Patents by Inventor Hidetaka Banno

Hidetaka Banno 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).

  • Publication number: 20090205464
    Abstract: The starter includes a planetary type reduction gear device for reducing rotational speed of a motor, the planetary type reduction gear including a sun gear coupled to a shaft of the motor, planetary gears engaging with the sun gear and a planetary carrier outputting a revolutional motion around the sun gear of the planetary gears as a drive torque of the motor. The starter further includes a one-way clutch transmitting the drive torque from a side of a clutch outer thereof to a side of a clutch inner thereof through rollers disposed in cam chambers formed between the clutch outer and the clutch inner. The clutch outer is integral with the planetary carrier. The planetary carrier is integrally formed with planetary shafts rotatably supporting the planetary gears, and projecting pins projecting in the same direction as the planetary shafts. The planetary shafts are located inwardly of the cam chambers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Takeuchi, Hidetaka Banno