Patents by Inventor Naomasa WATANABE

Naomasa WATANABE 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: 9327758
    Abstract: A steering apparatus includes a motor, a rack shaft, a belt transmission mechanism that is provided with a drive pulley connected to the motor, a driven pulley, and a belt wrapped around the drive pulley and the driven pulley, and a converting member that is provided to extend along an axial direction of the rack shaft and that converts a rotational force of the driven pulley into a movement force in the axial direction of the rack shaft. The driven pulley is fastened and fixed to the converting member by a bolt, and the steering apparatus further includes a retaining member that prevents detachment of the bolt by restricting movement of a head of the bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: SHOWA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naomasa Watanabe, Shinichi Sakaida
  • Publication number: 20160075368
    Abstract: A steering apparatus includes a motor, a rack shaft, a belt transmission mechanism that is provided with a drive pulley connected to the motor, a driven pulley, and a belt wrapped around the drive pulley and the driven pulley, and a converting member that is provided to extend along an axial direction of the rack shaft and that converts a rotational force of the driven pulley into a movement force in the axial direction of the rack shaft. The driven pulley is fastened and fixed to the converting member by a bolt, and the steering apparatus further includes a retaining member that prevents detachment of the bolt by restricting movement of a head of the bolt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: Showa Corporation
    Inventors: Naomasa WATANABE, Shinichi SAKAIDA
  • Publication number: 20150266502
    Abstract: A steering device includes a motor; a steering shaft; a belt transmission mechanism including a drive pulley, a driven pulley, and a belt; a housing that accommodates the belt transmission mechanism; and a pulley holder that holds the motor and is attached to the housing so as to rotatably support the drive pulley. The pulley holder includes a first supporting portion that supports a first shaft portion of the drive pulley and a second supporting portion that supports a second shaft portion of the drive pulley. The steering device further includes a pulley holder supporting portion that supports a portion, of the pulley holder, located closer to the second supporting portion than the center of the pulley portion in relation to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: Showa Corporation
    Inventors: Naomasa WATANABE, Shinichi SAKAIDA
  • Publication number: 20150158520
    Abstract: A steering apparatus includes: a steering shaft that moves in a vehicle width direction to cause a vehicle wheel to be steered; a stopper member provided on a side of an end portion of the steering shaft; a housing in which the steering shaft is housed; an elastic body provided in the housing and configured to come into contact with the stopper member and restrict movement of the steering shaft; and an enlarged diameter portion being formed between the steering shaft and the stopper member, the enlarged diameter portion coming into contact with the elastic body and having a diameter increasing from a steering shaft side toward a stopper member side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: SHOWA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naomasa WATANABE
  • Patent number: 8833507
    Abstract: In a motor-driven power steering apparatus having a preload means which energizes a bearing of a worm gear in a predetermined preload direction, the preload means has a guide case as well as having a bearing case, and the guide case accommodating the bearing case in which the bearing and a spring are accommodated is attached to an attaching portion which is provided in a gear housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Showa Corporation
    Inventors: Shinsuke Sekikawa, Koichi Okamoto, Masakazu Shinozaki, Naomasa Watanabe, Tsukasa Suzuki, Masanobu Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20130075189
    Abstract: In a motor-driven power steering apparatus having a preload means which energizes a bearing of a worm gear in a predetermined preload direction, the preload means has a guide case as well as having a bearing case, and the guide case accommodating the bearing case in which the bearing and a spring are accommodated is attached to an attaching portion which is provided in a gear housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: SHOWA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinsuke SEKIKAWA, Koichi OKAMOTO, Masakazu SHINOZAKI, Naomasa WATANABE, Tsukasa SUZUKI, Masanobu MIYAZAKI