Patents by Inventor Yoshinobu OTANI

Yoshinobu OTANI 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).

  • SEAT RECLINER STRUCTURE AND VEHICLE SEAT
    Publication number: 20220227267
    Abstract: To reduce an operation synchronization failure of recliners on both sides of a seat frame, thereby enabling smoother operation despite variations in the dimensional accuracy of the seat frame. A seat recliner structure includes: recliners which are provided on the left and right sides of a cushion frame and a back frame to recline the back frame relative to the cushion frame; and a connecting rod which connects the left and right recliners to synchronize them, wherein the left and right recliners have different backlashes, and the backlash of the driving-side recliner is smaller than the backlash of the driven-side recliner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: DELTA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Etsunori FUJITA, Kazuhiro TAKENAKA, Jun FUKUDA, Mitsuhiro YAMASHITA, Yoshinobu OTANI, Yumi OGURA