Patents by Inventor Masakuni Yoshida
Masakuni Yoshida 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).
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Publication number: 20230128744Abstract: A toothed belt power-transmission apparatus includes: a toothed belt which includes a cord and a plurality of belt tooth portions; and a plurality of toothed pulleys which include a plurality of pulley tooth portions. The cord includes a carbon fiber cord formed by combining and secondarily twisting a plurality of primary twisted yarns including a carbon fiber. A twisting direction of a primary twist of the primary twisted yarns is the same as a twisting direction of the secondary twist. A primary twisting coefficient of the primary twist is 0.62 to 1.30. A secondary twisting coefficient of the secondary twist is 2.06 to 3.95. A tooth pitch of the toothed belt is within a range of ?0.4% to +0.1% relative to a tooth pitch of the toothed pulley around which the toothed belt is wound.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2021Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.Inventors: Hirofumi Okabe, Masakuni Yoshida, Yuto Hoki
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Patent number: 11592079Abstract: This helically toothed belt power transmitting device (1) has: a toothed belt (10) having a plurality of teeth (12) tilted relative to the width direction of the belt; a drive pulley; and a driven pulley. The width of the helically toothed belt (10) is 1 mm to 20 mm, inclusive. The core (13) of the toothed belt (10) is a twisted cord containing high-strength glass fibers or carbon fibers and has a diameter of 0.2 mm to 0.9 mm, inclusive. The compressibility of the teeth (12) of the toothed belt (10) compressed by the grooves of the drive pulley and the driven pulley is 0% to 5%, inclusive.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2018Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.Inventors: Norihito Suzuki, Masakuni Yoshida, Isao Ideguchi
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Patent number: 11460090Abstract: The present invention relates to a helical toothed belt including: a back portion in which a tension member is buried; and a plurality of tooth portions, in which: the plurality of tooth portions have a tooth pitch of 2 mm or more and less than 4 mm, in a case where the tooth pitch of the plurality of tooth portions is 2 mm or more and less than 3 mm, the back portion has a thickness of 0.4 mm or more and 1.2 mm or less, in a case where the tooth pitch of the plurality of tooth portions is 3 mm or more and less than 4 mm, the thickness of the back portion is 0.6 mm or more and 1.8 mm or less; and the tension member is a twisted cord including a high-strength glass fiber or a carbon fiber.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2018Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.Inventors: Hiroaki Ikegami, Masakuni Yoshida
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Publication number: 20210018063Abstract: The present invention relates to a helical toothed belt including: a back portion; a tension member buried in the back portion; and a plurality of tooth portions arranged at a predetermined interval along a belt longitudinal direction on one surface of the back portion, in which the plurality of tooth portions have a tooth pitch of 1.5 mm or more and less than 2.0 mm, the back portion has a thickness of 0.4 mm or more and 1.2 mm or less, the tension member is formed of a twisted cord containing a high-strength glass fiber or a carbon fiber, and the ratio of the total value of an interval between the tension members adjacent to each other to the belt width is 20% or more and 60% or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2019Publication date: January 21, 2021Applicant: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihito Noborikawa, Masakuni Yoshida
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Publication number: 20200232540Abstract: The present invention relates to a helical toothed belt including: a back portion in which a tension member is buried; and a plurality of tooth portions, in which: the plurality of tooth portions have a tooth pitch of 2 mm or more and less than 4 mm, in a case where the tooth pitch of the plurality of tooth portions is 2 mm or more and less than 3 mm, the back portion has a thickness of 0.4 mm or more and 1.2 mm or less, in a case where the tooth pitch of the plurality of tooth portions is 3 mm or more and less than 4 mm, the thickness of the back portion is 0.6 mm or more and 1.8 mm or less; and the tension member is a twisted cord including a high-strength glass fiber or a carbon fiber.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2018Publication date: July 23, 2020Applicant: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.Inventors: Hiroaki Ikegami, Masakuni Yoshida
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Publication number: 20200049230Abstract: This helically toothed belt power transmitting device (1) has: a toothed belt (10) having a plurality of teeth (12) tilted relative to the width direction of the belt; a drive pulley; and a driven pulley. The width of the helically toothed belt (10) is 1 mm to 20 mm, inclusive. The core (13) of the toothed belt (10) is a twisted cord containing high-strength glass fibers or carbon fibers and has a diameter of 0.2 mm to 0.9 mm, inclusive. The compressibility of the teeth (12) of the toothed belt (10) compressed by the grooves of the drive pulley and the driven pulley is 0% to 5%, inclusive.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2018Publication date: February 13, 2020Applicant: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.Inventors: Norihito Suzuki, Masakuni Yoshida, Isao Ideguchi
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Patent number: 10359095Abstract: A toothed belt includes a plurality of tooth parts that are disposed at predetermined intervals along the longitudinal direction and contain a rubber composition (A) as a base material and a back side that has a cord embedded therein and contains a rubber composition (B) as a base material, in which the cord contains a Lang-twisted carbon fiber and is formed in a diameter of 1.1 mm or more and 2.5 mm or less and the rubber composition (B) constituting the back side has a hardness of from 80 degrees to 89 degrees in JIS-A hardness.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2014Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.Inventors: Masakuni Yoshida, Hirofumi Okabe
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Publication number: 20190085938Abstract: A helical toothed belt includes: a back portion in which a tension member is buried and; a plurality of tooth portions arranged on one surface of the back portion with inclination to a belt width direction, in which a surface of the tooth portion and a portion of the one surface of the back portion are formed of a tooth fabric, the other surface of the back portion is formed of a back fabric, the plurality of tooth portions have a tooth pitch of 2 mm or more and 5 mm or less, and the tension member is a twisted cord containing a high-strength glass fiber or a carbon fiber and having a diameter of 0.2 mm or more and 0.6 mm or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2017Publication date: March 21, 2019Applicant: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.Inventors: Masakuni Yoshida, Shunsuke Isoe, Isao Ideguchi
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Publication number: 20180036975Abstract: A power transmission belt includes a compression rubber layer that is provided on an inner circumferential side, a cog portion that is provided in at least the compression rubber layer and has cog ridges and cog valleys alternately arranged along a belt longitudinal direction, and a reinforcing fabric layer that covers a surface of the cog portion. The reinforcing fabric layer includes at least one reinforcing fabric that is bonded to surfaces of the cog ridges and the cog valleys along the belt longitudinal direction and that covers the surface of the cog portion. Both end portions of the reinforcing fabric are joined to each other at only at least one joint portion in the belt longitudinal direction. The joint portion is disposed at only a position corresponding to the cog ridge.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2016Publication date: February 8, 2018Applicant: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.Inventors: Masakuni Yoshida, Toshihiro Nishimura, Taisuke Kimura
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Publication number: 20160208889Abstract: The present invention relates to a toothed belt containing a plurality of tooth parts that are disposed at predetermined intervals along the longitudinal direction and contain a rubber composition (A) as a base material and a back side that has a cord embedded therein and contains a rubber composition (B) as a base material, in which the cord contains a Lang-twisted carbon fiber and is formed in a diameter of 1.1 mm or more and 2.5 mm or less and the rubber composition (B) constituting the back side has a hardness of from 80 degrees to 89 degrees in JIS-A hardness.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2014Publication date: July 21, 2016Applicant: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.Inventors: Masakuni Yoshida, Hirofumi Okabe
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Patent number: 9291237Abstract: A power transmission belt having a body with a length, a width between laterally spaced sides, and a thickness between inside and outside surfaces. At least one load carrying member extends in a lengthwise direction. The body has a plurality of teeth spaced along at least one of the inside and outside of the body. The teeth have a width that decreases progressively from: a) a first location between the inside and outside surfaces; and b) one of the inside and outside surfaces so that the one surface has a width that is less than a width of the other surfaces. A cloth layer is applied to the one surface and is a multiwoven structure with interwoven: a) warp; and b) at least two different wefts.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2009Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: MITSUBOSHI BELTING LTD.Inventors: Yasuyuki Izu, Masakuni Yoshida, Hirofumi Okabe
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Patent number: 9109656Abstract: A power transmission belt has a body with a length, a width, an inside and an outside. The body has at least one load carrying member embedded in rubber and extending in a lengthwise direction. The body defines a plurality of teeth spaced along the length of the belt on at least one of the inside and outside of the body. At least one of: (a) the at least one load carrying member has an occupying rate (R) that is not less than 75%, with R=n×Dc/B×100 where: n=number of load carrying members aligned along the width of the body; Dc=diameter of load carrying member(s); and B=width of the body; and (b) the at least one load carrying member has a cross-sectional area taken transversely to the length of the body that is in a range of 1.10 to 1.70 mm2 per 1 mm of belt width.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2008Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.Inventors: Yasuyuki Izu, Masakuni Yoshida, Hirofumi Okabe
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Patent number: 8871329Abstract: A power transmission belt having a body with a length, an inside, and an outside. The body has a plurality of teeth formed on the inside of the body and spaced along the length of the body. The body has a first surface at the inside of the body defined at least in part by the teeth. A cloth component has a first side attached to the first surface and a second side exposed to engage a cooperating pulley. The cloth component has first fibers at the first side of the cloth component with a first performance characteristic and second fibers at the second side of the cloth component with a second performance characteristic. The first side of the cloth component has different properties than the second side of the cloth component by reason of the presence of the first and second fibers.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2007Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.Inventors: Masakuni Yoshida, Yasuyuki Izu
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Patent number: 8512186Abstract: A power transmission belt having a body with a length, an inside and an outside. Teeth are spaced along the length of the body. The body is made of rubber in which at least one load carrying member is embedded. The load carrying member extends lengthwise of the body. The rubber in the body is made up of: a) 3 to 7 parts by mass of short fiber blended relative to 100 parts by mass of a polymer that is a hydrogenated nitrile rubber having unsaturated carboxylic acid metal salt formed by mixing the hydrogenated nitrile rubber and the unsaturated carboxylic acid metal salt at a mass ratio of from 100:100 to 100:180; and b) no more than 10 parts by mass of a powdery inorganic filler blended relative to 100 parts by mass of the polymer.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2010Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.Inventors: Manabu Mitsutomi, Takayuki Utsumi, Masakuni Yoshida
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Publication number: 20110118068Abstract: A power transmission belt having a body with a length, an inside and an outside. Teeth are spaced along the length of the body. The body is made of rubber in which at least one load carrying member is embedded. The load carrying member extends lengthwise of the body. The rubber in the body is made up of: a) 3 to 7 parts by mass of short fiber blended relative to 100 parts by mass of a polymer that is a hydrogenated nitrile rubber having unsaturated carboxylic acid metal salt formed by mixing the hydrogenated nitrile rubber and the unsaturated carboxylic acid metal salt at a mass ratio of from 100:100 to 100:180; and b) no more than 10 parts by mass of a powdery inorganic filler blended relative to 100 parts by mass of the polymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2010Publication date: May 19, 2011Inventors: Manabu Mitsutomi, Takayuki Utsumi, Masakuni Yoshida
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Publication number: 20100120566Abstract: A power transmission belt having a body with a length, a width between laterally spaced sides, and a thickness between inside and outside surfaces. At least one load carrying member extends in a lengthwise direction. The body has a plurality of teeth spaced along at least one of the inside and outside of the body. The teeth have a width that decreases progressively from: a) a first location between the inside and outside surfaces; and b) one of the inside and outside surfaces so that the one surface has a width that is less than a width of the other surfaces. A cloth layer is applied to the one surface and is a multiwoven structure with interwoven: a) warp; and b) at least two different wefts.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2009Publication date: May 13, 2010Inventors: Yasuyuki Izu, Masakuni Yoshida, Hirofumi Okabe
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Publication number: 20080318719Abstract: A power transmission belt has a body with a length, a width, an inside and an outside. The body has at least one load carrying member embedded in rubber and extending in a lengthwise direction. The body defines a plurality of teeth spaced along the length of the belt on at least one of the inside and outside of the body. At least one of: (a) the at least one load carrying member has an occupying rate (R) that is not less than 75%, with R=n×Dc/B×100 where: n=number of load carrying members aligned along the width of the body; Dc=diameter of load carrying member(s); and B=width of the body; and (b) the at least one load carrying member has a cross-sectional area taken transversely to the length of the body that is in a range of 1.10 to 1.70 mm2 per 1 mm of belt width.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2008Publication date: December 25, 2008Inventors: Yasuyuki Izu, Masakuni Yoshida, Hirofumi Okabe
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Publication number: 20070178792Abstract: A power transmission belt having a body with a length, an inside, and an outside. The body has a plurality of teeth formed on the inside of the body and spaced along the length of the body. The body has a first surface at the inside of the body defined at least in part by the teeth. A cloth component has a first side attached to the first surface and a second side exposed to engage a cooperating pulley. The cloth component has first fibers at the first side of the cloth component with a first performance characteristic and second fibers at the second side of the cloth component with a second performance characteristic. The first side of the cloth component has different properties than the second side of the cloth component by reason of the presence of the first and second fibers.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2007Publication date: August 2, 2007Inventors: Masakuni Yoshida, Yasuyuki Izu