Patents Assigned to Yamada Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 11396318
    Abstract: A steering device includes a bracket and right and left bolts. The bracket includes right and left side plates supporting a steering column from both sides, respectively, in a widthwise direction, and right and left flanges extending outwardly in the widthwise direction from respective upper ends of the right and left side plates. The bolts fasten the flanges to a mount surface of a vehicle body. The flanges include respective right and left internal protrusions protruding toward the mount surface from respective flange surfaces, which face the mount surface. The internal protrusions are located forwardly in a vehicle body back-and-forth direction relative to tightened positions of the bolts, and are located near respective internal edges of the flanges in the widthwise direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: YAMADA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoya Ishikawa, Satoaki Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11345390
    Abstract: A steering device according to an embodiment includes a pipe, a housing, and a telescopic mechanism. The housing includes a first support portion which supports the pipe from below, and a second support portion and a third support portion which support the pipe from above. A central angle of the pipe formed by any one contact point of a contact point between an outer peripheral surface of the pipe and the second support portion and a contact point between the outer peripheral surface of the pipe and the third support portion, and an intersection point between a center line and the outer peripheral surface of the pipe is set in a range of 45° to 60°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: YAMADA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kyohei Tokizaki
  • Patent number: 11336141
    Abstract: Guide portions that guide a winding include a plurality of guide grooves which is provided at each boundary between adjacent wind surfaces, and which is extended in a winding direction of the winding. The plurality of guide grooves is arranged side by side in a radial direction of a stator at an equal pitch. The guide groove provided at an arbitrary boundary among the boundaries is offset in the radial direction relative to the guide groove provided at the adjacent boundary at the opposite side to the winding direction with reference to an orthogonal direction to the radial direction of the motor stator. Respective offset directions and offset amounts of the guide grooves are consistent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: YAMADA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Watanabe, Masahiko Hoshino
  • Patent number: 11255249
    Abstract: A valve device includes: a casing having an outflow port in which a fluid outlet opening is formed; a joint joined to an opening end surface of the outlet opening; a valve accommodated in the casing so as to be rotatable or slidable and in which a communication port that can communicate with the outlet opening is formed; and a sliding ring with a sliding surface for sliding on an outer surface of the valve while being accommodated in the outflow port and communicates the outlet and the communication port based upon a position of the valve. At least the outer surface of the valve includes a first resin material that contains a first resin, at least the sliding surface of the sliding ring includes a second resin material that contains a second resin, and the first resin and the second resin are the same type of resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: YAMADA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akifumi Ozeki, Toshihito Nagai
  • Patent number: 11192426
    Abstract: A control apparatus in a cooling system has an opening schedule of a degree of opening of each of a plurality of outflow ports in a control valve including at least a heater cut mode, a heater passing water mode, a fully closed mode, and a switching mode in which the opening and closing of an air conditioning outflow port is switched in a state in which at least one outflow port of a radiator outflow port and a bypass outflow port is opened and switches the heater cut mode and the heater passing water mode via the switching mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: YAMADA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akifumi Ozeki, Toshihito Nagai
  • Patent number: 11174954
    Abstract: A control valve includes a valve housing, a joint member, a valve body, and a sealing tube member. The sealing tube member has a biasing pressure receiving surface that receives a pressure of a liquid inside the valve housing and biases the sealing tube member to the valve body side. An area S1 of the biasing pressure receiving surface and an area S2 of a valve sliding contact surface of the sealing tube member are set to satisfy Expressions (1) and (2), S1<S2?S1/k ??(1) ??k<1 ??(2) where k is a pressure reduction constant of a liquid flowing through a minute gap between the valve sliding contact surface and the valve body, and ? is a lower limit value for the pressure reduction constant determined based on physical properties of a liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: YAMADA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akifumi Ozeki
  • Patent number: 11167786
    Abstract: A steering shaft according to an aspect of the present invention includes an upper shaft, a lower shaft, and a seal cap. The seal cap includes a seal which comes into close contact with an inner peripheral surface of the upper shaft and a closure which bulges upward with respect to the seal. The closure is plastically deformed downward, and thus, the seal cap is held in an upper end opening portion in a state where the seal is pressed against the inner peripheral surface of the upper shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: YAMADA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoya Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11171532
    Abstract: A wind portion of an insulator includes a side surface at the same side as, in a circumferential direction, a second guide surface which is orthogonal to a holding surface capable of holding a coil and which guides a winding in an inner-diameter direction, and an end surface orthogonal to the side surface. A first corner formed at a boundary between the holding surface and the side surface as viewed in the axial direction of a motor stator is located at a guiding-direction side by a first guide surface relative to a second corner formed at a boundary between the first guide surface and the second guide surface. The winding is extended from the second corner to the first corner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: YAMADA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Watanabe, Daisuke Kiryu, Masahiko Hoshino
  • Patent number: 11165300
    Abstract: An insulator includes an extended portion extended along the axial direction of a motor stator from an annular member. The extended portion includes at least one protruding portion protruding in the outer-diameter direction from a guide surface that guides a winding in the circumferential direction of a motor stator. This protruding portion includes an abutting surface capable of abutting the winding guided by the guide surface. The abutting surface includes a slant portion that comes close to the annular member toward the outer-diameter direction. The slant portion is capable of abutting a semicircular portion of the winding with the circular cross-sectional shape at the outer-diameter side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: YAMADA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Watanabe, Masahiko Hoshino, Kimihiko Arakawa
  • Patent number: 11105430
    Abstract: A control valve includes a casing, a valve body, and a seal cylindrical member. The casing includes an inlet and an outlet. The valve body is rotatably disposed inside the casing and includes a circumferential wall portion in which a valve hole that allows the inside and outside to communicate is formed. The seal cylindrical member includes one end portion which communicates with a downstream side of an outlet and the other end portion on which a valve sliding contact surface is provided. In the other end portion of the seal cylindrical member, a protrusion height changes continuously in a circumferential direction along a shape of an outer circumferential surface of the circumferential wall portion. A thick portion which is thicker compared to other portions is provided in a region of the other end portion of the seal cylindrical member at which the protrusion height is high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: YAMADA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akifumi Ozeki
  • Patent number: 11098808
    Abstract: A control valve includes a casing, a valve body, and a seal cylinder member. The casing has an inlet and an outlet. The valve body is rotatably disposed inside the casing, and has a peripheral wall portion formed with a valve hole providing communicating between the inside and the outside. One end portion of the seal cylinder member communicates with a downstream side of the outlet, and a valve sliding contact surface is provided at the other end portion. A protruding height of the other end portion of the seal cylinder member continuously changes in a circumferential direction thereof to conform to a shape of an outer circumferential surface of the circumferential wall portion. A region of the other end portion of the seal cylinder member where the protruding height is lower is provided with a thick portion that is thicker than other portions and reaches the valve-sliding contact surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: YAMADA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akifumi Ozeki, Toshihito Nagai
  • Patent number: 11084458
    Abstract: A steer-by-wire steering device includes a steering shaft 7; a rotation-restricting member A including an annular main cylindrical portion 1 mounted on the steering shaft 7 and at least one main ridge portion 2 formed on an outer periphery of the main cylindrical portion 1; an engagement member 6 configured to move in proximity to and away from the rotation-restricting member A; and a cushioning member B. The engagement member 6 and the at least one main ridge portion 2 are configured to come in contact with each other through the cushioning member B in conjunction with rotation of the steering shaft 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: YAMADA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naohiro Tagaya
  • Patent number: 11084519
    Abstract: A steering device includes a column unit, a front bracket, a rear bracket, and a lock mechanism. A tilt guide part through which a lock bolt is inserted and which guides vertical movement of the lock bolt in accordance with rotation of the column unit is formed on the rear bracket. The tilt guide part includes an intermediate guide part, and an upper guide part continuous with an upper side of the intermediate guide part and having a smaller width than that of the intermediate guide part. The upper guide part is configured so that the lock bolt is slidable in accordance with the rotation of the column unit and is configured to be elastically deformable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: YAMADA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshinori Shiroishi
  • Patent number: 11079027
    Abstract: A control valve includes a casing, a valve body, and a seal cylinder member. The casing has an inlet and an outlet. The valve body is rotatably disposed inside the casing, and has a circumferential wall portion formed with a valve hole providing communication between the inside and the outside. One end portion of the seal cylinder member communicates with the outlet, and a valve sliding contact surface is provided at the other end portion. A flow rate control groove having a bottom surface which is recessed with respect to the outer circumferential surface of the circumferential wall portion and has one end portion continuous with the valve hole is provided on at least one of a front side and a rear side of an edge portion of the valve hole in the circumferential wall portion in a rotating direction of the valve body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: YAMADA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akifumi Ozeki
  • Patent number: 10953911
    Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided a steering device including a pipe, a housing, a telescopic mechanism, and a load absorbing mechanism. The load absorbing mechanism includes an EA plate disposed in the pipe, a guide plate disposed in a telescopic movable portion, and overlapped with the EA plate, and a connection member connecting the EA plate and the guide plate to each other. Dimensions of the load absorbing mechanism are set so that a load applied between the connection member and the EA plate is lower than a load applied between the connection member and the guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: YAMADA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Sekiguchi, Taisuke Honma
  • Patent number: 10953910
    Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided a steering device including a pipe, a housing, a telescopic mechanism, and a load absorbing mechanism. The load absorbing mechanism includes a first connection member connecting a hanger bracket and an EA plate to each other and a second connection member connecting a guide plate and the EA plate to each other. In a case where a forward acting load applied to the pipe has a predetermined value or greater, the load absorbing mechanism is configured so that the first connection member is slidable on the EA plate, and is configured so that the second connection member is slidable on the EA plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: YAMADA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Sekiguchi, Taisuke Honma
  • Patent number: 10919559
    Abstract: A steering device includes a column unit, a front bracket, a lock bolt, a rear bracket provided with a tilting guide hole, and a second urging member. The column unit is provided with a bumping portion that restricts the column unit from rising by coming into contact with the rear bracket before the lock bolt abuts onto an upper end inner circumferential edge of the tilting guide hole in accordance with rotation of the column unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: YAMADA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshinori Shiroishi
  • Patent number: 10920897
    Abstract: A thermo valve is configured by coupling a valve body to a thermo actuator via a coupling part. The valve body has at least two recesses extending in a peripheral direction. The thermo actuator and the valve body overlap each other in a direction of an axial centerline to cover at least one of the recesses. The coupling part is formed by at least a certain section of the overlapping portion being depressed toward the axial centerline and another section of the thermo actuator fitting in the recesses. The depression of the coupling part has a shape elongated in a longitudinal direction along the axial centerline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: YAMADA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Miyajima, Yoshiharu Fuju
  • Patent number: 10919561
    Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided a steering device including a pipe, a housing, a telescopic mechanism, and a load absorbing mechanism. The load absorbing mechanism includes an EA plate disposed in the pipe, a guide plate overlapped with the EA plate, and a connection member which connects the EA plate and the guide plate to each other, and which is slidable with respect to the EA plate and the guide plate in a case where a forward acting load applied to the pipe has a predetermined value or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: YAMADA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Sekiguchi, Taisuke Honma
  • Patent number: 10900569
    Abstract: A packing having an annular shape in a longitudinal direction and a uniform cross section, includes a top surface arcuate part, a bottom surface side arcuate part, and side arcuate parts on both sides as viewed in cross section. Opposite ends of the top surface arcuate part and the side arcuate parts on both sides are connected by upper connection surfaces, and opposite ends of the bottom surface side arcuate part and the side arcuate parts on both sides are connected by lower connection surfaces, and the packing has a maximum width between the side arcuate parts on both sides. An angle formed by a segment which connects a peak on the top surface arcuate part and a lowermost point of the bottom surface side arcuate part, and a vertical line passing through the lowermost point, is formed as an outward or inward inclination with respect to the annular shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: YAMADA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomokazu Sato, Yasuhiro Kosugi