Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Kuboi

Hiroaki Kuboi 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: 11952988
    Abstract: A piston pump includes: a first biasing mechanism configured to bias a swash plate in accordance with control pressure supplied; a second biasing mechanism configured to bias the swash plate against the first biasing mechanism; and a regulator configured to control the control pressure in accordance with self-pressure of the piston pump. The regulator has: an outer spring and an inner spring configured to be extended and compressed by following tilting of the swash plate; a control spool configured to be moved in accordance with biasing forces exerted by the outer spring and the inner spring, the control spool being configured to adjust the control pressure; an auxiliary spring configured to exert biasing force to the control spool against the biasing forces exerted by the outer spring and the inner spring; and an adjusting mechanism configured to adjust the biasing force exerted by the auxiliary spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: KYB CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kuboi, Tetsuya Iwanaji
  • Patent number: 11879452
    Abstract: A pump displacement control device includes: a servo piston that changes a tilt angle; a flow rate control spool that is displaced corresponding to an input pressure; a power control spool that is displaced corresponding to a discharge pressure of the pump; a control pressure regulating spool that regulates a control pressure which controls the servo piston; and a feedback lever connected to the servo piston and the control pressure regulating spool. The feedback lever directly abut on either one of the flow rate control spool or the power control spool for regulating the control pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: KYB CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya Iwanaji, Hiroaki Kuboi, Rintaro Matsuda
  • Patent number: 11767832
    Abstract: A piston pump includes: a tilting mechanism configured to bias a swash plate in accordance with a control pressure; a support spring configured to support the swash plate; and a regulator configured to control a control pressure guided to the tilting mechanism in accordance with a self-pressure of the piston pump. The regulator has an outer spring and an inner spring configured to be extended and compressed by following tilting of the swash plate; and a control spool configured to be moved in accordance with a biasing force from the outer spring and the inner spring, the control spool being configured to regulate the control pressure, and the outer spring and the inner spring and the support spring are provided adjacent to each other and in parallel with respect to the swash plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: KYB CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gen Takei, Tetsuya Iwanaji, Hiroaki Kuboi
  • Publication number: 20230204017
    Abstract: A piston pump includes: a tilting mechanism configured to bias a swash plate in accordance with a control pressure; a support spring configured to support the swash plate; and a regulator configured to control a control pressure guided to the tilting mechanism in accordance with a self-pressure of the piston pump. The regulator has an outer spring and an inner spring configured to be extended and compressed by following tilting of the swash plate; and a control spool configured to be moved in accordance with a biasing force from the outer spring and the inner spring, the control spool being configured to regulate the control pressure, and the outer spring and the inner spring and the support spring are provided adjacent to each other and in parallel with respect to the swash plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Gen TAKEI, Tetsuya IWANAJI, Hiroaki KUBOI
  • Publication number: 20230122543
    Abstract: A piston pump includes: a first biasing mechanism configured to bias a swash plate in accordance with control pressure supplied; a second biasing mechanism configured to bias the swash plate against the first biasing mechanism; and a regulator configured to control the control pressure in accordance with self-pressure of the piston pump. The regulator has: an outer spring and an inner spring configured to be extended and compressed by following tilting of the swash plate; a control spool configured to be moved in accordance with biasing forces exerted by the outer spring and the inner spring, the control spool being configured to adjust the control pressure; an auxiliary spring configured to exert biasing force to the control spool against the biasing forces exerted by the outer spring and the inner spring; and an adjusting mechanism configured to adjust the biasing force exerted by the auxiliary spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki KUBOI, Tetsuya IWANAJI
  • Publication number: 20220154715
    Abstract: A pump displacement control device includes: a servo piston that changes a tilt angle; a flow rate control spool that is displaced corresponding to an input pressure; a power control spool that is displaced corresponding to a discharge pressure of the pump; a control pressure regulating spool that regulates a control pressure which controls the servo piston; and a feedback lever connected to the servo piston and the control pressure regulating spool. The feedback lever directly abut on either one of the flow rate control spool or the power control spool for regulating the control pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya IWANAJI, Hiroaki KUBOI, Rintaro MATSUDA
  • Publication number: 20200340210
    Abstract: In an anti-reverse valve, a first communication passage that allows the first supply and discharge passage to communicate with the first pressure chamber and a second communication passage that allows the second supply and discharge passage to communicate with the second pressure chamber are provided inside the spool, a first restrictor is provided in the first communication passage, a second restrictor is provided in the second communication passage, and a first annular groove that allows the first supply and discharge passage to communicate with the drain passage when the spool is placed at the first communication position and a second annular groove that allows the second supply and discharge passage to communicate with the drain passage when the spool is placed at the second communication position are provided in an outer periphery of the spool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Kosuke KATSURA, Kenji SUZUKI, Hiroaki KUBOI
  • Publication number: 20180065610
    Abstract: A brake device that puts a brake on a hydraulic motor includes a disc plate configured to rotate with a cylinder block, a brake piston supported by a first case, and brake springs compressed and placed between the brake piston and a second case. The second case has a dent shaped or projection shaped holding portion into which one ends of the brake springs are inserted, and the brake springs are held by the holding portion even in a state where the other ends are away from the brake piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji SUZUKI, Hiroaki KUBOI
  • Publication number: 20080019845
    Abstract: In a swash plate piston motor (2), a piston (24, 41) which is caused to reciprocate by a fluid pressure and a cylinder block (23) which rotates within an operating chamber (21) in accordance with the reciprocation of the piston (24, 41) are accommodated in the operating chamber (21) inside a case (30). When the cylinder block (23) rotates through inertia after a supply of working fluid to a working fluid passage (11, 12) for applying the fluid pressure to the piston (24, 41) has been shut off, a check valve (18) supplies working fluid in the operating chamber (21) to the working fluid passage (11, 12) through a communicating passage (14) if necessary. As a result, the interior pressure of the fluid pressure motor (2) is prevented from becoming negative, and the piston (24, 41) is prevented from floating up from a swash plate (25).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Applicant: Kayaba Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Suzuki, Takafumi Akutagawa, Hiroaki Kuboi
  • Publication number: 20070295923
    Abstract: A relief valve includes a high-pressure port (14) communicating to a hydraulic circuit (41), a low-pressure port (15) communicating to a drain circuit (42), a valve (11) supported so as to be movable in back and forward in the axial direction thereof to open and close between these ports (14, 15), a piston (12) supported so as to be movable in the coaxial direction in relation to the valve (11), a spring (13) interveningly provided between the valve (11) and the piston (12) for biasing the valve (11) to a valve closing direction against the pressure of the high-pressure port (14), a damping chamber (20) defined at back side of the piston (12), pressure guiding paths (26, 27) for guiding the pressure in the upstream side of the valve (11) to the damping chamber (20), and a plurality of orifices (30a to 30d) exchangeably arranged in series in the pressure guiding paths (26, 27).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2005
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Applicant: KAYABA INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takafumi Akutagawa, Hiroaki Kuboi, Kenji Suzuki