Patents by Inventor Nobuhiro Noguchi
Nobuhiro Noguchi 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).
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Publication number: 20240059116Abstract: A shock absorber according to the present invention is configured to include: a shock absorber main body in which an outer tube and a rod axially movably inserted into the outer tube are included; a suspension spring formed of a coil spring disposed on the outer periphery of the shock absorber main body; a rod-side spring seat attached to the rod and supporting one end of the suspension spring; an annular tube-side spring seat screwed to a screw portion provided on the outer periphery of the outer tube and supporting the other end of the suspension spring; a slider to be placed on the outer periphery of the outer tube with only an axial movement is permitted; a connecting portion that detachably connects the tube-side spring seat to the slider; and a rotation regulating portion that regulates a rotation of the tube-side spring seat and the slider relative to each other about the axis of the outer tube in a state where the tube-side spring seat and the slider are connected to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2021Publication date: February 22, 2024Applicant: KYB Motorcycle Suspension Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuta MATSUBARA, Shohei AMADA, Nobuhiro NOGUCHI
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Publication number: 20210122440Abstract: A damper includes a cylinder, a piston rod axially movably inserted into the cylinder, and a spring member that is provided on an outer circumference of the piston rod and between the piston and a rod guide coming close to each other when extended, and biases the piston and the rod guide in a direction to separate them from each other when compressed. The spring member includes a first spring, a second spring that is arranged in series with the first spring, and a restricting portion that restricts contraction of the first spring before the first spring and the second spring reach their close contact heights.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2018Publication date: April 29, 2021Applicant: KYB MOTORCYCLE SUSPENSION CO., LTD.Inventor: Nobuhiro NOGUCHI
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Patent number: 10946927Abstract: A shock absorber includes a cylinder including a working chamber therein; a rod configured to be axially movably inserted into the cylinder; and a plurality of tanks configured to be integrally attached to the cylinder, wherein an interior of one of the tanks is comparted into a liquid chamber configured to be communicated with the working chamber and filled with liquid and an air chamber filled with gas, and a sub-air chamber configured to be communicated with the air chamber is formed in the other tank.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: KYB MOTORCYCLE SUSPENSION CO., LTD.Inventor: Nobuhiro Noguchi
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Publication number: 20190168839Abstract: A shock absorber includes a cylinder including a working chamber therein; a rod configured to be axially movably inserted into the cylinder; and a plurality of tanks configured to be integrally attached to the cylinder, wherein an interior of one of the tanks is comparted into a liquid chamber configured to be communicated with the working chamber and filled with liquid and an air chamber filled with gas, and a sub-air chamber configured to be communicated with the air chamber is formed in the other tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2018Publication date: June 6, 2019Applicant: KYB MOTORCYCLE SUSPENSION CO., LTD.Inventor: Nobuhiro NOGUCHI
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Patent number: 9874263Abstract: To achieve the object described above, a shock absorber to solve the problem of the present invention includes a cover that covers an outer periphery of a cylinder which a reaction force air chamber forming member is slid ably in contact with, so that a slidable movement surface of the cylinder on which the reaction force air chamber forming member slidably moves is protected by the cover. Therefore, the slidable movement surface of the cylinder is not damaged by being hit by a flying stone or the like, an air tight property of the reaction force air chamber is maintained, and characteristics of an air spring included in the shock absorber do not change.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2016Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: KYB MOTORCYCLE SUSPENSION CO., LTD.Inventor: Nobuhiro Noguchi
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Patent number: 9765842Abstract: A suspension device includes a shock absorber, an air spring that consists of a compressed gas that is sealed within an air chamber that expands/contracts in volume as the shock absorber extends/compresses so as to constantly bias the shock absorber in an extension direction, and a volume expanding mechanism that expands a volume of the air chamber according to an increase in a compression amount of the shock absorber when the compression amount of the shock absorber has reached or exceeded a predetermined amount.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2013Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: KYB CorporationInventor: Nobuhiro Noguchi
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Patent number: 9719573Abstract: A shock absorber includes: a communication passage configured to cause a working fluid chamber formed in a cylinder to communicate with a reservoir for reserving a working fluid therein; a damping force generating mechanism configured to apply resistance to the working fluid passing through the communication passage; a low-speed compression-side damping adjuster configured to change a damping force when a stroke speed is in a low-speed range during compression; a high-speed compression-side damping adjuster configured to change the damping force when the stroke speed is in a high-speed range, the high-speed range representing higher speed than the low-speed range during compression; and an extension-side damping adjuster configured to change the damping force during extension. The low-speed compression-side damping adjuster, the high-speed compression-side damping adjuster, and the extension-side damping adjuster are attached to a tank side of the cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2014Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: KYB CorporationInventor: Nobuhiro Noguchi
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Patent number: 9651109Abstract: A shock absorber includes a telescopic tube member configured to include a vehicle body side tube and a vehicle wheel side tube, a cap member that closes an upper side opening of the vehicle body side tube, a cylinder erected in an axial center portion of the vehicle wheel side tube, a piston rod held by the cap member and configured to enter and exit the cylinder, a reservoir formed between the tube member and the cylinder, a cap interior passage formed in the cap member and configured to connect the rod interior passage to the reservoir, a plurality of valve bodies provided in series or in parallel midway in the cap interior passage, and a plurality of adjusters attached to the cap member and configured to be capable of adjusting a valve opening pressure or an opening amount of the plurality of valve bodies.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2014Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: KYB CorporationInventor: Nobuhiro Noguchi
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Publication number: 20160363185Abstract: To achieve the object described above, a shock absorber to solve the problem of the present invention includes a cover that covers an outer periphery of a cylinder which a reaction force air chamber forming member is slid ably in contact with, so that a slidable movement surface of the cylinder on which the reaction force air chamber forming member slidably moves is protected by the cover. Therefore, the slidable movement surface of the cylinder is not damaged by being hit by a flying stone or the like, an air tight property of the reaction force air chamber is maintained, and characteristics of an air spring included in the shock absorber do not change.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2016Publication date: December 15, 2016Applicant: KYB Motorcycle Suspension Co., Ltd.Inventor: Nobuhiro NOGUCHI
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Publication number: 20160363184Abstract: A damper includes a cylinder, a rod movably inserted in the cylinder, a tube member connected to the rod and forming a first air chamber that is enlarged and reduced in capacity by relative movement of the cylinder and the rod, a bracket provided at an end portion of the rod protruding from the cylinder, a first air passage formed in the bracket and the rod and communicating with the first air chamber, and an air valve attached to the bracket to be provided at an end portion of the first air passage on one side.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2016Publication date: December 15, 2016Applicant: KYB Motorcycle Suspension Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nobuhiro NOGUCHI, Masashi SUMIDA
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Publication number: 20160215846Abstract: A shock absorber includes a telescopic tube member configured to include a vehicle body side tube and a vehicle wheel side tube, a cap member that closes an upper side opening of the vehicle body side tube, a cylinder erected in an axial center portion of the vehicle wheel side tube, a piston rod held by the cap member and configured to enter and exit the cylinder, a reservoir formed between the tube member and the cylinder, a cap interior passage formed in the cap member and configured to connect the rod interior passage to the reservoir, a plurality of valve bodies provided in series or in parallel midway in the cap interior passage, and a plurality of adjusters attached to the cap member and configured to be capable of adjusting a valve opening pressure or an opening amount of the plurality of valve bodies.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2014Publication date: July 28, 2016Applicant: KYB CorporationInventor: Nobuhiro NOGUCHI
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Patent number: 9267568Abstract: At least one of fluid paths of a shock absorber is a bypass path including: a one-side opening opened to a chamber in one side; the other-side opening opened to a chamber in the other side; a one-side shaft member fluid path that is connected to the one-side opening and passes through an inner side of the shaft member; the other-side shaft member fluid path that is connected to the other-side opening and passes through the inner side of the shaft member; and a support member fluid path formed inside the support member to connect the one-side shaft member fluid path and the other-side shaft member fluid path. The valves provided in the bypass path are housed in the support member.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2013Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: KYB CORPORATIONInventor: Nobuhiro Noguchi
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Publication number: 20150323036Abstract: A shock absorber includes: a communication passage configured to cause a working fluid chamber formed in a cylinder to communicate with a reservoir for reserving a working fluid therein; a damping force generating mechanism configured to apply resistance to the working fluid passing through the communication passage; a low-speed compression-side damping adjuster configured to change a damping force when a stroke speed is in a low-speed range during compression; a high-speed compression-side damping adjuster configured to change the damping force when the stroke speed is in a high-speed range, the high-speed range representing higher speed than the low-speed range during compression; and an extension-side damping adjuster configured to change the damping force during extension. The low-speed compression-side damping adjuster, the high-speed compression-side damping adjuster, and the extension-side damping adjuster are attached to a tank side of the cylinder.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2014Publication date: November 12, 2015Applicant: KAYABA INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventor: Nobuhiro NOGUCHI
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Patent number: 9157499Abstract: A shock absorber that absorbs a vibration using a working fluid charged into a first chamber and a second chamber comprises a tube body, an inserted body, a tip end of which is inserted into the tube body from an end portion of the tube body, and a partition wall portion that is provided on the tip end of the inserted body to be capable of sliding within the tube body and partitions an interior of the tube body into the first chamber and the second chamber. The shock absorber comprises a connecting portion that is provided within a partition wall portion sliding region of the tube body and connects the first chamber and the second chamber when the partition wall portion passes thereby.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2013Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: KAYABA INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventor: Nobuhiro Noguchi
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Publication number: 20150233442Abstract: A suspension device includes a shock absorber, an air spring that consists of a compressed gas that is sealed within an air chamber that expands/contracts in volume as the shock absorber extends/compresses so as to constantly bias the shock absorber in an extension direction, and a volume expanding mechanism that expands a volume of the air chamber according to an increase in a compression amount of the shock absorber when the compression amount of the shock absorber has reached or exceeded a predetermined amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2013Publication date: August 20, 2015Applicant: KAYABA INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventor: Nobuhiro Noguchi
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Patent number: 8960701Abstract: In a two-wheeled motor vehicle having a pair of right and left front forks for supporting a front wheel so that the front wheel is rotatable, a top bridge for supporting upper ends of the pair of right and left front forks, a handle post provided to the top bridge, and a bar-shaped handle secured to the hand post, the handle is provided above the front forks with respect to an axial line direction of the front forks, each front fork is provided with an air valve for sealingly filling air in the front fork and a projection on the upper surface thereof, and the projection is formed to be higher than the air valve.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Kayabe Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akimi Watanabe, Nobuhiro Noguchi, Satoshi Kamiya
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Patent number: 8776965Abstract: A shock absorber that absorbs a vibration using a working fluid charged into a first chamber and a second chamber comprises a tube body, an inserted body, a tip end of which is inserted into the tube body from an end portion of the tube body, and a partition wall portion that is provided on the tip end of the inserted body to be capable of sliding within the tube body and partitions an interior of the tube body into the first chamber and the second chamber. The shock absorber comprises a connecting portion that is provided within a partition wall portion sliding region of the tube body and connects the first chamber and the second chamber when the partition wall portion passes thereby.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2010Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Kayaba Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Nobuhiro Noguchi
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Publication number: 20140116828Abstract: At least one of fluid paths of a shock absorber is a bypass path including: a one-side opening opened to a chamber in one side; the other-side opening opened to a chamber in the other side; a one-side shaft member fluid path that is connected to the one-side opening and passes through an inner side of the shaft member; the other-side shaft member fluid path that is connected to the other-side opening and passes through the inner side of the shaft member; and a support member fluid path formed inside the support member to connect the one-side shaft member fluid path and the other-side shaft member fluid path. The valves provided in the bypass path are housed in the support member.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2013Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: KAYABA INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventor: Nobuhiro NOGUCHI
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Publication number: 20130341139Abstract: A shock absorber that absorbs a vibration using a working fluid charged into a first chamber and a second chamber comprises a tube body, an inserted body, a tip end of which is inserted into the tube body from an end portion of the tube body, and a partition wall portion that is provided on the tip end of the inserted body to be capable of sliding within the tube body and partitions an interior of the tube body into the first chamber and the second chamber. The shock absorber comprises a connecting portion that is provided within a partition wall portion sliding region of the tube body and connects the first chamber and the second chamber when the partition wall portion passes thereby.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2013Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicant: KAYABA INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventor: Nobuhiro NOGUCHI
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Publication number: 20130257012Abstract: In a two-wheeled motor vehicle having a pair of right and left front forks for supporting a front wheel so that the front wheel is rotatable, a top bridge for supporting upper ends of the pair of right and left front forks, a handle post provided to the top bridge, and a bar-shaped handle secured to the hand post, the handle is provided above the front forks with respect to an axial line direction of the front forks, each front fork is provided with an air valve for sealingly filling air in the front fork and a projection on the upper surface thereof, and the projection is formed to be higher than the air valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicants: KAYABA INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Akimi Watanabe, Nobuhiro Noguchi, Satoshi Kamiya