Patents by Inventor Kinya Takahashi

Kinya Takahashi 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: 11834971
    Abstract: A hydraulic oil control valve, which is placed along a rotational axis of a valve timing adjusting device, includes a sleeve and a spool configured to slide in an axial direction on an inner side of the sleeve in a radial direction. The sleeve includes: an inner sleeve that has an opening in which a distal end portion of the spool is inserted; and an outer sleeve. In a state where the spool is positioned farthest from an actuator, the distal end portion projects from the opening toward a side that is opposite to the actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Futoshi Kawamura, Kinya Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20230014627
    Abstract: A hydraulic oil control valve includes a sleeve, a spool and a spring. The spool is received at an inside of the sleeve and is configured to be reciprocated. The spring is configured to be seated against a spring seat of the sleeve and is configured to apply a preload to the spool. The sleeve has a stepped portion, which has a spool contact surface for limiting movement of the spool toward the spring seat, and a protrusion, which is located at a center of the spring seat and protrudes toward an opening of the sleeve. The protrusion has a sloped peripheral surface. The protrusion is configured such that in a state where an end portion of the spring is not seated against the spring seat while the spring is placed adjacent to the spring seat, the end portion of the spring contacts the protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Tomonori SUZUKI, Futoshi KAWAMURA, Kinya TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20220412235
    Abstract: A valve timing adjustment device includes a hydraulic oil control valve. The hydraulic oil control valve includes: an outer sleeve that is shaped in a tubular form and has a projection at an outer periphery of the outer sleeve; an inner sleeve that is located on an inner side of the outer sleeve; and a spool that is located at an inside of the inner sleeve. A reference-shape portion, which serves as a reference at a time of positioning the outer sleeve relative to the inner sleeve, is formed at an outer periphery of the projection. A seat surface of the projection, which fixes a vane rotor between the seat surface of the projection and an end portion of one of a drive shaft and a driven shaft, is shaped in a rotationally symmetric form that is rotationally symmetric around a rotational axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Hikaru KOKUMAI, Futoshi KAWAMURA, Kinya TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 11519306
    Abstract: A check valve is made of a resilient body wound in a ring form and is located in an annular flow passage. A displacement limiter includes: a limiter main body that is located on an outer side of the check valve and is configured to limit displacement of the check valve in a diameter increasing direction of the check valve; and a limiter flow passage that communicates between one side and the other side of the limiter main body in an axial direction to enable hydraulic oil to flow between the one side and the other side of the limiter main body through the limiter flow passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Hamada, Makoto Otsubo, Tetsuro Mitsutani, Kinya Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11298750
    Abstract: Provided is a coated cutting tool of long tool life and that affords superior machined surface quality. A coated cutting tool includes a substrate, and a coating layer formed on the substrate. The coated cutting tool includes at least one flank face, at least one rake face, and a honing section rounded and connecting the flank face and the rake face. The coating layer includes a lower layer, an intermediate layer and an upper layer, in this order from the side of the substrate. The lower layer is composed of one, or two or more Ti compound layers made up of a Ti compound of Ti and at least one element selected from the group consisting of C, N, O and B. The intermediate layer contains ?-type Al2O3. The upper layer contains a compound represented by following formula (1): Ti(C1-x-yNxOy) (1). An average thickness of the coating layer on the flank face side is 5.0 ?m more and 30.0 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsukasa Shirochi, Kinya Takahashi, Naoyuki Fukushima
  • Patent number: 11253927
    Abstract: A coated cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating layer formed on a surface of the substrate, wherein: the coating layer comprises a lower layer, an intermediate layer, and an upper layer in this order from the substrate side; the lower layer comprises one or two or more Ti compound layers containing a Ti compound of Ti and an element of at least one kind selected from the group consisting of C, N, O and B, the intermediate layer comprises an ?-Al2O3 layer containing ?-Al2O3, and the upper layer comprises a TiCNO layer containing TiCNO; an average thickness of the coating layer is 5.0 ?m or more and 30.0 ?m or less; in a specific first cross section, a misorientation A satisfies a specific condition; and in a specific second cross section, a misorientation B satisfies a specific condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kinya Takahashi, Naoyuki Fukushima
  • Patent number: 11253928
    Abstract: A coated cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating layer formed on a surface of the substrate, wherein the coating layer includes a predetermined lower layer, an intermediate layer comprising ?-Al2O3, and an upper layer comprising TiCN; the lower layer, intermediate layer, and upper layer have predetermined average thicknesses; a condition represented by formula (1) [RSA?40 (1)] is satisfied; the interface of the intermediate layer on the upper layer side has a kurtosis roughness (Sku) of more than 3.0; the interface of the intermediate layer on the upper layer side has a skewness roughness (Ssk) of less than 0; and a condition represented by formula (2) [RSB?40 (2)] is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kinya Takahashi, Naoyuki Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20220010699
    Abstract: A hydraulic oil control valve, which is placed along a rotational axis of a valve timing adjusting device, includes a sleeve and a spool configured to slide in an axial direction on an inner side of the sleeve in a radial direction. The sleeve includes: an inner sleeve that has an opening in which a distal end portion of the spool is inserted; and an outer sleeve. In a state where the spool is positioned farthest from an actuator, the distal end portion projects from the opening toward a side that is opposite to the actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Futoshi KAWAMURA, Kinya TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20210180476
    Abstract: A check valve is made of a resilient body wound in a ring form and is located in an annular flow passage. A displacement limiter includes: a limiter main body that is located on an outer side of the check valve and is configured to limit displacement of the check valve in a diameter increasing direction of the check valve; and a limiter flow passage that communicates between one side and the other side of the limiter main body in an axial direction to enable hydraulic oil to flow between the one side and the other side of the limiter main body through the limiter flow passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Takuya HAMADA, Makoto OTSUBO, Tetsuro MITSUTANI, Kinya TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 10974324
    Abstract: A coated cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating layer formed on a surface of the substrate, wherein: the coating layer comprises a lower layer including at least one Ti compound layer containing a specific Ti compound, an intermediate layer including an ?-type Al2O3 layer containing ?-type Al2O3, and an upper layer including a TiCN layer containing TiCN; the respective layers are laminated in this order from the substrate side toward a surface side of the coating layer; an average thickness of the coating layer is from 5.0 ?m or more to 30.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kinya Takahashi, Naoyuki Fukushima
  • Patent number: 10857598
    Abstract: A coated cutting tool, comprising: a substrate; and a coating layer formed on the substrate, wherein the coating layer includes a lower part layer and an upper part layer formed on the lower part layer, the lower part layer has an average thickness of 2.0 ?m or more and 15.0 ?m or less, and is formed of a Ti oxycarbonitride layer including a compound having a composition represented by formula (1) below: Ti(C1-x-yNxOy)??(1) (where, x denotes an atomic ratio of an N element based on a total of a C element, the N element, and an O element, y denotes an atomic ratio of the O element based on a total of the C element, the N element, and the O element, and 0.35?x?0.60 and 0.01?y?0.10 are satisfied), a FWHM of a rocking curve of a plane (4,2,2) of the lower part layer, which is obtained through X-ray diffraction, is 20° or less, the upper part layer is formed of an ?-aluminum oxide layer having an average thickness of 1.0 ?m or more and 15.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Satoh, Kinya Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20200361003
    Abstract: A coated cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating layer formed on a surface of the substrate, wherein the coating layer includes a predetermined lower layer, an intermediate layer comprising ?-Al2O3, and an upper layer comprising TiCN; the lower layer, intermediate layer, and upper layer have predetermined average thicknesses; a condition represented by formula (1) [RSA?40 (1)] is satisfied; the interface of the intermediate layer on the upper layer side has a kurtosis roughness (Sku) of more than 3.0; the interface of the intermediate layer on the upper layer side has a skewness roughness (Ssk) of less than 0; and a condition represented by formula (2) [RSB?40 (2)] is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kinya TAKAHASHI, Naoyuki FUKUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20200261982
    Abstract: Provided is a coated cutting tool of long tool life and that affords superior machined surface quality. A coated cutting tool includes a substrate, and a coating layer formed on the substrate. The coated cutting tool includes at least one flank face, at least one rake face, and a honing section rounded and connecting the flank face and the rake face. The coating layer includes a lower layer, an intermediate layer and an upper layer, in this order from the side of the substrate. The lower layer is composed of one, or two or more Ti compound layers made up of a Ti compound of Ti and at least one element selected from the group consisting of C, N, O and B. The intermediate layer contains ?-type Al2O3. The upper layer contains a compound represented by following formula (1): Ti(C1-x-yNxOy) (1). An average thickness of the coating layer on the flank face side is 5.0 ?m more and 30.0 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsukasa SHIROCHI, Kinya TAKAHASHI, Naoyuki FUKUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20200230707
    Abstract: A coated cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating layer formed on a surface of the substrate, wherein: the coating layer comprises a lower layer, an intermediate layer, and an upper layer in this order from the substrate side; the lower layer comprises one or two or more Ti compound layers containing a Ti compound of Ti and an element of at least one kind selected from the group consisting of C, N, O and B, the intermediate layer comprises an ?-Al2O3 layer containing ?-Al2O3, and the upper layer comprises a TiCNO layer containing TiCNO; an average thickness of the coating layer is 5.0 ?m or more and 30.0 ?m or less; in a specific first cross section, a misorientation A satisfies a specific condition; and in a specific second cross section, a misorientation B satisfies a specific condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kinya TAKAHASHI, Naoyuki FUKUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20190160547
    Abstract: A coated cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating layer formed on a surface of the substrate, wherein: the coating layer comprises a lower layer including at least one Ti compound layer containing a specific Ti compound, an intermediate layer including an ?-type Al2O3 layer containing ?-type Al2O3, and an upper layer including a TiCN layer containing TiCN; the respective layers are laminated in this order from the substrate side toward a surface side of the coating layer; an average thickness of the coating layer is from 5.0 ?m or more to 30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kinya Takahashi, Naoyuki Fukushima
  • Publication number: 20190076934
    Abstract: A coated cutting tool, comprising: a substrate; and a coating layer formed on the substrate, wherein the coating layer includes a lower part layer and an upper part layer formed on the lower part layer, the lower part layer has an average thickness of 2.0 ?m or more and 15.0 ?m or less, and is formed of a Ti oxycarbonitride layer including a compound having a composition represented by formula (1) below: Ti(C1-x-yNxOy)??(1) (where, x denotes an atomic ratio of an N element based on a total of a C element, the N element, and an O element, y denotes an atomic ratio of the O element based on a total of the C element, the N element, and the O element, and 0.35?x?0.60 and 0.01?y?0.10 are satisfied), a FWHM of a rocking curve of a plane (4,2,2) of the lower part layer, which is obtained through X-ray diffraction, is 20° or less, the upper part layer is formed of an ?-aluminum oxide layer having an average thickness of 1.0 ?m or more and 15.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki SATOH, Kinya TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 9993878
    Abstract: A coated cutting tool includes a substrate and a coating layer formed onto the surface of the substrate. The coating layer contains an ?-type aluminum oxide layer. A residual stress value at the (116) plane of the ?-type aluminum oxide layer is greater than 0. A residual stress value at the (012) plane of the ?-type aluminum oxide layer is smaller than 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kinya Takahashi, Hiroyuki Satoh
  • Patent number: 9453438
    Abstract: In a valve timing adjusting device, a vane rotor includes a second supply oil passage connectable to a first supply oil passage of a second shaft. A check valve is provided between the vane rotor and the second shaft, and permits a flow from the first supply oil passage toward the second supply oil passage and prevents a flow from the second supply oil passage toward the first supply oil passage. A fixing unit is provided between the check valve and the second shaft, and fixes the check valve between the fixing unit and the vane rotor. The fixing unit includes a third supply oil passage which connects the first supply oil passage and the second supply oil passage. A filter is provided for the fixing unit and can capture foreign substances flowing through the third supply oil passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomonobu Ikuma, Kinya Takahashi, Eiji Isobe
  • Publication number: 20160263659
    Abstract: A coated cutting tool includes a substrate and a coating layer formed onto the surface of the substrate. The coating layer contains an ?-type aluminum oxide layer. A residual stress value at the (116) plane of the ?-type aluminum oxide layer is greater than 0. A residual stress value at the (012) plane of the ?-type aluminum oxide layer is smaller than 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: TUNGALOY CORPORATION
    Inventors: KINYA TAKAHASHI, Hiroyuki SATOH
  • Publication number: 20150034032
    Abstract: In a valve timing adjusting device, a vane rotor includes a second supply oil passage connectable to a first supply oil passage of a second shaft. A check valve is provided between the vane rotor and the second shaft, and permits a flow from the first supply oil passage toward the second supply oil passage and prevents a flow from the second supply oil passage toward the first supply oil passage. A fixing unit is provided between the check valve and the second shaft, and fixes the check valve between the fixing unit and the vane rotor. The fixing unit includes a third supply oil passage which connects the first supply oil passage and the second supply oil passage. A filter is provided for the fixing unit and can capture foreign substances flowing through the third supply oil passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Tomonobu IKUMA, Kinya TAKAHASHI, Eiji ISOBE