Patents by Inventor Kumi HASHIMOTO

Kumi HASHIMOTO 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).

  • Publication number: 20220275842
    Abstract: This disc brake includes an attachment member having a pad guide part, a pair of friction pads, a caliper, and a pad spring. The pad guide part includes a recessed part, which is recessed in a disc rotation direction with respect to a bottom surface in a region on a disc radial direction outer side, in a region of a bottom part of the pad guide part on a disc radial direction inner side. The pad spring includes a guide part provided to be able to come into contact with a wall surface and the bottom surface of the pad guide part on the disc radial direction outer side and configured to guide movement of a protruding part in a disc axial direction, and a fitting part protruding in the disc rotation direction from the guide part and configured to elastically fit into the recessed part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Hayuru INOUE, Kumi HASHIMOTO
  • Patent number: 10591008
    Abstract: Provided are a disc brake and a piston whose weights can be effectively reduced. A disc brake includes a piston configured to press a pad against a disc. The piston includes a body member formed into a bottomed cylindrical shape and including a cylinder portion and a bottom portion. The cylinder portion and the bottom portion are approximately equal in wall thickness. The piston further includes a plate-shaped member fixed to an external bottom surface of the body member and disposed within a range of the external bottom surface and in a region including a center of the external bottom surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kumi Hashimoto, Yoichi Kumemura, Keisuke Taniguchi
  • Publication number: 20180245648
    Abstract: Provided are a disc brake and a piston whose weights can be effectively reduced. A disc brake includes a piston configured to press a pad against a disc. The piston includes a body member formed into a bottomed cylindrical shape and including a cylinder portion and a bottom portion. The cylinder portion and the bottom portion are approximately equal in wall thickness. The piston further includes a plate-shaped member fixed to an external bottom surface of the body member and disposed within a range of the external bottom surface and in a region including a center of the external bottom surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Kumi HASHIMOTO, Yoichi KUMEMURA, Keisuke TANIGUCHI