Patents by Inventor Naohiro OOSONO

Naohiro OOSONO 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: 11332182
    Abstract: A vehicle steering apparatus includes a shaft member, a moving portion, a support member, and a stop portion. The moving portion includes a first abutting surface that faces the stop portion in a circumferential direction of the shaft member. The first abutting surface is inclined with respect to an axial direction of the shaft member to face a shaft support portion side when the moving portion is viewed in a radial direction of the shaft member. The stop portion includes a first abutted surface that abuts the first abutting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoji Ishimura, Masaaki Hashimoto, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Naohiro Oosono
  • Patent number: 11192572
    Abstract: A column jacket includes a hollow outer jacket having a pair of clamped portions disposed to sandwich a slit between the clamped portions and a tubular inner jacket having, in an area where the inner jacket is fitted in the outer jacket, an elongated hole extending in an axial direction. A clamping mechanism clamps the pair of clamped portions with a pair of side plates of a fixed bracket. The elongated hole is disposed on any one of a first side and a second side, in the lateral direction, of a vertical plane passing through a central axis of the inner jacket, at a position other than on a straight line that extends in a vertical direction through the central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Nishimine, Masayoshi Sakuda, Atsumune Nagatani, Daiki Goto, Naohiro Oosono, Yu Myohoji
  • Publication number: 20200130725
    Abstract: A vehicle steering apparatus includes a shaft member, a moving portion, a support member, and a stop portion. The moving portion includes a first abutting surface that faces the stop portion in a circumferential direction of the shaft member. The first abutting surface is inclined with respect to an axial direction of the shaft member to face a shaft support portion side when the moving portion is viewed in a radial direction of the shaft member. The stop portion includes a first abutted surface that abuts the first abutting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoji ISHIMURA, Masaaki HASHIMOTO, Kazuhiro WATANABE, Naohiro OOSONO
  • Patent number: 10611397
    Abstract: A steering device includes a column shaft, a column jacket, a fastening mechanism including a fastening shaft having a first flat portion, a first tooth member, a second tooth member, an energizing member, and a release member including: a cylindrical portion having a second flat portion; and a release portion, wherein: the release member is configured to cause the release portion to be engaged with the second tooth member; and a projecting portion formed on at least one of the first flat portion and the second flat portion is elastically engaged with the other one of the first flat portion and the second flat portion and restrain backlash between the first flat portion and the second flat portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignees: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomonori Sugiura, Kentaro Kikuiri, Shoji Ishimura, Naohiro Oosono, Yuuji Ishii, Kosuke Ito, Shigeru Hoshino
  • Publication number: 20190344821
    Abstract: A column jacket includes a hollow outer jacket having a pair of clamped portions disposed to sandwich a slit between the clamped portions and a tubular inner jacket having, in an area where the inner jacket is fitted in the outer jacket, an elongated hole extending in an axial direction. A clamping mechanism clamps the pair of clamped portions with a pair of side plates of a fixed bracket. The elongated hole is disposed on any one of a first side and a second side, in the lateral direction, of a vertical plane passing through a central axis of the inner jacket, at a position other than on a straight line that extends in a vertical direction through the central axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke NISHIMINE, Masayoshi SAKUDA, Atsumune NAGATANI, Daiki GOTO, Naohiro OOSONO, Yu MYOHOJI
  • Publication number: 20180362069
    Abstract: A steering device includes a column shaft, a column jacket, a fastening mechanism including a fastening shaft having a first flat portion, a first tooth member, a second tooth member, an energizing member, and a release member including: a cylindrical portion having a second flat portion; and a release portion, wherein: the release member is configured to cause the release portion to be engaged with the second tooth member; and a projecting portion formed on at least one of the first flat portion and the second flat portion is elastically engaged with the other one of the first flat portion and the second flat portion and restrain backlash between the first flat portion and the second flat portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomonori SUGIURA, Kentaro KIKUIRI, Shoji ISHIMURA, Naohiro OOSONO, Yuuji ISHII, Kosuke ITO, Shigeru HOSHINO