Patents by Inventor Ippei KOKUBUN

Ippei KOKUBUN 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: 20230026766
    Abstract: A coil spring device includes: a main body spring and an insulator, the insulator is provided with a support groove which extends around a coil axis and into which a lower end portion of the main body spring is fitted, the lower end portion of the main body spring adheres to an inner surface of the support groove, the inner surface of the support groove is provided with a plurality of spacer protrusions which support an outer peripheral surface of a wire rod, a plurality of adjacent spacer protrusions adjacent to an open end edge of the support groove of the plurality of spacer protrusions each includes a pair of side wall surfaces extending toward the open end edge and are provided at intervals therebetween in an extension direction of the open end edge in a plan view of a part including the open end edge in the inner surface of the support groove, and inclination angles of the side wall surfaces adjacent to each other in the extension direction with the interval therebetween with respect to an orthogonal di
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Taisuke SUWA, Yuichi SHIBATA, Ippei KOKUBUN, Tomoya SUGITANI
  • Publication number: 20230016117
    Abstract: A coil spring includes a main body spring and an insulator, the insulator is provided with a support groove which extends around a coil axis and into which a lower end portion of the main body spring is fitted, a lower end portion of the main body spring adheres to an inner surface of the support groove, the inner surface of the support groove is provided with a plurality of spacer protrusions which support an outer peripheral surface of a wire rod, the support groove extends in an angle range of 180° or more and 360° or less around the coil axis, and a ratio of a volume of the spacer protrusions occupying a gap between the inner surface of the support groove and the outer peripheral surface of the wire rod at a center portion in the gap in a circumferential direction around the coil axis is larger than that at the other portions in the gap in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Taisuke SUWA, Yuichi SHIBATA, Ippei KOKUBUN, Tomoya SUGITANI
  • Patent number: 10982140
    Abstract: A nitride phosphor particle dispersion-type sialon ceramic of the present invention includes a matrix formed of a sialon-based compound; and at least one nitride phosphor which is dispersed in the matrix and contains a luminescence center element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignees: KANAGAWA INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Takuma Takahashi, Junichi Tatami, Ippei Kokubun, Masahiro Yokouchi
  • Publication number: 20190185744
    Abstract: A nitride phosphor particle dispersion-type sialon ceramic of the present invention includes a matrix formed of a sialon-based compound; and at least one nitride phosphor which is dispersed in the matrix and contains a luminescence center element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Takuma TAKAHASHI, Junichi TATAMI, Ippei KOKUBUN, Masahiro YOKOUCHI