Patents by Inventor Masataka Kaido

Masataka Kaido 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).

  • Slide member and method for the production thereof
    Patent number: 8685264
    Abstract: A slide member includes a substrate that is made of a metal material and has a sliding surface with a plurality of microdimples formed therein. Each of the microdimple has a circular opening, the microdimples are arranged in regular intervals in a hexagonal close-packed configuration, and the area ratio of the openings of all the microdimples to the entire sliding surface is in the range of 50 to 80%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Tohoku University
    Inventors: Masataka Kaido, Atsushi Suzuki, Masatsugu Shimomura, Hiroshi Yabu, Yuji Hirai
  • SLIDE MEMBER AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20130168351
    Abstract: A slide member includes a substrate that is made of a metal material and has a sliding surface with a plurality of microdimples formed therein. Each of the microdimple has a circular opening, the microdimples are arranged in regular intervals in a hexagonal close-packed configuration, and the area ratio of the openings of all the microdimples to the entire sliding surface is in the range of 50 to 80%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicants: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masataka Kaido, Atsushi Suzuki, Masatsugu Shimomura, Hiroshi Yabu, Yuji Hirai
  • Slide parts
    Patent number: 4847166
    Abstract: Disclosed are slide parts, comprising one part made of an aluminium alloy having an Alumite layer formed on the slide surface thereof and the other part made of an aluminium alloy having a Fe-series wet-plated layer formed on the slide surface thereof, which is to be in contact with and slide on the slide surface of the former alloy part; and a method of the manufacture of the slide parts. The slide parts are lightweight and are excellent in abrasion-resistance and baking-resistance. The clearance variation by temperature is little, and the slide parts are suitable for use as reciprocating slide parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1989
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masataka Kaido, Yoshio Fuwa