Patents by Inventor Kazunori Ooi

Kazunori Ooi 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: 8016094
    Abstract: To centrifugal clutch with reduced size, which facilitates reduced width of a straddle type vehicle, includes a clutch housing on which an outer plate is mounted, and a clutch boss on which an inner plate is mounted. A roller weight is provided between the clutch housing and a rightmost outer plate. A cam surface formed on the clutch housing guides the roller weight in a direction such that the outer plate and the inner plate are press-fitted together when the roller weight moves outward in a radial direction of a secondary sheave shaft. A cam surface formed on the rightmost outer plate guides the roller weight outward in the radial direction and toward the cam surface with respect to an axial direction when the roller weight moves outward in the radial direction of the secondary sheave shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takuji Murayama, Kazunori Ooi
  • Publication number: 20080296076
    Abstract: To centrifugal clutch with reduced size, which facilitates reduced width of a straddle type vehicle, includes a clutch housing on which an outer plate is mounted, and a clutch boss on which an inner plate is mounted. A roller weight is provided between the clutch housing and a rightmost outer plate. A cam surface formed on the clutch housing guides the roller weight in a direction such that the outer plate and the inner plate are press-fitted together when the roller weight moves outward in a radial direction of a secondary sheave shaft. A cam surface formed on the rightmost outer plate guides the roller weight outward in the radial direction and toward the cam surface with respect to an axial direction when the roller weight moves outward in the radial direction of the secondary sheave shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuji MURAYAMA, Kazunori OOI
  • Patent number: 5153013
    Abstract: By adding lecithin and/or a surfactant having an HLB value of not greater than 6 either before or during the addition of a peptide sweetener to a heated and melted fat or oil, the problems of viscosity increase and gelation may be overcome even when the sweetener is added in large amounts and has a small particle size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1992
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Moriyuki Suyama, Keiichi Sakai, Kazunori Ooi