Patents by Inventor Junichi Tobe

Junichi Tobe 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: 20070152511
    Abstract: A generating device to supply electricity to a monitoring device of abnormal state of tire at a lower cost for a long time. The generating device includes a single pendulum 4, a hammer 6 supported at a point S? on the circumference of a wheel 2, a spring 7 joining the single pendulum 4 and the hammer 6 by soft join, piezoceramics 8a and 8b converting distortion generated by the vibration adding force from the hammer 6 into a form of electricity, and cushion members 9a and 9b holding the positions of the piezoceramics 8a and 8b. A single pendulum 2 has vibrational frequency as same as or of integral multiplication of the rotational frequency of a tire 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2006
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Applicant: USC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Sakai, Junichi Tobe, Eisuke Tsuda, Tamotsu Kato