Patents by Inventor Yoshichika Shimane

Yoshichika Shimane 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: 20190093754
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an oil guide member is provided in a case of, for example, a transmission. The case is provided with a first oil channel through which lubricant flows when a shaft is rotated in a first rotation direction, and a second oil channel through which the lubricant flows when the shaft is rotated in a second rotation direction. The oil guide member includes a base portion forming an oil chamber capable of storing the lubricant between the base portion and an internal surface of the case, and an extending portion extending from the base portion toward inside of an internal oil channel of the shaft, and provided with a communicating channel communicating with the oil chamber and the internal oil channel. The base portion is provided with an inlet allowing an inflow of the lubricant from the first oil channel and the lubricant from the second oil channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicants: AISIN AI CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Maito Heki, Junichi Kato, Yoshichika Shimane
  • Patent number: 8733506
    Abstract: A vehicle differential device having a differential case rotatably supported via a bearing by a housing and a drive shaft inserted into the differential case, including an oil sump member on the opposite side of the differential case to the bearing, the oil sump member including an insert hole into which the drive shaft is inserted, and an oil supply channel formed higher than the drive shaft in the vertical direction, wherein at least a portion of the insert hole is formed with a gap between the insertion hole and the drive shaft wider than that on the vertically lower side of the rotational axis of the drive shaft, the oil sump member includes a discharge hole allowing oil to flow out toward the differential case if an oil level of an oil chamber formed between the oil sump member and an oil seal exceeds a predetermined height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoatsu Iwasa, Yoshichika Shimane, Mizuki Imafuku, Yuichi Usui, Hideya Osawa, Yohei Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20130000443
    Abstract: A vehicle differential device having a differential case rotatably supported via a bearing by a housing and a drive shaft inserted into the differential case, including an oil sump member on the opposite side of the differential case to the bearing, the oil sump member including an insert hole into which the drive shaft is inserted, and an oil supply channel formed higher than the drive shaft in the vertical direction, wherein at least a portion of the insert hole is formed with a gap between the insertion hole and the drive shaft wider than that on the vertically lower side of the rotational axis of the drive shaft, the oil sump member includes a discharge hole allowing oil to flow out toward the differential case if an oil level of an oil chamber formed between the oil sump member and an oil seal exceeds a predetermined height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2009
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoatsu Iwasa, Yoshichika Shimane, Mizuki Imafuku, Yuichi Usui, Hideya Osawa, Yohei Takahashi