Patents by Inventor Yuuki Kihara

Yuuki Kihara 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).

  • Power seat control unit
    Patent number: 8232486
    Abstract: A power seat control unit has a dial-type switch, a seesaw-type switch and button-type switches. The dial-type switch is ring-shaped, and allows a seat occupant to perform frontward and rearward inclining adjustments of a seat back of a power seat depending on a rotation direction thereof. The seesaw-type switch is inward of the dial-type switch and across a center of the dial-type switch and allows the seat occupant to perform a frontward and rearward displacement adjustments of the seat depending on a pushed position. The button-type switches are inward of the dial-type switch and on both sides of the seesaw-type switch, and allow the seat occupant to perform tilt-up and tilt-down adjustments of a front portion of a seat cushion and lift-up and lift-down adjustments of a rear portion of the seat cushion depending on which button-type manual switch is pushed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Delta Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takushi Ujimoto, Hiroshi Nakahira, Hiroshi Shimase, Tomohiro Kawasaki, Yuuki Kihara
  • POWER SEAT CONTROL UNIT
    Publication number: 20100193340
    Abstract: A power seat control unit has a dial-type switch, a seesaw-type switch and button-type switches. The dial-type switch is ring-shaped, and allows a seat occupant to perform frontward and rearward inclining adjustments of a seat back of a power seat depending on a rotation direction thereof. The seesaw-type switch is inward of the dial-type switch and across a center of the dial-type switch and allows the seat occupant to perform a frontward and rearward displacement adjustments of the seat depending on a pushed position. The button-type switches are inward of the dial-type switch and on both sides of the seesaw-type switch, and allow the seat occupant to perform tilt-up and tilt-down adjustments of a front portion of a seat cushion and lift-up and lift-down adjustments of a rear portion of the seat cushion depending on which button-type manual switch is pushed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: DELTA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takushi Ujimoto, Hiroshi Nakahira, Hiroshi Shimase, Tomohiro Kawasaki, Yuuki Kihara