Patents by Inventor Kunimitsu Shimoyama

Kunimitsu Shimoyama 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: 8297924
    Abstract: An actuation system includes a pump assembly configured to form a pump chamber, an actuator having first and second chambers and a movable member and configured to convert pressures applied to the first and second chambers into a movement of the movable member, and a valve section. The valve section has a plurality of positions set by a controller, and the plurality of positions includes a first position in which the valve section opens the first flow path and closes the second flow path, a second position in which the valve section closes the first flow path and opens the second flow path, and a neutral position in which the valve section closes the first and second flow paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeyuki Mori, Hiroshi Saito, Shuichi Nakayama, Kunimitsu Shimoyama
  • Publication number: 20100292042
    Abstract: A planetary gear system contains: a sun gear as an input; a fixed ring gear; a planetary career as an output, a first planetary gear supported by the planetary career and engaging the sun gear; and a second planetary gear supported by the planetary career and engaging the ring gear. A first spin axis of the first planetary gear is arranged closer to a planetary career rotation axis of the planetary career than a second spin axis of the second planetary gear. Torque is transmitted from the first planetary gear to the second planetary gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shuichi Nakayama, Kunimitsu Shimoyama, Kazutaka Suzuki, Yasuhiro Ono, Kenji Sakai
  • Publication number: 20100285920
    Abstract: A planetary gear system contains: a sun gear as an input; a fixed ring gear; a planetary career as an output; and a planetary gear unit supported by the planetary career. The planetary gear unit includes: a shaft; a first planetary gear coupled to the shaft and engaging the sun gear; and a second planetary gear coupled to the shaft and engaging the ring gear. The planetary gear unit rotates around a first rotation axis with respect to the planetary career. The planetary career rotates around a second rotation axis. The first rotation axis intersects the second rotation axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shuichi Nakayama, Kunimitsu Shimoyama, Kazutaka Suzuki, Yasuhiro Ono, Kenji Sakai
  • Publication number: 20080304967
    Abstract: An actuation system includes a pump assembly configured to form a pump chamber; an actuator having first and second chambers and a movable member and configured to convert pressures applied to the first and second chambers into a movement of the movable member; and a valve section. A controller controls the valve section to open a first flow path between the pump chamber and the first chamber and close a second flow path between the pump chamber with the second chamber, during a discharge period during which the pump chamber is pressurized, in a first mode; to close the first flow path and open the second flow path during an intake period during which the pump chamber is depressurized, in the first mode; to close the first flow path and open the second flow path during the discharge period in a second mode; and to open the first flow path and close the second flow path during the intake period in the second mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventors: Shigeyuki Mori, Hiroshi Saito, Shuichi Nakayama, Kunimitsu Shimoyama