Patents by Inventor Takao Sakamoto

Takao Sakamoto 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: 10570988
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a damper device includes a rotator, a first oscillator, a second oscillator, and two rollers, for example. The rotator is provided with a first opening. The second oscillator includes two guide surfaces recessed in a direction closer to a first center of rotation and a transmitting part capable of moving along the first opening. The two rollers each include a ring supported by the first oscillator and a shaft extending along a second center of rotation inside the ring and rotatably supported by the ring. The shaft comes into contact with a corresponding one of the two guide surfaces of the second oscillator pushed outward in the radial direction by centrifugal force, rolls along the corresponding one of the two guide surfaces by oscillation of the first oscillator, and is pushed by the corresponding one of the two guide surfaces in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignees: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Nasu, Daisuke Hayashi, Yoichi Oi, Takao Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20200032875
    Abstract: A vibration damping device includes a supporting member rotatable about a rotation center of a rotating element, a restoring-force generating member coupled to the supporting member, and an inertial mass body coupled to the supporting member via the restoring-force generating member. The restoring-force generating member includes two guidable portions disposed with a clearance therebetween in a circumferential direction of the rotating element, and a torque transmission portion between the two guidable portions to transmit torque to and from the supporting member. The inertial mass body includes multiple guide portions for guiding corresponding guidable portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoichi OI, Takao SAKAMOTO, Takuya FUKUOKA, Kazuhiro ITOU
  • Patent number: 10508709
    Abstract: In a vibration damping device 20, the moment of inertia J1 of a driven member 15, the moment of inertia J2 of an inertial mass body 23, the mass m of crank members 22, the distance L3 between the center of gravity G of the crank member 22 and the fulcrum of swinging of the crank member 22 with respect to the inertial mass body 23, and the distance L4 between this fulcrum and the center of rotation RC are determined so that torque fluctuation of an object for which vibration is to be damped, which is derived based on angular displacement and angles obtained by solving an equation of motion for the driven member 15 and an equation of motion for the entire vibration damping device 20 is equal to a target value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignees: AISIN AW CO., LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION OITA UNIVERSITY, Kagoshima University
    Inventors: Yoichi Oi, Masaki Wajima, Hiroki Nagai, Takao Sakamoto, Takahiro Ryu, Takashi Nakae, Kenichiro Matsuzaki
  • Patent number: 10480615
    Abstract: A vibration damping device including: a support member rotating with a rotary element to which torque from an engine is transferred about the center of rotation of the rotary element; a restoring force generation member coupled to the support member and swingable with rotation of the support member; and an inertial mass body coupled to the support member via the restoring force generation member and swung about the center of rotation in conjunction with the restoring force generation member with rotation of the support member. The order of the vibration damping device is larger than the sum of the excitation order of the engine and an offset value determined in consideration of the effect of oil in the oil chamber. The reference order, which is a convergent value of the order of the vibration damping device, is higher than the excitation order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoichi Oi, Hiroki Nagai, Masaki Wajima, Takao Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20190328649
    Abstract: Provided is an aqueous gelling agent composition, including: compound (A) represented by the general formula (1); and compound (B) represented by the general formula (2), wherein a mass ratio of compound (A) to compound (B), (A):(B), is from 95:5 to 85:15: where R1, R2, R8, R9, R10, R11, R15, and R16 each independently represent a hydrocarbon group having 4 to 20 carbon atoms, R3, R5, R7, R12, and R14 each independently represent a divalent hydrocarbon group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, R4, R6, and R13 each independently represent a divalent hydrocarbon group having 3 to 16 carbon atoms, a, e, j, and m each independently represent a number of 10 to 100, d represents a number of 100 to 500, and g represents a number of 1 to 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: ADEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takao SAKAMOTO, Yasuhiro TSUSHIMA, Yuki TAKEISHI
  • Publication number: 20190323577
    Abstract: A four-bar linkage vibration absorbing device includes: crank members each coupled to a driven member of a damper device via a coupling shaft and each capable of swinging about the coupling shaft when the driven member is rotated; and a mass body that is coupled to the driven member via the crank members and that swings about the rotation center RC together with the crank members when the driven member is rotated. The driven member is coupled to a turbine runner of a hydraulic transmission device so as to rotate with the turbine runner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Takikawa, Hiroki Nagai, Takao Sakamoto, Masaki Wajima
  • Patent number: 10443679
    Abstract: A damper device that includes a first torque transmission path including a first elastic body that transmits torque between the input element and the output element; and a second torque transmission path disposed in parallel with the first torque transmission path and including first and second intermediate elements, a second elastic body that transmits the torque between the input element and the first intermediate element, a third elastic body that transmits the torque between the first intermediate element and the second intermediate element, and a fourth elastic body that transmits the torque between the second intermediate element and the output element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Takikawa, Hiroki Nagai, Takao Sakamoto, Kazuhiro Itou
  • Publication number: 20190301563
    Abstract: A rotary inertia mass damper of a damper device is configured to include a planetary gear that includes a driven member with outer teeth, first and second input plate member as a carrier which rotatably supports a plurality of pinion gears, and a ring gear that meshes with the plurality of pinion gears and works as the mass body. The outer teeth of the driven member are arranged to be disposed outside first and second springs in a radial direction of the damper device. The driven member, the plurality of pinion gears and the ring gear are arranged to at least partially overlap with the first and second springs as viewed in the radial direction. A motion of the ring gear in the axial direction is restricted by the plurality of pinion gears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicants: AISIN AW INDUSTRIES CO., LTD, AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya YOSHIKAWA, Aki OGAWA, Akiyoshi KATO, Ryosuke OTSUKA, Yoshihiro INOUE, Yoshihiro TAKIKAWA, Hiroki NAGAI, Masaki WAJIMA, Takao SAKAMOTO, Kazuhiro ITOU
  • Publication number: 20190257398
    Abstract: Provided is a vibration damping device including guide surfaces that are concave surfaces formed in a support member so as to curve toward the outer periphery of the support member; mass bodies that, as the support member rotates, roll on the guide surfaces while being pressed against the guide surfaces by a centrifugal force; and inertia rings that are rotatably coupled to the mass bodies and swing about the center of rotation of the support member. When the vibration damping device is in equilibrium, the center of gravity of each mass body is located radially outward of the joint position between the mass body and the inertia rings. As the support member rotates, the inertia rings swing relative to the support member about the center of rotation of the support member, and the mass bodies roll on the guide surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi ITO, Yoichi OI, Masaki WAJIMA, Hiroki NAGAI, Takao SAKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10369096
    Abstract: A polyurethane polyurea having strong thickening and gelling effects, obtained by reacting a polyurethane polyurea prepolymer obtained from a silicone derivative starting material having a specific structure, a specific diisocyanate compound starting material and a starting material made up of a compound represented by General Formula (C) (each of which is set forth in the Description), with either or both of a nitrogen compound having a specific structure and a hydroxyl group-containing compound having a specific structure (each of which is set forth in the Description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: ADEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takao Sakamoto, Yasuhiro Tsushima
  • Patent number: 10371231
    Abstract: A damper device that includes an input element to which torque from an engine is transferred; an output element; a first intermediate element; a second intermediate element; a first elastic body that transfers torque between the input element and the first intermediate element; a second elastic body that transfers torque between the first intermediate element and the output element; a third elastic body that transfers torque between the input element and the second intermediate element; a fourth elastic body that transfers torque between the second intermediate element and the output element; and a fifth elastic body that transfers torque between the first intermediate element and the second intermediate element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Takikawa, Hiroki Nagai, Masaki Wajima, Takao Sakamoto, Kazuhiro Itou, Nobuo Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10364864
    Abstract: A damper device that includes an input element to which torque from an engine is transferred; an output element; a first intermediate element; a second intermediate element; a first elastic body that transfers torque between the input element and the first intermediate element; a second elastic body that transfers torque between the first intermediate element and the output element; a third elastic body that transfers torque between the input element and the second intermediate element; a fourth elastic body that transfers torque between the second intermediate element and the output element; and a fifth elastic body that transfers torque between the first intermediate element and the second intermediate element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Takikawa, Hiroki Nagai, Masaki Wajima, Takao Sakamoto, Kazuhiro Itou, Nobuo Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20190226552
    Abstract: In a vibration damping device 20, the moment of inertia J1 of a driven member 15, the moment of inertia J2 of an inertial mass body 23, the mass m of crank members 22, the distance L3 between the center of gravity G of the crank member 22 and the fulcrum of swinging of the crank member 22 with respect to the inertial mass body 23, and the distance L4 between this fulcrum and the center of rotation RC are determined so that torque fluctuation of an object for which vibration is to be damped, which is derived based on angular displacement and angles obtained by solving an equation of motion for the driven member 15 and an equation of motion for the entire vibration damping device 20 is equal to a target value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicants: AISIN AW CO., LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION OITA UNIVERSITY, Kagoshima University
    Inventors: Yoichi OI, Masaki WAJIMA, Hiroki NAGAI, Takao SAKAMOTO, Takahiro RYU, Takashi NAKAE, Kenichiro MATSUZAKI
  • Patent number: 10323716
    Abstract: A damper device includes first inner springs configured to transmit a torque between a drive member and an intermediate member, second inner springs configured to transmit a torque between the intermediate member and a driven member, and a rotary inertia mass damper including a sun gear serving as a mass body rotating with relative rotation of the drive member to the driven member. The rotary inertia mass damper is provided in parallel to a torque transmission path including the intermediate member, the first inner springs and the second inner springs. A damping ratio ? of the intermediate member determined based on a moment of inertia J2 of the intermediate member and rigidities k1 and k2 of the first and the second inner springs and is less than a value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignees: AISIN AW CO., LTD., AISIN AW INDUSTRIES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Takuya Yoshikawa, Aki Ogawa, Tomonori Kinoshita, Yuji Kanyama, Makoto Yamaguchi, Kazuyoshi Ito, Hiroki Nagai, Masaki Wajima, Takao Sakamoto, Kazuhiro Itou, Yoshihiro Takikawa, Yoichi Oi
  • Publication number: 20190178334
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a damper device includes a rotator, a first oscillator, a second oscillator, and two rollers, for example. The rotator is provided with a first opening. The second oscillator includes two guide surfaces recessed in a direction closer to a first center of rotation and a transmitting part capable of moving along the first opening. The two rollers each include a ring supported by the first oscillator and a shaft extending along a second center of rotation inside the ring and rotatably supported by the ring. The shaft comes into contact with a corresponding one of the two guide surfaces of the second oscillator pushed outward in the radial direction by centrifugal force, rolls along the corresponding one of the two guide surfaces by oscillation of the first oscillator, and is pushed by the corresponding one of the two guide surfaces in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicants: AISIN AW CO., LTD., AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi NASU, Daisuke HAYASHI, Yoichi OI, Takao SAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190178323
    Abstract: A vibration damping apparatus that includes a plurality of rotational elements including an input to which a torque from an engine is transferred, and an output; a first torsional stiffness mechanism arranged between the input and the output and having a positive torsional stiffness; and a second torsional stiffness mechanism configured to act in parallel to the first torsional stiffness mechanism between the input and the output and having a negative torsional stiffness, wherein the negative torsional stiffness of the second torsional stiffness mechanism increases on a negative side as a rotation speed of the engine increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi ITO, Yoichi OI, Masaki WAJIMA, Hiroki NAGAI, Takao SAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190178333
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a damper device includes a rotator, a first oscillator, a second oscillator, and two rollers, for example. The rotator is provided with a first opening. The second oscillator includes two guide surfaces recessed in a direction closer to a first center of rotation, and a transmitting part capable of moving along the first opening. The two rollers are rotatably supported by the first oscillator, come into contact with the respective two guide surfaces of the second oscillator pushed outward in the radial direction by centrifugal force generated by rotation of the rotator, and roll along the respective two guide surfaces by oscillation of the first oscillator and are pushed by the respective two guide surfaces in the circumferential direction. The second oscillator is capable of translation in the radial direction with the two guide surfaces supported by the respective two rollers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicants: AISIN AW CO., LTD., AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi NASU, Daisuke HAYASHI, Yoichi OI, Takao SAKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 10309483
    Abstract: A damper device with a first intermediate element; a second intermediate element; a first elastic body that transmits torque between the input element and the first intermediate element; a second elastic body that transmits torque between the first intermediate element and the output element; a third elastic body that transmits torque between the input element and the second intermediate element; a fourth elastic body that transmits torque between the second intermediate element and the output element; and a fifth elastic body that transmits torque between the first intermediate element and the second intermediate element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Takikawa, Hiroki Nagai, Masaki Wajima, Takao Sakamoto, Kazuhiro Itou
  • Publication number: 20190024752
    Abstract: A vibration damping device including: a support member rotating with a rotary element to which torque from an engine is transferred about the center of rotation of the rotary element; a restoring force generation member coupled to the support member and swingable with rotation of the support member; and an inertial mass body coupled to the support member via the restoring force generation member and swung about the center of rotation in conjunction with the restoring force generation member with rotation of the support member. The order of the vibration damping device is larger than the sum of the excitation order of the engine and an offset value determined in consideration of the effect of oil in the oil chamber. The reference order, which is a convergent value of the order of the vibration damping device, is higher than the excitation order.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoichi OI, Hiroki NAGAI, Masaki WAJIMA, Takao SAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190003554
    Abstract: A vibration damping device 20 includes: a crank member 22 that is swingable along with rotation of a driven member 15 to which torque from an engine EG is transferred; and an inertial mass body 23 coupled to the driven member 15 via the crank member 22 and swung about a center of rotation RC in conjunction with the crank member 22 along with rotation of the driven member 15. The vibration damping device 20 is designed such that an effective order qeff becomes higher as the amplitude of vibration of input torque transferred from the engine EG to the driven member 15 becomes larger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki NAGAI, Masaki WAJIMA, Takao SAKAMOTO, Takuya FUKUOKA, Yoichi OI