib protruding along a thickness direction of the load-receiving portion from the load-receiving portion piece and extending along the seat width direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2019Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignees: TS TECH CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., LEGGETT & PLATT CANADA CO.Inventors: Koji Onuma, Ryuhei Abe, Taiji Misono, Toshimitsu Mizukoshi, Masaki Shimazu, Akira Nakajima, Yuki Fukuda, Hiromitsu Nagatomo, Rob Colja
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Patent number: 10889215Abstract: A mat attachment structure of a seatback includes: a guide wire attached to the mat and provided, at the distal end part, with a straight portion extending in a longitudinal direction of the seatback frame on a tip side of the seatback frame or its root side; and a through-hole formed in the seatback frame and through which the straight portion is insertable. The through-hole is provided with a protruding part which includes a high protruding portion and a low protruding portion formed adjacent to the high protruding portion. In a first movement of the mat, the straight portion moves in a de-insertion direction while coming into contact with the high protruding portion. As the amount of movement of the mat gets larger than the amount of movement of the first movement, a contact position between the straight portion and the protruding part moves toward the low protruding portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2019Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignees: Adient Engineering and IP GmbH, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshimitsu Mizukoshi, Masaki Shimazu, Taiji Misono, Hiroyuki Yasui, Motohiko Ozawa
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Patent number: 10857921Abstract: A mat attachment structure of a seatback includes: a guide wire attached to the mat and provided with a width-direction extending part extending in s width direction of the seatback frame on a tip or root side of the seatback frame; and a holder having a base part which holds the width-direction extending part so as to be rotatable around an axis of the width-direction extending part and an attachment part attached to the seatback frame. When a force exceeding a predetermined value in a direction to separate from the seatback frame is applied from the width-direction extending part to the holder, the force being due to the force from the back of the occupant that the mat receives, the width-direction extending part departs from the base part or the holder departs from the seatback frame, so that the width-direction extending part is separated from the seatback frame.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignees: Adient Engineering and IP GmbH, Honda Motor Co, Ltd.Inventors: Toshimitsu Mizukoshi, Masaki Shimazu, Taiji Misono, Hiroyuki Yasui, Motohiko Ozawa
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Publication number: 20200247270Abstract: A vehicle seat includes an internal support member for supporting a seat occupant. The internal support member includes a main body in plate or sheet form positioned within a seat cushion frame, a pair of inclined portions extending laterally from a part of either lateral side of the main body with an upward slant, and front and rear mounting portions engaged by front and rear cross members of the seat cushion frame. A pressure sensor is mounted on a part of an upper surface of the internal support member located ahead of the inclined portions. The main body of the internal support member is provided with a pair of openings located on either side of the pressure sensor, and a connecting portion connecting the pressure sensor with a part of the front mounting portion. The pressure sensor and the openings are spaced from the front edge of the main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Inventors: Koji ONUMA, Soichiro KAMEI, Masaki SHIMAZU, Akira NAKAJIMA, Hiromitsu NAGATOMO, Yuki FUKUDA, Toshimitsu MIZUKOSHI, Taiji MISONO
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Publication number: 20200247292Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a frame provided in at least one of a seat cushion and a seat back; an internal support member for supporting an occupant, the internal support member including a main body in plate or sheet form positioned within the frame and extending substantially in parallel with the frame, and a pair of inclined portions extending laterally outward from at least a part of either lateral side of the main body with a slant away from the frame; a pad placed on a front side of the frame and the internal support member; a skin member covering the pad; and a clip securing another member to one of the inclined portions. The one inclined portion is formed with a tubular portion projecting from a back side thereof orthogonally to the main body, the tubular portion internally defining a mounting hole receiving the clip therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Inventors: Koji ONUMA, Soichiro KAMEI, Masaki SHIMAZU, Akira NAKAJIMA, Hiromitsu NAGATOMO, Yuki FUKUDA, Toshimitsu MIZUKOSHI, Taiji MISONO, Kota YAMAMOTO
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Patent number: 10604043Abstract: It is intended to expand a space at a back portion of a lower portion of a seat. A seat frame includes a lower frame configured to couple lower portions of side frames arranged on right and left sides. The lower frame includes a back wall portion provided on a back side, a front wall portion provided in front of the back wall portion, and a coupling portion that couples lower ends of the back wall portion and the front wall portion. The back wall portion includes a pair of side portions forming ends in a seat width direction and each formed along the outer shapes of the side frames, and an inclined portion provided between the side portions and inclined such that a lower end is positioned in front of an upper end. The inclined portion is provided in front of the side portions.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2018Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignees: TS Tech Co., Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koji Onuma, Hiroshi Baba, Taiji Misono, Toshimitsu Mizukoshi, Masaki Shimazu
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Patent number: 10569670Abstract: A seat lifter structure which can maintain the engagement of the gear of the sector and the pinion of the brake unit and prevent a fall down of the seat back to a front side, even when a large force to a front side is exerted with respect to the seat back is provided. It raises or lowers a cushion seat (ST1) by raising or lowering a side frame (2) built into the cushion seat (ST1) with respect to a fixing member (61).Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignees: Adient Engineering and IP GmbH, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshimitsu Mizukoshi, Masaki Shimazu, Taiji Misono, Hiroyuki Yasui, Motohiko Ozawa, Thomas D Novitsky
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Publication number: 20200023624Abstract: A fabric includes a fabric body and a backing resin layer laminated on a rear surface of the fabric body. The fabric body includes a fluorine-containing organic compound adhered to at least the surface thereof, and the fluorine-containing organic compound has six carbon atoms and at least one fluorine atom. The backing resin layer contains a resin, a flame retardant, and an organic fluorine based oil repellent in which the carbon number is six.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2019Publication date: January 23, 2020Applicants: HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUMINOE TEXTILE CO., LTD.Inventors: Rie HAYASHI, Toshimitsu MIZUKOSHI, Koichi TANE, Satoya MATSUDA, Kuniaki KONDO, Yoshitomo TANAKA
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Patent number: 10486401Abstract: A fabric includes a fabric body and a backing resin layer laminated on a rear surface of the fabric body. The fabric body includes a fluorine-containing organic compound adhered to at least the surface thereof, and the fluorine-containing organic compound has six carbon atoms and at least one fluorine atom. The backing resin layer contains a resin, a flame retardant, and an organic fluorine based oil repellent in which the carbon number is six.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2017Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignees: HONDA GIKEN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUMINOE TEXTILE CO., LTD.Inventors: Rie Hayashi, Toshimitsu Mizukoshi, Koichi Tane, Satoya Matsuda, Kuniaki Kondo, Yoshitomo Tanaka
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Patent number: 10457176Abstract: Provided is a conveyance seat configured for adjustment of a deflection amount of a seat forming the conveyance seat, i.e., cushion properties of the seat. The conveyance seat includes a seat frame and a buffering body bridged over the seat frame configured to elastically support a seated occupant. The buffering body has a wire having both end portions attached to the seat frame, and a back restriction member configured to support at least a portion of the wire to restrict deflection of the portion of the wire. The wire includes a first right-to-left extending portion and a second right-to-left extending portion that extend in a seat right-to-left direction, and a coupling portion coupling the first right-to-left extending portion and the second right-to-left extending portion. The back restriction member is made of a resin material, and supports the first right-to-left extending portion and the second right-to-left extending portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2017Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignees: TS Tech Co., Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Koji Onuma, Ryuhei Abe, Taiji Misono, Toshimitsu Mizukoshi, Masaki Shimazu, Akira Nakajima, Yuki Fukuda, Hiromitsu Nagatomo
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Publication number: 20190315255Abstract: To secure both flexibility and rigidity of a pressure-receiving member, a pressure-receiving member capable of moving rearward in a state of receiving a load from a back of an occupant is included in a seat back of a conveyance seat for supporting the back of the occupant. The pressure-receiving member has a load-receiving portion which receives the load from the back of the occupant at a front face, and the load-receiving portion includes a load-receiving portion piece formed so that a length in a vertical direction of the seat back is shorter than a length in a seat width direction, and a rear reinforcement rib protruding along a thickness direction of the load-receiving portion from the load-receiving portion piece and extending along the seat width direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Inventors: Koji ONUMA, Ryuhei Abe, Taiji MISONO, Toshimitsu MIZUKOSHI, Masaki SHIMAZU, Akira NAKAJIMA, Yuki FUKUDA, Hiromitsu NAGATOMO, Rob COLJA
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Publication number: 20190283631Abstract: A seat lifter structure which can maintain the engagement of the gear of the sector and the pinion of the brake unit and prevent a fall down of the seat back to a front side, even when a large force to a front side is exerted with respect to the seat back is provided. It raises or lowers a cushion seat (ST1) by raising or lowering a side frame (2) built into the cushion seat (ST1) with respect to a fixing member (61).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2018Publication date: September 19, 2019Inventors: Toshimitsu MIZUKOSHI, Masaki SHIMAZU, Taiji MISONO, Hiroyuki YASUI, Motohiko OZAWA, Thomas D. NOVITSKY
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Patent number: 10358052Abstract: A seat lifter structure which can obtain a rotation of a sector with stable torques is provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2018Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignees: ADIENT ENGINEERING AND IP GMBH, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshimitsu Mizukoshi, Masaki Shimazu, Taiji Misono, Hiroyuki Yasui, Motohiko Ozawa, Thomas D Novitsky
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Patent number: 10315544Abstract: Vehicle seat with seat cushion and seat back includes a seat frame, which comprises: first and second frames disposed at a distance away from each other in a predetermined direction; third frame connecting end portions of the first and second frames; fourth frame connecting another end portions of the first and second frames; and a connecting frame disposed at distances away from the first frame and second frame and connecting the third frame and fourth frame. The seat frame comprises: first pipe member having a U-shaped configuration and configured to form the first frame, the connecting frame, and part of the third frame by which the first frame and the connecting frame are connected; and second pipe member having a U-shaped configuration and configured to form the second frame, a remaining part of the third frame and the fourth frame, and connected to the first pipe member.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2017Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignees: TS TECH CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuya Miyawaki, Atsushi Okimura, Takahide Aoki, Hiroki Ikeda, Toshimitsu Mizukoshi
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Patent number: 10300821Abstract: A cushion pan includes a front and rear support part that extends from the front end to the rear end of a seat cushion and faces the lower face of the femoral region of an occupant and side support parts that extend obliquely upward from both right and left side edges of the front and rear support part and face side faces of the buttocks of the occupant. In addition, the front and rear support part and the side support parts may be integrally formed to reduce the number of components and assembling steps.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2018Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Taiji Misono, Masaki Shimazu, Toshimitsu Mizukoshi, Akira Nakajima, Yuki Fukuda, Hiromitsu Nagatomo, Kota Yamamoto
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Patent number: 10245988Abstract: A vehicle seat including a seat cushion, a seat back, a seat belt, and a seat belt retractor is provided. The vehicle seat includes: a seat back frame comprising: right and left side frames disposed at a distance away from each other in a lateral direction; an upper frame connecting upper end portions of the right side frame and the left side frame; a lower frame connecting lower end portions of the right side frame and the left side frame; and a connecting frame made of a pipe member and disposed at distances away from the right and left side frames and connecting the upper frame and the lower frame; and a first bracket by which the seat belt retractor is attached to the seat back frame. The first bracket is provided on the connecting frame at distances away from the upper frame and the lower frame.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2017Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignees: TS TECH CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hidetaka Yonehara, Kazuya Miyawaki, Hiroyuki Nomura, Atsushi Okimura, Hiroki Ikeda, Toshimitsu Mizukoshi, Yuma Oga
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Publication number: 20180272909Abstract: A cushion pan includes a front and rear support part that extends from the front end to the rear end of a seat cushion and faces the lower face of the femoral region of an occupant and side support parts that extend obliquely upward from both right and left side edges of the front and rear support part and face side faces of the buttocks of the occupant. In addition, the front and rear support part and the side support parts may be integrally formed to reduce the number of components and assembling steps.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Taiji Misono, Masaki Shimazu, Toshimitsu Mizukoshi, Akira Nakajima, Yuki Fukuda, Hiromitsu Nagatomo, Kota Yamamoto