Patents by Inventor Satoru Hibi

Satoru Hibi 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: 9447838
    Abstract: A fluid-filled vibration damping device including: first and second mounting members elastically connected by a main rubber elastic body; a tubular fitting member externally slipped around the second mounting member and drawn so as to be externally fitted thereto in a fluid-tight manner; a sealing rubber layer fixed to at least one of an outer peripheral face of the second mounting member and an inner peripheral face of the tubular fitting member so as to be compressed therebetween about an entire circumference; and at least one pressure-relieving lip protruding from the sealing rubber layer and extending toward openings of the second mounting member and the tubular fitting member so as to be pressed against one of the outer peripheral face of the second mounting member and the inner peripheral face of the tubular fitting member in a direction of protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Naoki Furumachi, Satoru Hibi
  • Publication number: 20150260254
    Abstract: A fluid-filled vibration damping device including: first and second mounting members elastically connected by a main rubber elastic body; a tubular fitting member externally slipped around the second mounting member and drawn so as to be externally fitted thereto in a fluid-tight manner; a sealing rubber layer fixed to at least one of an outer peripheral face of the second mounting member and an inner peripheral face of the tubular fitting member so as to be compressed therebetween about an entire circumference; and at least one pressure-relieving lip protruding from the sealing rubber layer and extending toward openings of the second mounting member and the tubular fitting member so as to be pressed against one of the outer peripheral face of the second mounting member and the inner peripheral face of the tubular fitting member in a direction of protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Naoki FURUMACHI, Satoru HIBI
  • Patent number: 9027912
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignees: Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoru Hibi, Akio Saiki, Takayoshi Yasuda, Masahiro Ohnishi, Kentaro Mori, Nobuya Yoshida, Hiroshi Miya
  • Publication number: 20140367546
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicants: TOKAI RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Satoru HIBI, Akio SAIKI, Takayoshi YASUDA, Masahiro OHNISHI, Kentaro MORI, Nobuya YOSHIDA, Hiroshi MIYA
  • Patent number: 7396003
    Abstract: A fluid-filled vibration-damping device includes an elastic body elastically connects a first mounting member and a cylindrical second mounting member bonded to opposite side thereof; a diaphragm supported by the second mounting member so that the diaphragm cooperates with the elastic body to define therebetween a fluid chamber; and a partition member supported by the second mounting member so that the partition member divides the fluid chamber into a primary fluid chamber and an auxiliary fluid chamber which are held in communication through an orifice passage defined by an orifice-defining member having a movable rubber plate disposed in its central hole. The surface of the orifice-defining member is coated at a primary-fluid-chamber-defining area by a coating rubber layer, thereby minimizing noises caused by bubbles in the fluid chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Hibi, Chiyaki Inoue
  • Patent number: 6669182
    Abstract: A fluid-filled vibration-damping device including an elastic body elastically connecting a first and a second mounting member to fluid-tightly close one open-end of the second mounting member, and mutually assembled a movable rubber plate bonded to a first support member and a flexible rubber layer bonded to a second support member are fluid-tightly fixed to the other open-end of the second mounting member by caulking such that the movable rubber plate cooperate with the elastic body to form a primary fluid chamber and the movable rubber plate and the flexible rubber layer cooperate to form an auxiliary fluid chamber, which are filled with a non-compressible fluid and connected together through an orifice passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Hibi, Mitsuhiro Takayanagi
  • Publication number: 20030205856
    Abstract: A fluid-filled vibration-damping device includes an elastic body elastically connects a first mounting member and a cylindrical second mounting member bonded to opposite side thereof; a diaphragm supported by the second mounting member so that the diaphragm cooperates with the elastic body to define therebetween a fluid chamber; and a partition member supported by the second mounting member so that the partition member divides the fluid chamber into a primary fluid chamber and an auxiliary fluid chamber which are held in communication through an orifice passage defined by an orifice-defining member having a movable rubber plate disposed in its central hole. The surface of the orifice-defining member is coated at a primary-fluid-chamber-defining area by a coating rubber layer, thereby minimizing noises caused by bubbles in the fluid chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2003
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Applicant: TOKAI RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru Hibi, Chiyaki Inoue
  • Publication number: 20020140144
    Abstract: A fluid-filled vibration-damping device including an elastic body elastically connecting a first and a second mounting member to fluid-tightly close one open-end of the second mounting member, and mutually assembled a movable rubber plate bonded to a first support member and a flexible rubber layer bonded to a second support member are fluid-tightly fixed to the other open-end of the second mounting member by caulking such that the movable rubber plate cooperate with the elastic body to form a primary fluid chamber and the movable rubber plate and the flexible rubber layer cooperate to form an auxiliary fluid chamber, which are filled with a non-compressible fluid and connected together through an orifice passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2002
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Applicant: TOKAI RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru Hibi, Mitsuhiro Takayanagi
  • Patent number: 6145821
    Abstract: A cylinder-shaped vibration isolator includes an installation fitting, an inner cylinder-shaped fitting, a rubber elastic supporter, and elastic stoppers. The installation fitting includes a cylinder-shaped installation member. The rubber elastic supporter includes opposite elongation leading ends, extensions, and opposite leading end surfaces. The opposite elongation leading ends have a leading end surface. The extensions are extended from the opposite elongation leading ends in opposite circumferential directions substantially, and have a leading end surface. The opposite leading end surfaces are shared by the leading end surfaces of the opposite elongation leading ends and the extensions, are dented in a centripetal direction as a concaved curvature configuration, and are pressed against the inner periphery of the cylinder-shaped installation member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Assignee: Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shingo Suzuki, Satoru Hibi