Patents by Inventor Shohei Kaneko
Shohei Kaneko 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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Patent number: 11982325Abstract: A distance between a rotation center of an input member and a contact portion between an input side engaging portion and an input side engaged portion in a second direction is set to be shorter than a distance between a rotation center of an output member and a contact portion between an output side engaging portion and an output side engaged portion in the second direction. In a locked or semi-locked state, a contact portion between the output side engaging portion and the output side engaged portion is located on the side closer to the rotation center of the output member in a first direction in relation to a virtual line connecting the rotation center of the output member and a contact portion between one pressing surface of the pair of pressing surfaces and the pressed surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2022Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: NSK LTD.Inventors: Nagao Dohi, Shohei Kaneko
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Patent number: 11976715Abstract: Separate structural units for an inner gear and a housing of a planetary gear device include an inner gear with a first raised portion formed on the outer peripheral surface of the inner gear, where the first raised portion extends towards in a direction that is inclined with respect to the axial direction of the inner gear. A housing includes a second raised portion formed on an inner peripheral surface, where the second raised portion extends in a direction that is inclined in respect to the axial direction. The housing contains the inner gear such that there is a gap formed between the inner peripheral surface of the housing and the outer peripheral surface of the inner gear. Movement of the inner gear within the interior of the housing is limited through linear contact of the first raised portion and the second raised portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: ENPLAS CORPORATIONInventors: Toshiki Kawada, Shohei Ishida, Takuya Kaneko
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Patent number: 11927260Abstract: Separate structural units for an inner gear and a housing of a planetary gear device include an inner gear with a first raised portion formed on the outer peripheral surface of the inner gear, where the first raised portion extends towards in a direction that is inclined with respect to the axial direction of the inner gear. A housing includes a second raised portion formed on an inner peripheral surface, where the second raised portion extends in a direction that is inclined in respect to the axial direction. The housing contains the inner gear such that there is a gap formed between the inner peripheral surface of the housing and the outer peripheral surface of the inner gear. Movement of the inner gear within the interior of the housing is limited through linear contact of the first raised portion and the second raised portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: ENPLAS CORPORATIONInventors: Toshiki Kawada, Shohei Ishida, Takuya Kaneko
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Patent number: 11920644Abstract: In a predetermined first state, a distance (D1) in a second direction between a contact portion (Pin) between a input-side engaging part (9) and an input-side engaging part (17) and a rotation center (O) is larger than a distance (D2) in the second direction between a contact portion (Pout) between an output-side engaging part (12) and an output-side engaged part (14) and the rotation center (O). In a locked state or a semi-locked state, a contact portion (C1) between the output-side engaging part (12) and the output-side engaged part (14) is located closer to the rotation center (O) of the output member (4) in a first direction than an imaginary straight line (L) connecting a contact portion (C2) between one pressing surface (13) of the pair of pressing surfaces (13) and a pressed surface (6) to the rotation center (O) of the output member (4).Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: NSK LTD.Inventors: Nagao Dohi, Shohei Kaneko
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Publication number: 20240035528Abstract: In a predetermined first state, a distance (D1) in a second direction between a contact portion (Pin) between a input-side engaging part (9) and an input-side engaging part (17) and a rotation center (O) is larger than a distance (D2) in the second direction between a contact portion (Pout) between an output-side engaging part (12) and an output-side engaged part (14) and the rotation center (O). In a locked state or a semi-locked state, a contact portion (C1) between the output-side engaging part (12) and the output-side engaged part (14) is located closer to the rotation center (O) of the output member (4) in a first direction than an imaginary straight line (L) connecting a contact portion (C2) between one pressing surface (13) of the pair of pressing surfaces (13) and a pressed surface (6) to the rotation center (O) of the output member (4).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2022Publication date: February 1, 2024Applicant: NSK Ltd.Inventors: Nagao DOHI, Shohei KANEKO
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Publication number: 20230392653Abstract: A distance (D1) between a rotation center (O) of an input member (3) and a contact portion (Pin) between an input side engaging portion (9) and an input side engaged portion (17) in a second direction is set to be shorter than a distance (D2) between a rotation center (O) of an output member (4) and a contact portion (Pout) between an output side engaging portion (12) and an output side engaged portion (14) in the second direction in a state in which a pair of pressing surfaces (13) is pressed against a pressed surface (6) in accordance with a rotation of the output member (4) in a predetermined direction and the input side engaging portion (9) engages with the input side engaged portion (17) in accordance with a rotation of the input member (3) in a direction opposite to the predetermined direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2022Publication date: December 7, 2023Applicant: NSK Ltd.Inventors: Nagao DOHI, Shohei KANEKO
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Patent number: 11688534Abstract: A process for producing R-T-B-based rare earth magnet powder having excellent coercive force and high remanent flux density. A process for producing R-T-B-based rare earth magnet powder by HDDR treatment, in which a raw material alloy for the R-T-B-based rare earth magnet powder includes R (wherein R represents at least one rare earth element including Y), T (wherein T represents Fe, or Fe and Co) and B (wherein B represents boron), and has a composition including R in an amount of between 12.0 atom % and 17.0 atom %, and B in an amount of between 4.5 atom % and 7.5 atom %; the HDDR treatment includes a DR step including a preliminary evacuation step and a complete evacuation step; and a rate of pressure reduction caused by evacuation in the preliminary evacuation step is not less than 1 kPa/min and not more than 30 kPa/min.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: TODA KOGYO CORP.Inventors: Shohei Kaneko, Kuniyoshi Shigeoka, Nobuhiro Katayama, Koichiro Morimoto
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Patent number: 11493128Abstract: A cam device having a drive cam and a driven cam; and a friction engagement device having at least one friction plate and at least one separation plate are provided. The friction engagement device is configured so as to be put into a connected state by pressing the friction plate and the separation plate against each other by the driven cam, and a disconnected state. Also provided are a rotation transmission state switching device having a first member and a second member coaxially arranged, and a mode selecting part configured to rotate or displace in the axial direction according to rotation of the drive cam. The rotation transmission state switching device has at least one mode of a free mode and a lock mode of the first member and the second member, and a one-way clutch mode.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2020Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: NSK LTD.Inventors: Hirotaka Kishida, Ricardo Rodriguez Lopez, Seigou Urakami, Shohei Kaneko, Akihiro Yamamoto
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Publication number: 20220268358Abstract: A cam device having a drive cam and a driven cam; and a friction engagement device having at least one friction plate and at least one separation plate are provided. The friction engagement device is configured so as to be put into a connected state by pressing the friction plate and the separation plate against each other by the driven cam, and a disconnected state. Also provided are a rotation transmission state switching device having a first member and a second member coaxially arranged, and a mode selecting part configured to rotate or displace in the axial direction according to rotation of the drive cam. The rotation transmission state switching device has at least one mode of a free mode and a lock mode of the first member and the second member, and a one-way clutch mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2020Publication date: August 25, 2022Applicant: NSK LTD.Inventors: Hirotaka KISHIDA, Ricardo RODRIGUEZ LOPEZ, Seigou URAKAMI, Shohei KANEKO, Akihiro YAMAMOTO
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Patent number: 10533629Abstract: In the centrifugal pendulum damper, a plurality of pendulums are swingably supported on a rotating body. The pendulum includes a swinging shaft serving as the swing center and a rolling shaft including a rolling surface on the outer periphery thereof. The rotating body includes a plurality of pendulum support portions, and the pendulum support portion includes a swinging shaft guide portion that guides the swinging shaft in a radial direction of the rotating body, and a rolling shaft guide portion that is in rolling-contact with the rolling surface of the rolling shaft to cause the pendulum to swing around the swing axis.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: NSK LTD.Inventors: Nagao Dohi, Hiroki Nishii, Shohei Kaneko, Eisaku Suzuki
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Publication number: 20190024751Abstract: In the centrifugal pendulum damper, a plurality of pendulums are swingably supported on a rotating body. The pendulum includes a swinging shaft serving as the swing center and a rolling shaft including a rolling surface on the outer periphery thereof. The rotating body includes a plurality of pendulum support portions, and the pendulum support portion includes a swinging shaft guide portion that guides the swinging shaft in a radial direction of the rotating body, and a rolling shaft guide portion that is in rolling-contact with the rolling surface of the rolling shaft to cause the pendulum to swing around the swing axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2017Publication date: January 24, 2019Applicant: NSK LTD.Inventors: Nagao DOHI, Hiroki NISHII, Shohei KANEKO, Eisaku SUZUKI
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Publication number: 20160225500Abstract: A process for producing R-T-B-based rare earth magnet powder having excellent coercive force and high remanent flux density. A process for producing R-T-B-based rare earth magnet powder by HDDR treatment, in which a raw material alloy for the R-T-B-based rare earth magnet powder includes R (wherein R represents at least one rare earth element including Y), T (wherein T represents Fe, or Fe and Co) and B (wherein B represents boron), and has a composition including R in an amount of between 12.0 atom % and 17.0 atom %, and B in an amount of between 4.5 atom % and 7.5 atom %; the HDDR treatment includes a DR step including a preliminary evacuation step and a complete evacuation step; and a rate of pressure reduction caused by evacuation in the preliminary evacuation step is not less than 1 kPa/min and not more than 30 kPa/min.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2016Publication date: August 4, 2016Inventors: Shohei KANEKO, Kuniyoshi SHIGEOKA, Nobuhiro KATAYAMA, Koichiro MORIMOTO
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Patent number: 8574911Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing an yeast having an increased cellulose hydrolysis ability. The method includes the step of introducing increased integration copy numbers of both a gene for an enzyme capable of hydrolyzing crystalline cellulose and a gene for an enzyme capable of hydrolyzing noncrystalline cellulose into a noncellulolytic yeast to give a transformed yeast. The yeast having an increased cellulose hydrolysis ability can be suitably used for ethanol production from cellulose-based materials.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2009Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignees: Kansai Chemical Engineering Co., Ltd., Bio-Energy CorporationInventors: Hideo Noda, Shohei Kaneko, Akihiko Kondo
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Publication number: 20120282666Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing ethanol, including: subjecting a cellulose-based material to a hot-water treatment and an ammonia treatment to obtain a fermentation substrate; and reacting the fermentation substrate with a yeast to produce ethanol. The present invention also provides a method for producing a fermentation substrate for ethanol production by a yeast, including: subjecting a cellulose material to a hot-water treatment and an ammonia treatment to obtain a fermentation substrate. Thus obtained fermentation substrate can enhance the ethanol production by yeast.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2010Publication date: November 8, 2012Inventors: Hideo Noda, Shohei Kaneko, Akihiko Kondo
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Publication number: 20110183396Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing an yeast having an increased cellulose hydrolysis ability. The method includes the step of introducing increased integration copy numbers of both a gene for an enzyme capable of hydrolyzing crystalline cellulose and a gene for an enzyme capable of hydrolyzing noncrystalline cellulose into a noncellulolytic yeast to give a transformed yeast. The yeast having an increased cellulose hydrolysis ability can be suitably used for ethanol production from cellulose-based materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2009Publication date: July 28, 2011Applicants: KANSAI CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CO., LTD., Bio-energy CorporationInventors: Hideo Noda, Shohei Kaneko, Akihiko Kondo
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Patent number: 4737990Abstract: In a jamming signal applying device connected between a cable and subscribers' terminal units in a CATV system, a signal for scrambling the video signal is produced in a time sharing mode, with the time sharing period being not uniform, and with sound disturbing long periods being mixedly interposed between picture disturbing short periods.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 1986Date of Patent: April 12, 1988Assignee: Pioneer Electronic CorporationInventor: Shohei Kaneko