Patents by Inventor Naoki SENOU

Naoki SENOU 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: 11293509
    Abstract: The rebound spring structure includes: a rebound spring; a lower rebound collar configured to hold an end on one side of the rebound spring; and an upper rebound collar configured to hold an end on the other side of the rebound spring, the rebound spring structure being positioned around a rod configured to move relative to a cylinder. The lower rebound collar is held by a piston rod. The upper rebound collar is movably fitted to the piston rod. The upper rebound collar includes a recess on an upper disk part configured to restrict movement of the rebound spring to the other side, the recess being configured to facilitate movement of the upper rebound collar in a circumferential direction of the piston rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Muraguchi, Takao Yamamoto, Naoki Senou
  • Publication number: 20210190164
    Abstract: The rebound spring structure includes: a rebound spring; a lower rebound collar configured to hold an end on one side of the rebound spring; and an upper rebound collar configured to hold an end on the other side of the rebound spring, the rebound spring structure being positioned around a rod configured to move relative to a cylinder. The lower rebound collar is held by a piston rod. The upper rebound collar is movably fitted to the piston rod. The upper rebound collar includes a recess on an upper disk part configured to restrict movement of the rebound spring to the other side, the recess being configured to facilitate movement of the upper rebound collar in a circumferential direction of the piston rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: SHOWA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuyuki MURAGUCHI, Takao YAMAMOTO, Naoki SENOU
  • Patent number: 10145440
    Abstract: A piston section includes a valve seat that forms a first compression-side oil path through which oil flows in accordance with relative movement of a piston rod against a first cylinder, a first compression-side valve section that performs opening-closing of the first compression-side oil path of the valve seat, an inner annular section annularly formed as projecting in the axial direction of the valve seat from the valve seat toward the first compression-side valve, and an extending section that extends in the radial direction of the valve seat from an outer side of the inner annular section to a position at the inner side from a second oil path opening of the first compression-side oil path and projects in the axial direction from the valve seat toward the first compression-side valve section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: SHOWA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoki Senou, Kenichiro Kaneko
  • Patent number: 10138975
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a pressure buffer device including: a cylinder that stores fluid; a flow path forming portion that forms a flow path; and an opening-closing portion that opens and closes the flow path of the flow path forming portion. The fluid flows through the flow path forming portion in accordance with relative movement of a rod with respect to the cylinder in an axial direction of the cylinder. The flow path forming portion includes an annular first protruded portion and an annular second protruded portion protruded in the axial direction in opposite sides respectively. The second protruded portion has an axial end located at a radially outer side of the first protruded portion, and a tilt portion formed at least at a part of a radially-inner part of the second protruded portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: SHOWA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naoki Senou
  • Publication number: 20170248188
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a pressure buffer device including: a cylinder that stores fluid; a flow path forming portion that forms a flow path; and an opening-closing portion that opens and closes the flow path of the flow path forming portion. The fluid flows through the flow path forming portion in accordance with relative movement of a rod with respect to the cylinder in an axial direction of the cylinder. The flow path forming portion includes an annular first protruded portion and an annular second protruded portion protruded in the axial direction in opposite sides respectively. The second protruded portion has an axial end located at a radially outer side of the first protruded portion, and a tilt portion formed at least at a part of a radially-inner part of the second protruded portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicant: Showa Corporation
    Inventor: Naoki SENOU
  • Publication number: 20170016506
    Abstract: A piston section includes a valve seat that forms a first compression-side oil path through which oil flows in accordance with relative movement of a piston rod against a first cylinder, a first compression-side valve section that performs opening-closing of the first compression-side oil path of the valve seat, an inner annular section annularly formed as projecting in the axial direction of the valve seat from the valve seat toward the first compression-side valve, and an extending section that extends in the radial direction of the valve seat from an outer side of the inner annular section to a position at the inner side from a second oil path opening of the first compression-side oil path and projects in the axial direction from the valve seat toward the first compression-side valve section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicant: Showa Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki SENOU, Kenichiro KANEKO