Patents by Inventor Manabu Horiguchi

Manabu Horiguchi 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 transmission device
    Patent number: 11940015
    Abstract: A system for using a motor to control a power transmission device for driving a vehicle is provided with a clutch member movable bidirectionally in an axial direction; a base member prevented from rotating about an axis; a counter member axially away from and opposed to the base member, the counter member being restrained from moving in both a circumferential direction and the axial direction; an action member interposed between the base member and the counter member, movable in the axial direction, drivingly coupled with the clutch member, and coupled with the motor to create a rotational motion about the axis; and a cam slope tilting in the circumferential direction and ascending from the base member toward the counter member to convert the rotational motion into a motion of the action member in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: GKN Automotive Limited
    Inventors: Isao Hirota, Masato Horiguchi, Manabu Endou
  • Piezoceramic material, piezoelectric element and non-resonance knock sensor
    Patent number: 8040024
    Abstract: A piezoceramic material according to an embodiment of the present invention has a composition represented by Pbm{Zr1-x-y-zTixSny(Sb1-nNbn)z}O3 where 1.000?m?1.075, 0.470?x<0.490, 0.020?y?0.040, 0<n<1.000 and 0<z?0.025 and a crystallite size of 30 to 39 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Yamazaki, Hideaki Hiramitsu, Manabu Horiguchi, Yukihiro Hamaguchi, Katsuya Yamagiwa, Takeshi Mitsuoka, Kazushige Ohbayashi, Ryotaro Tawara, Tomohiro Hirata
  • PIEZOCERAMIC MATERIAL, PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT AND NON-RESONANCE KNOCK SENSOR
    Publication number: 20090223282
    Abstract: A piezoceramic material according to an embodiment of the present invention has a composition represented by Pbm{Zr1-x-y-zTixSny(Sb1-nNbn)z}O3 where 1.000?m?1.075, 0.470?x<0.490, 0.020?y?0.040, 0<n<1.000 and 0<z?0.025 and a crystallite size of 30 to 39 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato YAMAZAKI, Hideaki HIRAMITSU, Manabu HORIGUCHI, Yukihiro HAMAGUCHI, Katsuya YAMAGIWA, Takeshi MITSUOKA, Kazushige OHBAYASHI, Ryotaro TAWARA, Tomohiro HIRATA