Patents by Inventor Nobuya Yoshida
Nobuya Yoshida 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).
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Patent number: 10421346Abstract: An antivibration device capable of restraining a stopper rubber from being turned up when a connecting member is inserted between a first attached member and a displacement restriction member. A stopper rubber is mounted on a surface of a connecting member opposite to a first attached member and includes a mounted portion brought into abutment on a displacement restriction member when the connecting member is displaced in a rebound direction, and a hook portion formed at the outer edge of the mounted portion. The connecting member includes an engaged portion (protrusion) engaged with the hook portion. Thus, when the connecting member is inserted between the first attached member and the displacement restriction member, the stopper rubber (the mounted portion) can be restrained from being turned up.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2017Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignees: TOYO TIRE CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tatsuki Ikawa, Nobuya Yoshida
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Patent number: 10414261Abstract: An antivibration device capable of simplifying its manufacturing process with an antivibration base body being precompressed. A first attached member includes an upright portion upstanding toward a displacement restriction member, and when a second attached member is retained on a retainer member with an antivibration base body being precompressed, the interposition of the upright portion enables a space into which one side of a connecting member is insertable, to be formed between the first attached member and the displacement restriction member. Thus, after the completion of a step (for example, a press-fitting step) of retaining the second attached member of a mount body on the retainer member, the one side of the connecting member is inserted into the space between the first attached member and the displacement restriction member to be fixedly fastened to the first attached member.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignees: TOYO TIRE CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tatsuki Ikawa, Nobuya Yoshida
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Patent number: 10228041Abstract: An antivibration device capable of securing a thickness dimension of a stopper rubber without changing a gap between a connecting member and a stopper wall portion. A connecting member includes a base surface and a receding surface located to recede beyond the base surface in a direction to go away from a stopper wall portion, the base surface and the receding surface face the stopper wall portion, and a stopper rubber includes an inner fitting portion at which the connecting member is internally fitted. Thus, it is possible to secure a thickness dimension of the stopper rubber without changing a gap between the connecting member and the stopper wall portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2017Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignees: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tatsuki Ikawa, Nobuya Yoshida
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Patent number: 10093162Abstract: A suspension system for an engine includes an engine mount and an electronic control unit. The engine mount has spring characteristics that are switchable between first spring characteristics and second spring characteristics. The electronic control unit is configured to switch the spring characteristics of the engine mount to the first spring characteristics when the rotational speed of the engine is lower than a predetermined rotational speed, and torque of the engine is equal to or larger than a predetermined torque. The electronic control unit is configured to switch the spring characteristics of the engine mount to the second spring characteristics when the rotational speed of the engine is lower than the predetermined rotational speed, and the torque of the engine is smaller than the predetermined torque.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2016Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yusuke Sugita, Hideki Murata, Nobuya Yoshida, Hiroshi Miya
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Publication number: 20180134136Abstract: An antivibration device capable of simplifying its manufacturing process with an antivibration base body being precompressed. A first attached member includes an upright portion upstanding toward a displacement restriction member, and when a second attached member is retained on a retainer member with an antivibration base body being precompressed, the interposition of the upright portion enables a space into which one side of a connecting member is insertable, to be formed between the first attached member and the displacement restriction member. Thus, after the completion of a step (for example, a press-fitting step) of retaining the second attached member of a mount body on the retainer member, the one side of the connecting member is inserted into the space between the first attached member and the displacement restriction member to be fixedly fastened to the first attached member.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2017Publication date: May 17, 2018Applicants: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tatsuki Ikawa, Nobuya Yoshida
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Publication number: 20180134137Abstract: An antivibration device capable of restraining a stopper rubber from being turned up when a connecting member is inserted between a first attached member and a displacement restriction member. A stopper rubber is mounted on a surface of a connecting member opposite to a first attached member and includes a mounted portion brought into abutment on a displacement restriction member when the connecting member is displaced in a rebound direction, and a hook portion formed at the outer edge of the mounted portion. The connecting member includes an engaged portion (protrusion) engaged with the hook portion. Thus, when the connecting member is inserted between the first attached member and the displacement restriction member, the stopper rubber (the mounted portion) can be restrained from being turned up.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2017Publication date: May 17, 2018Applicants: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tatsuki Ikawa, Nobuya Yoshida
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Publication number: 20180135724Abstract: An antivibration device capable of securing a thickness dimension of a stopper rubber without changing a gap between a connecting member and a stopper wall portion. A connecting member includes a base surface and a receding surface located to recede beyond the base surface in a direction to go away from a stopper wall portion, the base surface and the receding surface face the stopper wall portion, and a stopper rubber includes an inner fitting portion at which the connecting member is internally fitted. Thus, it is possible to secure a thickness dimension of the stopper rubber without changing a gap between the connecting member and the stopper wall portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2017Publication date: May 17, 2018Applicants: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tatsuki Ikawa, Nobuya Yoshida
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Patent number: 9682613Abstract: A first engine mount unit sharing no distributed load of a power unit includes: a power unit side bracket attached to the power unit; a vehicle body side bracket attached to a vehicle body; and a mount rubber provided between the power unit side bracket and the vehicle body side bracket. At attachment portions of the power unit side bracket and the vehicle body side bracket of the first engine mount unit, a bolt hole is provided in an inner cylinder part adhered to the mount rubber pressed into the power unit side bracket, to adjust variations in the height direction (H direction) of the vehicle, while bolt holes are provided in the vehicle body side bracket to adjust variations in the width direction (W direction) of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2014Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi Miya, Nobuya Yoshida
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Publication number: 20160263982Abstract: A first engine mount unit sharing no distributed load of a power unit includes: a power unit side bracket attached to the power unit; a vehicle body side bracket attached to a vehicle body; and a mount rubber provided between the power unit side bracket and the vehicle body side bracket. At attachment portions of the power unit side bracket and the vehicle body side bracket of the first engine mount unit, a bolt hole is provided in an inner cylinder part adhered to the mount rubber pressed into the power unit side bracket, to adjust variations in the height direction (H direction) of the vehicle, while bolt holes are provided in the vehicle body side bracket to adjust variations in the width direction (W direction) of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2014Publication date: September 15, 2016Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi MIYA, Nobuya YOSHIDA
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Publication number: 20160236560Abstract: A suspension system for an engine includes an engine mount and an electronic control unit. The engine mount has spring characteristics that are switchable between first spring characteristics and second spring characteristics. The electronic control unit is configured to switch the spring characteristics of the engine mount to the first spring characteristics when the rotational speed of the engine is lower than a predetermined rotational speed, and torque of the engine is equal to or larger than a predetermined torque. The electronic control unit is configured to switch the spring characteristics of the engine mount to the second spring characteristics when the rotational speed of the engine is lower than the predetermined rotational speed, and the torque of the engine is smaller than the predetermined torque.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2016Publication date: August 18, 2016Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yusuke SUGITA, Hideki MURATA, Nobuya YOSHIDA, Hiroshi MIYA
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Patent number: 9175739Abstract: An engine mount for use in a power unit vibration damping support structure configured to be mounted on a transmission side in a state without a distributed support load of a weight of the power unit being applied, the engine mount including: an inner shaft member; an outer tube member arranged separated to an outer circumference side of the inner shaft member; and a main rubber elastic body fixed to the inner shaft member while being attached to the outer tube member non-adhesively such that the inner shaft member and the outer tube member are elastically connected by the main rubber elastic body, wherein the outer tube member is configured to be attached to the power unit, and the inner shaft member is configured to be attached to a vehicle body.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2014Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignees: SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITED, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masahiro Ohnishi, Akio Saiki, Takayoshi Yasuda, Hiroyuki Ichikawa, Nobuya Yoshida, Hiroshi Miya
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Patent number: 9027912Abstract: A vibration damping device including: an inner shaft member; a main rubber elastic body fixed to an outer circumference surface of the inner shaft member; and an outer bracket attached to an outer circumference surface of the main rubber elastic body. At least one locking projection formed to an inner circumference surface on a bracket main unit provided to the outer bracket is inserted and locked in a circumference direction in at least one locking groove formed on the outer circumference surface of the main rubber elastic body. The main rubber elastic body is held between axially opposed surfaces of an abutting protruding part formed on one axial end of the bracket main unit and a retaining protruding part formed on a press fit metal fitting press fit and fixed to another axial end of the bracket main unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2014Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignees: Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Satoru Hibi, Akio Saiki, Takayoshi Yasuda, Masahiro Ohnishi, Kentaro Mori, Nobuya Yoshida, Hiroshi Miya
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Publication number: 20140367546Abstract: A vibration damping device including: an inner shaft member; a main rubber elastic body fixed to an outer circumference surface of the inner shaft member; and an outer bracket attached to an outer circumference surface of the main rubber elastic body. At least one locking projection formed to an inner circumference surface on a bracket main unit provided to the outer bracket is inserted and locked in a circumference direction in at least one locking groove formed on the outer circumference surface of the main rubber elastic body. The main rubber elastic body is held between axially opposed surfaces of an abutting protruding part formed on one axial end of the bracket main unit and a retaining protruding part formed on a press fit metal fitting press fit and fixed to another axial end of the bracket main unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2014Publication date: December 18, 2014Applicants: TOKAI RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Satoru HIBI, Akio SAIKI, Takayoshi YASUDA, Masahiro OHNISHI, Kentaro MORI, Nobuya YOSHIDA, Hiroshi MIYA
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Publication number: 20140367547Abstract: An engine mount for use in a power unit vibration damping support structure configured to be mounted on a transmission side in a state without a distributed support load of a weight of the power unit being applied, the engine mount including: an inner shaft member; an outer tube member arranged separated to an outer circumference side of the inner shaft member; and a main rubber elastic body fixed to the inner shaft member while being attached to the outer tube member non-adhesively such that the inner shaft member and the outer tube member are elastically connected by the main rubber elastic body, wherein the outer tube member is configured to be attached to the power unit, and the inner shaft member is configured to be attached to a vehicle body.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2014Publication date: December 18, 2014Applicants: TOKAI RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masahiro OHNISHI, Akio SAIKI, Takayoshi YASUDA, Hiroyuki ICHIKAWA, Nobuya YOSHIDA, Hiroshi MIYA
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Patent number: 8573570Abstract: A fluid-filled vibration damping device including: a pressure-receiving chamber and an equilibrium chamber disposed on either side of a partition plate, while being connected through a first orifice passage; a moveable film arranged to either a pressure-receiving chamber side or an equilibrium chamber side of the partition plate while being spaced away therefrom to define therebetween an intermediate chamber; a second orifice passage connecting the intermediate chamber and one of the pressure-receiving and the equilibrium chambers while being tuned to higher frequency than the first orifice passage; and a flow straightening plate arranged in opposition to the moveable film at least at one of the intermediate chamber side and an opposite side thereof, the flow straightening plate having a plurality of flow straightening apertures opening towards the moveable film and furnished with a flow limiting member.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2010Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignees: Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroyuki Ichikawa, Yuichi Ogawa, Naoki Furumachi, Katsuhiro Sakurai, Nobuya Yoshida
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Patent number: 8181946Abstract: To provide a liquid enclosing type vibration isolating apparatus capable of achieving two resonance characteristics by one orifice path, in a liquid enclosing type vibration isolating apparatus including a main liquid chamber a portion of a chamber wall of which is constituted by a vibration isolating base member, an auxiliary liquid chamber a portion of a chamber wall of which is constituted by a first diaphragm 18, and an orifice path for communicating the main liquid chamber and the auxiliary liquid chamber, an orifice member forming the orifice path is provided with a partition wall for partitioning the orifice path and the auxiliary liquid chamber, and a portion of the partition wall is constituted by a second diaphragm constituted by a flexible rubber-like elastic film facing the auxiliary liquid chamber.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2008Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignees: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kentaro Yamamoto, Seiichi Hamate, Toshiyuki Kitano, Katsuhiro Sakurai, Nobuya Yoshida
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Publication number: 20100213652Abstract: A fluid-filled vibration damping device including: a pressure-receiving chamber and an equilibrium chamber disposed on either side of a partition plate, while being connected through a first orifice passage; a moveable film arranged to either a pressure-receiving chamber side or an equilibrium chamber side of the partition plate while being spaced away therefrom to define therebetween an intermediate chamber; a second orifice passage connecting the intermediate chamber and one of the pressure-receiving and the equilibrium chambers while being tuned to higher frequency than the first orifice passage; and a flow straightening plate arranged in opposition to the moveable film at least at one of the intermediate chamber side and an opposite side thereof, the flow straightening plate having a plurality of flow straightening apertures opening towards the moveable film and furnished with a flow limiting member.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2010Publication date: August 26, 2010Applicants: TOKAI RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroyuki ICHIKAWA, Yuichi OGAWA, Naoki FURUMACHI, Katsuhiro SAKURAI, Nobuya YOSHIDA
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Publication number: 20090134556Abstract: To provide a liquid enclosing type vibration isolating apparatus capable of achieving two resonance characteristics by one orifice path, in a liquid enclosing type vibration isolating apparatus including a main liquid chamber a portion of a chamber wall of which is constituted by a vibration isolating base member, an auxiliary liquid chamber a portion of a chamber wall of which is constituted by a first diaphragm 18, and an orifice path for communicating the main liquid chamber and the auxiliary liquid chamber, an orifice member forming the orifice path is provided with a partition wall for partitioning the orifice path and the auxiliary liquid chamber, and a portion of the partition wall is constituted by a second diaphragm constituted by a flexible rubber-like elastic film facing the auxiliary liquid chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2008Publication date: May 28, 2009Applicants: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kentaro YAMAMOTO, Seiichi HAMATE, Toshiyuki KITANO, Katsuhiro SAKURAI, Nobuya YOSHIDA
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Patent number: 6908419Abstract: An electrically conductive roll includes a center shaft, an electrically conductive elastic layer formed on an outer circumferential surface of the center shaft, and a resistance adjusting layer formed radially outwardly of the electrically conductive elastic layer. The resistance adjusting layer is formed of a rubber composition which includes a rubber material, a thermoplastic resin having crosslinkable double bonds, at least one electron-conductive agent, at least one ion-conductive agent, and at least one electrically insulating filler. The thermoplastic resin, the at least one electron-conductive agent, the at least one ion-conductive agent, and the at least one electrically insulating filler are included in the rubber composition in respective amounts of 3-40 parts by weight, 10-150 parts by weight, not greater than 2 parts by weight, and 20-80 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of the rubber material.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2003Date of Patent: June 21, 2005Assignee: Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Masahiko Takashima, Nobuya Yoshida, Satoshi Tatsumi, Tetsuya Itoh, Kenichi Tsuchiya, Jiro Iwashiro
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Publication number: 20040058791Abstract: An electrically conductive roll including a center shaft, an electrically conductive elastic layer formed on an outer circumferential surface of the center shaft, and a resistance adjusting layer formed radially outwardly of the electrically conductive elastic layer, wherein the resistance adjusting layer is formed of a rubber composition which includes a rubber material, a thermoplastic resin having crosslinkable double bonds, at least one electron-conductive agent, at least one ion-conductive agent, and at least one electrically insulating filler, the thermoplastic resin, the at least one electron-conductive agent, the at least one ion-conductive agent, and the at least one electrically insulating filler being included in the rubber composition in respective amounts of 3-40 parts by weight, 10-150 parts by weight, not greater than 2 parts by weight, and 20-80 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of the rubber material.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2003Publication date: March 25, 2004Applicant: Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Masahiko Takashima, Nobuya Yoshida, Satoshi Tatsumi, Tetsuya Itoh, Kenichi Tsuchiya, Jiro Iwashiro