Patents by Inventor Haruhiro HATTORI

Haruhiro HATTORI 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: 9316287
    Abstract: A chain, wound to span between two pulleys each having facing conical surfaces able to change a distance therebetween and sandwiched by the facing conical surfaces, includes: link units each configured such that plate-shaped links, each having openings, are oriented in a chain circumferential direction and arranged in a chain width direction; and pins each extending through the openings of the links of the link units adjacent in the chain circumferential direction and each contacting the conical surfaces of sheaves at both ends thereof. A curvature radius of a shape curve representing a shape of each end face of each pin in a plane perpendicular to the chain circumferential direction is larger at an inner side in a pulley radial direction than at an initial contact point that is a contact point at the time when a load on each pin is 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Teruhiko Nakazawa, Ichiro Tarutani, Haruhiro Hattori, Yuji Nagasawa, Shinji Yamane, Keisuke Mori
  • Patent number: 9163708
    Abstract: A chain (endless flexible member) is looped over an input pulley and an output pulley. Each of the input pulley and the output pulley includes a pair of a fixed sheave and a movable sheave. The fixed sheave and the movable sheave have tapered faces that are opposed to each other to define a V-shaped groove. A vibration damping plate (vibration damping member) is fixed to each fixed sheave, and is in contact with the outer peripheral face of the fixed sheave. When the fixed sheave vibrates, the vibrations are damped by the friction between the outer peripheral face of the fixed shave and the vibration damping plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Yamane, Keisuke Mori, Teruhiko Nakazawa, Haruhiro Hattori
  • Publication number: 20140287854
    Abstract: A chain (endless flexible member) is looped over an input pulley and an output pulley. Each of the input pulley and the output pulley includes a pair of a fixed sheave and a movable sheave. The fixed sheave and the movable sheave have tapered faces that are opposed to each other to define a V-shaped groove. A vibration damping plate (vibration damping member) is fixed to each fixed sheave, and is in contact with the outer peripheral face of the fixed sheave. When the fixed sheave vibrates, the vibrations are damped by the friction between the outer peripheral face of the fixed shave and the vibration damping plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji YAMANE, Keisuke MORI, Teruhiko NAKAZAWA, Haruhiro HATTORI
  • Publication number: 20140066243
    Abstract: A chain, wound to span between two pulleys each having facing conical surfaces able to change a distance therebetween and sandwiched by the facing conical surfaces, includes: link units each configured such that plate-shaped links, each having openings, are oriented in a chain circumferential direction and arranged in a chain width direction; and pins each extending through the openings of the links of the link units adjacent in the chain circumferential direction and each contacting the conical surfaces of sheaves at both ends thereof. A curvature radius of a shape curve representing a shape of each end face of each pin in a plane perpendicular to the chain circumferential direction is larger at an inner side in a pulley radial direction than at an initial contact point that is a contact point at the time when a load on each pin is 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Teruhiko NAKAZAWA, Ichiro TARUTANI, Haruhiro HATTORI, Yuji NAGASAWA, Shinji YAMANE, Keisuke MORI