Patents by Inventor Kiyotaka Obunai

Kiyotaka Obunai 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: 9188177
    Abstract: A brake disc is provided capable of effectively reducing the generation of noise such as brake noise by making specifications relating to lightening holes different from each other between two brake disc plates. In the brake disc, two brake disc plates are laminated so as to slide on each other by vibration during braking, and specifications relating to one or more selected from lightening holes, plate thickness, diameter, and warpage are made different from each other between the brake disc plates. In addition, lightening holes are formed on at least one of the brake disc plates, and one or more specifications selected from the number of lightening holes, the shapes of the lightening holes, the sizes of the lightening holes, and the arrangement positions of the lightening holes are made different from each other between the brake disc plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignees: SUNSTAR ENGINEERING INC., THE DOSHISHA
    Inventors: Toru Fujii, Kazuya Okubo, Kiyotaka Obunai, Yoshihisa Kubota, Hideaki Okada, Tsuyoshi Nakatsuji
  • Publication number: 20140326550
    Abstract: A brake disc is provided capable of effectively reducing the generation of noise such as brake noise by making specifications relating to lightening holes different from each other between two brake disc plates. In the brake disc, two brake disc plates are laminated so as to slide on each other by vibration during braking, and specifications relating to one or more selected from lightening holes, plate thickness, diameter, and warpage are made different from each other between the brake disc plates. In addition, lightening holes are formed on at least one of the brake disc plates, and one or more specifications selected from the number of lightening holes, the shapes of the lightening holes, the sizes of the lightening holes, and the arrangement positions of the lightening holes are made different from each other between the brake disc plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicants: THE DOSHISHA, SUNSTAR ENGINEERING INC.
    Inventors: Toru Fujii, Kazuya Okubo, Kiyotaka Obunai, Yoshihisa Kubota, Hideaki Okada, Tsuyoshi Nakatsuji
  • Patent number: 8267228
    Abstract: The present invention provides a brake disc having a corrugated outer periphery capable of effectively preventing brake judder. A brake disc having a corrugated outer periphery (1) comprising a hub disc (4) fixed to a wheel, a braking disc (3) coaxially disposed outside the hub disc (4), and a connection pin (5) connecting the hub disc (4) and the braking disc (3) with each other in a floating state, in which a plurality of outer peripheral recesses (7) are formed in an outer periphery of the braking disc (3) at a distance from one another in a circumferential direction to form the outer periphery into a corrugated shape, wherein depths (d) of the outer peripheral recesses (7) from an outer peripheral circle (C) of the braking disc (3) are set shallow. The depth (d) of the outer peripheral recesses (7) is set to 7 mm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Sunstar Engineering Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshio Hoshi, Tsuyoshi Nakatsuji, Tooru Fujii, Kazuya Ookubo, Kiyotaka Obunai
  • Publication number: 20100044171
    Abstract: The present invention provides a brake disc having a corrugated outer periphery capable of effectively preventing brake judder. A brake disc having a corrugated outer periphery 1 comprising a hub disc 4 fixed to a wheel, a braking disc 3 coaxially disposed outside the hub disc 4, and a connection pin 5 connecting the hub disc 4 and the braking disc 3 with each other in a floating state, in which a plurality of outer peripheral recesses 7 are formed in an outer periphery of the braking disc 3 at a distance from one another in a circumferential direction to form the outer periphery into a corrugated shape, wherein depths d of the outer peripheral recesses 7 from an outer peripheral circle C of the braking disc 3 are set shallow. The depth d of the outer peripheral recesses 7 is set to 7 mm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Yoshio Hoshi, Tsuyoshi Nakatsuji, Tooru Fujii, Kazuya Ookubo, Kiyotaka Obunai