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).

  • Publication number: 20220331950
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro ASAI, Tomomi ISHIKAWA, Tomonari OKAMOTO, Shinya ICHIKAWA, Noriomi FUJII, Ryo TAKADA, Jin IZAWA, Hiroki TAKATA, Hiroshi YAMADA
  • Patent number: 10962048
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroki Takata, Yuichiro Kajiki
  • Patent number: 10962054
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroki Takata, Yuichiro Kajiki
  • Patent number: 10851836
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroki Takata, Yuichiro Kajiki
  • Publication number: 20200080593
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Hiroki TAKATA, Yuichiro KAJIKI
  • Publication number: 20200063797
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: TAIHO KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki TAKATA, Yuichiro KAJIKI
  • Publication number: 20190271355
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroki TAKATA, Yuichiro KAJIKI
  • Publication number: 20190271354
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicants: TAIHO KOGYO CO., LTD., TAIHO KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki TAKATA, Yuichiro KAJIKI
  • Patent number: 9964139
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: TAIHO KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Ashihara, Yuichiro Kajiki, Hiroki Takata
  • Patent number: 9964140
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: TAIHO KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Ashihara, Yuichiro Kajiki, Hiroki Takata
  • Patent number: 9958007
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: TAIHO KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Ashihara, Yuichiro Kajiki, Hiroki Takata
  • Patent number: 9933007
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignees: TAIHO KOGYO CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Ashihara, Yuichiro Kajiki, Hiroki Takata, Akihiro Honda, Motoichi Murakami
  • Patent number: 9879725
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignees: TAIHO KOGYO CO., LTD., TOYOYTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Ashihara, Yuichiro Kajiki, Hiroki Takata, Akihiro Honda, Motoichi Murakami
  • Patent number: 9657769
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignees: TAIHO KOGYO CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Ashihara, Yuichiro Kajiki, Hiroki Takata, Akihiro Honda, Motoichi Murakami
  • Publication number: 20160333922
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicants: TAIHO KOGYO CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuhiro ASHIHARA, Yuichiro KAJIKI, Hiroki TAKATA, Akihiro HONDA, Motoichi MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20160333930
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Katsuhiro ASHIHARA, Yuichiro KAJIKI, Hiroki TAKATA
  • Patent number: 9470266
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignees: TAIHO KOGYO CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Ashihara, Yuichiro Kajiki, Hiroki Takata, Akihiro Honda, Motoichi Murakami
  • Publication number: 20160298676
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Ashihara, Yuichiro KAJIKI, Hiroki TAKATA
  • Publication number: 20160273577
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Ashihara, Yuichiro KAJIKI, Hiroki TAKATA
  • Publication number: 20160195127
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TAIHO KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhiro ASHIHARA, Yuichiro KAJIKI, Hiroki TAKATA, Akihiro HONDA, Motoichi MURAKAMI