Patents by Inventor Kengo Hase

Kengo Hase 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: 10352390
    Abstract: Provided are a damper configured such that the axial play between a coil case and a case member can be eliminated without increasing a size of a solenoid, and a method of assembling the damper. An O-ring (seal member) is elastically supported by a tapered hole formed in an inner peripheral surface of a case member and a tapered shaft formed in an outer peripheral surface of a coil case, and a retaining ring is configured to receive an axial force generated by the O-ring. The configuration enables the play between the coil case and the case member of the solenoid to be eliminated. A damping force regulation mechanism, and in turn the damper, may be made more compact in comparison with a case in which the O-ring is received by the opening side end face of the case member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kengo Hase, Fumiyuki Yamaoka, Shunsuke Mori, Mikio Yamashita, Daiki Miyazawa
  • Publication number: 20180094692
    Abstract: Provided are a damper configured such that the axial play between a coil case and a case member can be eliminated without increasing a size of a solenoid, and a method of assembling the damper. An O-ring (seal member) is elastically supported by a tapered hole formed in an inner peripheral surface of a case member and a tapered shah formed in an outer peripheral surface of a coil case, and a retaining ring is configured to receive an axial force generated by the O-ring. The configuration enables the play between the coil case and the case member of the solenoid to be eliminated. A damping force regulation mechanism, and in turn the damper, may be made more compact in comparison with a case in which the O-ring is received by the opening side end face of the case member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Kengo HASE, Fumiyuki YAMAOKA, Shunsuke MORI, Mikio YAMASHITA, Daiki MIYAZAWA
  • Patent number: 8678360
    Abstract: In a liquid-sealed type vibration isolator having a first orifice flow channel 56 and a second orifice flow channel 60, a valve member 66 formed of a rubber elastomeric membrane for opening and closing the second orifice flow channel 60 is provided on a partitioning member 40 so as to be orthogonal to the direction of flow in the second orifice flow channel. The valve member is held at the outer peripheral portion thereof by a wall surface of a valve housing chamber 68, and includes inside the outer peripheral portion thereof a membrane portion 66B which is subjected to the flexural deformation by the liquid flow in the second orifice flow channel to close openings 60C and 60D of the second orifice flow channel. Communicating holes 76 which bring the second orifice flow channel into communication are provided at positions not overlapped with the opening of the membrane portion 66B. Accordingly, the switching of characteristics is enabled with an inexpensive structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignees: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kentaro Yamamoto, Takahiro Ohguchi, Gen Isawa, Kengo Hase, Norimitsu Furusawa, Katsuhiro Sakurai
  • Patent number: 8651466
    Abstract: In a liquid-sealed type vibration isolator having a first orifice flow channel 56 and a second orifice flow channel 60, a valve member 66 formed of a rubber elastomeric membrane for opening and closing the second orifice flow channel 60 is provided on a partitioning member 40 so as to be orthogonal to the direction of flow in the second orifice flow channel. The valve member is held at the outer peripheral portion thereof by a wall surface of a valve housing chamber 68, and includes inside the outer peripheral portion thereof a membrane portion 66B which is subjected to the flexural deformation by the liquid flow in the second orifice flow channel to close openings 60C and 60D of the second orifice flow channel. Communicating holes 76 which bring the second orifice flow channel into communication are provided at positions not overlapped with the opening of the membrane portion 66B. Accordingly, the switching of characteristics is enabled with an inexpensive structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignees: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kentaro Yamamoto, Takahiro Ohguchi, Gen Isawa, Kengo Hase, Norimitsu Furusawa, Katsuhiro Sakurai
  • Publication number: 20110210488
    Abstract: In a liquid-sealed type vibration isolator having a first orifice flow channel 56 and a second orifice flow channel 60, a valve member 66 formed of a rubber elastomeric membrane for opening and closing the second orifice flow channel 60 is provided on a partitioning member 40 so as to be orthogonal to the direction of flow in the second orifice flow channel. The valve member is held at the outer peripheral portion thereof by a wall surface of a valve housing chamber 68, and includes inside the outer peripheral portion thereof a membrane portion 66B which is subjected to the flexural deformation by the liquid flow in the second orifice flow channel to close openings 60C and 60D of the second orifice flow channel. Communicating holes 76 which bring the second orifice flow channel into communication are provided at positions not overlapped with the opening of the membrane portion 66B. Accordingly, the switching of characteristics is enabled with an inexpensive structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicants: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kentaro Yamamoto, Takahiro Ohguchi, Gen Isawa, Kengo Hase, Norimitsu Furusawa, Katsuhiro Sakurai