Patents by Inventor Osamu Shinoda

Osamu Shinoda 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).

  • Publication number: 20050043137
    Abstract: A toroidal type continuously variable transmission has an input side disk, an output side disk, a pivot shaft, at least one of supporting member, a power roller and a loading cam device. The loading cam device has a cam plate, a first cam surface and a second cam surface, a plurality of roller clamped between the one disk and the cam plate and a retainer rollably retaining the each of the roller. The retainer is made of carburized or carbonitriding steel, the retainer has a hardened surface layer having a hardness Hv of 653 or more and a thickness of the hardened surface layer ranges from 0.2 to 0.7 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2004
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Inventor: Osamu Shinoda
  • Patent number: 4176639
    Abstract: An evaporative emission system for an engine includes a float chamber of a carburetor connected to a charcoal canister via an inlet port and an outlet port. The emission system is characterized in that an electromagnetic opening and closing mechanism for actuating a valve which selectively opens and closes the inlet port is controlled by a temperature-sensitive switch so that evaporation of low-boiling-point components of fuel and absorption thereof by the charcoal is prevented at low temperatures even in case of long periods during which the engine is not running. The starting characteristics of the engine are thus maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1977
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1979
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kogyo Kabushikikaisha
    Inventors: Osamu Shinoda, Keiichi Okabayashi, Takanori Nagai