Patents by Inventor Kimihito Ushida
Kimihito Ushida 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).
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Patent number: 11804751Abstract: An electric actuator includes a case, an electric motor 5 built in the case, and a motion conversion mechanism 4 configured to convert a rotary motion of the electric motor 5 into a linear motion. The electric motor 5 is fixed to the case (gear case 10) at a first end in an axial direction of the electric motor 5, and the electric actuator is provided with a first elastic member 50 between an outer peripheral surface of the electric motor 5 and an inner peripheral surface of the case (motor case 60) at a second end of the electric motor opposite to the first end fixed to the case (gear case 10).Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2019Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: NTN CORPORATIONInventors: Tatsunori Shimizu, Kimihito Ushida, Masao Kurita
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Publication number: 20210277983Abstract: An electric actuator includes: a motor section (5) including a stator (51) and a rotor (52); a driving-source output shaft (6), which is arranged on a radially inner side of the rotor, and is configured to output rotation of the rotor; and a speed reducer (2) connected to the driving-source output shaft. The driving-source output shaft (6) is hollow, and the speed reducer (2) includes a planetary-traction-drive speed reducer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2017Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: Takushi MATSUTO, Kimihito USHIDA, Masahiro KAWAI, Akio KATO
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Publication number: 20210265892Abstract: An electric actuator includes a case, an electric motor 5 built in the case, and a motion conversion mechanism 4 configured to convert a rotary motion of the electric motor 5 into a linear motion. The electric motor 5 is fixed to the case (gear case 10) at a first end in an axial direction of the electric motor 5, and the electric actuator is provided with a first elastic member 50 between an outer peripheral surface of the electric motor 5 and an inner peripheral surface of the case (motor case 60) at a second end of the electric motor opposite to the first end fixed to the case (gear case 10).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2019Publication date: August 26, 2021Inventors: Tatsunori SHIMIZU, Kimihito USHIDA, Masao KURITA
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Patent number: 10731716Abstract: An automatic clutch device includes an axial force generating mechanism formed by an electric motor adjacent to the outer periphery of an end of an input shaft of a transmission, and a rotation-linear motion conversion mechanism for converting the rotation of the rotor of the electric motor to a linear motion of a release bearing. The rotation-linear motion conversion mechanism includes plural tubes having different diameters and slidably fitted one in another to form a telescopic tube assembly on the input shaft; and cam mechanisms each disposed between a respective opposed pair of the tubes for converting the rotation of the larger-diameter one of the pair of tubes to a linear motion of the smaller-diameter one of the pair.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2016Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: NTN CORPORATIONInventors: Takahide Saito, Koji Sato, Kimihito Ushida
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Publication number: 20190277373Abstract: Provided is a linear electric actuator (1), including: an electric motor part (A); a screw mechanism part (B); and an operation part (C), the electric motor part (A) and the screw mechanism part (B) being coaxially arranged, a rotary motion of a hollow rotor inner (52c) of the electric motor part (A) being transmitted to a nut (92) of the screw mechanism part (B), wherein the operation part (C) is provided to a screw shaft (93) of the screw mechanism part (B), wherein the hollow rotor inner (52c) and the nut (92) are positioned so as to be prevented from overlapping each other in an axial direction, and wherein a rotation stopper mechanism (M) for the screw shaft (93) is provided on a radially inner side of the hollow rotor inner (52c).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2017Publication date: September 12, 2019Inventors: Takushi MATSUTO, Kimihito USHIDA, Masahiro KAWAI, Akio KATO
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Publication number: 20180274601Abstract: An automatic clutch device includes an axial force generating mechanism formed by an electric motor disposed adjacent the outer periphery of an end of an input shaft of a transmission, and a rotation-linear motion conversion mechanism for converting the rotation of the rotor of the electric motor to a linear motion of a release bearing. The rotation-linear motion conversion mechanism includes plural tubes having different diameters and slidably fitted one in another to form a telescopic tube assembly on the input shaft; and cam mechanisms each disposed between a respective opposed pair of the tubes for converting the rotation of the larger-diameter one of the pair of tubes to a linear motion of the smaller-diameter one of the pair.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2016Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: NTN CORPORATIONInventors: Takahide SAITO, Koji SATO, Kimihito USHIDA
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Publication number: 20180223917Abstract: An automatic clutch device includes an axial force generating mechanism which presses and moves a release bearing toward a diaphragm spring to disengage a clutch disk and the diaphragm spring from each other. The axial force generating mechanism includes an electric motor disposed adjacent to the outer periphery of an end of an input shaft of a transmission, and a rotation-linear motion conversion mechanism for converting the rotation of the rotor of the electric motor to a linear motion of the release bearing. This automatic clutch device is compact in size and sufficiently responsive.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2016Publication date: August 9, 2018Applicant: NTN CORPORATIONInventors: Takahide SAITO, Kimihito USHIDA, Koji SATO, Masahiro KAWAI, Atsushi IKEDA
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Patent number: 6372695Abstract: A ball screw is provided which makes it easy to determine the degree of deterioration of lubricating grease so that new lubricating grease can be supplied efficiently without loss. The ball screw includes a threaded shaft formed with a thread groove in its outer peripheral surface, a nut formed with a thread groove in its inner peripheral surface, and a plurality of balls rollably retained in a circulating passage comprising a helical passage formed between these thread grooves when the nut is fitted on the threaded shaft, and a passage connecting both ends of the helical passage. The balls and the circulating passage are lubricated by a lubricating grease which has a brightness of 1 or over and in which a base oil having a viscosity at 100° C. of 3.0-7.5 mm2/s is thickened by a urea-family thickener.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2001Date of Patent: April 16, 2002Assignee: NTN CorporationInventor: Kimihito Ushida
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Publication number: 20010044390Abstract: A ball screw is provided which makes it easy to determine the degree of deterioration of lubricating grease so that new lubricating grease can be supplied efficiently without loss. The ball screw includes a threaded shaft formed with a thread groove in its outer peripheral surface, a nut formed with a thread groove in its inner peripheral surface, and a plurality of balls rollably retained in a circulating passage comprising a helical passage formed between these thread grooves when the nut is fitted on the threaded shaft, and a passage connecting both end of the helical passage. The balls and the circulating passage are lubricated by a lubricating grease which has a brightness of 1 or over and in which a base oil having a viscosity at 100° C. of 3.0-7.5 mm2/s is thickened by a urea-family thickener.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2001Publication date: November 22, 2001Inventor: Kimihito Ushida