Patents by Inventor Hayuru Inoue
Hayuru Inoue 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).
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Patent number: 11835100Abstract: A friction pad mounted on a disk brake includes a back plate, and a lining attached to the back plate and configured to frictionally contact a disk. A spring member, configured to bias the friction pad toward a disk rotationally exiting side, is provided to an ear portion of the back plate. The spring member includes an attachment portion attached to the back plate, an extension portion extending from an end portion of the attachment portion, and an abutment portion folded back from the extension portion and extending in a direction toward the disk. The abutment portion is configured to receive a reaction force from a torque reception surface by abutting against the torque reception surface at a position on an opposite side of the ear portion from the disk when the ear portion and the torque reception surface of a mount member abut against each other.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2019Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.Inventors: Hayuru Inoue, Shoichi Noguchi
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Publication number: 20220275842Abstract: This disc brake includes an attachment member having a pad guide part, a pair of friction pads, a caliper, and a pad spring. The pad guide part includes a recessed part, which is recessed in a disc rotation direction with respect to a bottom surface in a region on a disc radial direction outer side, in a region of a bottom part of the pad guide part on a disc radial direction inner side. The pad spring includes a guide part provided to be able to come into contact with a wall surface and the bottom surface of the pad guide part on the disc radial direction outer side and configured to guide movement of a protruding part in a disc axial direction, and a fitting part protruding in the disc rotation direction from the guide part and configured to elastically fit into the recessed part.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2020Publication date: September 1, 2022Inventors: Hayuru INOUE, Kumi HASHIMOTO
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Patent number: 11143251Abstract: A disk brake includes an attachment member (11) having a pair of pin support sections (26) in which pin holes (29) extending in a disk axial direction are formed and disposed to cross an outer circumferential side of a disk, and fixed to a non-rotating section of a vehicle, a caliper (13) having slide pins (30) slidably inserted into the pin holes (29) at both sides in a disk circumferential direction and movably supported by the attachment member in the disk axial direction, and a pair of pads movably supported by the attachment member and pressed against both surfaces of the disk by the caliper, wherein the slide pin includes a pin main body having an annular groove (153) on a tip side, and a tubular elastic deformation member (131) having a plurality of convex sections (162) on an inner circumferential side and provided in the annular groove (153).Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2018Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.Inventors: Hayuru Inoue, Tsuyoshi Chiba
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Publication number: 20210262542Abstract: A friction pad mounted on a disk brake includes a back plate, and a lining attached to the back plate and configured to frictionally contact a disk. A spring member, configured to bias the friction pad toward a disk rotationally exiting side, is provided to an ear portion of the back plate. The spring member includes an attachment portion attached to the back plate, an extension portion extending from an end portion of the attachment portion, and an abutment portion folded back from the extension portion and extending in a direction toward the disk. The abutment portion is configured to receive a reaction force from a torque reception surface by abutting against the torque reception surface at a position on an opposite side of the ear portion from the disk when the ear portion and the torque reception surface of a mount member abut against each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2019Publication date: August 26, 2021Inventors: Hayuru INOUE, Shoichi NOGUCHI
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Publication number: 20190353213Abstract: A disk brake includes an attachment member (11) having a pair of pin support sections (26) in which pin holes (29) extending in a disk axial direction are formed and disposed to cross an outer circumferential side of a disk, and fixed to a non-rotating section of a vehicle, a caliper (13) having slide pins (30) slidably inserted into the pin holes (29) at both sides in a disk circumferential direction and movably supported by the attachment member in the disk axial direction, and a pair of pads movably supported by the attachment member and pressed against both surfaces of the disk by the caliper, wherein the slide pin includes a pin main body having an annular groove (153) on a tip side, and a tubular elastic deformation member (131) having a plurality of convex sections (162) on an inner circumferential side and provided in the annular groove (153).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2018Publication date: November 21, 2019Inventors: Hayuru INOUE, Tsuyoshi CHIBA
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Publication number: 20180216683Abstract: This disc brake includes: a carrier; a caliper (13); a pressing mechanism (81); and a cable (16). A center (0) of a rotation of the caliper (13) with respect to the carrier (11) is configured so as to be arranged in an orientation direction of an elastic force (F) which the caliper (13) receives and in which the cable (16) returns to a straight shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2016Publication date: August 2, 2018Inventors: Hayuru INOUE, Sadatomo MATSUMURA, Syoichi NOGUCHI
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Publication number: 20180172096Abstract: A disc brake piston includes a tubular wall section (52) having an opening section (51) at one end in an axial direction, and a bottom section (53) configured to close the other end of the wall section (52) in the axial direction. The bottom section (53) includes a first annular region (71) provided on an inner side of the wall section (52) in a radial direction to be continuous with the wall section (52); and a second region (72) provided on the inner side of the first region (71) in the radial direction and formed in a recessed shape in the axial direction. The second region (72) has a variable thickness region (103) in which a thickness in the axial direction becomes thinner toward the inner side in the radial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2016Publication date: June 21, 2018Inventors: Sadatomo MATSUMURA, Hayuru INOUE
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Patent number: 9797464Abstract: An urging spring (15) urges a friction pad toward the exit side of the rotational direction of a disk when a vehicle equipped with the disk brake runs forward. The urging spring is disposed between a lug portion (11A) of the friction pad and a torque receiving surface (5) of a carrier (2). The distal end of the urging spring is configured to abut against the disk to perform wear detection. The urging spring includes a mounting portion (15A), a first extending portion (15B), a boundary region (15E), a bent portion (15C), and a second extending portion (15D). The boundary region is reduced in width to lower stiffness. The bent portion is increased in width and provided with reinforcing portions, thereby enhancing the stiffness. Thus, the natural frequencies of the second extending portion in the rotational direction K and the vertical direction J come close to each other.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2014Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Hayuru Inoue, Daisuke Tanabe, Yoichi Kumemura, Seiko Tanabe, Hitoshi Yoshida
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Patent number: 9360068Abstract: A disc brake that suppresses braking noises when a vehicle moves backward include an urging spring urging a friction pad toward a rotationally exiting side of a disc when the vehicle moves forward, the urging spring being arranged between a hook portion of the friction pad and a torque receiving portion of a carrier. The urging spring formed through bend of an elastic plate material has its spring constant that is set to be a small value to avoid resonance frequency causing noise where the base end side thereof is fixed to the hook portion of the backing plate while the top end side thereof elastically abuts to the torque receiving portion of the carrier. The urging spring is located at the position that is outside in the radial direction from the center position of the hook portion in its width direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2010Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Shoichi Noguchi, Daisuke Tanabe, Takeshi Fujiki, Koichi Masuko, Shigeru Hayashi, Koji Fukui, Yoichi Kumemura, Hayuru Inoue, Seiko Tsubota
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Publication number: 20160116011Abstract: An urging spring (15) urges a friction pad toward the exit side of the rotational direction of a disk when a vehicle equipped with the disk brake runs forward. The urging spring is disposed between a lug portion (11A) of the friction pad and a torque receiving surface (5) of a carrier (2). The distal end of the urging spring is configured to abut against the disk to perform wear detection. The urging spring includes a mounting portion (15A), a first extending portion (15B), a boundary region (15E), a bent portion (15C), and a second extending portion (15D). The boundary region is reduced in width to lower stiffness. The bent portion is increased in width and provided with reinforcing portions, thereby enhancing the stiffness. Thus, the natural frequencies of the second extending portion in the rotational direction K and the vertical direction J come close to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2014Publication date: April 28, 2016Inventors: Hayuru INOUE, Daisuke TANABE, Yoichi KUMEMURA, Seiko TANABE, Hitoshi YOSHIDA
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Patent number: 9027716Abstract: A pressing part is provided at a disk-circumferentially central portion of a base plate member of a shim plate. The pressing part presses a friction pad at the center in the disk circumferential direction of the friction pad when a piston starts to press the friction pad. The pressing part is formed by slitting and raising the disk-circumferentially central portion of the shim plate along the disk radial direction. When the pressing force of the piston is in a low pressure range, the pressing force is transmitted to the friction pad through the pressing part. After the pressing force of the piston has exceeded the low pressure range, the pressing force is transmitted to the friction pad through the whole region in the disk circumferential direction of the piston.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2012Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Seiko Tanabe, Yoichi Kumemura, Hayuru Inoue, Hitoshi Yoshida
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Publication number: 20130001025Abstract: A pressing part is provided at a disk-circumferentially central portion of a base plate member of a shim plate. The pressing part presses a friction pad at the center in the disk circumferential direction of the friction pad when a piston starts to press the friction pad. The pressing part is formed by slitting and raising the disk-circumferentially central portion of the shim plate along the disk radial direction. When the pressing force of the piston is in a low pressure range, the pressing force is transmitted to the friction pad through the pressing part. After the pressing force of the piston has exceeded the low pressure range, the pressing force is transmitted to the friction pad through the whole region in the disk circumferential direction of the piston.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Inventors: Seiko TANABE, Yoichi KUMEMURA, Hayuru INOUE, Hitoshi YOSHIDA
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Publication number: 20100326777Abstract: A disc brake that suppresses braking noises when a vehicle moves backward include an urging spring urging a friction pad toward a rotationally exiting side of a disc when the vehicle moves forward, the urging spring being arranged between a hook portion of the friction pad and a torque receiving portion of a carrier. The urging spring formed through bend of an elastic plate material has its spring constant that is set to be a small value to avoid resonance frequency causing noise where the base end side thereof is fixed to the hook portion of the backing plate while the top end side thereof elastically abuts to the torque receiving portion of the carrier. The urging spring is located at the position that is outside in the radial direction from the center position of the hook portion in its width direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Shoichi Noguchi, Daisuke Tanabe, Takeshi Fujiki, Koichi Masuko, Shigeru Hayashi, Koji Fukui, Yoichi Kumemura, Hayuru Inoue, Seiko Tsubota