Patents by Inventor Toyotaka Watanabe
Toyotaka Watanabe 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: 11110827Abstract: A vehicle seat operating device has a reclining lever, a lifting lever and a getting in/out support lever for rotating a vehicle seat in a horizontal plane. A reclining lever operation surface and a lifting lever underside operation surface are accessible from a side of the seat. The getting in/out support lever has a recess section which is formed toward the front, and an operation surface which is a ceiling surface of the recess is accessible from the front. Side access to the operation surface is blocked by an out sidewall located on a seat width direction outer side of the operation surface. The getting in/out support lever is easily distinguished from the other two levers because accessible directions are different.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2019Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takaya Tsukigase, Hiroyuki Mita, Toyotaka Watanabe
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Publication number: 20190389334Abstract: A vehicle seat operating device has a reclining lever, a lifting lever and a getting in/out support lever for rotating a vehicle seat in a horizontal plane. A reclining lever operation surface and a lifting lever underside operation surface are accessible from a side of the seat. The getting in/out support lever has a recess section which is formed toward the front, and an operation surface which is a ceiling surface of the recess is accessible from the front. Side access to the operation surface is blocked by an out sidewall located on a seat width direction outer side of the operation surface. The getting in/out support lever is easily distinguished from the other two levers because accessible directions are different.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Inventors: Takaya Tsukigase, Hiroyuki Mita, Toyotaka Watanabe
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Patent number: 10279713Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion; a seatback configured to be tiltable in a front-rear direction; a deck board positioned behind the seatback; a covering having flexibility and provided to extend from the seatback to the deck board; and an object drop preventing material that covers, from a back side, a gap between the seatback and the seat cushion. The object drop preventing material is provided to extend from the seat cushion to an intermediate part of the covering in a length direction of the extending covering such that the object drop preventing material restricts an amount of upward bending of the covering.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2017Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toyotaka Watanabe, Atsushi Nagaya, Motohiro Fukuta
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Patent number: 9981579Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seatback configured to be tiltable in a front-rear direction; and a flexible covering configured to extend from the seatback to a deck board positioned behind the seatback. The covering includes a shaped portion that is provided in an intermediate location in a length direction of the extending covering, and is shaped so as to facilitate bending of the covering toward a region below the deck board, and a reinforcing portion that increases rigidity of a region away from the shaped portion so as to facilitate transmission of elastic force to the shaped portion, the elastic force being generated at a time when the covering bends due to a change in a separation distance between both end portions of the extending covering in the length direction in response to tilting of the seatback.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2016Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toyotaka Watanabe, Ayumi Hirata, Shuhei Kaseda, Tomoyuki Takase
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Publication number: 20180118059Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion; a seatback configured to be tiltable in a front-rear direction; a deck board positioned behind the seatback; a covering having flexibility and provided to extend from the seatback to the deck board; and an object drop preventing material that covers, from a back side, a gap between the seatback and the seat cushion. The object drop preventing material is provided to extend from the seat cushion to an intermediate part of the covering in a length direction of the extending covering such that the object drop preventing material restricts an amount of upward bending of the covering.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2017Publication date: May 3, 2018Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toyotaka WATANABE, Atsushi NAGAYA, Motohiro FUKUTA
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Publication number: 20170088027Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seatback configured to be tiltable in a front-rear direction; and a flexible covering configured to extend from the seatback to a deck board positioned behind the seatback. The covering includes a shaped portion that is provided in an intermediate location in a length direction of the extending covering, and is shaped so as to facilitate bending of the covering toward a region below the deck board, and a reinforcing portion that increases rigidity of a region away from the shaped portion so as to facilitate transmission of elastic force to the shaped portion, the elastic force being generated at a time when the covering bends due to a change in a separation distance between both end portions of the extending covering in the length direction in response to tilting of the seatback.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toyotaka WATANABE, Ayumi HIRATA, Shuhei KASEDA, Tomoyuki TAKASE
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Patent number: 7866746Abstract: The present invention can include a frame member which attaches the monitor panel at a back side of a vehicle seat, a skin member covering the vehicle seat, a pad member having a seat outer shape, the frame member is harder than the pad member, and the frame member is arranged at a back side of the vehicle seat in place of the pad member and covered by the skin member and the monitor panel is attached to the frame member through the skin member.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2008Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Toyotaka Watanabe, Takayuki Niwa, Nobuhiko Kazui, Masahiro Iwamoto, Satoshi Sugiyama, Kenji Obara, Naoki Mitsuoka, Hideyuki Yamanaka, Yuji Nishiyama
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Publication number: 20090127897Abstract: The present invention can include a frame member which attaches the monitor panel at a back side of a vehicle seat, a skin member covering the vehicle seat, a pad member having a seat outer shape, the frame member is harder than the pad member, and the frame member is arranged at a back side of the vehicle seat in place of the pad member and covered by the skin member and the monitor panel is attached to the frame member through the skin member.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2008Publication date: May 21, 2009Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toyotaka WATANABE, Takayuki NIWA, Nobuhiko KAZUI, Masahiro IWAMOTO, Satoshi SUGIYAMA, Kenji OBARA, Naoki MITSUOKA, Hideyuki YAMANAKA, Yuji NISHIYAMA