Patents by Inventor Kiyokazu Nakane

Kiyokazu Nakane 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: 11976704
    Abstract: A propeller shaft (1) that is a power transmission shaft has a shaft member (2) as a tubular body made of iron-based metal and a balance weight (3) made of iron-based metal and welded to an outer peripheral surface of this shaft member (2). At least a part of the balance weight (3) of the propeller shaft (1) is covered with a sacrificial metal coating (4) made of sacrificial corrosion prevention material that contains metal whose ionization tendency is higher than that of metal forming the shaft member (2). With this, it is possible to suppress local progression of corrosion at a periphery of the balance weight (3) and improve durability of the propeller shaft (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasutomo Mabe, Kiyokazu Nakane, Hiromichi Komai, Xiaojin Zhu, Toshiyuki Masuda, Kenichiro Ishikura
  • Publication number: 20230047822
    Abstract: A propeller shaft (1) that is a power transmission shaft has a shaft member (2) as a tubular body made of iron-based metal and a balance weight (3) made of iron-based metal and welded to an outer peripheral surface of this shaft member (2). At least a part of the balance weight (3) of the propeller shaft (1) is covered with a sacrificial metal coating (4) made of sacrificial corrosion prevention material that contains metal whose ionization tendency is higher than that of metal forming the shaft member (2). With this, it is possible to suppress local progression of corrosion at a periphery of the balance weight (3) and improve durability of the propeller shaft (1) .
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasutomo MABE, Kiyokazu NAKANE, Hiromichi KOMAI, Xiaojin ZHU, Toshiyuki MASUDA, Kenichiro ISHIKURA
  • Patent number: 11512761
    Abstract: A propeller shaft (1) that is a power transmission shaft has a shaft member (2) as a tubular body made of iron-based metal and a balance weight (3) made of iron-based metal and welded to an outer peripheral surface of this shaft member (2). At least a part of the balance weight (3) of the propeller shaft (1) is covered with a sacrificial metal coating (4) made of sacrificial corrosion prevention material that contains metal whose ionization tendency is higher than that of metal forming the shaft member (2). With this, it is possible to suppress local progression of corrosion at a periphery of the balance weight (3) and improve durability of the propeller shaft (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasutomo Mabe, Kiyokazu Nakane, Hiromichi Komai, Xiaojin Zhu, Toshiyuki Masuda, Kenichiro Ishikura
  • Patent number: 10851464
    Abstract: According to the method for producing chromium plated parts, a plurality of workpieces are immersed in a chromium plating bath, a plating treatment is performed by using a pulse current, and chromium plating layers that have compressive residual stress and suppressed cracking are deposited on surfaces of the plurality of workpieces. A direct current from plating separation lower limit current density up to a range in which the chromium plating layers have compressive residual stress is superimposed during downtime of application of the pulse current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi Kobayashi, Kiyokazu Nakane
  • Publication number: 20200370192
    Abstract: According to the method for producing chromium plated parts, a plurality of workpieces are immersed in a chromium plating bath, a plating treatment is performed by using a pulse current, and chromium plating layers that have compressive residual stress and suppressed cracking are deposited on surfaces of the plurality of workpieces. A direct current from plating separation lower limit current density up to a range in which the chromium plating layers have compressive residual stress is superimposed during downtime of application of the pulse current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Yuichi KOBAYASHI, Kiyokazu NAKANE
  • Publication number: 20200116229
    Abstract: A propeller shaft (1) that is a power transmission shaft has a shaft member (2) as a tubular body made of iron-based metal and a balance weight (3) made of iron-based metal and welded to an outer peripheral surface of this shaft member (2). At least a part of the balance weight (3) of the propeller shaft (1) is covered with a sacrificial metal coating (4) made of sacrificial corrosion prevention material that contains metal whose ionization tendency is higher than that of metal forming the shaft member (2). With this, it is possible to suppress local progression of corrosion at a periphery of the balance weight (3) and improve durability of the propeller shaft (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasutomo MABE, Kiyokazu NAKANE, Hiromichi KOMAI, Xiaojin ZHU, Toshiyuki MASUDA, Kenichiro ISHIKURA
  • Patent number: 8459421
    Abstract: There is provided a disk brake comprising: a piston that presses a brake pad to a disk rotor; and a caliper at which the piston is slidably provided through a piston seal, the caliper making the piston moved forward by hydraulic pressure, wherein the piston has that an anodized film layer formed by an anodized treatment is formed on a surface of a piston base body made of aluminum alloy, and a chromium plating layer is directly laminated on a surface of the anodized film layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shintaro Tsujimi, Kiyokazu Nakane
  • Publication number: 20100219027
    Abstract: There is provided a disk brake comprising: a piston that presses a brake pad to a disk rotor; and a caliper at which the piston is slidably provided through a piston seal, the caliper making the piston moved forward by hydraulic pressure, wherein the piston has that an anodized film layer formed by an anodized treatment is formed on a surface of a piston base body made of aluminum alloy, and a chromium plating layer is directly laminated on a surface of the anodized film layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shintaro Tsujimi, Kiyokazu Nakane