Patents by Inventor KENSAKU KITAJO

KENSAKU KITAJO 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: 10843256
    Abstract: A steering-wheel core eliminating or reducing the need to perform finishing processing after casting and decreasing a manufacturing cost even when the steering-wheel core is cast using a molten metal process. The steering wheel core includes a boss core portion coupled to a steering shaft, a rim core portion and a spoke core portion. The boss core portion forms a nut seat surface that makes contact with a nut when the nut is fastened to a distal end of the steering shaft. A recess is formed in the nut seat surface depressed toward a back surface side of the boss core portion. The recess is preferably provided in an annular form so as to surround the circumference of the nut seat surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Kensaku Kitajo, Jun Kato
  • Publication number: 20190224746
    Abstract: A steering-wheel core eliminating or reducing the need to perform finishing processing after casting and decreasing a manufacturing cost even when the steering-wheel core is cast using a molten metal process. The steering wheel core includes a boss core portion coupled to a steering shaft, a rim core portion and a spoke core portion. The boss core portion forms a nut seat surface that makes contact with a nut when the nut is fastened to a distal end of the steering shaft. A recess is formed in the nut seat surface depressed toward a back surface side of the boss core portion. The recess is preferably provided in an annular form so as to surround the circumference of the nut seat surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: KENSAKU KITAJO, JUN KATO
  • Patent number: 10357820
    Abstract: A steering-wheel core and a method for casting the same capable of eliminating the need to perform finishing processing after casting and decreasing manufacturing cost even when the steering-wheel core is cast using a molten metal. The method for casting a steering-wheel core (100) includes: providing a protruding portion (92) in a surface (91) of an inner surface of a casting die (90), with the surface defining a nut seat surface; and causing a molten metal to hit on the protruding portion (92) when the molten metal flows into the casting die (90) such that a change occurs in the flowing direction of the molten metal flowing toward the surface (91) that defines the nut seat surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: Kensaku Kitajo, Jun Kato
  • Publication number: 20180361467
    Abstract: A steering-wheel core and a method for casting the same capable of eliminating the need to perform finishing processing after casting and decreasing a manufacturing cost even when the steering-wheel core is cast using a molten metal are provided. The method for casting a steering-wheel core (100) according to the present invention includes: providing a protruding portion (92) in a surface (91) of an inner surface of a casting die (90), with the surface defining a nut seat surface; and causing a molten metal to hit on the protruding portion (92) when the molten metal is flown into the casting die (90) such that a flowing direction of the molten metal flowing toward the surface (91 that defines the nut seat surface is changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
    Inventors: KENSAKU KITAJO, JUN KATO