Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Koshi

Kazuhiro Koshi 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: 10895303
    Abstract: A damper device includes a first rotary member to which a power of an engine is inputted. The second rotary member is disposed to be rotatable relatively to the first rotary member. The plurality of elastic members elastically couple the first rotary member and the second rotary member in a rotational direction. The seat member is disposed between at least one of the first and second rotary members and one of the plurality of elastic members, and is movable in the rotational direction in accordance with compression and extension of the one of the plurality of elastic members. The auxiliary compression mechanism changes a posture of the seat member so as to compress the one of the plurality of elastic members by a predetermined amount in transmitting the power between the first rotary member and the second rotary member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: EXEDY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Koshi
  • Publication number: 20190003553
    Abstract: A damper device includes a first rotary member to which a power of an engine is inputted. The second rotary member is disposed to be rotatable relatively to the first rotary member. The plurality of elastic members elastically couple the first rotary member and the second rotary member in a rotational direction. The seat member is disposed between at least one of the first and second rotary members and one of the plurality of elastic members, and is movable in the rotational direction in accordance with compression and extension of the one of the plurality of elastic members. The auxiliary compression mechanism changes a posture of the seat member so as to compress the one of the plurality of elastic members by a predetermined amount in transmitting the power between the first rotary member and the second rotary member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventor: Kazuhiro KOSHI
  • Patent number: 9822841
    Abstract: A seat member includes a pressing part to be pressed by at least either of a first rotary member and a second rotary member. The seat member also includes a sliding part. The seat member is disposed to be changeable in posture between a first posture and a second posture, the first posture causing a radially outer part of the pressing part to be contacted to the at least either of the first rotary member and the second rotary member when an absolute value of a rotational angle of the second rotary member with respect to the first rotary member is less than a predetermined value, the second posture causing the sliding part to partially slide against the first rotary member when the absolute value of the rotational angle of the second rotary member with respect to the first rotary member is greater than or equal to the predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: EXEDY Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Uehara, Kazuhiro Koshi
  • Publication number: 20160230837
    Abstract: A seat member includes a pressing part to be pressed by at least either of a first rotary member and a second rotary member. The seat member also includes a sliding part. The seat member is disposed to be changeable in posture between a first posture and a second posture, the first posture causing a radially outer part of the pressing part to be contacted to the at least either of the first rotary member and the second rotary member when an absolute value of a rotational angle of the second rotary member with respect to the first rotary member is less than a predetermined value, the second posture causing the sliding part to partially slide against the first rotary member when the absolute value of the rotational angle of the second rotary member with respect to the first rotary member is greater than or equal to the predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: EXEDY Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi UEHARA, Kazuhiro KOSHI
  • Patent number: 9400031
    Abstract: A flywheel assembly includes a first elastic member disposed on a side to which an acceleration-side power of an engine is outputted and a second elastic member disposed in series with the first elastic member. The second elastic member exerts a transmission torque having a magnitude less than that of a transmission torque exerted by the first elastic member. An end sheet member includes a first end sheet member and a second end sheet member. The first end sheet member is slidable against a first rotary member. The second end sheet member is slidable against the first rotary member. A first intermediate sheet member included in an intermediate sheet member is disposed between the first elastic member and the second elastic member and is slidable against the first rotary member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: EXEDY Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Uehara, Kazuhiro Koshi
  • Publication number: 20150099591
    Abstract: A flywheel assembly includes a first elastic member disposed on a side to which an acceleration-side power of an engine is outputted and a second elastic member disposed in series with the first elastic member. The second elastic member exerts a transmission torque having a magnitude less than that of a transmission torque exerted by the first elastic member. An end sheet member includes a first end sheet member and a second end sheet member. The first end sheet member is slidable against a first rotary member. The second end sheet member is slidable against the first rotary member. A first intermediate sheet member included in an intermediate sheet member is disposed between the first elastic member and the second elastic member and is slidable against the first rotary member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroshi Uehara, Kazuhiro Koshi