Patents by Inventor Hironori Kotani

Hironori Kotani 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: 20240127998
    Abstract: A magnetic material includes an Fe—Si—Al-based metal magnetic powder. The Fe—Si—Al-based metal magnetic powder has the following relationships when the Si content is A% by weight and the Al content is B% by weight: 7.2% by weight?A?8.1% by weight, 6.0% by weight?B?7.5% by weight, and 2A+B?22.7% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Hironori NAGASAKI, Junichi KOTANI
  • Patent number: 5048364
    Abstract: A motor-operated tilt steering device including a fixed bracket fixed to the body of a vehicle and supporting a lower steering shaft by means of a lower column, a tilt bracket pivotally movably attached to the fixed bracket and supporting by an upper column an upper steering shaft connected to the lower steering shaft by a universal joint, a tilting electric motor attached to the fixed bracket, and an arrangement for converting the rotation of the motor to a pivotal movement of the tilt bracket. The conversion arrangement includes a screw shaft attached to the fixed bracket in parallel with the motor, a timing belt coupling the motor to the screw shaft, a screw nut in meshing engagement with the screw shaft, and an eccentric member coupling the screw nut to the tilt bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1991
    Assignee: Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noboru Minamoto, Yoshiyuki Nakamura, Hironori Kotani