Patents by Inventor Hiromitu Metugi

Hiromitu Metugi 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).

  • Breather device of automatic transmission
    Patent number: 8887870
    Abstract: A breather device includes a main body that includes a breather chamber with an inner bottom surface; a first communicating portion provided at the main body; a second communicating portion provided at the main body and at a position above the first communicating portion in a vertical direction and away from the first communicating portion in a horizontal direction; and a downward gradient provided at the inner bottom surface of the breather chamber, the downward gradient guides the oil that has entered the breather chamber through the first communicating portion toward the first communicating portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignees: Aisin Aw Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Naoya Okada, Shyusaku Kitamura, Atsushi Nakamura, Naoki Itazu, Toshihiro Fukumasu, Hiromitu Metugi, Masaharu Tanaka
  • Breather device of automatic transmission
    Publication number: 20090000874
    Abstract: A breather device includes a main body that includes a breather chamber with an inner bottom surface; a first communicating portion provided at the main body; a second communicating portion provided at the main body and at a position above the first communicating portion in a vertical direction and away from the first communicating portion in a horizontal direction; and a downward gradient provided at the inner bottom surface of the breather chamber, the downward gradient guides the oil that has entered the breather chamber through the first communicating portion toward the first communicating portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicants: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoya Okada, Shyusaku Kitamura, Atsushi Nakamura, Naoki Itazu, Toshihiro Fukumasu, Hiromitu Metugi, Masaharu Tanaka