Patents by Inventor Shinya Maitani

Shinya Maitani 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: 9188159
    Abstract: A half thrust bearing having a semicircular ring shape for receiving an axial force of a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine is provided. The half thrust bearing includes thrust reliefs formed adjacently to end surfaces on both sides in a circumferential direction on a slide surface side which receives the axial force so that wall thicknesses become thinner toward the end surfaces. The thrust relief on a rear side in a rotational direction of the crankshaft or both thrust reliefs are formed so that a length of the thrust relief in an inner end portion in a radial direction of the half thrust bearing is longer than a length of the thrust relief in an outer end portion in the radial direction of the half thrust bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Daido Metal Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Shiho Tanaka, Yoshihiro Ozawa, Shinya Maitani, Takeharu Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20140233874
    Abstract: A half thrust bearing having a semicircular ring shape for receiving an axial force of a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine is provided. The half thrust bearing includes thrust reliefs formed adjacently to end surfaces on both sides in a circumferential direction on a slide surface side which receives the axial force so that wall thicknesses become thinner toward the end surfaces. The thrust relief on a rear side in a rotational direction of the crankshaft or both thrust reliefs are formed so that a length of the thrust relief in an inner end portion in a radial direction of the half thrust bearing is longer than a length of the thrust relief in an outer end portion in the radial direction of the half thrust bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: DAIDO METAL COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Shiho TANAKA, Yoshihiro OZAWA, Shinya MAITANI, Takeharu YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 8297845
    Abstract: Disclosed is a sliding bearing for an internal combustion engine which is used as a cylindrical bearing by combining a pair of semi-cylindrical bearings. An axial groove A exists between the circumferential end surface and an opposite circumferential end surface. A circumferential oil groove and the axial groove A communicate with each other, depths of the circumferential oil groove in the communication portion and the axial groove A in the circumferential end surfaces differ from each other, and a groove bottom of the circumferential oil groove is located at a position displaced to a side of the inner circumferential bearing surface from the groove bottom of the axial groove A. A cross-sectional area of the circumferential oil groove in the communication portion is larger than a cross-sectional area of the axial groove A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Daido Metal Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Maitani, Osamu Ishigo
  • Publication number: 20100316312
    Abstract: Disclosed is a sliding bearing for an internal combustion engine which is used as a cylindrical bearing by combining a pair of semi-cylindrical bearings. An axial groove A exists between the circumferential end surface and an opposite circumferential end surface. A circumferential oil groove and the axial groove A communicate with each other, depths of the circumferential oil groove in the communication portion and the axial groove A in the circumferential end surfaces differ from each other, and a groove bottom of the circumferential oil groove is located at a position displaced to a side of the inner circumferential bearing surface from the groove bottom of the axial groove A. A cross-sectional area of the circumferential oil groove in the communication portion is larger than a cross-sectional area of the axial groove A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: DAIDO METAL COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya MAITANI, Osamu Ishigo