Patents by Inventor Hiroshi Yanagase

Hiroshi Yanagase 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: 9322450
    Abstract: A torque rod having an arm portion, a ring portion formed on each end of the arm portion in a longitudinal direction of the arm portion, and a rubber bushing that is integrally provided with the ring portion. The arm portion is formed from a material that is lower in specific gravity than iron. A weight is provided in a potion of the rubber bushing other than a principal spring portion. The principle spring portion, which absorbs principle vibration to be isolated, is formed by an elastic arm portion that extends radially outwardly from an inner cylinder located substantially in a center of the rubber bushing and is connected to the ring portion. An aperture, which is a separation space, is provided between the elastic arm portion and the ring portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignees: YAMASHITA RUBBER KABUSHIKI KAISHA, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hironao Nishimae, Nobuo Kubo, Hiroshi Yanagase
  • Patent number: 8794606
    Abstract: A liquid sealed vibration isolating device has an elastically movable diaphragm capable of preventing elastic deformation of a relief valve to realize high damping while preventing a cavitation phenomenon. The relief valve is provided in the elastic movable diaphragm arranged in a partition member in order to open and close a leak passage so as to prevent occurrence of the cavitation phenomenon. The relief valve is integrally formed with a fixing portion of the elastic movable diaphragm. There is provided an upwardly open concavity that the relief valve faces. The relief valve is made thicker and provided with an opening and closing adjustment groove at a basal portion of its inclined wall. The opening and closing adjustment groove is formed with a locally thin bending portion functioning as a starting point of bending in an opening and closing operation of the relief valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuo Kubo, Hiroshi Yanagase, Jun Saito, Masatomo Nishizaka
  • Publication number: 20140175718
    Abstract: A torque rod having an arm portion, a ring portion formed on each end of the arm portion in a longitudinal direction of the arm portion, and a rubber bushing that is integrally provided with the ring portion. The arm portion is formed from a material that is lower in specific gravity than iron. A weight is provided in a potion of the rubber bushing other than a principal spring portion. The principle spring portion, which absorbs principle vibration to be isolated, is formed by an elastic arm portion that extends radially outwardly from an inner cylinder located substantially in a center of the rubber bushing and is connected to the ring portion. An aperture, which is a separation space, is provided between the elastic arm portion and the ring portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., YAMASHITA RUBBER KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hironao Nishimae, Nobuo Kubo, Hiroshi Yanagase
  • Patent number: 8684341
    Abstract: A torque rod having an arm portion, a ring portion formed on each end of the arm portion in a longitudinal direction of the arm portion, and a rubber bushing that is integrally provided with the ring portion. The arm portion is formed from a material that is lower in specific gravity than iron. A weight is provided in a portion of the rubber bushing other than a principal spring portion. The principal spring portion, which absorbs principal vibration to be isolated, is formed by an elastic arm portion that extends radially outwardly from an inner cylinder located substantially in a center of the rubber bushing and is connected to the ring portion. An aperture, which is a separation space, is provided between the elastic arm portion and the ring portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignees: Yamashita Rubber Kabushiki Kaisha, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironao Nishimae, Nobuo Kubo, Hiroshi Yanagase
  • Patent number: 8490954
    Abstract: To form a relief valve for preventing the generation of the cavitation phenomenon into a simple and accurately operable structure, there are provided a central thin wall portion and a fixing portion in an elastic diaphragm provided in the partition member to have the fixing portion fixed in position. A relief valve is integrally formed with an outer peripheral portion of the fixing portion. The relief valve is provided with an inclined surface formed on the side of a secondary liquid chamber and a recessed portion opened on the side of a primary liquid chamber and has a difference in rigidity in the circumferential direction. When the primary liquid chamber turns negative pressure, a hydraulic liquid in the secondary liquid chamber opens the relief valve and leaks to the primary liquid chamber so as to prevent the generation of the cavitation phenomenon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignees: Yamashita Rubber Kabushiki Kaisha, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Saito, Masatomo Nishizaka, Nobuo Kubo, Hiroshi Yanagase
  • Patent number: 8382079
    Abstract: A vibration isolating device includes an insulator for isolating the transmission of an inputted vibration by an elastic deformation. A principal vibration input portion is provided in a central area of a concave curved wall portion formed in the insulator. A thin wall portion and a thick wall portion are formed by relatively varying a thickness of the insulator around the vibration input portion, wherein the concave curved wall portion of the insulator is formed in a substantially circular shape when viewed in a principal vibration inputted direction. The thick wall portion is formed substantially in the shape of a belt of a predetermined width and extends across the concave curved wall portion in the diametrical direction thereof while passing the vibration input portion. A rigid body covering portion for covering a surface of a metallic member of the vibration input portion is provided in the central area of the thick wall portion. A thickness of the rigid body covering portion is at least 1.7 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Yamashita Rubber Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuo Kubo, Hiroshi Yanagase, Jun Saito
  • Patent number: 8011644
    Abstract: To block the transmission to a vehicle body side of the vibration due to the cavitation phenomenon occurred in a primary liquid chamber so as to prevent the generation of noises, at the same time, to make the device compact, and to improve the fitting accuracy to obtain the reliable positioning, a first metallic fitting and a second metallic fitting are connected by an insulator. A primary liquid chamber and a secondary liquid chamber formed inwardly are partitioned by a partition member and communicated therebetween by an orifice passage. The partition member is floatingly supported between an extended portion of the insulator and an outer peripheral thick wall portion of a diaphragm, and the tuning is performed to generate the rigid resonance at the predetermined frequency. An outer ring is provided in the outer peripheral thick wall portion so as to be securely fixed by a fixing portion formed by bending an end of an outer cylindrical fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignees: Yamashita Rubber Kabushiki Kaisha, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Saito, Masatomo Nishizaka, Nobuo Kubo, Hiroshi Yanagase
  • Publication number: 20110101581
    Abstract: A liquid sealed vibration isolating device has an elastically movable diaphragm capable of preventing elastic deformation of a relief valve to realize high damping while preventing a cavitation phenomenon. The relief valve is provided in the elastic movable diaphragm arranged in a partition member in order to open and close a leak passage so as to prevent occurrence of the cavitation phenomenon. The relief valve is integrally formed with a fixing portion of the elastic movable diaphragm. There is provided an upwardly open concavity that the relief valve faces. The relief valve is made thicker and provided with an opening and closing adjustment groove at a basal portion of its inclined wall. The opening and closing adjustment groove is formed with a locally thin bending portion functioning as a starting point of bending in an opening and closing operation of the relief valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., YAMASHITA RUBBER KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuo Kubo, Hiroshi Yanagase, Jun Saito, Masatomo Nishizaka
  • Publication number: 20100072683
    Abstract: To form a relief valve for preventing the generation of the cavitation phenomenon into a simple and accurately operable structure, there are provided a central thin wall portion and a fixing portion in an elastic diaphragm provided in the partition member to have the fixing portion fixed in position. A relief valve is integrally formed with an outer peripheral portion of the fixing portion. The relief valve is provided with an inclined surface formed on the side of a secondary liquid chamber and a recessed portion opened on the side of a primary liquid chamber and has a difference in rigidity in the circumferential direction. When the primary liquid chamber turns negative pressure, a hydraulic liquid in the secondary liquid chamber opens the relief valve and leaks to the primary liquid chamber so as to prevent the generation of the cavitation phenomenon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicants: YAMASHITA RUBBER KABUSHIKI KAISHA, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Saito, Masatomo Nishizaka, Nobuo Kubo, Hiroshi Yanagase
  • Publication number: 20080315473
    Abstract: A torque rod having an arm portion, a ring portion formed on each end of the arm portion in a longitudinal direction of the arm portion, and a rubber bushing that is integrally provided with the ring portion. The arm portion is formed from a material that is lower in specific gravity than iron. A weight is provided in a portion of the rubber bushing other than a principal spring portion. The principal spring portion, which absorbs principal vibration to be isolated, is formed by an elastic arm portion that extends radially outwardly from an inner cylinder located substantially in a center of the rubber bushing and is connected to the ring portion. An aperture, which is a separation space, is provided between the elastic arm portion and the ring portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicants: YAMASHITA RUBBER KABUSHIKI KAISHA, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hironao Nishimae, Nobuo Kubo, Hiroshi Yanagase
  • Publication number: 20080284075
    Abstract: To block the transmission to a vehicle body side of the vibration due to the cavitation phenomenon occurred in a primary liquid chamber so as to prevent the generation of noises, at the same time, to make the device compact, and to improve the fitting accuracy to obtain the reliable positioning, a first metallic fitting and a second metallic fitting are connected by an insulator. A primary liquid chamber and a secondary liquid chamber formed inwardly are partitioned by a partition member and communicated therebetween by an orifice passage. The partition member is floatingly supported between an extended portion of the insulator and an outer peripheral thick wall portion of a diaphragm, and the tuning is performed to generate the rigid resonance at the predetermined frequency. An outer ring is provided in the outer peripheral thick wall portion so as to be securely fixed by a fixing portion formed by bending an end of an outer cylindrical fitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Applicants: YAMASHITA RUBBER KABUSHIKI KAISHA, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Saito, Masatomo Nishizaka, Nobuo Kubo, Hiroshi Yanagase
  • Publication number: 20080230968
    Abstract: A vibration isolating device includes an insulator for isolating the transmission of an inputted vibration by an elastic deformation. A principal vibration input portion is provided in a central area of a concave curved wall portion formed in the insulator. A thin wall portion and a thick wall portion are formed by relatively varying a thickness of the insulator around the vibration input portion, wherein the concave curved wall portion of the insulator is formed in a substantially circular shape when viewed in a principal vibration inputted direction. The thick wall portion is formed substantially in the shape of a belt of a predetermined width and extends across the concave curved wall portion in the diametrical direction thereof while passing the vibration input portion. A rigid body covering portion for covering a surface of a metallic member of the vibration input portion is provided in the central area of the thick wall portion. A thickness of the rigid body covering portion is at least 1.7 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., YAMASHITA RUBBER KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Nobuo Kubo, Hiroshi Yanagase, Jun Saito
  • Patent number: 5054986
    Abstract: Heavy articles such as metal coils are transferred to and from storage locations in a storage area by a system of tracks and carriages including non-powered carriages which transport the articles directly and self-propelled carriages which move perpendicularly to the direction of movement of the non-powered carriages. The non-powered carriages are moved off and onto the self-propelled carriages by feeders carried by the self-propelled carriages. In one form of the invention, the above-mentioned self-propelled carriages are transferred to and from tracks in a parallel track array by an additional self-propelled carriage movable along a track extending perpendicular to the tracks of the parallel track array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1991
    Assignee: Tsubakimoto Chain Co.
    Inventors: Tadao Hirano, Hiroshi Yanagase
  • Patent number: 4971508
    Abstract: In a storage facility for heavy coils or the like, coils are transported to and from stationary rests by a first carriage which include a hydraulic lift. The first carriage is carried by a second carriage which moves perpendicularly to the path of the first carriage and which has its own heavy article-supporting rest. Transfer of heavy articles from rest to rest takes place by operation of the hydraulic lift in conjunction with lateral movement of the first carriage. The second carriage is self-propelled, and also carries a hydraulic pump unit for powering the lift through a flexible coupling which allows limited movement of the first carriage away from the second carriage. A third carriage, which is self-propelled and movable perpendicularly to the path of the second carriage, receives the second carriage to carry the second carriage, with a first carriage on it, to and away from the storage facility. The second and third carriages are movable independently of each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 20, 1990
    Assignee: Tsubakimoto Chain Co.
    Inventors: JPX, Shoji Miyahara, Hiroshi Yanagase, Fusao Sonehara