Patents by Inventor Naofumi BUTTA

Naofumi BUTTA 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: 11739827
    Abstract: A transmission device includes a power-transmission case having a carrier of a reduction gear and a differential case joined to the carrier is supported in a transmission case via case support bearings, a specific planetary gear portion of a planetary gear is disposed on one side of a differential mechanism in an axial direction, and the specific case support bearing is disposed on the other side thereof An oil passage-forming body is provided on an inner wall of the transmission case, the oil passage-forming body comprising an oil collection part that opens upward and can collect lubricating oil splashed up in an area around the specific planetary gear portion within the transmission case accompanying rotation of the power-transmission case, and an oil reservoir part that is continuous from the oil collection part, stores lubricating oil collected by the oil collection part, and supplies the lubricating oil to the specific case support bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Musashi Seimitsu Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Asai, Naofumi Butta
  • Patent number: 11649882
    Abstract: A transmission device is formed by combining a planetary gear-type reduction gear and a differential device, wherein at least one of first and second planetary gear portions in a two-stage planetary gear has gear teeth that receive a thrust load due to meshing with opposing gear, a power-transmission case formed by joining a carrier to a differential case is rotatably supported on a transmission case. A pivot shaft of the planetary gear has one end thereof on the first planetary gear portion side supported on the power-transmission case via a first bearing and the other end on the second planetary gear portion side supported on the power-transmission case via a second bearing, and the thrust loads on one side and on the other side in an axial direction are supported only by the first bearing among the first and second bearings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Musashi Seimitsu Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Asai, Naofumi Butta, Hoa Binh Nguyen, Shiryu Kato
  • Publication number: 20220316567
    Abstract: A transmission device is formed by combining a planetary gear-type reduction gear and a differential device, wherein at least one of first and second planetary gear portions in a two-stage planetary gear has gear teeth that receive a thrust load due to meshing with opposing gear, a power-transmission case formed by joining a carrier to a differential case is rotatably supported on a transmission case. A pivot shaft of the planetary gear has one end thereof on the first planetary gear portion side supported on the power-transmission case via a first bearing and the other end on the second planetary gear portion side supported on the power-transmission case via a second bearing, and the thrust loads on one side and on the other side in an axial direction are supported only by the first bearing among the first and second bearings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Ryosuke ASAI, Naofumi BUTTA, Hoa Binh NGUYEN, Shiryu KATO
  • Publication number: 20220316580
    Abstract: A transmission device includes a power-transmission case having a carrier of a reduction gear and a differential case joined to the carrier is supported in a transmission case via case support bearings, a specific planetary gear portion of a planetary gear is disposed on one side of a differential mechanism in an axial direction, and the specific case support bearing is disposed on the other side thereof An oil passage-forming body is provided on an inner wall of the transmission case, the oil passage-forming body comprising an oil collection part that opens upward and can collect lubricating oil splashed up in an area around the specific planetary gear portion within the transmission case accompanying rotation of the power-transmission case, and an oil reservoir part that is continuous from the oil collection part, stores lubricating oil collected by the oil collection part, and supplies the lubricating oil to the specific case support bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Ryosuke ASAI, Naofumi BUTTA