Patents by Inventor Akihiro Masubuchi

Akihiro Masubuchi 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: 8657073
    Abstract: A power transmission apparatus is capable of easily passing lubricant toward a seal arranged between a higher shat and an opening of a case of the apparatus. The apparatus includes the higher shaft, i.e., a hollow connecting shaft that faces the outside of the transfer case through the opening of the transfer case. The oil seal is arranged between the hollow shaft and the opening of the transfer case. The hollow shaft meshes, through helical spur gears, with an intermediate transferring shaft that is positioned lower than the hollow shaft. A lubricant guide is arranged to receive lubricant splashed up by the ring gear and helical spur gear of the intermediate shaft and guide the received lubricant toward the oil seal and a ball bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: GKN Driveline Torque Technology KK
    Inventors: Takayuki Matsumoto, Satoshi Niimura, Tomiaki Ochiai, Koji Iizuka, Akihiro Masubuchi, Mitsuaki Kakuta, Atsushi Kawano, Masahiro Kasahara
  • Publication number: 20110128411
    Abstract: There is provided an image capturing device including a compression unit for lossless-compressing a video signal outputted from an imaging element, a storage unit for accumulating the video signal that is compressed, a decompression unit for decompressing the video signal that is compressed and accumulated in the storage unit, and a combining unit for combining a plurality of frame images based on the decompressed video signal into one frame image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: AKIHIRO MASUBUCHI, TAKAYOSHI KAWAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20090186737
    Abstract: A power transmission apparatus is capable of easily passing lubricant toward a seal arranged between a higher shat and an opening of a case of the apparatus. The apparatus includes the higher shaft, i.e., a hollow connecting shaft that faces the outside of the transfer case through the opening of the transfer case. The oil seal is arranged between the hollow shaft and the opening of the transfer case. The hollow shaft meshes, through helical spur gears, with an intermediate transferring shaft that is positioned lower than the hollow shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: GKN Driveline Torque Technology KK
    Inventors: Takayuki Matsumoto, Satoshi Niimura, Tomiaki Ochiai, Koji Iizuka, Akihiro Masubuchi, Mitsuaki Kakuta, Atsushi Kawano, Masahiro Kasahara