Patents by Inventor Hiroyuki Sugawara

Hiroyuki Sugawara 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: 20240308038
    Abstract: A fastening tool for fastening a nut to a bolt includes a pipe and a coupling member. The nut breaks at specified torque. The pipe has a socket wrench, a detachable structure and a suction port. The detachable structure is for attaching to and detaching from a rotor of a rotational drive device. The suction port is for suctioning a piece of the nut broken by the specified torque. The coupling member has a flow path, a first coupling portion and a second coupling portion. The flow path is for suctioning the piece of the nut from the suction port. The piece of the nut is suctioned from the suction port with an ejector. The first coupling portion couples the coupling member to a casing of the rotational drive device. The second coupling portion couples the coupling member to a duct of the ejector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki SUGAWARA
  • Publication number: 20240175489
    Abstract: A holder has a holder engagement portion in at least a position sandwiching a pad from both sides in a third direction orthogonal to both a first direction that is an urging direction of an elastic member and a second direction that is an axial direction of a worm accommodation portion. The pad has a pad engagement portion that comes into contact with the holder engagement portion on at least one of both side portions in the third direction. Based on contact between the holder engagement portion and the pad engagement portion, displacement of the pad in the third direction with respect to the holder is regulated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: NSK STEERING & CONTROL, INC.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki SUGAWARA
  • Patent number: 11969803
    Abstract: According to one implementation, a drill includes the first cutting edges, the second cutting edges and a deflection reducer. The first cutting edges drill a prepared hole to a workpiece. The first cutting edges are formed in a tip side of the drill. The first point angle and each first relief angle of the first cutting edges continuously or intermittently decrease from the tip side toward a rear end side of the drill. The second cutting edges finish the prepared hole. The second cutting edges are formed at positions away in the rear end side from the first cutting edges. The second cutting edges have the second relief angles at a maximum diameter position. The deflection reducer reduces deflection of the second cutting edges by being inserted into the prepared hole. The deflection reducer is formed between the first cutting edges and the second cutting edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masao Watanabe, Ryohei Ono, Tatsuo Nakahata, Hiroyuki Sugawara, Shinya Matsuo, Hideharu Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11965582
    Abstract: A worm reducer has: a housing having a wheel housing portion and a worm housing portion; a worm wheel; a worm, a support bearing having an inner ring externally fitted to the tip end portion of the worm and an outer ring; an elastic biasing means elastically biasing the outer ring toward the worm wheel side; and an elastic holding means elastically holding the outer ring from both sides in a direction orthogonal to a biasing direction by the elastic biasing means and to a center axis of the worm housing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Ryou Oosawa, Satoshi Ishikuri, Haruhiko Kiyota, Souta Matsumoto, Toru Ishii, Hiroyuki Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20240075538
    Abstract: A collet bush includes a tapered cylindrical outer surface, a cylindrical inner surface and a flow path. The collet bush is to be inserted into a concentric collet that is attached to a handheld tool driving device in order to position the tool driving device to a workpiece. The tool driving device holds, rotates and feeds a tool. The tool driving device has a function to suck chips. The outer surface is for expanding the concentric collet. The inner surface forms a through hole for slidably fitting the tool. The flow path is for taking in air used for sucking the chips inside the collet bush. The tool driving device includes the above-mentioned collet bush and the concentric collet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryohei ONO, Masao WATANABE, Hiroyuki SUGAWARA, Rei NAKAMOTO, Tatsuo NAKAHATA
  • Patent number: 11400524
    Abstract: According to one implementation, a drill includes the first cutting edges, the second cutting edges and a deflection reducer. The first cutting edges drill a prepared hole to a workpiece. The first cutting edges are formed in a tip side of the drill. The first point angle and each first relief angle of the first cutting edges continuously or intermittently decrease from the tip side toward a rear end side of the drill. The second cutting edges ream the prepared hole. The second cutting edges are formed at positions away in the rear end side from the first cutting edges. The second cutting edges have the second relief angles at a maximum diameter position. The deflection reducer reduces deflection of the second cutting edges. The deflection reducer is formed between the first cutting edges and the second cutting edges. The deflection reducer is inserted into the prepared hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masao Watanabe, Ryohei Ono, Tatsuo Nakahata, Hiroyuki Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20220234121
    Abstract: According to one implementation, a drill includes the first cutting edges, the second cutting edges and a deflection reducer. The first cutting edges drill a prepared hole to a workpiece. The first cutting edges are formed in a tip side of the drill. The first point angle and each first relief angle of the first cutting edges continuously or intermittently decrease from the tip side toward a rear end side of the drill. The second cutting edges finish the prepared hole. The second cutting edges are formed at positions away in the rear end side from the first cutting edges. The second cutting edges have the second relief angles at a maximum diameter position. The deflection reducer reduces deflection of the second cutting edges by being inserted into the prepared hole. The deflection reducer is formed between the first cutting edges and the second cutting edges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masao WATANABE, Ryohei ONO, Tatsuo NAKAHATA, Hiroyuki SUGAWARA, Shinya MATSUO, Hideharu TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 11335831
    Abstract: An optical device case (100A) of an embodiment includes: a light-transmitting window member (20A); and a housing (10) which has a space for accommodating a light-receiving element and/or a light-emitting element (OE), wherein the window member (20A) includes a light-transmitting member (22), a polymer film (50) provided on an outer surface of the light-transmitting member (22), the polymer film (50) having a moth-eye structure at its surface, a contact angle of the surface with respect to water being not less than 140°, and a resistance heater (24) provided on an inner surface of the light-transmitting member (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, GEOMATEC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Hayashi, Hiroyuki Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20220099159
    Abstract: A worm reducer has: a housing having a wheel housing portion and a worm housing portion; a worm wheel; a worm, a support bearing having an inner ring externally fitted to the tip end portion of the worm and an outer ring; an elastic biasing means elastically biasing the outer ring toward the worm wheel side; and an elastic holding means elastically holding the outer ring from both sides in a direction orthogonal to a biasing direction by the elastic biasing means and to a center axis of the worm housing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryou OOSAWA, Satoshi ISHIKURI, Haruhiko KIYOTA, Souta MATSUMOTO, Toru ISHII, Hiroyuki SUGAWARA
  • Publication number: 20220063004
    Abstract: According to one implementation, a drill includes the first cutting edges, the second cutting edges and a deflection reducer. The first cutting edges drill a prepared hole to a workpiece. The first cutting edges are formed in a tip side of the drill. The first point angle and each first relief angle of the first cutting edges continuously or intermittently decrease from the tip side toward a rear end side of the drill. The second cutting edges finish the prepared hole. The second cutting edges are formed at positions away in the rear end side from the first cutting edges. The second cutting edges have the second relief angles at a maximum diameter position. The deflection reducer reduces deflection of the second cutting edges. The deflection reducer is formed between the first cutting edges and the second cutting edges. The deflection reducer is inserted into the prepared hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masao WATANABE, Hiroyuki SUGAWARA, Tatsuo NAKAHATA, Ryohei ONO, Shinya MATSUO, Hideharu TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 11091830
    Abstract: To provide a moth-eye transfer mold and a method of manufacturing a moth-eye transfer mold that provide a simple and inexpensive manufacturing process. A moth-eye transfer mold 1 is characterized by including a base 10, an underlayer 20 formed on the base 10, and a glassy carbon layer 30 formed on the underlayer 20, the glassy carbon layer 30 has an inverted moth-eye structure RM over a surface 30a, and the inverted moth-eye structure RM is randomly arranged cone-shaped pores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignees: Tokyo University of Science Foundation, GEOMATEC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Taniguchi, Hiroyuki Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20210031277
    Abstract: According to one implementation, a drill includes the first cutting edges, the second cutting edges and a deflection reducer. The first cutting edges drill a prepared hole to a workpiece. The first cutting edges are formed in a tip side of the drill. The first point angle and each first relief angle of the first cutting edges continuously or intermittently decrease from the tip side toward a rear end side of the drill. The second cutting edges ream the prepared hole. The second cutting edges are formed at positions away in the rear end side from the first cutting edges. The second cutting edges have the second relief angles at a maximum diameter position. The deflection reducer reduces deflection of the second cutting edges. The deflection reducer is formed between the first cutting edges and the second cutting edges. The deflection reducer is inserted into the prepared hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Masao WATANABE, Ryohei ONO, Tatsuo NAKAHATA, Hiroyuki SUGAWARA
  • Publication number: 20200406509
    Abstract: To provide a moth-eye transfer mold and a method of manufacturing a moth-eye transfer mold that provide a simple and inexpensive manufacturing process. A moth-eye transfer mold 1 is characterized by including a base 10, an underlayer 20 formed on the base 10, and a glassy carbon layer 30 formed on the underlayer 20, the glassy carbon layer 30 has an inverted moth-eye structure RM over a surface 30a, and the inverted moth-eye structure RM is randomly arranged cone-shaped pores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Jun TANIGUCHI, Hiroyuki SUGAWARA
  • Patent number: 10675788
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a mold, the mold having at its surface a plurality of recessed portions whose two-dimensional size is not less than 10 nm and less than 500 nm when viewed in a direction normal to the surface, the method including: (a) providing a mold base, (b) partially anodizing an aluminum alloy layer, thereby forming a porous alumina layer which has a plurality of minute recessed portions; and (c) after step (b), bringing the porous alumina layer into contact with a first etching solution, thereby enlarging the plurality of minute recessed portions of the porous alumina layer. Step (a) of providing the mold base includes (a1) providing a metal base, (a2) forming an aluminum alloy layer on the metal base, and (a3) forming a surface protection layer on the aluminum alloy layer. Step (a2) and step (a3) are performed in a same chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, GEOMATEC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuaki Yamada, Kiyoshi Minoura, Miho Yamada, Hidekazu Hayashi, Takashi Satoh, Hiroyuki Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20200144456
    Abstract: An optical device case (100A) of an embodiment includes: a light-transmitting window member (20A); and a housing (10) which has a space for accommodating a light-receiving element and/or a light-emitting element (OE), wherein the window member (20A) includes a light-transmitting member (22), a polymer film (50) provided on an outer surface of the light-transmitting member (22), the polymer film (50) having a moth-eye structure at its surface, a contact angle of the surface with respect to water being not less than 140°, and a resistance heater (24) provided on an inner surface of the light-transmitting member (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Hidekazu HAYASHI, Hiroyuki SUGAWARA
  • Publication number: 20200075861
    Abstract: Provided are a resin substrate laminate which enables a resin substrate to be easily released from a release layer by a brief light irradiation process using a low-energy laser beam, and a method for manufacturing an electronic device using the resin substrate laminate. The resin substrate laminate includes a release layer-attached support substrate 4, which has a support substrate 1 and a release layer 2 laminated on the support substrate 1, and a resin substrate 3 which is releasably laminated on a surface, which is opposite to the support substrate 1, of the release layer 2, in which a composition of a surface of the release layer 2 is SixCyOz (0.05?x?0.49, 0.15?y?0.73, 0.22?z?0.36, x+y+z=1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventor: Hiroyuki SUGAWARA
  • Patent number: 10240239
    Abstract: This manufacturing method of a metal component enables precision processing of a corner portion, and the radius of curvature of a cog tip of a gear and the like can be made smaller than before. The manufacturing method of a metal component includes: (a) forming a mask film having, in plan view, a first side, a second side, and an extension portion that extends from a region between the first side and the second side on a metal film; and (b) forming a corner portion having, in plan view, a third side and a fourth side by etching the metal film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi Yamamura, Hiroyuki Sugawara, Satoru Nishimura
  • Patent number: 9914243
    Abstract: A mold base of an embodiment is a mold base for use in manufacture of a mold that has a porous alumina layer over its surface, including: a base; and an aluminum alloy layer provided on the base, wherein the aluminum alloy layer contains aluminum, a non-aluminum metal element, and nitrogen. The aluminum alloy layer of the mold base of an embodiment of the present invention has high specularity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akinobu Isurugi, Kiyoshi Minoura, Hiroyuki Sugawara
  • Publication number: 20170362715
    Abstract: This manufacturing method of a metal component enables precision processing of a corner portion, and the radius of curvature of a cog tip of a gear and the like can be made smaller than before. The manufacturing method of a metal component includes: (a) forming a mask film having, in plan view, a first side, a second side, and an extension portion that extends from a region between the first side and the second side on a metal film; and (b) forming a corner portion having, in plan view, a third side and a fourth side by etching the metal film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi YAMAMURA, Hiroyuki SUGAWARA, Satoru NISHIMURA
  • Patent number: 9512535
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a moth-eye mold of an embodiment of the present invention employs a mold base including a metal base, an organic insulating layer provided on the metal base, and an aluminum alloy layer provided on the organic insulating layer, the aluminum alloy layer containing aluminum and a non-aluminum metal element M, an absolute value of a difference between a standard electrode potential of the metal element M and a standard electrode potential of aluminum being not more than 0.64 V, and a content of the metal element M in the aluminum alloy layer not exceeding 10 mass %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, GEOMATEC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akinobu Isurugi, Kiyoshi Minoura, Hiroyuki Sugawara