Patents by Inventor Masashi Yoshino

Masashi Yoshino 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).

  • Publication number: 20240145151
    Abstract: Provided is a coil component including a core member and a wire wound around the core member, wherein a cross section of the core member perpendicular to a winding axis of the wire wound around the core member has a circumference shape comprising at least three first arcs and connecting lines connecting the at least three first arcs adjacent to each other, and each of the at least three first arcs has a predetermined radius and a predetermined central angle for closely contacting the wire and the core member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayoshi SHIMAZAKI, Osamu OHHATA, Naoto TSUKAMOTO, Sena YOSHINO, Nobuo KITAJIMA, Masashi GOTOH
  • Publication number: 20240136883
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a motor. The motor includes a housing and a lid molded by pressing. The lid includes a first wall portion extending along an axial direction. One side in the axial direction of the first wall portion is tightly fitted or loose-fitted to the housing, and the other side in the axial direction of the first wall portion is connected to an external device. This structure facilitates coaxial alignment and connection between the housing and the lid and reduces costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu WANG, Keisuke YOSHINO, Yonggang YANG, Masashi OMI
  • Publication number: 20240136882
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a motor and a motor assembling method. The motor includes a housing having a bottom and a wall portion extending from an edge of the bottom along an axial direction, and a lid connected to the housing on one side in the axial direction of the bottom of the housing. A surface on the one side in the axial direction of the bottom of the housing has a first connection surface. Housing portions on an inside and an outside in a radial direction of the first connection surface are respectively bent in opposite directions intersecting the first connection surface, which ensures sufficient working space when performing work for connecting the housing and the lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu WANG, Keisuke YOSHINO, Yonggang YANG, Masashi OMI
  • Publication number: 20240120142
    Abstract: The electronic component includes an element body, an internal conductor, a cover layer, and a conductor layer. The internal conductor is disposed in the element body. The cover layer is disposed on an outer surface of the element body and has an electrical insulation property. The conductor layer is disposed on the cover layer and is electrically connected to the internal conductor. The conductor layer includes a portion. The portion protrudes toward the element body through the cover layer and is physically and electrically connected to the internal conductor. The conductor layer is electrically connected to the internal conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoji TOZAWA, Masashi SHIMOYASU, Akihiko OIDE, Daiki KATO, Makoto YOSHINO, Takashi ENDO, Takuya KODAMA, Akira AKASAKA, Ken ITOH
  • Patent number: 8506433
    Abstract: A continuously variable transmission configured to transmit a rotational driving force of one pulley to another pulley by a driving-force transmitting means wound between the two pulleys, wherein each of the two pulleys is configured to vary a groove width thereof, the continuously variable transmission including: an engagement-receiving portion provided to the driving-force transmitting means, in a side of the driving-force transmitting means on which the driving-force transmitting means is wound on the pulleys; and a movable engaging portion provided to a shaft portion of at least one of the two pulleys, wherein the movable engaging portion is movable in a radial direction of the shaft portion to protrude from and escape into the shaft portion, wherein the movable engaging portion is configured to protrude from the shaft portion so as to engage with the engagement-receiving portion at least one of when a pulley-ratio region is in a setting for highest speed and when the pulley-ratio region is in a setting f
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Miura, Masashi Yoshino, Yoshiko Mineta, Akihiko Iwasaki, Yuki Matsushita
  • Publication number: 20110053717
    Abstract: A continuously variable transmission configured to transmit a rotational driving force of one pulley to another pulley by a driving-force transmitting means wound between the two pulleys, wherein each of the two pulleys is configured to vary a groove width thereof, the continuously variable transmission including: an engagement-receiving portion provided to the driving-force transmitting means, in a side of the driving-force transmitting means on which the driving-force transmitting means is wound on the pulleys; and a movable engaging portion provided to a shaft portion of at least one of the two pulleys, wherein the movable engaging portion is movable in a radial direction of the shaft portion to protrude from and escape into the shaft portion, wherein the movable engaging portion is configured to protrude from the shaft portion so as to engage with the engagement-receiving portion at least one of when a pulley-ratio region is in a setting for highest speed and when the pulley-ratio region is in a setting f
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Miura, Masashi Yoshino, Yoshiko Mineta, Akihiko Iwasaki, Yuki Matsushita
  • Patent number: 7530437
    Abstract: A transmission synchronizer that effectively lowers the peak value of the operation load during synchronization is provided. The transmission synchronizer is equipped with a coupling sleeve, synchro hub, balk ring and clutch gear. A synchronizing support force generating mechanism, during a shift when relative rotation is generated between the synchro hub and the balk ring by a minute synchronizing torque generated between balk ring cone surface and clutch gear cone surface, converts a circumferential force induced by that relative rotation to an axially applied synchronizing support force, with which the balk ring is pressed against the clutch gear. A relative rotation regulating structure is located between the balk ring and the synchro hub, and when in neutral, it regulates the amount of relative rotation between the balk ring and the synchro hub so that the synchronizing support force is not generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Miyamoto, Masashi Yoshino
  • Publication number: 20090031837
    Abstract: In a synchronizing device of a transmission, in which when a coupling sleeve is slidingly moved on a synchronizer hub during gear shift operation, the coupling sleeve is engaged with a balk ring by a rotating synchronizing action, and then the coupling sleeve is further slidingly moved until the coupling sleeve is engaged with a clutch gear to complete the gear shift operation, the synchronizing device includes a guide rail mechanism, provided between the coupling sleeve and the synchronizer hub, to suppress a fall of the coupling sleeve during the sliding movement of the coupling sleeve. The guide rail mechanism is set in a sliding-movement range from a neutral position of the coupling sleeve to at least a position where a coupling-sleeve chamfer and a balk-ring chamfer abut with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventor: Masashi Yoshino
  • Publication number: 20080245169
    Abstract: To provide a transmission synchronizer that effectively lower the peak value of the operation load during synchronisation. A transmission synchronizer equipped with a coupling sleeve 1, synchro hub 5, balk ring 4, and clutch gear 3, comprising: a synchronizing support force generating mechanism that during a shift when relative rotation is generated between said synchro hub 5 and said balk ring 4 by a minute synchronizing torque generated between balk ring cone surface 4a and clutch gear cone surface 3a, converts a circumferential force induced by said relative rotation to an axially applied synchronizing support force, with which said balk ring 4 is pressed against said clutch gear 3; and a relative rotation regulating structure that is located between said balk ring 4 and said synchro hub 5, and when in neutral, regulates the amount of relative rotation between said balk ring 4 and said synchro hub 5 so that said synchronizing support force is not generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2005
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Inventors: Akihiro Miyamoto, Masashi Yoshino
  • Patent number: 7163093
    Abstract: A synchronizer for a transmission including: a synchronizer hub; a synchronizer sleeve slidable thereon to engage with a clutch gear, which is provided with sleeve spline teeth having sleeve chamfers; and a synchro ring having a plurality of pairs of synchro ring spline teeth each having a synchro ring chamfer for receiving one of the sleeve chamfers. The synchro ring chamfer has a leading edge offset from the center of each synchro ring spline tooth, so that a distance between the leading edges becomes greater than a distance between the centers of the synchro ring spline teeth in each of the pairs of the synchro ring spline teeth. Moreover, the sleeve spline teeth are provided on the synchronizer sleeve only in angular positions between the synchro ring spline teeth of each of the pairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Miyamoto, Masashi Yoshino
  • Publication number: 20050199466
    Abstract: A synchronizer for a transmission including: a synchronizer hub; a synchronizer sleeve slidable thereon to engage with a clutch gear, which is provided with sleeve spline teeth having sleeve chamfers; and a synchro ring having a plurality of pairs of synchro ring spline teeth each having a synchro ring chamfer for receiving one of the sleeve chamfers. The synchro ring chamfer has a leading edge offset from the center of each synchro ring spline tooth, so that a distance between the leading edges becomes greater than a distance between the centers of the synchro ring spline teeth in each of the pairs of the synchro ring spline teeth. Moreover, the sleeve spline teeth are provided on the synchronizer sleeve only in angular positions between the synchro ring spline teeth of each of the pairs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Inventors: Akihiro Miyamoto, Masashi Yoshino
  • Publication number: 20050061095
    Abstract: In an automotive power transmission, there is provided a synchronizing support force generating mechanism that induces a relative rotation between a synchronizing hub and a balk ring when, upon shifting of a coupling sleeve toward the balk ring, a cone surface of the balk ring is brought into frictional contact with a cone surface of a clutch gear to produce a friction torque therebetween, and converts a circumferential force produced as a result of the relative rotation between the synchronizing hub and the balk ring to an axially applied synchronizing support force with which the balk ring is pressed against the clutch gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Inventors: Masashi Yoshino, Tomoyuki Hara