Patents by Inventor Michiya Inui

Michiya Inui 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: 6460242
    Abstract: In an inertia-press-fit method in which a kinetic energy is applied to at least one of two members in a direction which causes the two members to approach each other, and the two members are press-fitted with each other, an end surface 80 of the first member 10 and a bottom surface 82 of the second member 12 are caused, for stabilizing a relative position of the two members at a time when the press-fitting ends, to butt each other to define the relative position of the two members 10, 12 at the time when the press-fitting ends and, immediately after the butting, at least one of the two members 10, 12 is caused to plastically deform and thereby absorb a remaining kinetic energy of the one of the two members. Thus, the relative position of the two members 10, 12 when the press-fitting ends is stabilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hideo Mori, Shigemi Shioya, Kouki Endoh, Masaki Nakaoka, Hiroyuki Takeuchi, Michiya Inui