Patents by Inventor Katsunori Kinno

Katsunori Kinno 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).

  • Method and apparatus for manufacturing brake, and method and apparatus for inspecting brake
    Patent number: 8490265
    Abstract: A brake includes an annular boot which can be expanded and contracted according to movements of a piston and is assembled to an opening part of a cylinder and to an annular groove on an outer peripheral face of the piston. The boot is assembled by: engaging one end of the boot with the opening part of the cylinder in a state where the piston is contained in the cylinder; moving the piston so that at least a part of the piston is withdrawn from the cylinder and that the other end of the boot is pressed by a pressing face of the piston; and fitting the other end of the boot into the annular groove of the piston, while a movable range of the other end of the boot is restricted by an expanding allowance of the boot whose one end is engaged with the opening part of the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Hashimoto, Masayoshi Kojima, Katsunori Kinno, Mitsuru Sato
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING BRAKE, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING BRAKE
    Publication number: 20090307892
    Abstract: A brake includes an annular boot which can be expanded and contracted according to movements of a piston and is assembled to an opening part of a cylinder and to an annular groove on an outer peripheral face of the piston. The boot is assembled by: engaging one end of the boot with the opening part of the cylinder in a state where the piston is contained in the cylinder; moving the piston so that at least a part of the piston is withdrawn from the cylinder and that the other end of the boot is pressed by a pressing face of the piston; and fitting the other end of the boot into the annular groove of the piston, while a movable range of the other end of the boot is restricted by an expanding allowance of the boot whose one end is engaged with the opening part of the cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: AKEBONO BRAKE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukio HASHIMOTO, Masayoshi Kojima, Katsunori Kinno, Mitsuru Sato