Patents by Inventor Kunio Ishihara

Kunio Ishihara 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).

  • Disc rotor
    Patent number: 8210328
    Abstract: A disc rotor includes a sliding portion, a hat portion, and a connecting unit connecting the sliding portion and the hat portion. The connecting unit includes a washer arranged between the radially inner portion of the sliding portion and the radially outer portion of the hat portion, and a connecting pin having a head portion, having a shaft portion inserted through a first through-hole formed at the sliding portion, the washer and a second through-hole formed at the hat portion in an axial direction of the rotor, and riveted at an end portion of the shaft portion so as to integrally fasten the sliding portion, the washer and the hat portion. A riveted portion of the connecting pin is formed into a taper shape, and an outer circumferential surface of the riveted portion contacts and engages a tapered surface formed at the second through-hole of the hat portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignees: Advics Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masatoshi Kano, Kunio Ishihara, Haruhisa Baba, Keisuke Seto, Hitoshi Ikeuchi, Yoichi Kato
  • DISC ROTOR
    Publication number: 20100101902
    Abstract: A disc rotor includes a sliding portion, a hat portion, and a connecting unit connecting the sliding portion and the hat portion. The connecting unit includes a washer arranged between the radially inner portion of the sliding portion and the radially outer portion of the hat portion, and a connecting pin having a head portion, having a shaft portion inserted through a first through-hole formed at the sliding portion, the washer and a second through-hole formed at the hat portion in an axial direction of the rotor, and riveted at an end portion of the shaft portion so as to integrally fasten the sliding portion, the washer and the hat portion. A riveted portion of the connecting pin is formed into a taper shape, and an outer circumferential surface of the riveted portion contacts and engages a tapered surface formed at the second through-hole of the hat portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicants: ADVICS CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masatoshi KANO, Kunio ISHIHARA, Haruhisa BABA, Keisuke SETO, Hitoshi IKEUCHI, Yoichi KATO