Patents by Inventor Gaku TAKIMOTO

Gaku TAKIMOTO 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: 11325637
    Abstract: A steering system includes a steering operation shaft, a lower shaft, an upper shaft, and an intermediate shaft. The intermediate shaft includes a tubular member including a hollow portion; and a shaft member. An oil groove that retains lubricating oil is provided in a predetermined range in an axial direction of the intermediate shaft on at least one of an outer peripheral surface of the shaft member at a part housed in the hollow portion and an inner peripheral surface of the hollow portion of the tubular member. A sectional area of the oil groove in an upper shaft-side part of the predetermined range is larger than a sectional area of the oil groove in a lower shaft-side part of the predetermined range, the upper shaft-side part being located on a side of the upper shaft, and the lower shaft-side part being located on a side of the lower shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasunori Kamitani, Gaku Takimoto
  • Publication number: 20210221424
    Abstract: A steering system includes a steering operation shaft, a lower shaft, an upper shaft, and an intermediate. The intermediate shaft includes a tubular member including a hollow portion; and a shaft member. An oil groove that retains lubricating oil is provided in a predetermined range in an axial direction of the intermediate shaft on at least one of an outer peripheral surface of the shaft member at a part housed in the hollow portion and an inner peripheral surface of the hollow portion of the tubular member. A sectional area of the oil groove in an upper shaft-side part of the predetermined range is larger than a sectional area of the oil groove in a lower shaft-side part of the predetermined range, the upper shaft-side part being located on a side of the upper shaft, and the lower shaft-side part being located on a side of the lower shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasunori KAMITANI, Gaku TAKIMOTO