Patents by Inventor Yuhei CHINOMI

Yuhei CHINOMI 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: 20240382013
    Abstract: A cover fastening clip includes a plate-shaped base portion configured to be embedded in a foam body and held in the foam body; a pair of extension portions provided at interval in a width direction of the base portion and extending in a thickness direction of the base portion; fastening portions, each being provided at each tip of the pair of extension portions, configured to fasten a fastened portion provided at a cover for covering the foam body; and support portions, each extending from each of the extension portions outward in the width direction of the base portion, contacting the base portion to support the extension portions when the extension portions are bent outward in the width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventor: Yuhei CHINOMI
  • Patent number: 12122276
    Abstract: A skin locking clip that is firmly supported by a pad is provided. The skin locking clip (10) is disposed in a groove (8) of a pad (5) of a vehicle seat or the like, and fixes a locked portion (6c) attached to a skin material. The skin locking clip (10) includes a base plate (11), a locking piece (12) erected on the base plate (11) to lock the locked portion (6c), and an overhanging piece (13) erected on the base plate. Since the overhanging piece (13) is supported by the pad (5), the skin locking clip (10) is firmly supported by the pad (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignees: NIFCO INC., TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuhei Chinomi, Kazuya Aoki, Kenta Kikuchi, Kei Okuma
  • Publication number: 20240326710
    Abstract: An article supporting device includes a main receptacle having a receptive opening for an article to be supported; and a bolt assembly having a bolt shaft and a bolt head, the bolt shaft being configured to be fixed to a vehicle body, the bolt head being combined with the main receptacle so as to be positioned in the main receptacle. The main receptacle is configured to include a receptive space between the receptive opening and the bolt head of the bolt assembly. The bolt head of the bolt assembly has an open portion disposed so as to face the receptive space, the bolt head having a sub-receptive space formed therein so as to be continuous with the receptive space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Akihiko SATO, Kanenori SUSAKI, Yuhei CHINOMI
  • Patent number: 11759025
    Abstract: In a clip for engagement of an outer layer, the outer layer covering a foam member in a state held by the foam member being caught to a foam member side by engagement of an engaged portion provided at a rear side of the outer layer, the clip includes a base configured to be held by the foam member, a pair of projection walls erected on the base and facing each other, engagement portions extending from the projection walls in a width direction of the projection walls, and arranged to be swingable substantially parallel to the base or horizontally, wherein the engaged portion is configured to be sandwiched between the engagement portions to elastically engage. Accordingly, since the engagement portion bends horizontally relative the base, the overall height can be made low.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: NIFCO INC.
    Inventor: Yuhei Chinomi
  • Publication number: 20230085792
    Abstract: A skin locking clip that is firmly supported by a pad is provided. The skin locking clip (10) is disposed in a groove (8) of a pad (5) of a vehicle seat or the like, and fixes a locked portion (6c) attached to a skin material. The skin locking clip (10) includes a base plate (11), a locking piece (12) erected on the base plate (11) to lock the locked portion (6c), and an overhanging piece (13) erected on the base plate. Since the overhanging piece (13) is supported by the pad (5), the skin locking clip (10) is firmly supported by the pad (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Yuhei CHINOMI, Kazuya AOKI, Kenta KIKUCHI, Kei OKUMA
  • Publication number: 20220151394
    Abstract: In a clip for engagement of an outer layer, the outer layer covering a foam member in a state held by the foam member being caught to a foam member side by engagement of an engaged portion provided at a rear side of the outer layer, the clip includes a base configured to be held by the foam member, a pair of projection walls erected on the base and facing each other, engagement portions extending from the projection walls in a width direction of the projection walls, and arranged to be swingable substantially parallel to the base or horizontally, wherein the engaged portion is configured to be sandwiched between the engagement portions to elastically engage. Accordingly, since the engagement portion bends horizontally relative the base, the overall height can be made low.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventor: Yuhei CHINOMI
  • Patent number: 10655374
    Abstract: A hinge device includes a base member, a lid member connected to the base member via a hinge structure having a hinge pin and a bearing hole loosely receiving the hinge pin. The base member is provided with a first abutting portion adjacent to the hinge structure, and the lid member is provided with a second abutting portion adjacent to the hinge structure so that the lid member can rotate relative to the base member from an open position to a closed position, the first abutting portion and the second abutting portion being configured to abut each other in a direction orthogonal to an axial line of a hinge axis of the hinge structure when an angle formed by the first member and the second member is within a first angular range preceding the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: NIFCO INC.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Fukumoto, Yoshimi Arai, Yuhei Chinomi
  • Publication number: 20200032566
    Abstract: A hinge device includes a base member, a lid member connected to the base member via a hinge structure having a hinge pin and a bearing hole loosely receiving the hinge pin. The base member is provided with a first abutting portion adjacent to the hinge structure, and the lid member is provided with a second abutting portion adjacent to the hinge structure so that the lid member can rotate relative to the base member from an open position to a closed position, the first abutting portion and the second abutting portion being configured to abut each other in a direction orthogonal to an axial line of a hinge axis of the hinge structure when an angle formed by the first member and the second member is within a first angular range preceding the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Mitsuru FUKUMOTO, Yoshimi ARAI, Yuhei CHINOMI
  • Publication number: 20160167553
    Abstract: A seat cover, to be mounted on a seat while covering the frame of the seat, includes: a contact portion contactable with the frame; and a deforming section configured to be collapsed by contacting with the frame, the deforming section being provided at a first surface of the contact portion, the first surface being opposed to the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Kengo KATAOKA, Yuhei CHINOMI
  • Patent number: D784711
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kengo Kataoka, Yuhei Chinomi