Patents by Inventor Susumu Osaki

Susumu Osaki 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).

  • Publication number: 20240077131
    Abstract: A toothed belt including a reinforcing layer with 0.05 mm to 0.2 mm thickness buried along a contour of tooth portions such that a maximum height from a bottom portion of the tooth portion to the reinforcing layer is in a range of 30% to 100% of a height from the bottom portion to a tooth tip, in which the reinforcing layer includes reinforcing fiber filaments arranged in a belt circumferential direction, in the reinforcing layer, a weight per unit area of fibers intersecting the belt circumferential direction is 30% or less of a weight per unit area of the reinforcing fiber filaments, the reinforcing layer has a structure where the reinforcing fiber filaments are arranged in the belt circumferential direction and bonded to form a sheet shape in an untwisted state, and a tensile modulus of the reinforcing fiber filament satisfies a specific condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Susumu Osaki, Yusuke Hemmi
  • Patent number: 11300177
    Abstract: A toothed belt includes: a belt main body having a tooth portion and a groove portion alternately disposed at a fixed pitch in a longitudinal direction, and an outer portion disposed on the outer surface thereof; and a cord buried on a predetermined pitch line on the outer portion, in which the belt main body includes: a support layer, disposed under the cord and containing a thermoplastic polyurethane material; and a cured polyurethane elastomer in addition to the support layer, and in which the support layer is formed of a mixture of the thermoplastic polyurethane material and the polyurethane elastomer, which are integrally cured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventor: Susumu Osaki
  • Publication number: 20210362628
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a seat slide device having: a lower rail fixed above a floor and extending in one direction; an upper rail connected to a seat and capable of moving along the lower rail; a drive pulley connected to a drive source and attached to the seat or the upper rail; an ended belt wound on the drive pulley so that one surface contacts the drive pulley, both ends of the ended belt being fixed to the floor or the lower rail; and a first and second pressing member attached to a position on the floor side of the seat or the upper rail closer than the drive pulley, each pressing member contacting the other surface of the ended belt, and the first pressing member, the drive pulley, and the second pressing member being disposed in the stated order along the one direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicants: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd., Toyota Body Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Motozaki, Susumu Osaki, Motohisa Nakamura, Shin Shiraki, Takayuki Ogasawara
  • Publication number: 20190128371
    Abstract: A toothed belt includes: a belt main body having a tooth portion and a groove portion alternately disposed at a fixed pitch in a longitudinal direction, and an outer portion disposed on the outer surface thereof; and a cord buried on a predetermined pitch line on the outer portion, in which the belt main body includes: a support layer, disposed under the cord and containing a thermoplastic polyurethane material; and a cured polyurethane elastomer in addition to the support layer, and in which the support layer is formed of a mixture of the thermoplastic polyurethane material and the polyurethane elastomer, which are integrally cured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventor: Susumu Osaki
  • Patent number: 9950768
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a toothed belt driving device for bicycle, in which, in drive state, the pulley groove portion of a driven pulley is in surface contact with a portion of a surface of the belt tooth portion, this portion in surface contact is present in a range positioned closer to a tooth root portion than a reference circle, the maximum value of the shortest distance between the pulley groove portion of the driven pulley and the surface of the belt tooth portion opposite to the traveling direction of the belt is 10% or more and 18% or less of the tooth pitch, a groove depth of the driven pulley is greater than the tooth height of the belt tooth portion, and the difference therebetween is 5% or more of the tooth height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Osaki, Takahide Okazawa
  • Publication number: 20160221637
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a toothed belt driving device for bicycle, in which, in drive state, the pulley groove portion of a driven pulley is in surface contact with a portion of a surface of the belt tooth portion, this portion in surface contact is present in a range positioned closer to a tooth root portion than a reference circle, the maximum value of the shortest distance between the pulley groove portion of the driven pulley and the surface of the belt tooth portion opposite to the traveling direction of the belt is 10% or more and 18% or less of the tooth pitch, a groove depth of the driven pulley is greater than the tooth height of the belt tooth portion, and the difference therebetween is 5% or more of the tooth height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Osaki, Takahide Okazawa