Patents by Inventor Yoichi Umemura

Yoichi Umemura 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: 4664352
    Abstract: A suspension device for a vehicle seat has a lower frame secured to a vehicle floor, an upper frame disposed above the lower frame in parallel for mounting the vehicle seat, link plates disposed in parallel on the front side and the rear side of a vehicle for connecting the lower frame and the upper frame, torsion springs disposed near the connecting portion of the link plates for imparting elastic support force to the link plates, and a shock absorber disposed between the lower frame and the upper frame for damping the relative vibration of the above two frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1987
    Assignee: Toyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Osamu Shibuki, Noboru Matsuyama, Yoichi Umemura, Atsushi Kamiya, Takaya Fujii, Masayuki Seki, Norio Ohta
  • Patent number: 4462185
    Abstract: A door operating device for operating by means of a DC motor the slide door of a slide door unit including an opening formed in the exterior panel of an automobile, the door designed to be arranged flush with the exterior panel when closed, guide rails extended along the upper frame, the lower frame of the opening and the outside surface of the exterior panel, respectively, and guide rollers for guiding the door along the guide rails. A first turnable arm is supported rotatably on the floor of the automobile, a second turnable arm is supported rotatably on the free end of the first turnable arm and a driving wheel is supported rotatably on the free end of the second turnable arm. The output torque of the motor is distributed into a torque for rotating the driving wheel and a torque for rotating the first turnable arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 31, 1984
    Assignee: Toyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Osamu Shibuki, Shigeru Sakagami, Yoichi Umemura