Patents by Inventor Yuji Arata

Yuji Arata 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: 9796302
    Abstract: A seat for vehicles includes: a seat back frame; and a pressure receiving member that is mounted on the seat back frame to support a back of an occupant. The seat back frame includes a lower seat back frame and an upper seat back frame mounted on an upper portion of the lower seat back frame in a forwardly and rearwardly swingable manner, and the pressure receiving member is disposed from an area corresponding to the shoulder of an occupant to an area corresponding to the waist of the occupant and is supported by the upper seat back frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Harutomi Nishide, Yuji Arata, Hiromitsu Nagatomo
  • Publication number: 20160121761
    Abstract: A seat for vehicles includes: a seat back frame; and a shoulder and back supporting member that is mounted on the seat back frame to support a back of an occupant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD
    Inventors: Harutomi Nishide, Yuji Arata, Hiromitsu Nagatomo
  • Patent number: 8434828
    Abstract: A vehicle seat assembly includes a seat cushion having a connector insertion hole for receiving therein a connector of a child seat for attachment of the child seat to the seat assembly, and a buckle insertion slit for allowing a buckle to be pulled out onto the seat cushion. The buckle insertion slit and the connector insertion hole are formed contiguously or otherwise integrally with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Arata, Kazuyuki Kaneko
  • Patent number: 8317255
    Abstract: A vehicle seat assembly includes a side support capable of supporting a side portion of the torso of an occupant seated in the seat. The seat has a seatback capable of being tilted up or down relative to a seat cushion. A support shaft extending from a lateral surface part of the seatback in a widthwise direction toward an outside of a vehicle is rotatably supported by a bracket. A spring for urging the seatback in a forward-tilting direction is disposed between the support shaft and the bracket. The bracket and the spring are positioned proximately to a rear surface part of the side support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Arata, Kazuyuki Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20100314924
    Abstract: A vehicle seat assembly includes a seat cushion having a connector insertion hole for receiving therein a connector of a child seat for attachment of the child seat to the seat assembly, and a buckle insertion slit for allowing a buckle to be pulled out onto the seat cushion. The buckle insertion slit and the connector insertion hole are formed contiguously or otherwise integrally with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Arata, Kazuyuki Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20100314920
    Abstract: A vehicle seat assembly includes a side support capable of supporting a side portion of the torso of an occupant seated in the seat. The seat has a seatback capable of being tilted up or down relative to a seat cushion. A support shaft extending from a lateral surface part of the seatback in a widthwise direction toward an outside of a vehicle is rotatably supported by a bracket. A spring for urging the seatback in a forward-tilting direction is disposed between the support shaft and the bracket. The bracket and the spring are positioned proximately to a rear surface part of the side support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Arata, Kazuyuki Kaneko