Patents by Inventor Hirofumi Akahori

Hirofumi Akahori 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: 20230137698
    Abstract: A transmission device includes a casing accommodating a transmission gear and having an oil sump for retaining oil. The oil in the oil sump flows from a lubrication pump through a lubrication passage and is injected to the transmission gear. A connection portion is provided in a part of the lubrication passage, which part is disposed outside the casing. A direction control valve is provided downstream of the lubrication pump and upstream of the connection portion in the lubrication passage with respect to a flow direction of the oil. The direction control valve is configured to open the lubrication passage when a hydraulic pressure in the lubrication passage exceeds a predetermined value and to close the lubrication passage when the hydraulic pressure is equal to or lower than the predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirofumi AKAHORI, Yuji YAMAZAKI, Takahiko BANNO, Akira HAYASAKA, Kenta OGASAWARA
  • Patent number: 11618556
    Abstract: A transmission device includes a casing accommodating a transmission gear and having an oil sump for retaining oil. The oil in the oil sump flows from a lubrication pump through a lubrication passage and is injected to the transmission gear. A connection portion is provided in a part of the lubrication passage, which part is disposed outside the casing. A direction control valve is provided downstream of the lubrication pump and upstream of the connection portion in the lubrication passage with respect to a flow direction of the oil. The direction control valve is configured to open the lubrication passage when a hydraulic pressure in the lubrication passage exceeds a predetermined value and to close the lubrication passage when the hydraulic pressure is equal to or lower than the predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirofumi Akahori, Yuji Yamazaki, Takahiko Banno, Akira Hayasaka, Kenta Ogasawara
  • Patent number: 11105407
    Abstract: A gear including: a hub provided on an inner peripheral side and configured to be connected to a main shaft; a rim provided on an outer peripheral side and formed with external teeth; and a gear web connecting the hub and the rim. The gear web includes a first web extending obliquely upward from the rim to the hub; and a second web extending obliquely downward from the rim to the hub. The first web includes a plurality of first web pieces formed so as to be spaced apart in a circumferential direction, and the second web includes a plurality of second web pieces formed so as to be spaced apart in the circumferential direction. The first web pieces and the second web pieces are alternately arranged in the circumferential direction and are located at mutually different circumferential positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuji Yamazaki, Hirofumi Akahori, Kazuhiro Sato, Souichiro Ohsugi
  • Patent number: 11092232
    Abstract: An output frame is connected to a portion of a radially outer portion of a carrier, the portion being closer to a front plate than to a rear plate. The carrier has a first region as an external force transmission path between front pin support surfaces and the output frame, and a second region as the external for transmission path between rear shaft support surfaces and the output frame, and a stiffness with respect to a twist force of the first region and a stiffness with respect to the twist force of the second region are equal to each other. In the front plate and the rear plate, a stiffness with respect to a radial tensile force applied to the front pin support surfaces and a stiffness with respect to the radial tensile force applied to the rear shaft support surfaces are equal to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taku Nishihira, Hirofumi Akahori, Takunobu Nishida, Mamoru Yoshitomi
  • Patent number: 10808828
    Abstract: An oil supply structure for a planetary gear device includes: a planetary gear device including a tubular body that rotates together with a carrier that holds planetary gears, the tubular body including a lubricating oil introduction port formed therein; an annular body that slides against the tubular body, the annular body including a lubricating oil supply passage that communicates with the lubricating oil introduction port; a pair of seal rings attached to the tubular body or the annular body at both sides of the lubricating oil introduction port in an axial direction; bypass passages bypassing the pair of respective seal rings; and a pair of pressure reduction mechanisms disposed between the lubricating oil introduction port and the pair of seal rings or disposed outside the pair of seal rings, the pair of pressure reduction mechanisms each limiting a flow of lubricating oil between the tubular body and the annular body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mamoru Yoshitomi, Hirofumi Akahori, Tooru Nishida
  • Patent number: 10808625
    Abstract: A gear cooling structure includes: a gear including a plurality of teeth extending in a particular direction; and a nozzle that jets out oil toward a toothed surface of the gear. The nozzle extends in the particular direction, and has a width that is narrower than a gap between tips of the plurality of teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mamoru Yoshitomi, Hirofumi Akahori, Hidenori Arisawa, Yuji Shinoda, Seiji Yamashita
  • Patent number: 10794466
    Abstract: A planetary gear device includes a sun gear; a plurality of planetary gears; a planetary carrier at which the plurality of planetary gears are rotatably provided; and a ring gear, wherein the planetary carrier includes an oil feeding passage which feeds lubricating oil to at least one of the plurality of planetary gears, wherein the ring gear is a double helical gear in which a pair of rows of internal teeth are arranged in a direction of an axis line of the ring gear and the internal teeth of one of the rows and the internal teeth of the other of the rows are inclined in different directions, the ring gear including at least one discharge passage, wherein the at least one discharge passage includes an inlet-side portion and an outlet-side portion, the inlet-side portion being closer to an inlet configured to open in a region between the pair of rows of internal teeth at an inner peripheral surface of the ring gear, and the outlet-side portion being closer to an outlet configured to open in a region of an out
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takunobu Nishida, Hirofumi Akahori, Mamoru Yoshitomi
  • Publication number: 20200122824
    Abstract: A transmission device includes a casing accommodating a transmission gear and having an oil sump for retaining oil. The oil in the oil sump flows from a lubrication pump through a lubrication passage and is injected to the transmission gear. A connection portion is provided in a part of the lubrication passage, which part is disposed outside the casing. A direction control valve is provided downstream of the lubrication pump and upstream of the connection portion in the lubrication passage with respect to a flow direction of the oil. The direction control valve is configured to open the lubrication passage when a hydraulic pressure in the lubrication passage exceeds a predetermined value and to close the lubrication passage when the hydraulic pressure is equal to or lower than the predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirofumi AKAHORI, Yuji YAMAZAKI, Takahiko BANNO, Akira HAYASAKA, Kenta OGASAWARA
  • Publication number: 20200116247
    Abstract: A gear including: a hub provided on an inner peripheral side and configured to be connected to a main shaft; a rim provided on an outer peripheral side and formed with external teeth; and a gear web connecting the hub and the rim. The gear web includes a first web extending obliquely upward from the rim to the hub; and a second web extending obliquely downward from the rim to the hub. The first web includes a plurality of first web pieces formed so as to be spaced apart in a circumferential direction, and the second web includes a plurality of second web pieces formed so as to be spaced apart in the circumferential direction. The first web pieces and the second web pieces are alternately arranged in the circumferential direction and are located at mutually different circumferential positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JOKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuji YAMAZAKI, Hirofumi Akahori, Kazuhiro Sato, Souichiro Ohsugi
  • Publication number: 20200080494
    Abstract: A gear cooling structure includes: a gear including a plurality of teeth extending in a particular direction; and a nozzle that jets out oil toward a toothed surface of the gear. The nozzle extends in the particular direction, and has a width that is narrower than a gap between tips of the plurality of teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mamoru YOSHITOMI, Hirofumi AKAHORI, Hidenori ARISAWA, Yuji SHINODA, Seiji YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20190186623
    Abstract: An output frame is connected to a portion of a radially outer portion of a carrier, the portion being closer to a front plate than to a rear plate. The carrier has a first region as an external force transmission path between front pin support surfaces and the output frame, and a second region as the external for transmission path between rear shaft support surfaces and the output frame, and a stiffness with respect to a twist force of the first region and a stiffness with respect to the twist force of the second region are equal to each other. In the front plate and the rear plate, a stiffness with respect to a radial tensile force applied to the front pin support surfaces and a stiffness with respect to the radial tensile force applied to the rear shaft support surfaces are equal to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taku NISHIHIRA, Hirofumi AKAHORI, Takunobu NISHIDA, Mamoru YOSHITOMI
  • Publication number: 20190170242
    Abstract: A planetary gear device includes a sun gear; a plurality of planetary gears; a planetary carrier at which the plurality of planetary gears are rotatably provided; and a ring gear, wherein the planetary carrier includes an oil feeding passage which feeds lubricating oil to at least one of the plurality of planetary gears, wherein the ring gear is a double helical gear in which a pair of rows of internal teeth are arranged in a direction of an axis line of the ring gear and the internal teeth of one of the rows and the internal teeth of the other of the rows are inclined in different directions, the ring gear including at least one discharge passage, wherein the at least one discharge passage includes an inlet-side portion and an outlet-side portion, the inlet-side portion being closer to an inlet configured to open in a region between the pair of rows of internal teeth at an inner peripheral surface of the ring gear, and the outlet-side portion being closer to an outlet configured to open in a region of an out
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takunobu NISHIDA, Hirofumi AKAHORI, Mamoru YOSHITOMI
  • Patent number: 10266274
    Abstract: A mount mechanism used to mount an accessory gear box on an engine case in an aircraft engine, includes a pair of first brackets apart from each other in a circumferential direction of the engine case; the pair of first brackets being connected to each other via the link, both end portions of the link being coupled to the pair of first brackets by a pair of first pins, respectively; an annular anti-vibration element penetrated by each of the pair of first pins, the annular anti-vibration element being retained by at least one of each of the pair of first brackets and the end portion of the link; and a second bracket fastened to the other of the engine case and the accessory gear box, the second bracket box being coupled to the link by a second pin at a location between the pair of first brackets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryo Yasuda, Hirohito Shimizu, Hiroshi Fujii, Takuya Imai, Hiroaki Ootsuji, Hirofumi Akahori
  • Publication number: 20180216722
    Abstract: An oil supply structure for a planetary gear device includes: a planetary gear device including a tubular body that rotates together with a carrier that holds planetary gears. the tubular body including a lubricating oil introduction port formed therein; an annular body that slides against the tubular body, the annular body including a lubricating oil supply passage that communicates with the lubricating oil introduction port; a pair of seal rings attached to the tubular body or the annular body at both sides of the lubricating oil introduction port in an axial direction; bypass passages bypassing the pair of respective seal rings; and a pair of pressure reduction mechanisms disposed between the lubricating oil introduction port and the pair of seal rings or disposed outside the pair of seal rings, the pair of pressure reduction mechanisms each limiting a flow of lubricating oil between the tubular body and the annular body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Mamoru YOSHITOMI, Hirofumi AKAHORI, Tooru NISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20180118357
    Abstract: A mount mechanism used to mount an accessory gear box on an engine case in an aircraft engine, includes a pair of first brackets apart from each other in a circumferential direction of the engine case; the pair of first brackets being connected to each other via the link, both end portions of the link being coupled to the pair of first brackets by a pair of first pins, respectively; an annular anti-vibration element penetrated by each of the pair of first pins, the annular anti-vibration element being retained by at least one of each of the pair of first brackets and the end portion of the link; and a second bracket fastened to the other of the engine case and the accessory gear box, the second bracket box being coupled to the link by a second pin at a location between the pair of first brackets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryo YASUDA, Hirohito SHIMIZU, Hiroshi FUJII, Takuya IMAI, Hiroaki OOTSUJI, Hirofumi AKAHORI
  • Patent number: 8398525
    Abstract: A planetary gear reduction system has a sun gear, a plurality of planet gears, a ring gear, and a planet carrier. The planet carrier has a first plate supporting one ends of planet shafts supporting the planet gears, a second plate supporting the other ends of the planet shafts, and a cylindrical drum connecting the first and second plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tetsuya Matsuoka, Hiroyasu Nishikawa, Tooru Nishida, Hirofumi Akahori, Hideyuki Imai, Tatsuhiko Goi
  • Patent number: 8348803
    Abstract: A planetary reduction gear apparatus has a sun gear having external teeth; planetary gears, each having external teeth and configured to be meshed with the sun gear; planetary shafts, each being a rotation shaft of the planetary gear; a ring gear having internal teeth and configured to be meshed with the planetary gears; and a planetary carrier including an annular base plate and an annular back plate. The planetary carrier supports the planetary shafts between the annular base plate and the annular back plate and determines a relative position between planetary gears. The annular base plate is integrally formed with one end of the planetary shaft to support the one end. The annular back plate supports the other end of the planetary shaft. At least one of the planetary shaft and the planetary carrier has lower stiffness in its part adjacent to the one end of the planetary shaft than stiffness of its part adjacent to the other end thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tetsuya Matsuoka, Hiroyasu Nishikawa, Tooru Nishida, Hirofumi Akahori, Tatsuhiko Goi
  • Publication number: 20110105270
    Abstract: A planetary gear reduction system has a sun gear, a plurality of planet gears, a ring gear, and a planet carrier. The planet carrier has a first plate supporting one ends of planet shafts supporting the planet gears, a second plate supporting the other ends of the planet shafts, and a cylindrical drum connecting the first and second plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuya MATSUOKA, Hiroyasu NISHIKAWA, Tooru NISHIDA, Hirofumi AKAHORI, Hideyuki IMAI, Tatsuhiko GOI
  • Publication number: 20100261571
    Abstract: This apparatus includes: a sun gear having external teeth; planetary gears, each having external teeth and configured to be meshed with the sun gear; planetary shafts, each being a rotation shaft of the planetary gear; a ring gear having internal teeth and configured to be meshed with the planetary gears; and a planetary carrier including an annular base plate and an annular back plate. The planetary carrier supports the planetary shafts between the annular base plate and the annular back plate and determines a relative position between planetary gears. The annular base plate is integrally formed with one end of the planetary shaft to support the one end. The annular back plate supports the other end of the planetary shaft. At least one of the planetary shaft and the planetary carrier has lower stiffness in its part adjacent to the one end of the planetary shaft than stiffness of its part adjacent to the other end thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuya Matsuoka, Hiroyasu Nishikawa, Tooru Nishida, Hirofumi Akahori, Tatsuhiko Goi