Patents by Inventor Eiji Katabami

Eiji Katabami 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).

  • Drum brake seal structure for all-terrain vehicle wheel
    Patent number: 6293374
    Abstract: A drum brake includes a brake drum attached to an axle, and a brake panel. The brake drum includes a disc portion and a cylindrical portion extending from an outer peripheral end portion of the disc portion towards the brake panel. On an outer peripheral end portion of the cylindrical portion, there is mounted a seal member. The brake panel includes an annular flat surface portion, and a cylindrical projecting portion projecting from an outer peripheral end portion of the annular flat surface portion towards the brake drum so as to surround the seal member. The seal member has plural resilient axial sealing lips and at least one resilient radial sealing lip. The axial sealing lips are in sealing contact with the annular flat surface portion, and the radial lip is in sealing contact with an inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical projecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignees: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Arai Seisakusho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Tomita, Bunzo Seki, Akio Handa, Seiji Kurimoto, Eiji Katabami