Patents by Inventor Hideaki Tanemura

Hideaki Tanemura 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: 9670915
    Abstract: A housing assembly for a side-by-side (SBS) piston pump may define a pump cavity enclosing first and second piston pumps having parallel longitudinal axes. The housing assembly may include a shroud partially or wholly separating the piston pumps to substantially reduce churning of lubricating fluid flow flowing around the piston pumps and pooling in a fluid intersection area between the piston pumps. The shroud may be a planar shroud plate extending between the piston pumps, or a curved shroud plate between the piston pumps and having sections partially encircling each of the piston pumps. The shroud may alternatively be first and second shroud portions extending inwardly from the cavity walls and directing the lubricating fluid flows the merge in a combined lubricating fluid flow area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventor: Hideaki Tanemura
  • Publication number: 20150276058
    Abstract: A housing assembly for a side-by-side (SBS) piston pump may define a pump cavity enclosing first and second piston pumps having parallel longitudinal axes. The housing assembly may include a shroud partially or wholly separating the piston pumps to substantially reduce churning of lubricating fluid flow flowing around the piston pumps and pooling in a fluid intersection area between the piston pumps. The shroud may be a planar shroud plate extending between the piston pumps, or a curved shroud plate between the piston pumps and having sections partially encircling each of the piston pumps. The shroud may alternatively be first and second shroud portions extending inwardly from the cavity walls and directing the lubricating fluid flows the merge in a combined lubricating fluid flow area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventor: Hideaki Tanemura
  • Patent number: 7891285
    Abstract: In a swash plate hydraulic pump or motor structured so that a convex arc surface on the back surface of a swash plate is supported on a concave arc surface of a swash plate support via a bearing in a manner enabling the arc surface to swing in the circumferential direction that follows the arc path. A restricting pin is included for restricting movements of the bearing. The assembly structure prevents the restricting pin from coming out of the swash plate and the swash plate support. One end of the restricting pin is supported rotatably on a side surface of the swash plate. An intermediate portion of the restricting pin is engaged in an engagement hole formed in a holder of the bearing in a loosely fitting manner. Finally, the other end of the restricting pin is inserted into a support rod supported rotatably around its axis on the swash plate support to permit movement of the restricting pin in a pin axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignees: Caterpillar Inc., Caterpillar Japan Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Tanemura, Takayuki Nakata
  • Publication number: 20090120279
    Abstract: In a swash plate hydraulic pump or motor structured so that a convex arc surface on the back surface of a swash plate is supported on a concave arc surface of a swash plate support via a bearing in a manner enabling the arc surface to swing in the circumferential direction that follows the arc path. A restricting pin is included for restricting movements of the bearing. The assembly structure prevents the restricting pin from coming out of the swash plate and the swash plate support. One end of the restricting pin is supported rotatably on a side surface of the swash plate. An intermediate portion of the restricting pin is engaged in an engagement hole formed in a holder of the bearing in a loosely fitting manner. Finally, the other end of the restricting pin is inserted into a support rod supported rotatably around its axis on the swash plate support to permit movement of the restricting pin in a pin axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2007
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventors: Hideaki Tanemura, Takayuki Nakata