Patents by Inventor Kaori Kawabata

Kaori Kawabata 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: 10370047
    Abstract: A seal structure is provided to block a clearance between a rotational casing and a fixed housing for driving a crawler of a crawler vehicle. A seal ring is held in a first annular holding groove provided in the fixed housing together with a first O-ring that biases the seal ring toward the outside of the first holding groove. A second holding groove having an opening facing the first holding groove is provided in the rotational casing to hold a slide ring having a higher rigidity than that of the seal ring together with a second O-ring that biases the slide ring toward the seal ring. A foreign object such as mud is thereby prevented from invading a gear chamber without increasing a frictional loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Hirota, Chikashi Imoto, Kazumi Ito, Junichiro Sugimoto, Eishin Noguchi, Kaori Kawabata
  • Patent number: 10233900
    Abstract: A hydraulic motor includes a motor mechanism that rotates by hydraulic liquid that is supplied/discharged from a hydraulic liquid pressure source through one of a first motor passage and a second motor passage. The hydraulic motor comprises a casing that defines a casing chamber which accommodates the motor mechanism, and a flushing passage that is in communication with the casing chamber and extracts a portion of the hydraulic liquid from a low pressure side among the first motor passage and the second motor passage and leads it to the casing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: KYB Corporation
    Inventor: Kaori Kawabata
  • Publication number: 20170166269
    Abstract: A seal structure is provided to block a clearance between a rotational casing and a fixed housing for driving a crawler of a crawler vehicle. A seal ring is held in a first annular holding groove provided in the fixed housing together with a first O-ring that biases the seal ring toward the outside of the first holding groove. A second holding groove having an opening facing the first holding groove is provided in the rotational casing to hold a slide ring having a higher rigidity than that of the seal ring together with a second O-ring that biases the slide ring toward the seal ring. A foreign object such as mud is thereby prevented from invading a gear chamber without increasing a frictional loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshikazu HIROTA, Chikashi IMOTO, Kazumi ITO, Junichiro SUGIMOTO, Eishin NOGUCHI, Kaori KAWABATA
  • Patent number: 9598125
    Abstract: A seal structure is provided to block a clearance between a rotational casing and a fixed housing for driving a crawler of a crawler vehicle. A seal ring is held in a first annular holding groove provided in the fixed housing together with a first O-ring that biases the seal ring toward the outside of the first holding groove. A second holding groove having an opening facing the first holding groove is provided in the rotational casing to hold a slide ring having a higher rigidity than that of the seal ring together with a second O-ring that biases the slide ring toward the seal ring. A foreign object such as mud is thereby prevented from invading a gear chamber without increasing a frictional loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Hirota, Chikashi Imoto, Kazumi Ito, Junichiro Sugimoto, Eishin Noguchi, Kaori Kawabata
  • Patent number: 9574543
    Abstract: A hydraulic motor includes a motor mechanism that rotates by hydraulic liquid pressure led from a hydraulic liquid pressure source. The hydraulic motor includes a casing that defines a casing chamber which accommodates the motor mechanism, a brake mechanism that brakes the rotation of the motor mechanism, a brake release actuator that releases the braking of the brake mechanism by a brake release pressure led from the hydraulic liquid pressure source, and a throttle passage that is in communication with the casing chamber and extracts a portion of hydraulic liquid that is led into the brake release actuator and leads it to the casing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: KYB Corporation
    Inventor: Kaori Kawabata
  • Publication number: 20150298750
    Abstract: A seal structure is provided to block a clearance between a rotational casing and a fixed housing for driving a crawler of a crawler vehicle. A seal ring is held in a first annular holding groove provided in the fixed housing together with a first O-ring that biases the seal ring toward the outside of the first holding groove. A second holding groove having an opening facing the first holding groove is provided in the rotational casing to hold a slide ring having a higher rigidity than that of the seal ring together with a second O-ring that biases the slide ring toward the seal ring. A foreign object such as mud is thereby prevented from invading a gear chamber without increasing a frictional loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshikazu HIROTA, Chikashi IMOTO, Kazumi ITO, Junichiro SUGIMOTO, Eishin NOGUCHI, Kaori KAWABATA
  • Publication number: 20150007556
    Abstract: A hydraulic motor includes a motor mechanism that rotates by hydraulic liquid pressure led from a hydraulic liquid pressure source. The hydraulic motor includes a casing that defines a casing chamber which accommodates the motor mechanism, a brake mechanism that brakes the rotation of the motor mechanism, a brake release actuator that releases the braking of the brake mechanism by a brake release pressure led from the hydraulic liquid pressure source, and a throttle passage that is in communication with the casing chamber and extracts a portion of hydraulic liquid that is led into the brake release actuator and leads it to the casing chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventor: Kaori Kawabata
  • Publication number: 20150000512
    Abstract: A hydraulic motor includes a motor mechanism that rotates by hydraulic liquid that is supplied/discharged from a hydraulic liquid pressure source through one of a first motor passage and a second motor passage. The hydraulic motor comprises a casing that defines a casing chamber which accommodates the motor mechanism, and a flushing passage that is in communication with the casing chamber and extracts a portion of the hydraulic liquid from a low pressure side among the first motor passage and the second motor passage and leads it to the casing chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: KAYABA INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kaori Kawabata
  • Patent number: 5694554
    Abstract: In a shaping method of controlling interval of transmission of cells to a transmission path, an input cell is temporarily accumulated in a buffer memory such that transmission time of the input cell is decided according to a traffic condition beforehand registered for each VPI and a traffic condition registered in advance for each VPI/VCI. The conditions are stored in a parameter table. The transmission time is compared with transmission time assigned to each of the preceding cells accumulated in the buffer memory. If conflict occurs therebetween, the transmission time is corrected and then correspondence between the transmission time and identifying information of the input cell are stored in an output control memory. Referring to the memory, the cells are read from the buffer memory in the sequence of transmission time to be sent to an output communication line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1997
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaori Kawabata, Tatsuo Mochinaga, Akihiko Takase