Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Maeyama

Hiroyuki Maeyama 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: 20130127234
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel, which is divided in an axial direction of a tire into two pieces which are an in-side half wheel and an out-side half wheel that are connected to each other and fixed to an axle hub, includes wheel coupling bolts joining a mating surface of the in-side half wheel and a mating surface of the out-side half wheel together, and hub bolts joining the out-side half wheel and the axle hub together. The wheel coupling bolts and the hub bolts are respectively screwed into nuts from the out-side half wheel side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Maeyama, Hiromichi Yamamoto, Kousuke Katahira
  • Publication number: 20130126065
    Abstract: Provided is a core (10A), in which split pieces (10P) adjacent to each other in a circumferential direction are coupled by a coupling pin (11), an axial direction of which is disposed in a width direction of the split pieces (10P), at a radial inner circumferential side thereof, and split surfaces (10a, 10b) formed by both of the split pieces (10P, 10P) include a first load receiving surface (10c) and a second load receiving surface (10d) having a predetermined angle with respect to a radial direction at a radial outer circumferential side from the coupling pin (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Maeyama, Hiromichi Yamamoto, Kousuke Katahira
  • Publication number: 20130118375
    Abstract: A travel device includes a bogie frame (11) configured to support an axle (5) to which a wheel (3) is attached, a suspension frame (15) disposed close to a center of a vehicle body (1) with respect to the bogie frame (11) and having a support section (16) extending downward from the vehicle body (1), and an upper link (14a) and a lower link (14b) configured to connect the support section (16) and the bogie frame (11) to relatively move the bogie frame (11) with respect to the support section (16) in a vertical direction. In the lower link (14b), a position (11b) at which the lower link (14b) and the bogie frame (11) are connected by pin coupling is disposed lower than a position (15b) at which the lower link (14b) and the support section (16) are connected by pin coupling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Maeyama, Hiromichi Yamamoto, Kousuke Katahira
  • Patent number: 8408142
    Abstract: In a guide rail type vehicle, a guide wheel includes a main guide wheel that rolls in contact with a main guide rail and a branch guide wheel that rolls in contact with a branch guide rail, a guide frame includes a guide arm that extends in a vehicle width direction and a guide link, the guide arm and the guide link are rotatably connected to each other via a first rotational shaft, the guide link includes a second rotational shaft in which the main guide wheel and the branch guide wheel are rotatably mounted to both ends, a buffer mechanism is provided between the guide arm and the guide link, and when the guide link rotates around the first rotational shaft with the guide wheel contacting with the guide rail, the buffer mechanism suppresses rotation of the guide link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Maeyama, Hiroyuki Kono, Kousuke Katahira
  • Publication number: 20120181805
    Abstract: A guide wheel device for a guide rail vehicle includes a wheel shaft rotatably supported on a bearing, and a main guide wheel and a branch guide wheel rotatably mounted to upper and lower portions of the wheel shaft, wherein the main guide wheel has a rotation center eccentric to an axis of the wheel shaft, a plurality of fitting body receiving portions are provided in an outer peripheral surface of the wheel shaft so as to be arranged sequentially in a circumferential direction, a fitting body to be fitted into the fitting body receiving portions is provided in the bearing, and fitting adjusting means capable of pressing the fitting body against the fitting body receiving portions toward the wheel shaft or releasing the pressing of the fitting body is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Maeyama, Kousuke Katahira
  • Publication number: 20120103227
    Abstract: In a guide rail type vehicle, a guide wheel includes a main guide wheel that rolls in contact with a main guide rail and a branch guide wheel that rolls in contact with a branch guide rail, a guide frame includes a guide arm that extends in a vehicle width direction and a guide link, the guide arm and the guide link are rotatably connected to each other via a first rotational shaft, the guide link includes a second rotational shaft in which the main guide wheel and the branch guide wheel are rotatably mounted to both ends, a buffer mechanism is provided between the guide arm and the guide link, and when the guide link rotates around the first rotational shaft with the guide wheel contacting with the guide rail, the buffer mechanism suppresses rotation of the guide link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Maeyama, Hiroyuki Kono, Kousuke Katahira
  • Publication number: 20120097065
    Abstract: A bogie for a vehicle of a guide rail type which is guided by guide wheels that rotate while keeping contact with a guide rail arranged along a guideway of the vehicle, comprises: a guide frame which includes a pair of transverse beams and a connecting member arranged between the pair of the transverse beams, each of the traverse beams being equipped with the guide wheels rotatably on both ends thereof; an axle which is supported on a non-turning part of the bogie such that the axle is capable of turning; and running wheels which are attached to both ends of the axle, wherein the running wheels are rigidly fixed to the axle and the guide frame is fixed to the axle so as to steer the guide frame, the axle and the running wheels integrally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Maeyama, Yoshinori Mitsui, Kousuke Katahira
  • Publication number: 20120000391
    Abstract: A bogie (16) for a guide rail system vehicle, wherein the bogie (16) is configured so that a load on a guide wheel is reduced and the bogie has increased durability obtained by increasing the strength of a bogie structure including a guide frame and achieves stable travel performance not affected by surface irregularity of a guide rail. A bogie (16) for a guide rail system vehicle, wherein the bogie is guided by guide wheels (42) in contact with and rolling on a guide rail (10) mounted along a travel path (T) and wherein rubber tires (28) are steered by a steering mechanism (46) interlocked with the guide wheels. The bogie (16) is provided with a guide frame (36) having a structure comprising two lateral beam members (38) mounted to the front and rear of a bogie structure, to opposite ends of which the guide wheels (42) are rollably mounted. The structure also comprises join members (40) mounted between the two lateral beam members (38).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Maeyama, Yoshinori Mitsui, Kousuke Katahira
  • Publication number: 20110315044
    Abstract: To perform the height adjustment of the vehicle body with high precision by improving the sensitivity of measuring the height of the vehicle without making the dead-band smaller, the present invention proposes a guideway-type vehicle comprising: a vehicle body 12; an air spring 16; a bogie 14 which supports the vehicle body 12 via the air spring 16; and a vehicle height adjusting mechanism which includes an integrating device 50, a measuring device 44 and an elastic force adjusting device 42, the integrating device 50 integrating a first relative displacement amount at a first position A1 between the vehicle body 12 and the bogie 14 and a second relative displacement amount at a second position A2 between the vehicle body 12 and the bogie 14, the second position A2 being farther than the first position A1 from the center of the vehicle body 12 in a width direction of the vehicle body, the measuring device measuring an integrated value of the first relative displacement amount and the second relative displacem
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Maeyama, Yoshinori Mitsui, Kousuke Katahira