Patents by Inventor Naruo Miyabe

Naruo Miyabe 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: 11578775
    Abstract: There is provided a brake lining for a railway vehicle that can reduce brake squeal in braking. A brake lining for a railway vehicle is used for a disc brake system of a railway vehicle. This brake lining includes a base plate, a sintered friction material, and a friction material supporting mechanism. The friction material supporting mechanism is disposed between the base plate and the sintered friction material and supports the sintered friction material in such a manner that the sintered friction material can move with respect to the base plate. The sintered friction material has a Young's modulus of 35.0 GPa or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignees: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, FINE SINTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Fujimoto, Manabu Kubota, Takanori Kato, Atsushi Sakaguchi, Naruo Miyabe, Takeshi Nakano, Tokitake Okahira, Isao Shimazoe
  • Publication number: 20220333656
    Abstract: A brake disk unit includes a rotating member, a brake disk, and a control member. The brake disk includes a disk main body, fins, and convex portions and/or concave portions. The control member includes a support portion and a projecting portion. At least a part of the projecting portion is arranged between fins that are adjacent in the circumferential direction of the brake disk. A gap is formed between the projecting portion and the brake disk. On the surface of the brake disk, the convex portions and/or the concave portions are provided further on the outer side in the radial direction of the brake disk than a minimum opening portion of the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroshi NOGAMI, Takahiro FUJIMOTO, Yuiko SHIOTANI, Ryuichi NISHIMURA, Mitsuhiro OKAMOTO, Kumpei SANO, Naruo MIYABE, Yuki ICHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220169293
    Abstract: A brake lining includes a mounting plate, sliding members and elastic members. The sliding members are arranged in the transverse direction and the longitudinal direction of the mounting plate on one surface of the mounting plate to form transverse rows and longitudinal rows. The elastic members are provided in correspondence with the sliding members. Each of the elastic members is disposed between the corresponding sliding member and the mounting plate. A gap exists between adjacent transverse rows, and extends over the entire length of the transverse rows. A gap exists between adjacent longitudinal rows, and extends over the entire length of the longitudinal rows. The gap has a width that is smaller than a width of the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Yuiko SAKAYAMA, Takanori KATO, Naohito YUASA, Naruo MIYABE
  • Publication number: 20210396287
    Abstract: An attachment structure is a structure that attaches an annular brake disk to an attachment object member that is a wheel or a disk body of a railway vehicle. The attachment structure includes a fastening member and an elastic member. The elastic member is disposed between a nut of the fastening member and the brake disk. The elastic member has a member body having a tubular shape, and a flange. The flange is connected to an end part on the nut side among two end parts of the member body. The flange protrudes outward from the member body and contacts an outer peripheral portion of the nut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Takanori KATO, Atsushi SAKAGUCHI, Naruo MIYABE
  • Publication number: 20210180660
    Abstract: There is provided a brake lining for railway vehicle that can reduce brake squeal in braking. A brake lining for railway vehicle is used for a disc brake system of a railway vehicle. This brake lining includes a base plate, a sintered friction material, and a friction material supporting mechanism. The friction material supporting mechanism is disposed between the base plate and the sintered friction material and supports the sintered friction material in such a manner that the sintered friction material can move with respect to the base plate. The sintered friction material has a Young's modulus of 35.0 GPa or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Takahiro FUJIMOTO, Manabu KUBOTA, Takanori KATO, Atsushi SAKAGUCHI, Naruo MIYABE, Takeshi NAKANO, Tokitake OKAHIRA, Isao SHIMAZOE
  • Patent number: 10670094
    Abstract: A brake lining includes friction structures, back boards fastened to respective the friction structures, a base plate supporting the friction structures. Each of the friction structures includes two adjacent friction portions with a groove formed in the front surface in between, and a thin portion with a smaller thickness than thicknesses of the friction portions, the thin portion located in a position corresponding to the groove. Each of the friction structures is supported by the base plate on two support points located in the two friction portions respectively. The thin portion has a constant length, the length being equal to a maximum width of the friction portions and satisfying a condition that L/D is equal to or greater than 1.1, where D denotes the length of the thin portion and L denotes a distance between the two support points located in the friction portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignees: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, CENTRAL JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY
    Inventors: Takahiro Fujimoto, Atsushi Sakaguchi, Naruo Miyabe, Tomohiro Otsuka, Seiji Kanamori, Jun Asano
  • Publication number: 20190359233
    Abstract: The disk brake device includes a brake disk, a brake lining, and a brake caliper. The brake lining includes a friction member and a base plate for supporting the friction member. When a plurality of bolt holes are projected onto a rear face of the base plate in a direction of an axle, a boundary passes through areas of the projected bolt holes. The brake caliper includes an inner pressing surface that applies a load on an inner area and an outer pressing surface that applies a load on an outer area. The load applied on the inner area from the inner pressing surface is different from the load applied on the outer area from the outer pressing surface. In this way, it is possible to suppress stress imposed on bolts while suppressing a local temperature rise in the brake disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Takanori KATO, Atsushi SAKAGUCHI, Kazutaka ASABE, Naruo MIYABE
  • Publication number: 20180347654
    Abstract: A railway brake lining includes one or more primary friction members, one or more secondary friction members, and a base plate. Each of the primary friction members is elastically fastened to the base plate. Each of the secondary friction members is fixed on the base plate. A minimum distance between the friction members and a center of an axle is denoted by r1, and a maximum distance between the friction members and the center of the axle is denoted by r2. The centers of one or more of the primary friction members are located in an area that is at a distance of {r1+(r2?r1)/3} to {r1+2×(r2?r1)/3} from the center of the axle. The total slide contact area T1 of the primary friction members and the total slide contact area T2 of the secondary friction members satisfy 2/25?T2/(T1+T2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Yuiko SAKAYAMA, Takanori KATO, Atsushi SAKAGUCHI, Naruo MIYABE
  • Publication number: 20180259018
    Abstract: A brake lining includes friction structures, back boards fastened to respective the friction structures, a base plate supporting the friction structures. Each of the friction structures includes two adjacent friction portions with a groove formed in the front surface in between, and a thin portion with a smaller thickness than thicknesses of the friction portions, the thin portion located in a position corresponding to the groove. Each of the friction structures is supported by the base plate on two support points located in the two friction portions respectively. The thin portion has a constant length, the length being equal to a maximum width of the friction portions and satisfying a condition that L/D is equal to or greater than 1.1, where D denotes the length of the thin portion and L denotes a distance between the two support points located in the friction portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Takahiro FUJIMOTO, Atsushi SAKAGUCHI, Naruo MIYABE, Tomohiro OTSUKA, Seiji KANAMORI, Jun ASANO
  • Patent number: D793282
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignees: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION, CENTRAL JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY
    Inventors: Takahiro Fujimoto, Takanori Kato, Yuiko Sakayama, Atsushi Sakaguchi, Kazutaka Asabe, Naruo Miyabe, Tomohiro Otsuka, Seiji Kanamori, Jun Asano