Patents by Inventor Akira Torinoumi

Akira Torinoumi 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: 20120043177
    Abstract: A friction-clutch system having a friction disk unit including a central hub and friction disks, wherein the friction disks have friction surfaces. At least one friction surface of the first to fourth friction surfaces is constituted of a combination of a carbon/graphite material and a metal/ceramics material, wherein the carbon/graphite material forms a friction surface made from a carbon/graphite material, and a metal/ceramics material forms a friction surface made from a metal/ceramics material, wherein the ratio of [the area of the friction surface made from the metal/ceramics material]/[the area of the friction surface made from the metal/ceramics material+the area of the friction surface made from the carbon/graphite material] ranges from 0.05˜0.65, and wherein pressure between the first and the third friction surface and between the second and the fourth friction surface is 10˜250 N/cm2 while the power is being transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: ACROSS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takao Nakagawa, Hirotaka Sato, Akira Torinoumi, Wataru Matsumura