Patents by Inventor Hirofumi Inoshita

Hirofumi Inoshita 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: 10256012
    Abstract: An assembly conductor manufacturing method includes aligning, around a center strand, a plurality of peripheral strands, each having at least two side surfaces, one of which opposes an adjacent peripheral strand on one side in a circumferential direction and the other of which opposes an adjacent peripheral strand on the other side in the circumferential direction, so as to form an assembly conductor in which the center strand and the peripheral strands are aligned; twisting the plurality of peripheral strands around the center strand that forms the assembly conductor; and plastic forming the twisted assembly conductor into a substantially rectangular sectional shape. The peripheral strand provided with the two side surfaces has a sectional shape in which a width between the side surfaces becomes narrower toward the center strand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiaki Masui, Hirofumi Inoshita
  • Patent number: 10236753
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an assembled conductor includes: arranging a plurality of peripheral wires having anisotropic cross-sectional shapes around a central wire; bundling the central wire and the peripheral wires that have been arranged, to form a conducting wire bundle; and rolling the conducting wire bundle to form the assembled conductor. The arranging includes a bending process for bending the plurality of peripheral wires in directions along imaginary lines that extend radially relative to an axis of the central wire on an imaginary plane intersecting the axis of the central wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daisuke Mizushima, Toshiaki Masui, Hironari Adachi, Hirofumi Inoshita
  • Patent number: 10099271
    Abstract: A pin fin forming method is a method of forming a plurality of pin fins on a surface of a metal plate by subjecting the metal plate to extrusion using a die having a plurality of through-holes and a roll. The pin fin forming method includes placing the metal plate between the die and the roll, and pressing the metal plate from a first end of the metal plate to a second end of the metal plate, by moving the roll relative to the die. The metal plate is pressed from the first end of the metal plate to the second end of the metal plate, in a state where a side surface of the second end of the metal plate and an upper surface of the second end of the metal plate are fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirofumi Inoshita, Akinori Tomioka
  • Patent number: 9770753
    Abstract: A surface roughening apparatus includes a first mold and a second mold. The first mold has a plurality of first protrusions. The first mold presses a metallic material to form recesses corresponding to respective shapes of the first protrusions in a surface of the metallic material. The second mold has a plurality of second protrusions. After the first mold presses the metallic material, the second mold presses the metallic material, thereby deforming each recess into an undercut shape. A height of each first protrusion is greater than a height of each second protrusion. A tip angle of each first protrusion is smaller than a tip angle of each second protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akinori Tomioka, Hirofumi Inoshita
  • Publication number: 20170014885
    Abstract: A surface roughening apparatus includes a first mold and a second mold. The first mold has a plurality of first protrusions. The first mold presses a metallic material to form recesses corresponding to respective shapes of the first protrusions in a surface of the metallic material. The second mold has a plurality of second protrusions. After the first mold presses the metallic material, the second mold presses the metallic material, thereby deforming each recess into an undercut shape. A height of each first protrusion is greater than a height of each second protrusion. A tip angle of each first protrusion is smaller than a tip angle of each second protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akinori TOMIOKA, Hirofumi INOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20160276910
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an assembled conductor includes: arranging a plurality of peripheral wires having anisotropic cross-sectional shapes around a central wire; bundling the central wire and the peripheral wires that have been arranged, to form a conducting wire bundle; and rolling the conducting wire bundle to form the assembled conductor. The arranging includes a bending process for bending the plurality of peripheral wires in directions along imaginary lines that extend radially relative to an axis of the central wire on an imaginary plane intersecting the axis of the central wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daisuke MIZUSHIMA, Toshiaki MASUI, Hironari ADACHI, Hirofumi INOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20160158825
    Abstract: A pin fin forming method is a method of forming a plurality of pin fins on a surface of a metal plate by subjecting the metal plate to extrusion using a die having a plurality of through-holes and a roll. The pin fin forming method includes placing the metal plate between the die and the roll, and pressing the metal plate from a first end of the metal plate to a second end of the metal plate, by moving the roll relative to the die. The metal plate is pressed from the first end of the metal plate to the second end of the metal plate, in a state where a side surface of the second end of the metal plate and an upper surface of the second end of the metal plate are fixed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Hirofumi INOSHITA, Akinori TOMIOKA
  • Patent number: 9273771
    Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a multi-stage gear in which no gap is formed between a small-diameter gear and a large-diameter gear, there are included a first step of forming the small-diameter gear on an outer peripheral surface of a workpiece, a second step of forming a large-diameter gear part by plastically deforming an end portion of the workpiece to increase the diameter thereof, and a third step of forming the large-diameter gear by cutting the large-diameter gear part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuya Sukeda, Hirofumi Inoshita, Koji Shimoda, Akinori Tomioka, Toshiaki Masui, Hironori Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20160037690
    Abstract: An electromagnetic shield body includes a metal plate and insulating resin combined with each other by insert molding. The metal plate is provided with a projection portion projecting into the insulating resin from the metal plate. The projection portion has a supporting side that dams up and holds the insulating resin introduced into a space defined by the projection portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Fumio NOMIZO, Hideo SATAKE, Tetsuyoshi FUKAYA, Hirofumi INOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20160027559
    Abstract: An assembly conductor manufacturing method includes aligning, around a center strand, a plurality of peripheral strands, each having at least two side surfaces, one of which opposes an adjacent peripheral strand on one side in a circumferential direction and the other of which opposes an adjacent peripheral strand on the other side in the circumferential direction, so as to form an assembly conductor in which the center strand and the peripheral strands are aligned; twisting the plurality of peripheral strands around the center strand that forms the assembly conductor; and plastic forming the twisted assembly conductor into a substantially rectangular sectional shape. The peripheral strand provided with the two side surfaces has a sectional shape in which a width between the side surfaces becomes narrower toward the center strand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiaki MASUI, Hirofumi INOSHITA
  • Publication number: 20160027551
    Abstract: The invention provides an assembled conductor, which is formed by rolling a conductor bundle including a central conductor and a peripheral conductor arranged around the central conductor. The central conductor has a shape in which a right-twisted portion of the central conductor and a left-twisted portion of the central conductor are arranged alternately in predetermined intervals. The right-twisted portion of the central conductor extends from one end side of the central conductor to the other end side of the central conductor and is twisted in a clockwise direction, and the left-twisted portion of the central conductor extends from the one end side of the central conductor to the other end side of the central conductor and is twisted in a counterclockwise direction. The peripheral conductor is arranged around the central conductor so that a twist direction of the peripheral conductor becomes opposite to a twist direction of the central conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Daisuke MIZUSHIMA, Hironari ADACHI, Hirofumi INOSHITA
  • Patent number: 9222367
    Abstract: A turbocharger includes: a turbine wheel that is driven by exhaust gas from an engine and supported rotatably by a predetermined rotary shaft; and a turbine housing that forms an exhaust gas passage that leads the exhaust gas to the turbine wheel, wherein the turbine housing includes a housing main body constituted by a plate-form member and a reinforcement member that forms the exhaust gas passage together with the housing main body and reinforces the housing main body, the reinforcement member includes a pair of annular portions having a substantially annular shape and provided about an axial center of the rotary shaft at an interval in an axial direction of the rotary shaft, and a connecting portion that connects the pair of annular portions, and the pair of annular portions and the connecting portion are molded integrally by implementing deformation processing on the plate-form member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, AISIN TAKAOKA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Inoshita, Koichi Mine, Tomoyuki Isogai, Tatsuo Iida, Akira Sato, Takuya Kajita, Hideki Yoshikane
  • Publication number: 20140144269
    Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a multi-stage gear in which no gap is formed between a small-diameter gear and a large-diameter gear, there are included a first step of forming the small-diameter gear on an outer peripheral surface of a workpiece, a second step of forming a large-diameter gear part by plastically deforming an end portion of the workpiece to increase the diameter thereof, and a third step of forming the large-diameter gear by cutting the large-diameter gear part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuya Sukeda, Hirofumi Inoshita, Koji Shimoda, Akinori Tomioka, Toshiaki Masui, Hironori Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20110274542
    Abstract: A turbocharger includes: a turbine wheel that is driven by exhaust gas from an engine and supported rotatably by a predetermined rotary shaft; and a turbine housing that forms an exhaust gas passage that leads the exhaust gas to the turbine wheel, wherein the turbine housing includes a housing main body constituted by a plate-form member and a reinforcement member that forms the exhaust gas passage together with the housing main body and reinforces the housing main body, the reinforcement member includes a pair of annular portions having a substantially annular shape and provided about an axial center of the rotary shaft at an interval in an axial direction of the rotary shaft, and a connecting portion that connects the pair of annular portions, and the pair of annular portions and the connecting portion are molded integrally by implementing deformation processing on the plate-form member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicants: AISIN TAKAOKA CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirofumi Inoshita, Koichi Mine, Tomoyuki Isogai, Tatsuo Iida, Akira Sato, Takuya Kajita, Hideki Yoshikane
  • Publication number: 20110132591
    Abstract: Provided are a heat exchanger having a novel structure and efficiently cooling a heat generating body, and a method of manufacturing the heat exchanger. A heat exchanger has flow paths formed by being closed by an upper plate and a lower plate which have rectilinearly formed upstanding fins parallelly arranged at specific intervals, and gaps extend between adjacent fins in the top-bottom direction along the direction in which the fins extend. Either of or both the upper plate and the lower plate are provided with projections arranged in the longitudinal direction of the flow path and projecting inward of the flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NIPPON SOKEN, INC.
    Inventors: Masahiro Morino, Yasuji Taketsuna, Hirofumi Inoshita, Hirohito Matsui
  • Publication number: 20100276135
    Abstract: A cooling fin includes fin parts integrally extending from a base part. Each fin part is partially formed at a slant so that a proximal end portion is straight and a distal end portion is wavy (corrugated). Each fin part is partially slanted to make each fin part wavier as coming closer to the distal end portion from the proximal end portion. In a manufacturing process of the cooling fin, firstly, a straight cooling fin is produced by extrusion molding (an extruding step). Subsequently, the distal end portion of each fin is partially bent in a direction intersecting an extruding direction into a wave shape (a bending step).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2008
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Morino, Yasuji Taketsuna, Yuya Takano, Hirofumi Inoshita
  • Publication number: 20090126182
    Abstract: A process for producing a separator having a fluid channel on at least one side and a manifold communicating with the fluid channel and formed by punching, the process comprises a step of diminishing burrs in the manifold formed by the punching. When this step of diminishing the burrs is followed by the step of applying a coat-forming material to the part where burrs have been diminished, for example, a thermosetting coat-forming material is used as the coat-forming material, and the step of heating the coat-forming material from the side of a separator base may be added.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventors: Tomokazu Hayashi, Hirofumi Inoshita, Yusuke Watanabe