Patents by Inventor Yamato Higuchi

Yamato Higuchi 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).

  • Publication number: 20080309131
    Abstract: In a seat back structure, an auxiliary frame having a headrest mounted thereon is provided independently of a seat back frame and movable via link element and guide element along a predetermined path with respect to the seat back frame. The guide element includes: a bracket having one end pivoted to the seat back frame; a guide hole formed in the bracket; and a guide pin provided to the seat back frame, the guide pin being slidably engaged in the guide hole. A buffer member is provided to another end of the bracket. Shortly after the headrest has been moved to a headrest receiving point in a rear-end collision case, the headrest is subjected to abrupt backward displacement under backward inertia of seat occupant, but, such abrupt backward displacement of headrest is decelerated by the buffer member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2007
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: Tachi-S Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki YOKOTA, Atsushi Koike, Yamato Higuchi