Patents by Inventor Michihiro Hiramatsu

Michihiro Hiramatsu 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: 20030060290
    Abstract: An elastic coupling for elastically connecting two rotary shaft members through respective first and second fixing members fixed thereto, wherein a main rubber body to be interposed between the shaft members has first and second through-holes which are alternately arranged along a circle having a center on rotation axis of the main rubber body and through which the first and second fixing members are inserted, and a reinforcing member embedded within the main rubber body and consisting of a wirework structure formed by bending a spring steel wire, the wirework structure including envelope portions surrounding circumferential portions of the respective through-holes which are located outside of the circle and which correspond to at least a half of the circumference of each through-hole, the wirework structure further including spring portions each connecting the adjacent envelope portions and generating a resilient force resisting a relative displacement of the adjacent envelope portions in the circumferential
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Applicant: Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Shimizu, Noriaki Yoshii, Michihiro Hiramatsu