Patents by Inventor Goji Iba

Goji Iba 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: 5248133
    Abstract: A plurality of eccentric rotors are rotatably fitted between a fixed base and an output shaft on which an object to be vibrationproofed is mounted, the output shaft being supported movably in 3 to 6 Degree-of-Freedom, magnet spring mechanisms are provided on fitted wall surfaces between the fixed base and the eccentric rotor, a composite vibrationproof adjusting spring is provided between the fixed base and the output shaft, the magnet spring mechanism responding to a fine displacement of the output shaft, and in a case where the output shaft is greatly displaced, the output shaft is braked so as to be restored to a predetermined position by the composite vibrationproof adjusting spring mechanism. The magnet spring mechanism produces a large braking force since a rotational angle is large and a rotational-angle speed is high due to eccentricity of eccentric rotors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1993
    Assignee: National Aerospace Laboratory of Science & Technology Agency
    Inventors: Osamu Okamoto, Teruomi Nakaya, Seizo Suzuki, Naoaki Kuwano, Kenji Ogimoto, Ryuji Sakata, Yasuaki Taniguchi, Hiroyoshi Tanaka, Goji Iba
  • Patent number: 5005786
    Abstract: A docking and active damping device for space structures is provided, in a docking portion of one space structure to be docked, with a positioning device in which an output rotor can be moved and rotated within a two-dimensional plane by a composite rotation of one or more eccentric rotors capable of being independently driven and controlled by a direct drive motor and the output rotor, and a docking member having a docking ring and a latch mechanism are supported on the output rotor of the positioning device. A probe having a capture device capable of being protruded and driven in an axial direction by a linear motion is provided inwardly of the docking member, and the probe provides a 4-freedom movement according to a position of the passive side to capture and dock a drogue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1991
    Assignees: National Aerospace Laboratory of Science & Technology Agency, Kawasaki Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Okamoto, Teruomi Nakaya, Seizo Suzuki, Naoaki Kuwano, Yoshinori Sakai, Hiroshi Oda, Masao Uegusa, Goji Iba