Patents by Inventor Hiroki Takata
Hiroki Takata 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).
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Publication number: 20220331950Abstract: A robot device of the present disclosure includes at least one artificial muscle that operates by being supplied with liquid; and a liquid supply device that supplies and discharges the liquid to/from the artificial muscle, and the liquid supply device includes a liquid storage part that stores the liquid; a pump that sucks the liquid from the liquid storage part and discharges the liquid; a pressure regulating device that includes a spool and an electromagnetic part that allows the spool to move, and that generates drive pressure for the artificial muscle by regulating source pressure from the pump side, and regulates the source pressure by balancing at least a force given to the spool from the electromagnetic part and a force given to the spool by action of the drive pressure; and a control device that applies a current to the electromagnetic part of the pressure regulating device so that the drive pressure reaches target pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2020Publication date: October 20, 2022Applicant: AISIN CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro ASAI, Tomomi ISHIKAWA, Tomonari OKAMOTO, Shinya ICHIKAWA, Noriomi FUJII, Ryo TAKADA, Jin IZAWA, Hiroki TAKATA, Hiroshi YAMADA
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Patent number: 10962048Abstract: A half bearing includes circumferentially extending first and second grooves on the inner circumferential surface. The circumferential end of the first groove, on the rotational upstream side of the shaft, has an inclination angle ?1 of 135° formed by: a first imaginary line connecting the inner circumferential surface end of a mating surface and the origin of an outer circumferential surface; and a second imaginary line connecting the end of the first groove and the origin of the outer circumferential surface. The circumferential end of the second groove, on the rotational upstream side of the shaft, has an inclination angle ?2 of 135° formed by: a first imaginary line connecting the inner circumferential surface end of the mating surface and the origin of the inner circumferential surface; and a third imaginary line connecting the end of the second groove and the origin of the outer circumferential surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2017Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Inventors: Hiroki Takata, Yuichiro Kajiki
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Patent number: 10962054Abstract: A half bearing is provided with a first groove and a second groove on the inner circumferential surface side. The first and second grooves extend in the circumferential direction of the inner circumferential surface, and retain lubricating oil. The end of the first groove in the circumferential direction, on the downstream side in the rotational direction of the shaft (the end on the crush relief side), is located away from a crush relief so as not to reach the crush relief. Also, the end of the second groove in the circumferential direction, on the downstream side in the rotational direction of the shaft (the end on the crush relief 14 side), is located away from the crush relief so as not to reach the crush relief.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2017Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Inventors: Hiroki Takata, Yuichiro Kajiki
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Patent number: 10851836Abstract: A half bearing includes: a semi-cylindrical bearing body having an inner circumferential surface that slides against a counterpart shaft; and a first groove formed in the inner circumferential surface so as to extend in a circumferential direction of the inner circumferential surface. In a cross section that is parallel with the circumferential direction and passes through the first groove, of the bearing body, an angle ? satisfies 90°???105°, where the angle ? is formed by: a line connecting the inner circumferential surface side end of a mating surface located on a downstream side in a rotational direction of the counterpart shaft with the center point of a circular arc constituting an outer circumferential surface; and a line connecting an end of the first groove in the circumferential direction, on the upstream side in the rotational direction of the counterpart shaft, with the center point.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2017Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Inventors: Hiroki Takata, Yuichiro Kajiki
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Publication number: 20200080593Abstract: A half bearing includes: a semi-cylindrical bearing body having an inner circumferential surface that slides against a counterpart shaft; and a first groove formed in the inner circumferential surface so as to extend in a circumferential direction of the inner circumferential surface. In a cross section that is parallel with the circumferential direction and passes through the first groove, of the bearing body, an angle ? satisfies 90°???105°, where the angle ? is formed by: a line connecting the inner circumferential surface side end of a mating surface located on a downstream side in a rotational direction of the counterpart shaft with the center point of a circular arc constituting an outer circumferential surface; and a line connecting an end of the first groove in the circumferential direction, on the upstream side in the rotational direction of the counterpart shaft, with the center point.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2017Publication date: March 12, 2020Inventors: Hiroki TAKATA, Yuichiro KAJIKI
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Publication number: 20200063797Abstract: A half bearing includes: a semi-cylindrical bearing body having an inner circumferential surface that slides against a shaft; and a first groove formed in the inner circumferential surface so as to extend in a circumferential direction of the inner circumferential surface. In a cross section that is parallel with the circumferential direction and passes through the first groove, of the bearing body, an angle ? satisfies 30°???60°, where the angle ? is formed by: a line that connects the inner circumferential surface side end of a mating surface that is located on a downstream side in a rotational direction of the shaft with the center point of a circular arc that constitutes an outer circumferential surface; and a line that connects an end of the first groove in the circumferential direction, on the upstream side in the rotational direction of the shaft, with the center point.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2017Publication date: February 27, 2020Applicant: TAIHO KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroki TAKATA, Yuichiro KAJIKI
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Publication number: 20190271355Abstract: A half bearing includes circumferentially extending first and second grooves on the inner circumferential surface. The circumferential end of the first groove, on the rotational upstream side of the shaft, has an inclination angle ?1 of 135° formed by: a first imaginary line connecting the inner circumferential surface end of a mating surface and the origin of an outer circumferential surface; and a second imaginary line connecting the end of the first groove and the origin of the outer circumferential surface. The circumferential end of the second groove, on the rotational upstream side of the shaft, has an inclination angle ?2 of 135° formed by: a first imaginary line connecting the inner circumferential surface end of the mating surface and the origin of the inner circumferential surface; and a third imaginary line connecting the end of the second groove and the origin of the outer circumferential surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2017Publication date: September 5, 2019Inventors: Hiroki TAKATA, Yuichiro KAJIKI
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Publication number: 20190271354Abstract: A half bearing is provided with a first groove and a second groove on the inner circumferential surface side. The first and second grooves extend in the circumferential direction of the inner circumferential surface, and retain lubricating oil. The end of the first groove in the circumferential direction, on the downstream side in the rotational direction of the shaft (the end on the crush relief side), is located away from a crush relief so as not to reach the crush relief. Also, the end of the second groove in the circumferential direction, on the downstream side in the rotational direction of the shaft (the end on the crush relief 14 side), is located away from the crush relief so as not to reach the crush relief.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2017Publication date: September 5, 2019Applicants: TAIHO KOGYO CO., LTD., TAIHO KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroki TAKATA, Yuichiro KAJIKI
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Patent number: 9964139Abstract: Provided is a slide bearing 1 with which friction can be reduced and the total amount of effluent oil can be reduced. In the slide bearing in which halved members, made by dividing a cylinder in two in a direction parallel to the axial direction are disposed vertically, grooves are provided at an end of the axial direction of the lower halved member in the circumferential direction and the depth of the groove in the radial direction is changed corresponding to the circumstance direction and the gradient of the depth (d) of the groove in the radial direction is configured in asymmetry using the center (the bearing angle (?) is (?2)) in the circumferential direction as a symmetry axis.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2014Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: TAIHO KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Katsuhiro Ashihara, Yuichiro Kajiki, Hiroki Takata
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Patent number: 9964140Abstract: Provided is a slide bearing with which friction can be reduced and the total amount of effluent oil can be reduced. In the slide bearing in which halved members, made by dividing a cylinder in two in a direction parallel to the axial direction are disposed vertically, grooves are provided at an end of the axial direction of the lower halved member in the circumferential direction and the height of a peripheral edge part configured at the outside of the groove in the axial direction is changed corresponding to the circumstance direction and the gradient of the height of the peripheral edge part is configured in asymmetry using the center (the bearing angle (?) is (?2)) in the circumferential direction as a symmetry axis.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2014Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: TAIHO KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Katsuhiro Ashihara, Yuichiro Kajiki, Hiroki Takata
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Patent number: 9958007Abstract: A slide bearing, in which halved members, made by dividing a cylinder parallel to the axial direction are disposed vertically, includes a groove circumferentially provided at the axial end of a lower halved member and a recess provided on an axially outer periphery of the groove, where a circumferential length of the recess is formed to be shorter than a length of the groove. The recess is formed such that its upstream end in the axial rotation direction aligns with an upstream end in the rotation direction of the groove. The recess is formed such that its downstream end in the rotation direction is located upstream relative to the circumferential center of the groove.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2015Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: TAIHO KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Katsuhiro Ashihara, Yuichiro Kajiki, Hiroki Takata
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Patent number: 9933007Abstract: Provided is a sliding bearing that has a bearing inner peripheral surface covered by a resin overlay layer configured from a binder resin and a solid lubricant and/or hard substance, reduces the running-in time during an operation start, and can obtain the effect of increasing wear resistance and the effect of reducing friction. In the sliding bearing, halved members resulting from halving a cylinder parallel to the axial direction are disposed at the top and bottom, the inner peripheral surfaces of the top and bottom halved members are covered by a resin overlay layer configured from a binder resin and a solid lubricant and/or hard substance, and a fine groove is provided to an axial-direction end of the bottom halved member in the peripheral direction from the mating surface at the downstream side in the rotational direction to a predetermined bearing angle.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2015Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignees: TAIHO KOGYO CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Katsuhiro Ashihara, Yuichiro Kajiki, Hiroki Takata, Akihiro Honda, Motoichi Murakami
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Patent number: 9879725Abstract: Provided is a slide bearing with which friction can be reduced and the total amount of effluent oil can be reduced. In the slide bearing in which the halved members made by dividing the cylinder in two in the direction parallel to the axial direction are disposed vertically, the narrow grooves are provided at an end of the lower halved member in the circumferential direction from a mating surface on a downstream side of a rotation direction to a predetermined bearing angle and peripheral edge parts are provided outside the narrow grooves in an axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2014Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignees: TAIHO KOGYO CO., LTD., TOYOYTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Katsuhiro Ashihara, Yuichiro Kajiki, Hiroki Takata, Akihiro Honda, Motoichi Murakami
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Patent number: 9657769Abstract: Provided is a slide bearing with which friction-reducing effects are obtained and the total volume of effluent oil is limited. In a slide bearing an end of the narrow groove on a downstream side of the rotation direction is disposed at the position which is adjacent to a mating surface on the downstream side of the rotation direction and not communicated with the mating surface on the downstream side of the rotation direction and an end of the narrow groove on an upstream side of the rotation direction is disposed at the position which is the upstream side from the end on the downstream side of the rotation direction and is rotated by an angle no more than 90 degrees from the mating surface on the downstream side of the rotation direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2014Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignees: TAIHO KOGYO CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Katsuhiro Ashihara, Yuichiro Kajiki, Hiroki Takata, Akihiro Honda, Motoichi Murakami
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Publication number: 20160333922Abstract: Provided is a sliding bearing that has a bearing inner peripheral surface covered by a resin overlay layer configured from a binder resin and a solid lubricant and/or hard substance, reduces the running-in time during an operation start, and can obtain the effect of increasing wear resistance and the effect of reducing friction. In the sliding bearing, halved members resulting from halving a cylinder parallel to the axial direction are disposed at the top and bottom, the inner peripheral surfaces of the top and bottom halved members are covered by a resin overlay layer configured from a binder resin and a solid lubricant and/or hard substance, and a fine groove is provided to an axial-direction end of the bottom halved member in the peripheral direction from the mating surface at the downstream side in the rotational direction to a predetermined bearing angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2015Publication date: November 17, 2016Applicants: TAIHO KOGYO CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Katsuhiro ASHIHARA, Yuichiro KAJIKI, Hiroki TAKATA, Akihiro HONDA, Motoichi MURAKAMI
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Publication number: 20160333930Abstract: A slide bearing, in which halved members, made by dividing a cylinder parallel to the axial direction are disposed vertically, includes a groove circumferentially provided at the axial end of a lower halved member and a recess provided on an axially outer periphery of the groove, where a circumferential length of the recess is formed to be shorter than a length of the groove. The recess is formed such that its upstream end in the axial rotation direction aligns with an upstream end in the rotation direction of the groove. The recess is formed such that its downstream end in the rotation direction is located upstream relative to the circumferential center of the groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2015Publication date: November 17, 2016Inventors: Katsuhiro ASHIHARA, Yuichiro KAJIKI, Hiroki TAKATA
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Patent number: 9470266Abstract: Provided is a slide bearing with which friction-reducing effects can be obtained and the total volume of effluent oil can be limited. A slide bearing in which halved members made by dividing a cylinder in two in a direction parallel to the axial are disposed vertically, wherein narrow grooves are provided at the ends of the slide bearing in the axial direction, the narrow grooves extending in the circumferential direction from the mating surface on the downstream side of the rotation direction to a specified bearing angle is an angle rotated in the range of ?0 degree to ?90 degrees from the mating surface on the downstream side in the rotation direction (bearing angle of 180 degrees) towards the upstream side in the rotation direction. In other words, the bearing angle is the range of 180 degrees to 270 degrees.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2014Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignees: TAIHO KOGYO CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Katsuhiro Ashihara, Yuichiro Kajiki, Hiroki Takata, Akihiro Honda, Motoichi Murakami
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Publication number: 20160298676Abstract: Provided is a slide bearing 1 with which friction can be reduced and the total amount of effluent oil can be reduced. In the slide bearing in which halved members, made by dividing a cylinder in two in a direction parallel to the axial direction are disposed vertically, grooves are provided at an end of the axial direction of the lower halved member in the circumferential direction and the depth of the groove in the radial direction is changed corresponding to the circumstance direction and the gradient of the depth (d) of the groove in the radial direction is configured in asymmetry using the center the bearing angle (?) is (?2)) in the circumferential direction as a symmetry axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2014Publication date: October 13, 2016Inventors: Katsuhiro Ashihara, Yuichiro KAJIKI, Hiroki TAKATA
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Publication number: 20160273577Abstract: Provided is a slide bearing with which friction can be reduced and the total amount of effluent oil can be reduced. In the slide bearing in which halved members, made by dividing a cylinder in two in a direction parallel to the axial direction are disposed vertically, grooves are provided at an end of the axial direction of the lower halved member in the circumferential direction and the height of a peripheral edge part configured at the outside of the groove in the axial direction is changed corresponding to the circumstance direction and the gradient of the height of the peripheral edge part is configured in asymmetry using the center (the bearing angle (?) is (?2)) in the circumferential direction as a symmetry axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2014Publication date: September 22, 2016Inventors: Katsuhiro Ashihara, Yuichiro KAJIKI, Hiroki TAKATA
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Publication number: 20160195127Abstract: Provided is a slide bearing with which friction-reducing effects are obtained and the total volume of effluent oil is limited. In a slide bearing an end of the narrow groove on a downstream side of the rotation direction is disposed at the position which is adjacent to a mating surface on the downstream side of the rotation direction and not communicated with the mating surface on the downstream side of the rotation direction and an end of the narrow groove on an upstream side of the rotation direction is disposed at the position which is the upstream side from the end on the downstream side of the rotation direction and is rotated by an angle no more than 90 degrees from the mating surface on the downstream side of the rotation direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2014Publication date: July 7, 2016Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TAIHO KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Katsuhiro ASHIHARA, Yuichiro KAJIKI, Hiroki TAKATA, Akihiro HONDA, Motoichi MURAKAMI