Patents by Inventor Hirotsugu Yabe

Hirotsugu Yabe 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: 9371798
    Abstract: A free-piston type stirling engine 1 includes a power piston 30 which partitions the inside of a case 2 into a work space 80 and a bounce space 90, a displacer 40, a communication hole 32 provided in the power piston 30, a displacer rod 41 extending from the displacer 40 and passing through the communication hole 32, a first displacer supporting spring 50 elastically supporting the displacer rod 41 at its proximal end, and a second displacer supporting spring 60 elastically supporting the displacer rod 41 at its distal end. The power piston 30 and the displacer 40 reciprocate along a central axis X of the case 2 with a phase difference therebetween by expansion and compression of a working gas in the work space 80, and bias forces of the first displacer supporting spring 50 and the second displacer supporting spring 60 restrict tilting of the displacer 40 and the displacer rod 41 with respect to the central axis X.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Shou Ozaki, Yasushi Yamamoto, Hirotsugu Yabe
  • Patent number: 8951158
    Abstract: Planetary friction gear continuously variable transmission including an input shaft; a carrier; a planetary friction gear having a tapered roller at an inclined rotating shaft; an input-side support section, formed by notching a portion of an outer periphery of a carrier bottom section, rotatably supports an input side of the shaft; a sun roller provided on a same line as the shaft; a ring roller which is rotated by contacting a roller of the gear; an output shaft spaced from the ring roller; a loading section having a rolling body which presses the ring roller and the output shaft in an axial direction when a torque differential arises; and a transmission ring which contacts the tapered roller and allows the gear to spin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Shou Ozaki, Yasushi Yamamoto, Hirotsugu Yabe
  • Publication number: 20140216026
    Abstract: A free-piston type stirling engine 1 includes a power piston 30 which partitions the inside of a case 2 into a work space 80 and a bounce space 90, a displacer 40, a communication hole 32 provided in the power piston 30, a displacer rod 41 extending from the displacer 40 and passing through the communication hole 32, a first displacer supporting spring 50 elastically supporting the displacer rod 41 at its proximal end, and a second displacer supporting spring 60 elastically supporting the displacer rod 41 at its distal end. The power piston 30 and the displacer 40 reciprocate along a central axis X of the case 2 with a phase difference therebetween by expansion and compression of a working gas in the work space 80, and bias forces of the first displacer supporting spring 50 and the second displacer supporting spring 60 restrict tilting of the displacer 40 and the displacer rod 41 with respect to the central axis X.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
    Inventors: Shou Ozaki, Yasushi Yamamoto, Hirotsugu Yabe
  • Publication number: 20140051540
    Abstract: Planetary friction gear continuously variable transmission including an input shaft; a carrier; a planetary friction gear having a tapered roller at an inclined rotating shaft; an input-side support section, formed by notching a portion of an outer periphery of a carrier bottom section, rotatably supports an input side of the shaft; a sun roller provided on a same line as the shaft; a ring roller which is rotated by contacting a roller of the gear; an output shaft spaced from the ring roller; a loading section having a rolling body which presses the ring roller and the output shaft in an axial direction when a torque differential arises; and a transmission ring which contacts the tapered roller and allows the gear to spin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Isuzu Motors Limited
    Inventors: Shou Ozaki, Yasushi Yamamoto, Hirotsugu Yabe