Patents by Inventor Makoto TONE

Makoto TONE 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: 9394948
    Abstract: A torque fluctuation absorbing apparatus absorbing a torsional vibration includes a plate member configured to be provided at a power transmission system and including a rolling guide surface, and a mass member rolling on the rolling guide surface of the plate member. The rolling guide surface includes plural first rolling guide surfaces each formed in an arc shape and provided radially inward relative to an outer circumferential portion of the plate member to be arranged in a circumferential direction and a second rolling guide surface allowing the mass member to roll on a locus which is different from a locus on the first rolling guide surface formed in the arc shape. Loci of the mass member are seamlessly switched from the locus in which the mass member rolls on the first rolling guide surface to the locus in which the mass member rolls on the second rolling guide surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto Tone, Suguru Jimbo
  • Patent number: 9151332
    Abstract: A power transmission apparatus includes a first rotation member connected to a first rotation shaft, a second rotation member connected to a second rotation shaft, a third rotation member provided between the first rotation member and the second rotation member, a damper portion provided between the first rotation member and the third rotation member to absorb a torque fluctuation between the first rotation shaft and the second rotation shaft, a torque limiter portion arranged between the second rotation member and the third rotation member to transmit a torque equal to or smaller than a predetermined value, the torque limiter portion restricting a torque transmitted between the second rotation member and the third rotation member from exceeding the predetermined value in a case where a torque greater than the predetermined value is input to the torque limiter portion, and a dynamic vibration absorber provided at the second rotation member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Suguru Jimbo, Yoshitaka Inoshita, Makoto Tone
  • Publication number: 20140221105
    Abstract: A power transmission apparatus includes a first rotation member connected to a first rotation shaft, a second rotation member connected to a second rotation shaft, a third rotation member provided between the first rotation member and the second rotation member, a damper portion provided between the first rotation member and the third rotation member to absorb a torque fluctuation between the first rotation shaft and the second rotation shaft, a torque limiter portion arranged between the second rotation member and the third rotation member to transmit a torque equal to or smaller than a predetermined value, the torque limiter portion restricting a torque transmitted between the second rotation member and the third rotation member from exceeding the predetermined value in a case where a torque greater than the predetermined value is input to the torque limiter portion, and a dynamic vibration absorber provided at the second rotation member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Suguru JIMBO, Yoshitaka INOSHITA, Makoto TONE
  • Publication number: 20140221106
    Abstract: A power transmission apparatus includes a first rotation member connected to a first rotation shaft, a second rotation member connected to a second rotation shaft, a third rotation member provided between the first rotation member and the second rotation member, a damper portion provided between the first rotation member and the third rotation member to absorb a torque fluctuation between the first rotation shaft and the second rotation shaft, a torque limiter portion arranged between the second rotation member and the third rotation member to transmit a torque equal to or smaller than a predetermined value, the torque limiter portion restricting a torque transmitted between the second rotation member and the third rotation member from exceeding the predetermined value in a case where a torque greater than the predetermined value is input to the torque limiter portion, and a dynamic vibration absorber provided at the third rotation member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Suguru JIMBO, Yoshitaka Inoshita, Makoto Tone
  • Publication number: 20140066216
    Abstract: A torque fluctuation absorbing apparatus absorbing a torsional vibration includes a plate member configured to be provided at a power transmission system and including a rolling guide surface, and a mass member rolling on the rolling guide surface of the plate member. The rolling guide surface includes plural first rolling guide surfaces each formed in an arc shape and provided radially inward relative to an outer circumferential portion of the plate member to be arranged in a circumferential direction and a second rolling guide surface allowing the mass member to roll on a locus which is different from a locus on the first rolling guide surface formed in the arc shape. Loci of the mass member are seamlessly switched from the locus in which the mass member rolls on the first rolling guide surface to the locus in which the mass member rolls on the second rolling guide surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto TONE, Suguru Jimbo