Patents by Inventor Nobuo Kambara

Nobuo Kambara 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: 11851130
    Abstract: A vehicle including a first member rotatably supporting a rear wheel, a second member disposed in front of the first member, and a coupling member disposed between the first member and the second member and fixed to the first member and the second member to support the first member and the second member swingably in a left-right direction about an axial line in a front-rear direction. The coupling member is provided so that a position of the post-swing ground contact point is closer to the axial line than a position of the post-swing ground contact point in the left-right direction before the first member swings, the ground contact point being a center in an area on a surface of the rear wheel in contact with a road surface, the post-swing ground contact point being the ground contact point after the first member swings about the axial line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mikio Kashiwai, Yotaro Mori, Tadahiro Yaguchi, Yuichi Yokoyama, Tomohiro Tsukamoto, Nobuo Kambara
  • Publication number: 20230052127
    Abstract: A vehicle including a first member rotatably supporting a rear wheel, a second member disposed in front of the first member, and a coupling member disposed between the first member and the second member and fixed to the first member and the second member to support the first member and the second member swingably in a left-right direction about an axial line in a front-rear direction. The coupling member is provided so that a position of the post-swing ground contact point is closer to the axial line than a position of the post-swing ground contact point in the left-right direction before the first member swings, the ground contact point being a center in an area on a surface of the rear wheel in contact with a road surface, the post-swing ground contact point being the ground contact point after the first member swings about the axial line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Mikio Kashiwai, Yotaro Mori, Tadahiro Yaguchi, Yuichi Yokoyama, Tomohiro Tsukamoto, Nobuo Kambara
  • Patent number: 11535053
    Abstract: This non-pneumatic tire is provided with a tread ring, a wheel which is arranged radially inside of the tread ring, and spokes which are interposed between the tread ring and the wheel. Further, the wheel has a disc part to which the vehicle shaft is linked, and a rim part which is connected on the inner peripheral side to the disc part and is joined on the outer peripheral side to the spokes. In this configuration, the average thickness (T1) of the disc part is set to be greater than the average thickness (T2) of the rim part. In other words, the relation T1>T2 holds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mikio Kashiwai, Nobuo Kambara, Atsushi Hirano
  • Patent number: 11518188
    Abstract: This non-pneumatic tire is provided with a tread ring, a wheel which is arranged radially inside of the tread ring, and spokes which are interposed between the tread ring and the wheel. Further, the wheel has a disc part to which the vehicle shaft is linked, and a rim part which is connected on the inner peripheral side to the disc part and is joined on the outer peripheral side to the spokes. In this configuration, the average thickness (T1) of the disc part is set to be less than the average thickness (T2) of the rim part. In other words, the relation T1<T2 holds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mikio Kashiwai, Nobuo Kambara, Atsushi Hirano
  • Publication number: 20200247180
    Abstract: This non-pneumatic tire is provided with a tread ring, a wheel which is arranged radially inside of the tread ring, and spokes which are interposed between the tread ring and the wheel. Further, the wheel has a disc part to which the vehicle shaft is linked, and a rim part which is connected on the inner peripheral side to the disc part and is joined on the outer peripheral side to the spokes. In this configuration, the average thickness (T1) of the disc part is set to be less than the average thickness (T2) of the rim part. In other words, the relation T1<T2 holds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Mikio Kashiwai, Nobuo Kambara, Atsushi Hirano
  • Publication number: 20200247186
    Abstract: This non-pneumatic tire is provided with a tread ring, a wheel which is arranged radially inside of the tread ring, and spokes which are interposed between the tread ring and the wheel. Further, the wheel has a disc part to which the vehicle shaft is linked, and a rim part which is connected on the inner peripheral side to the disc part and is joined on the outer peripheral side to the spokes. In this configuration, the average thickness (T1) of the disc part is set to be greater than the average thickness (T2) of the rim part. In other words, the relation T1>T2 holds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Mikio Kashiwai, Nobuo Kambara, Atsushi Hirano
  • Patent number: 10682882
    Abstract: An airless tire includes a cylindrical tread ring having a ground contact surface, a hub disposed radially inward of the tread ring and a plurality of spokes each connecting the tread ring to the hub. The hub includes a disk portion to be fixed to an axle and a cylindrical portion extending in an axial direction of the tire from a radially outer portion of the disk portion. The cylindrical portion includes a radially inner surface being provided with a circumferentially extending projection protruding radially inwardly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignees: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wako Iwamura, Makoto Sugiya, Nobuo Kambara, Mikio Kashiwai, Haruo Fukuta, Shunsuke Uchiyama, Shoushuu Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 9753083
    Abstract: A parallelism adjusting device and a parallelism adjusting method capable of adjusting the parallelism between the surface of a semiconductor and the surface of an electrode by reducing the load on the semiconductor and capable of shortening the cycle time by increasing the operating speed. A probe device of adjusting the parallelism between the surface and the surface of a contact body that is in contact with the surface to press the surface and apply a current is configured to include a pressing body assembly that presses the contact body with a predetermined pressing force until the surface and the surface come into contact with each other to adjust the parallelism and, after that, presses the contact body with a pressing force that is stronger than the predetermined pressing force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeto Akahori, Nobuo Kambara
  • Publication number: 20170240154
    Abstract: In an electric automobile traveling by driving a rear wheel with an electric motor mounted on a vehicle body rear part, a load distributed to the rear wheel is larger than a load distributed to a front wheel by an amount corresponding to a weight of the electric motor. Therefore, it is desirable that a braking force distribution amount to the rear wheel be larger than that to the front wheel. Without providing a proportional pressure reducing valve changing a ratio of braking force distributed between the front and rear wheels, it is possible, by supplying a same brake fluid pressure from a master cylinder to front and rear wheel brake calipers and carrying out regenerative braking in the rear wheel, to make the braking force distribution amount to the rear wheel larger than that to the front wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Mikio Kashiwai, Mitsuyasu Ino, Nobuo Kambara, Yoshihiro Namiki, Atsushi Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 9664727
    Abstract: An electric current application method for applying electric current to a power semiconductor 100 having a first signal pin contact region 102 that conducts a first electric current, and a contacting body contact region 101 that electrically connects with the first signal pin contact region 102 and conducts a second electric current, includes a Step S1 of contacting a first signal pin 32 of a probe device 1 to the first signal pin contact region 102 so as to eliminate residual electricity remaining in the first signal pin contact region 102 and contacting body contact region 101; and Steps S3 and S4 of contacting a contacting part 21 of the contacting body 2 of the probe device 1 to the contacting body contact region 101, and conducting the first electric current and second electric current, after Step S1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeto Akahori, Nobuo Kambara
  • Publication number: 20170113484
    Abstract: An airless tire includes a cylindrical tread ring having a ground contact surface, a hub disposed radially inward of the tread ring and a plurality of spokes each connecting the tread ring to the hub. The hub includes a disk portion to be fixed to an axle and a cylindrical portion extending in an axial direction of the tire from a radially outer portion of the disk portion. The cylindrical portion includes a radially inner surface being provided with a circumferentially extending projection protruding radially inwardly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicants: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wako IWAMURA, Makoto SUGIYA, Nobuo KAMBARA, Mikio KASHIWAI, Haruo FUKUTA, Shunsuke UCHIYAMA, Shoushuu YAMAZAKI
  • Patent number: 9387751
    Abstract: A frame structure of an electric vehicle including right and left drive wheels is capable of being simplified while communalizing components and achieving an efficient arrangement of a running gear and electrical components. An electric vehicle includes a running gear including an electromotor and a speed reduction gear, and a running gear support frame provided to surround the running gear. The speed reduction gear is arranged in the right-to-left center of a vehicle body. The electromotor is configured in such a manner that an axis direction is arranged along a vehicle right-to-left direction so that the electromotor extends to one side in a right-to-left direction of the speed reduction gear and is arranged between the speed reduction gear and a left lower side frame of the running gear support frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mikio Kashiwai, Atsushi Kawaguchi, Nobuo Kambara, Shinya Agatsuma
  • Patent number: 9322845
    Abstract: A current applying device in which a contact electrode is destroyed firstly when a large current is applied in the event of failure. A probe device is configured by serially connecting a contact body that is to be in contact with the surface of a power semiconductor to apply a current and a pressing body assembly that presses the contact body so as to apply the current to the power semiconductor and is configured so that, when the pressing body power applied to the pressing body assembly is smaller than the withstand power of the pressing body assembly, the contact body power applied to the contact body is larger than the withstand power of the contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeto Akahori, Nobuo Kambara
  • Patent number: 9291643
    Abstract: A current applying device is provided in which a contact body which surface-contacts with an inspection target body makes contact with the surface of the inspection target body uniformly; current can be favorably applied from the contact body to the inspection target body; and the contact body alone can be replaced. A probe device 1 for applying current by being in pressure-contact with the power semiconductor H includes: a contact body 2 which surface-contacts with the power semiconductor H; and a plurality of electrically-conductive two-tier springs 31 which press the contact body 2 onto the power semiconductor H; the contact body 2 and the plurality of electrically-conductive two-tier springs 31 are separate bodies, and the plurality of electrically-conductive two-tier springs 31 electrify the contact body 2 while providing pressing force F to each of a plurality of sections of the contact body 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeto Akahori, Hiroyuki Yamagishi, Satoshi Hasegawa, Yoko Yamaji, Nobuo Kambara, Shinyu Hirayama
  • Publication number: 20150122561
    Abstract: A frame structure of an electric vehicle including right and left drive wheels is capable of being simplified while communalizing components and achieving an efficient arrangement of a running gear and electrical components. An electric vehicle includes a running gear including an electromotor and a speed reduction gear, and a running gear support frame provided to surround the running gear. The speed reduction gear is arranged in the right-to-left center of a vehicle body. The electromotor is configured in such a manner that an axis direction is arranged along a vehicle right-to-left direction so that the electromotor extends to one side in a right-to-left direction of the speed reduction gear and is arranged between the speed reduction gear and a left lower side frame of the running gear support frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mikio KASHIWAI, Atsushi KAWAGUCHI, Nobuo KAMBARA, Shinya AGATSUMA
  • Publication number: 20140333342
    Abstract: An electric current application method for applying electric current to a power semiconductor 100 having a first signal pin contact region 102 that conducts a first electric current, and a contacting body contact region 101 that electrically connects with the first signal pin contact region 102 and conducts a second electric current, includes a Step S1 of contacting a first signal pin 32 of a probe device 1 to the first signal pin contact region 102 so as to eliminate residual electricity remaining in the first signal pin contact region 102 and contacting body contact region 101; and Steps S3 and S4 of contacting a contacting part 21 of the contacting body 2 of the probe device 1 to the contacting body contact region 101, and conducting the first electric current and second electric current, after Step S1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeto Akahori, Nobuo Kambara
  • Publication number: 20140333334
    Abstract: A parallelism adjusting device and a parallelism adjusting method capable of adjusting the parallelism between the surface of a semiconductor and the surface of an electrode by reducing the load on the semiconductor and capable of shortening the cycle time by increasing the operating speed. A probe device of adjusting the parallelism between the surface and the surface of a contact body that is in contact with the surface to press the surface and apply a current is configured to include a pressing body assembly that presses the contact body with a predetermined pressing force until the surface and the surface come into contact with each other to adjust the parallelism and, after that, presses the contact body with a pressing force that is stronger than the predetermined pressing force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeto Akahori, Nobuo Kambara
  • Publication number: 20140333337
    Abstract: A current applying device in which a contact electrode is destroyed firstly when a large current is applied in the event of failure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeto Akahori, Nobuo Kambara
  • Publication number: 20140015558
    Abstract: A current applying device is provided in which a contact body which surface-contacts with an inspection target body makes contact with the surface of the inspection target body uniformly; current can be favorably applied from the contact body to the inspection target body; and the contact body alone can be replaced. A probe device 1 for applying current by being in pressure-contact with the power semiconductor H includes: a contact body 2 which surface-contacts with the power semiconductor H; and a plurality of electrically-conductive two-tier springs 31 which press the contact body 2 onto the power semiconductor H; the contact body 2 and the plurality of electrically-conductive two-tier springs 31 are separate bodies, and the plurality of electrically-conductive two-tier springs 31 electrify the contact body 2 while providing pressing force F to each of a plurality of sections of the contact body 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Shigeto Akahori, Hiroyuki Yamagishi, Satoshi Hasegawa, Yoko Yamaji, Nobuo Kambara, Shinyu Hirayama