Patents by Inventor Hirohito KATO

Hirohito KATO 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: 10794447
    Abstract: A bump stopper includes a cap, a stopper configured to receive a bump cushion, and a collar, wherein the cap includes a plate-shaped part having a rod hole into which a piston rod is inserted, and a cylindrical part configured to receive a cylinder, the stopper is provided to the plate-shaped part, and the collar provided to the plate-shaped part opposing the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: KYB CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirohito Kato, Naoki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10330170
    Abstract: A rod guide includes a housing portion and a depressed portion formed toward an outer periphery from a starting point located apart from a piston rod by ½ or more of a distance in an axial direction between a bottom surface of the housing portion and a flat portion of an oil seal in a radial direction closest to the piston rod, and a bush is disposed to be flush with the bottom surface or disposed to project.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignees: KYB CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirohito Kato, Seiichiro Komatsu, Yuusuke Furuta, Hirofumi Morinaga
  • Publication number: 20180320752
    Abstract: A bump stopper includes a cap, a stopper configured to receive a bump cushion, and a collar, wherein the cap includes a plate-shaped part having a rod hole into which a piston rod is inserted, and a cylindrical part configured to receive a cylinder, the stopper is provided to the plate-shaped part, and the collar provided to the plate-shaped part opposing the cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Hirohito KATO, Naoki YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170350464
    Abstract: A rod guide includes a housing portion and a depressed portion formed toward an outer periphery from a starting point located apart from a piston rod by ½ or more of a distance in an axial direction between a bottom surface of the housing portion and a flat portion of an oil seal in a radial direction closest to the piston rod, and a bush is disposed to be flush with the bottom surface or disposed to project.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Hirohito KATO, Seiichiro KOMATSU, Yuusuke FURUTA, Hirofumi MORINAGA
  • Patent number: 9644703
    Abstract: A shock absorber includes a damping passage that connects an expanding-side chamber with a contracting-side chamber inside a cylinder, a housing that forms a pressurizing chamber, a free piston that partitions the pressurizing chamber into an expanding-side pressurizing chamber and a contracting-side pressurizing chamber, an expanding-side passage that connects the expanding-side chamber with the expanding-side pressurizing chamber, a contracting-side passage that connects the contracting-side chamber with the contracting-side pressurizing chamber, a spring element configured to suppress displacement of the free piston, a cushion configured to collide with the free piston to suppress displacement of the free piston thereover when the free piston is displaced from the neutral position with respect to the housing by a predetermined displacement amount or more; and a cushion fixing member fixed to the housing, the cushion fixing member holding the cushion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Seiichiro Komatsu, Tetsuo Arahata, Yuusuke Furuta, Hirohito Kato
  • Publication number: 20150354660
    Abstract: A shock absorber includes a damping passage that connects an expanding-side chamber with a contracting-side chamber inside a cylinder, a housing that forms a pressurizing chamber, a free piston that partitions the pressurizing chamber into an expanding-side pressurizing chamber and a contracting-side pressurizing chamber, an expanding-side passage that connects the expanding-side chamber with the expanding-side pressurizing chamber, a contracting-side passage that connects the contracting-side chamber with the contracting-side pressurizing chamber, a spring element configured to suppress displacement of the free piston, a cushion configured to collide with the free piston to suppress displacement of the free piston thereover when the free piston is displaced from the neutral position with respect to the housing by a predetermined displacement amount or more; and a cushion fixing member fixed to the housing, the cushion fixing member holding the cushion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Seiichiro KOMATSU, Tetsuo ARAHATA, Yuusuke FURUTA, Hirohito KATO