Patents by Inventor Masaharu Okazaki

Masaharu Okazaki 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: 9752668
    Abstract: A differential device with a limited-slip differential mechanism in which, while preventing full compression of spring members to avoid problems resulting from it, the spring members are configured to be as small in diameter as possible to allow the pressure-contact surfaces of a differential case to be wide for clutch plates, whereby it is possible to prevent problems such as a local increase in surface pressure between the clutch plates and scratches on the clutch plates caused by the inner peripheral edges of the pressure-contact surfaces, and achieve improvement in durability of the differential device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: OS GIKEN, CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaharu Okazaki
  • Publication number: 20160025202
    Abstract: The present invention is intended to provide a differential device with a limited-slip differential mechanism in which, while preventing full compression of spring members to avoid problems resulting from it, the spring members are configured to be as small in diameter as possible to allow the pressure-contact surfaces of a differential case to be wide for clutch plates, whereby it is possible to prevent problems such as a local increase in surface pressure between the clutch plates and scratches on the clutch plates caused by the inner peripheral edges of the pressure-contact surfaces, and achieve improvement in durability of the differential device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: OS GIKEN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaharu OKAZAKI
  • Patent number: 8925704
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a clutch device that keeps a half-clutch range wide for a long time. A clutch device 1 is arranged in such a manner that an intermediate ring 24 is disposed on the pressure plate 23 so as to be slightly movable in a direction of pressing by a diaphragm spring 21; air passageways 31 are radially disposed at regular circumferential intervals between the intermediate ring 24 and the pressure plate 23 so as to let the inner and outer peripheries communicate with each other; plate springs 25 are disposed in the air passageways 31 to bias constantly the intermediate ring 24 and the pressure plate 23 in a direction of separating from each other; and a force of the pressing operation by the diaphragm spring 21 is transferred to the pressure plate 23 via the intermediate ring 24 and the plate springs 25.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: OS Giken Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masaharu Okazaki
  • Publication number: 20110272236
    Abstract: There is provided a clutch device in which a half clutch range can be set at a wide range and in which smoothness and quickness in the disconnection of the clutch can be dramatically improved and in which a shift operation can be performed smoothly and quickly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: Os Giken Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masaharu OKAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20100288596
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a clutch device that keeps a half-clutch range wide for a long time. A clutch device 1 is arranged in such a manner that an intermediate ring 24 is disposed on the pressure plate 23 so as to be slightly movable in a direction of pressing by a diaphragm spring 21; air passageways 31 are radially disposed at regular circumferential intervals between the intermediate ring 24 and the pressure plate 23 so as to let the inner and outer peripheries communicate with each other; plate springs 25 are disposed in the air passageways 31 to bias constantly the intermediate ring 24 and the pressure plate 23 in a direction of separating from each other; and a force of the pressing operation by the diaphragm spring 21 is transferred to the pressure plate 23 via the intermediate ring 24 and the plate springs 25.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: OS GIKEN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaharu Okazaki
  • Patent number: 7625308
    Abstract: The invention provides a differential gear which can effectively prevent a drag noise of a clutch plate by a simple structure. In a differential gear (10) provided with a clutch means (16) having an inner pawl clutch plate (12) integrally rotating with a side gear (11), and an outer pawl clutch plate (14) integrally rotating with a differential case (13), a main communication path (41) and a radial communication path (44) communicating a bottom of the side gear (11) with a fitted portion (17) between the side gear (11) and the clutch plates (12, 14) is formed in the side gear (11), as a lubricating oil supplying means (40) for supplying a lubricating oil within the differential case (13) to a portion between sliding surfaces of both the clutch plates (12, 14) from the fitted portion (17) between the side gear (11) and the clutch plates (12, 14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: OS Giken Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masaharu Okazaki
  • Publication number: 20070135254
    Abstract: The invention provides a differential gear which can effectively prevent a drag noise of a clutch plate by a simple structure. In a differential gear (10) provided with a clutch means (16) having an inner pawl clutch plate (12) integrally rotating with a side gear (11), and an outer pawl clutch plate (14) integrally rotating with a differential case (13), a main communication path (41) and a radial communication path (44) communicating a bottom of the side gear (11) with a fitted portion (17) between the side gear (11) and the clutch plates (12, 14) is formed in the side gear (11), as a lubricating oil supplying means (40) for supplying a lubricating oil within the differential case (13) to a portion between sliding surfaces of both the clutch plates (12, 14) from the fitted portion (17) between the side gear (11) and the clutch plates (12, 14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Applicant: OS GIKEN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaharu Okazaki
  • Patent number: 6949047
    Abstract: Differential gears which obtain adequate differential motion limiting action under heavy loading, and switch between a differential motion condition and a differential motion limiting condition, inside a differential case are provided a pair of left and right pressure rings, which move freely in the direction of the wheel axles but are incapable of relative turning, the inner diameter being larger than that of side gears; a pair of clutch means on the two pressure rings; urging means for urging the two pressure rings such that the two pressure rings clearance narrows; and actuation means for actuating the pressure rings against the force of the urging means, in accordance with the increases in the relative turning torque between the pinion shaft and the differential case during differential motion, and activating the clutch means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Os Giken Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masaharu Okazaki
  • Publication number: 20050197514
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a method for producing a highly branched perfluoroolefin conveniently in a high yield, a novel highly branched perfluoroolefin, a method for producing a super-stable perfluoroalkyl radical and a novel super-stable perfluoroalkyl radical. The present invention is a production method of a perfluoroolefin which comprises reacting a hexafluoropropene trimer with a trialkylperfluoroalkylsilane in an aprotic polar solvent using a fluoride ion as a catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2005
    Publication date: September 8, 2005
    Inventors: Taizo Ono, Masakazu Nishida, Masaharu Okazaki, Kazumi Toriyama, Tetsuo Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20050077169
    Abstract: This invention relates to method for improving selectivity in liquid phase chemical reactions by flowing a reaction solution through a solution reaction column packed with particles having a multiplicity of nanometer-order pores, wherein the chemical reaction solution containing molecules to be reacted is flowed through mesopores having diameter on the order of several nanometers and length on the order of several ten nanometers, while simultaneously subjected to activating of the reaction thereof with reaction-initiating/accelerating means during the process; and a solution flow reaction system therefor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2004
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Applicant: Japan as Rep. by Sec of Agncy of Ind Sci and Tech
    Inventors: Masaharu Okazaki, Yoshinari Konishi
  • Publication number: 20040198546
    Abstract: Differential gears which obtain adequate differential motion limiting action under heavy loading, and switch between a differential motion condition and a differential motion limiting condition, inside a differential case are provided a pair of left and right pressure rings, which move freely in the direction of the wheel axles but are incapable of relative turning, the inner diameter being larger than that of side gears; a pair of clutch means on the two pressure rings; urging means for urging the two pressure rings such that the two pressure rings clearance narrows; and actuation means for actuating the pressure rings against the force of the urging means, in accordance with the increases in the relative turning torque between the pinion shaft and the differential case during differential motion, and activating the clutch means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Applicant: OS GIKEN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaharu Okazaki
  • Publication number: 20040127756
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a method for producing a highly branched perfluoroolefin conveniently in a high yield, a novel highly branched perfluoroolefin, a method for producing a super-stable perfluoroalkyl radical and a novel super-stable perfluoroalkyl radical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Applicants: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED IND. SCIENCE AND TECH., DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Taizo Ono, Masakazu Nishida, Masaharu Okazaki, Kazumi Toriyama, Tetsuo Shimizu
  • Patent number: 6755764
    Abstract: Differential gears which obtain adequate differential motion limiting action under heavy loading, and switch between a differential motion condition and a differential motion limiting condition, inside a differential case are provided a pair of left and right pressure rings, which move freely in the direction of the wheel axles but are incapable of relative turning, the inner diameter being larger than that of side gears; a pair of clutch means on the two pressure rings; urging means for urging the two pressure rings such that the two pressure rings clearance narrows; and actuation means for actuating the pressure rings against the force of the urging means, in accordance with the increases in the relative turning torque between the pinion shaft and the differential case during differential motion, and activating the clutch means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: OS Giken Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masaharu Okazaki
  • Patent number: 6710214
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a method for producing a highly branched perfluoroolefin conveniently in a high yield, a novel highly branched perfluoroolefin, a method for producing a super-stable perfluoroalkyl radical and a novel super-stable perfluoroalkyl radical. The present invention is a production method of a perfluoroolefin which comprises reacting a hexafluoropropene trimer with a trialkylperfluoroalkylsilane in an aprotic polar solvent using a fluoride ion as a catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignees: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Taizo Ono, Masakazu Nishida, Masaharu Okazaki, Kazumi Toriyama, Tetsuo Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20030097031
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a method for producing a highly branched perfluoroolefin conveniently in a high yield, a novel highly branched perfluoroolefin, a method for producing a super-stable perfluoroalkyl radical and a novel super-stable perfluoroalkyl radical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Taizo Ono, Masakazu Nishida, Masaharu Okazaki, Kazumi Toriyama, Tetsuo Shimizu
  • Patent number: 6524211
    Abstract: A differential gear that can switch from differential movement state to limited differential movement has: a pair of pressure rings 12 in a differential case 11 able to move in the direction of the axles but unable to rotate relatively; clutches 16 on opposite sides of the pressure rings 12 that limit differential movement between the left and right axles 1 by limiting the relative rotation of the differential case 11 and side gears 15; the pressure rings 12 are urged so as to decrease the clearance 17 between the pressure rings 12 but the clearance is increased by relative rotation torque between the pinion shaft 13 and differential case 11 in a differential state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: OS Giken Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masaharu Okazaki
  • Publication number: 20020132694
    Abstract: Differential gears are provided with which adequate differential motion limiting action is obtained even under heavy loading, and which is capable of appropriately switching between a differential motion condition and a differential motion limiting condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2002
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Applicant: OS GIKEN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaharu Okazaki
  • Publication number: 20020048540
    Abstract: This invention relates to method for improving selectivity in liquid phase chemical reactions by flowing a reaction solution through a solution reaction column packed with particles having a multiplicity of nanometer-order pores, wherein the chemical reaction solution containing molecules to be reacted is flowed through mesopores having diameter on the order of several nanometers and length on the order of several ten nanometers, while simultaneously subjected to activating of the reaction thereof with reaction-initiating/accelerating means during the process; and a solution flow reaction system therefor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2000
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Applicant: Japan as Represented by Secretary of Agency of Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Masaharu Okazaki, Yoshinari Konishi
  • Publication number: 20020006845
    Abstract: The present invention provides a differential gear that can switch properly from a differential movement state to a limited differential movement state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2001
    Publication date: January 17, 2002
    Applicant: OS Giken Co.,Ltd.
    Inventor: Masaharu Okazaki
  • Patent number: 5562560
    Abstract: A speed-reducing apparatus of low mechanical noise is disclosed which includes a wobbling rotation plate. In the speed-reducing apparatus, a fixed plate and a wobbling rotation plate face each other at a rotation angle and a rotation phase difference and are gradually engaged together with an output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1996
    Inventors: Hisanobu Kanamaru, Kouji Harada, Masaharu Okazaki