Patents by Inventor Nobuhiko FURUYA

Nobuhiko FURUYA 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: 11519485
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lock-up clutch of a torque converter. A cover (10) is separated to a pilot (48) and includes an opening (10-1) for installing the pilot (48). Before assembling a clutch driving portion such as a piston, a separator, drive plates, a seal ring, and driven plates, to the pilot (48), rivets (53) are press-fitted into the pilot (48), the cover (10) is abutted to respective head portions of the rivets (53), and the pilot (48) is installed in the cover (10) and is fixed to the cover (10) by welding. Thereafter, the piston, the drive plates and the driven plates are disposed between the separator and the cover (10), the seal ring is contact with the separator, the separator is press-fitted into projection ends of the rivets (53), and then projection portions (53-2) of the rivets (53) are crimped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignees: UNIPRES CORPORATION, JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Furuya, Ryuta Mori, Mitsuyoshi Tako, Daisuke Nakahara, Koshi Asao, Daisuke Usui, Takumi Watanabe, Yasuhiro Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11125306
    Abstract: The present invention relates to relates to an improvement of a dividing wall for a primary pulley in a belt-type continuously variable transmission. It is an object of the present invention to obtain a desired strength characteristic without performing a soft nitriding treatment and achieve cost reduction. A hydraulic pressure chamber is formed between the dividing wall and the movable sheave, and the dividing wall comprises a small-diameter annular disc portion 32 extended from the central cylinder portion 30, which is attached to a rotational shaft, in a radial direction. In the small-diameter annular disc portion 32, a connecting portion which is connected to an intermediate body portion 34 is a bent portion 38 which is bent at substantially 90 [deg].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: UNIPRES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Furuya, Masamichi Miwa, Toshiyuki Ichikawa, Katsuyo Fukumoto, Yosuke Sugisawa, Tsutomu Kaji
  • Publication number: 20210215239
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lock-up clutch of a torque converter. A cover (10) is separated to a pilot (48) and includes an opening (10-1) for installing the pilot (48). Before assembling a clutch driving portion such as a piston, a separator, drive plates, a seal ring, and driven plates, to the pilot (48), rivets (53) are press-fitted into the pilot (48), the cover (10) is abutted to respective head portions of the rivets (53), and the pilot (48) is installed in the cover (10) and is fixed to the cover (10) by welding. Thereafter, the piston, the drive plates and the driven plates are disposed between the separator and the cover (10), the seal ring is contact with the separator, the separator is press-fitted into projection ends of the rivets (53), and then projection portions (53-2) of the rivets (53) are crimped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicants: UNIPRES CORPORATION, JATCO Ltd, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuhiko FURUYA, Ryuta MORI, Mitsuyoshi TAKO, Daisuke NAKAHARA, Koshi ASAO, Daisuke USUI, Takumi WATANABE, Yasuhiro ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20190346026
    Abstract: The present invention relates to relates to an improvement of a dividing wall for a primary pulley in a belt-type continuously variable transmission. It is an object of the present invention to obtain a desired strength characteristic without performing a soft nitriding treatment and achieve cost reduction. A hydraulic pressure chamber is formed between the dividing wall and the movable sheave, and the dividing wall comprises a small-diameter annular disc portion 32 extended from the central cylinder portion 30, which is attached to a rotational shaft, in a radial direction. In the small-diameter annular disc portion 32, a connecting portion which is connected to an intermediate body portion 34 is a bent portion 38 which is bent at substantially 90 [deg].
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: UNIPRES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuhiko FURUYA, Masamichi MIWA, Toshiyuki ICHIKAWA, Katsuyo FUKUMOTO, Yosuke SUGISAWA, Tsutomu KAJI