Patents by Inventor Hideya Osawa

Hideya Osawa 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: 20210285541
    Abstract: This shift device is provided with a detent device, which is provided with an engaging member that is provided between a housing and a shift fork and that engages in a recessed part of the shift fork, and an elastic member that pushes the engaging member toward the recessed part of the shift fork, the engaging member being pushed into the recessed part of the shift fork by the urging force of the elastic member and the shift fork being held in a neutral position when a hub and a transmission gear are in an unengaged neutral position, and the engaging member being pushed into an inclined surface of the shift fork by the urging force of the elastic member and the shift fork being urged into an engaged position when the hub is in an engaged position of being engaged with the transmission gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: AISIN AI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki AKATSUKA, Ryosuke NINOMIYA, Masaya ICHIKAWA, Hideya OSAWA
  • Publication number: 20190257406
    Abstract: The lubricating device for a transmission includes a first gear wheel at one of the front side and the rear side of a power transmission shaft, a second gear wheel at the other side of the power transmission shaft at a position different from the first gear wheel and an oil separator disposed below the first gear wheel and the second gear wheel extending in front-rear direction of the power transmission shaft and having an inner wall. The oil separator is provided with a descending sloped fluid passage which is provided on the inner wall of the oil separator so as to be sloped downward toward the one side of the power transmission shaft from the other side of the power transmission shaft receives lubricating oil scooped up by the second gear wheel and allows the lubricating oil to flow into a first gear wheel cover portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2017
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: Aisin Ai Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaya ICHIKAWA, Hideya OSAWA
  • Publication number: 20190211926
    Abstract: The manual transmission includes a shift select shaft, a connecting member, a lever member, a guide pin and a guide plate, wherein the connecting member, the lever member, the guide pin and the guide plate are arranged so that under a state that the guide pin and the guide plate are engaged at the engaging portion, assuming that the portion of the shift select shaft is a fulcrum, the connecting portion is a point of effort, the engaging portion is a point of load and that the fulcrum, the point of effort and the point of load exist on a same virtual plane, an operation direction of a reaction force generated at the point of load becomes a direction opposite to the operation direction of the operation force inputted to the point of effort.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: AISIN AI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mizuki MATSUMOTO, Ryosuke NINOMIYA, Masaya ICHIKAWA, Hideya OSAWA
  • Publication number: 20190195362
    Abstract: In order to achieve a simple and miniaturized structure, there is provided an interlock mechanism including a shaft disposed to be movable in an axial direction and rotatable in a rotation direction, an interlock member disposed coaxially with an outer peripheral side of the shaft so as to be rotatable integrally with the shaft in the rotation direction and immovable in the axial direction, and configured to include a first main body portion, a second main body portion, and a connection pin, a first fork from which a fork head protrudes, and a second fork from which a fork head protrudes. A first engagement target portion engaging with the fork head is cut out in the first main body portion of the interlock member. A second engagement target portion engaging with the fork head is cut out in the second main body portion of the interlock member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: AISIN Al CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaya ICHIKAWA, Hideya OSAWA, Hirotoshi TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20190195336
    Abstract: The oil receiver includes a capture portion which captures oil and leads the oil to a gutter portion. The capture portion includes a first lower eave portion which is formed in a plate shape extending upward as it goes in a first width direction, a first upper eave portion formed in a plate shape extending upward as it goes in the first width direction and is formed so that one end of a second width direction side is separated from the first lower eave portion inside a vertical range above an upper surface of the first lower eave portion, the second width direction being a direction opposite to the first width direction, and a first connection portion which connects a part of an end of the second width direction side of the first upper eave portion to a part of the upper surface of the first lower eave portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: AISIN AI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaya ICHIKAWA, Hideya OSAWA
  • Publication number: 20190154148
    Abstract: The transmission includes a plurality of shift forks which includes a U-shaped main body, an engaging portion and a pair of supporting portions provided at both sides of the main body. When the engaging portion engages with the inner lever and the shift select shaft moves along in the axis line, the plurality of shift forks is rotated relative to the housing about the pair of supporting portions as a rotation center thereof and the sleeve connected to the pair of connecting portions is configured to be movable between the low speed side gear and the high speed side gear and the pair of supporting portions is provided at a point between a pair of reference fulcrums and the pair of connecting portions where a rotational moment of a connecting body formed by connecting the sleeve with the plurality of shift forks becomes zero at the pair of reference fulcrums.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: AISIN AI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryosuke NINOMIYA, Masaya ICHIKAWA, Hideya OSAWA
  • Publication number: 20180106369
    Abstract: A transmission according to an embodiment includes a shift fork swingably supported by a case to move a movable element in an axial direction in accordance with the motion of a second shaft to two shift positions; two first protrusions provided on the second shaft and spaced apart from each other in the axial direction; and a second protrusion provided on the shift fork, and when the second shaft is in one of select positions, is positioned between the two first protrusions and overlaps with the first protrusions viewed from the axial direction. A protruding direction of the first protrusions and a protruding direction of the second protrusion are orthogonal to a swinging center of the shift fork when viewed in the axial direction. The second protrusion protrudes from the shift fork toward the swinging center. The second shaft is positioned between the second protrusion and the swinging center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: AISIN AI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaya ICHIKAWA, Hirotoshi TANAKA, Hideya OSAWA
  • Patent number: 9587739
    Abstract: An interlock mechanism includes a shift-and-select shaft a first fork, a second fork, a first inner lever, a second inner lever, an interlock member coaxially arranged around an outer circumference of the shift-and-select shaft while being allowed to rotate together with the shift-and-select shaft in the rotation direction as a unit and not allowed to be displaced in the axial direction, a first engagement portion formed on the first fork, a second engagement portion formed to project from the second fork, a first engaged portion formed to project from the inter lock member and engaged with the first engagement portion while the interlock member is positioned at a second rotation position and a second engaged portion formed on the interlock member and engaged with the second engagement portion while the interlock member is positioned at a first rotation position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: AISIN AI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaya Ichikawa, Hideya Osawa, Hirotoshi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20160146269
    Abstract: Provided is a synchronization device for a manual transmission, which is capable of reducing an axial length of a hub sleeve. The synchronization device for a manual transmission includes a clutch hub, a hub sleeve, a gear piece, a synchronizer ring, and shifting key mechanisms. A synchronizer key of each of the shifting key mechanisms includes a key positioned in a circumferential direction with respect to the clutch hub and mounted in an axially and radially displaceable state, and a moving object mounted in a radially movable state into a radial mounting hole formed through the key and biased radially outward by a coil spring. A top portion of the moving object, which is projected radially outward from the mounting hole to engage with an inner circumferential surface of the hub sleeve, is formed into a shape having an engagement portion extending linearly in an axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: AISIN AI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotoshi TANAKA, Masaya ICHIKAWA, Hideya OSAWA
  • Publication number: 20160084377
    Abstract: An interlock mechanism includes a shift-and-select shaft a first fork, a second fork, a first inner lever, a second inner lever, an interlock member coaxially arranged around an outer circumference of the shift-and-select shaft while being allowed to rotate together with the shift-and-select shaft in the rotation direction as a unit and not allowed to be displaced in the axial direction, a first engagement portion formed on the first fork, a second engagement portion formed to project from the second fork, a first engaged portion formed to project from the inter lock member and engaged with the first engagement portion while the interlock member is positioned at a second rotation position and a second engaged portion formed on the interlock member and engaged with the second engagement portion while the interlock member is positioned at a first rotation position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: AISIN AI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaya ICHIKAWA, Hideya OSAWA, Hirotoshi TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20160053883
    Abstract: A lubricating device for transmission includes a rotational shaft provided in a transmission housing, bearings attached to the transmission housing for supporting the rotational shaft, a cylindrical rotational member fixed to the rotational shaft between the bearings at an outer peripheral of said rotational shaft, at least one oil delivery groove which is spirally formed on an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical rotational member, the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical rotational member being covered by a rotational member housing portion of the transmission housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: AISIN AI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaya Ichikawa, Hideya Osawa
  • Patent number: 8733506
    Abstract: A vehicle differential device having a differential case rotatably supported via a bearing by a housing and a drive shaft inserted into the differential case, including an oil sump member on the opposite side of the differential case to the bearing, the oil sump member including an insert hole into which the drive shaft is inserted, and an oil supply channel formed higher than the drive shaft in the vertical direction, wherein at least a portion of the insert hole is formed with a gap between the insertion hole and the drive shaft wider than that on the vertically lower side of the rotational axis of the drive shaft, the oil sump member includes a discharge hole allowing oil to flow out toward the differential case if an oil level of an oil chamber formed between the oil sump member and an oil seal exceeds a predetermined height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoatsu Iwasa, Yoshichika Shimane, Mizuki Imafuku, Yuichi Usui, Hideya Osawa, Yohei Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20130000443
    Abstract: A vehicle differential device having a differential case rotatably supported via a bearing by a housing and a drive shaft inserted into the differential case, including an oil sump member on the opposite side of the differential case to the bearing, the oil sump member including an insert hole into which the drive shaft is inserted, and an oil supply channel formed higher than the drive shaft in the vertical direction, wherein at least a portion of the insert hole is formed with a gap between the insertion hole and the drive shaft wider than that on the vertically lower side of the rotational axis of the drive shaft, the oil sump member includes a discharge hole allowing oil to flow out toward the differential case if an oil level of an oil chamber formed between the oil sump member and an oil seal exceeds a predetermined height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2009
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoatsu Iwasa, Yoshichika Shimane, Mizuki Imafuku, Yuichi Usui, Hideya Osawa, Yohei Takahashi
  • Patent number: 6682616
    Abstract: A gas generating composition for use in a pretensioner, which generates less CO gases and chlorine-containing gases after combustion and is superior in thermal stability and in producing and processing, is obtained. The gas generating composition for use in a pretensioner comprises a highly thermal stabilized binder, an oxidizing agent, and, if required, a chlorine-neutralizing agent as major ingredients. The gas generating composition can improve thermal stability of a gas generating agent, can reduce the amount of CO gases, is excellent in producing and processing, and can reduce chlorine-containing gases if required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yo Yamato, Hideya Osawa