Patents by Inventor Kenichi Imano

Kenichi Imano 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: 6044697
    Abstract: In a wet-clutch break-in method, a torque converter assembly 1 incorporating a wet-type lockup clutch 8 is clamped between a lower-jig work receiving member 31 and an upper jig face plate 51, and the torque converter assembly 1 is filled with torque converter fluid supplied through a passage 34 extending inside an output shaft 26. Then a lockup-on pressure is supplied through a passage 36 extending between the output shaft 26 and a stator shaft 30 to bring a clutch disc 13 and a front cover 2 of the torque converter assembly into friction contact. The friction contact surfaces of the clutch disc and the front cover are made in the break-in process by rotating the upper jig face plate 51 by rotation of a motor transmitted by an input shaft 50 while stopping the output shaft 26 from rotating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kenichi Imano