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).

  • Patent number: 11804751
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsunori Shimizu, Kimihito Ushida, Masao Kurita
  • Publication number: 20210277983
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Takushi MATSUTO, Kimihito USHIDA, Masahiro KAWAI, Akio KATO
  • Publication number: 20210265892
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Tatsunori SHIMIZU, Kimihito USHIDA, Masao KURITA
  • Patent number: 10731716
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahide Saito, Koji Sato, Kimihito Ushida
  • Publication number: 20190277373
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Takushi MATSUTO, Kimihito USHIDA, Masahiro KAWAI, Akio KATO
  • Publication number: 20180274601
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahide SAITO, Koji SATO, Kimihito USHIDA
  • Publication number: 20180223917
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahide SAITO, Kimihito USHIDA, Koji SATO, Masahiro KAWAI, Atsushi IKEDA
  • Patent number: 6372695
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventor: Kimihito Ushida
  • Publication number: 20010044390
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventor: Kimihito Ushida