Patents by Inventor Akiyoshi Kurihara

Akiyoshi Kurihara 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: 8162411
    Abstract: An endless track link that is able to reduce stress concentrations and to improve efficiency of an assembling process of the endless track link is detailed. A stress reinforcing part is formed in the region in which stress concentrations are generated in a window area. The reinforcing part extends in a direction apart from a track shoe and includes an extended part of a through-hole into which a track shoe connecting bolt is inserted. A female thread for engaging with the track shoe connecting bolt is formed at the extended part of the through-hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Topy Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takao Sakai, Makoto Ueda, Akiyoshi Kurihara, Eiji Nakagawa, Yusuke Kinpara
  • Publication number: 20090230763
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an endless track link being able to reduce stress concentrations and to improve efficiency of an assembling process of the endless track link. The present invention is characterized in that: a reinforcing part (7) is formed in the region in which concentrates are generated in a window area (5); the reinforcing part (7) extends in a direction apart from a track shoe and includes an extended part of a through-hole (a plain through-hole 8 having a smooth inner surface) into which a track shoe connecting bolt is inserted; and a female thread (9) for engaging with the track shoe connecting bolt is formed at the extended part of the through-hole (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2007
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventors: Takao Sakai, Makoto Ueda, Akiyoshi Kurihara, Eiji Nakagawa, Yusuke Kinpara
  • Patent number: 7004474
    Abstract: A seal for an endless track has a cross section having a centerline parallel to an axis of the seal and a configuration symmetric with respect to the centerline of the cross section. The seal can include an elastically deformably configured portion having a cross section like alphabetical letter X, and a protrusion extending from an intersection of legs of letter X in a bushing-side direction further than a plane connecting bushing-side end portions of the legs of letter X. The protrusion has an end surface where the protrusion contacts the bushing. The seal can further include an embedding portion embedded in a space between legs of letter X, on a bushing-side of the intersection of the legs of letter X.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignees: Topy Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nippon Valqua Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Takahashi, Masaki Ohara, Akiyoshi Kurihara, Seiji Oomura, Noriyuki Andou, Takashi Konno, Hiromasa Muraki, Akira Muramatsu, Shunsuke Tanaka, Kouji Toriyama
  • Publication number: 20040007833
    Abstract: A seal for an endless track has a cross section having a centerline parallel to an axis of the seal and a configuration symmetric with respect to the centerline of the cross section. The seal can include an elastically deformably configured portion having a cross section like alphabetical letter X, and a protrusion extending from an intersection of legs of letter X in a bushing-side direction further than a plane connecting bushing-side end portions of the legs of letter X. The protrusion has an end surface where the protrusion contacts the bushing. The seal can further include an embedding portion embedded in a space between legs of letter X, on a bushing-side of the intersection of the legs of letter X.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Applicants: TOPY KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NIPPON VALQUA INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Takahashi, Masaki Ohara, Akiyoshi Kurihara, Seiji Oomura, Noriyuki Andou, Takashi Konno, Hiromasa Muraki, Akira Muramatsu, Shunsuke Tanaka, Kouji Toriyama