Patents by Inventor Satoshi Kikko
Satoshi Kikko 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: 10654496Abstract: A transmission line 5 configured to be broken when it comes into contact with a rail 4 is installed on a disengagement prevention guide 1 attached to an axle box 3 of a railway vehicle. One end 5a and the other end 5b of the transmission line 5 are connected to a determination unit 6 to monitor continuity of the transmission line 5. In the event of a derailment, the determination unit 6 determines that a derailment has occurred when the disengagement prevention guide 1 makes contact with the rail 4 and the transmission line 5 breaks, thereby interrupting the continuity of the transmission line 5. This arrangement allows an accurate detection of a derailment, so as to prevent a railway vehicle from traveling when its wheels have become disengaged from a rail without an operator being aware of it, thus improving safety after the derailment occurs.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2017Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiyuki Shimokawa, Daisuke Shinagawa, Satoshi Kikko
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Publication number: 20190047597Abstract: A transmission line 5 configured to be broken when it comes into contact with a rail 4 is installed on a disengagement prevention guide 1 attached to an axle box 3 of a railway vehicle. One end 5a and the other end 5b of the transmission line 5 are connected to a determination unit 6 to monitor continuity of the transmission line 5. In the event of a derailment, the determination unit 6 determines that a derailment has occurred when the disengagement prevention guide 1 makes contact with the rail 4 and the transmission line 5 breaks, thereby interrupting the continuity of the transmission line 5. This arrangement allows an accurate detection of a derailment, so as to prevent a railway vehicle from traveling when its wheels have become disengaged from a rail without an operator being aware of it, thus improving safety after the derailment occurs.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2017Publication date: February 14, 2019Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshiyuki SHIMOKAWA, Daisuke SHINAGAWA, Satoshi KIKKO
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Patent number: 9688293Abstract: The object is to solve the issue of an over-steered state at an exit straight portion in addition to enhance a curve passage performance than when a steering angle of front and rear axles is set at a radial steering angle. A steering method for a steering device intentionally turns two axles (12a, 12b) of a truck (12) of a railway vehicle relative to a frame of the truck. The two axles are arranged at front and rear of the truck with respect to a direction of running of the railway vehicle. The steering method includes steering the axles such that a steering angle (?1) of the front axle (12a) is larger than a steering angle (?2) of the rear axle (12b).Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2012Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya Ozaki, Kazunori Iwato, Satoshi Kikko, Satoshi Tokunaga
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Patent number: 9446775Abstract: A bogie frame for railway vehicles includes a pair of left and right side beams disposed along a direction of rails; a cross beam that connects the side beams to each other, and a mounting bracket for mounting a functional part, the mounting bracket being joined to the cross beam. The cross beam has a rectangular cross section and includes a top plate section, a bottom plate section, and a pair of side plate sections. The top plate section has a cutout opening extending to one of the side plate sections. The mounting bracket is inserted in the cutout opening and the mounting bracket and the top plate section are butt welded together. This configuration enhances welding workability for welding mounting brackets for mounting functional parts such as a traction motor, a gearbox, and a brake, and allows a greater degree of design flexibility in mounting the functional parts.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2013Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Tatsuya Yoshizu, Nobuaki Kaneyasu, Takehiro Kadonaka, Satoshi Tokunaga, Satoshi Kikko
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Publication number: 20150203132Abstract: A bogie frame for railway vehicles includes a pair of left and right side beams disposed along a direction of rails; a cross beam that connects the side beams to each other, and a mounting bracket for mounting a functional part, the mounting bracket being joined to the cross beam. The cross beam has a rectangular cross section and includes a top plate section, a bottom plate section, and a pair of side plate sections. The top plate section has a cutout opening extending to one of the side plate sections. The mounting bracket is inserted in the cutout opening and the mounting bracket and the top plate section are butt welded together. This configuration enhances welding workability for welding mounting brackets for mounting functional parts such as a traction motor, a gearbox, and a brake, and allows a greater degree of design flexibility in mounting the functional parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2013Publication date: July 23, 2015Inventors: Tatsuya Yoshizu, Nobuaki Kaneyasu, Takehiro Kadonaka, Satoshi Tokunaga, Satoshi Kikko
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Publication number: 20140261062Abstract: The object is to solve the issue of an over-steered state at an exit straight portion in addition to enhance a curve passage performance than when a steering angle of front and rear axles is set at a radial steering angle. A steering method for a steering device intentionally turns two axles (12a, 12b) of a truck (12) of a railway vehicle relative to a frame of the truck. The two axles are arranged at front and rear of the truck with respect to a direction of running of the railway vehicle. The steering method includes steering the axles such that a steering angle (?1) of the front axle (12a) is larger than a steering angle (?2) of the rear axle (12b).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2012Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya Ozaki, Kazunori Iwato, Satoshi Kikko, Satoshi Tokunaga
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Patent number: 8511238Abstract: A steerable truck for a railway car is provided with a truck frame that is steered so as to be aligned with the tangential direction of a curved track by controlling only the steering angle of a rear wheelset. During travel along a curved track, the steering angle, which is the angle in a horizontal plane of the centerline of the rear wheelset with respect to an imaginary straight line connecting the center of the truck frame and the center of the curved track, is larger than the steering angle which is the angle formed between the imaginary straight line and the centerline of the front wheelset. As a result, a steerable truck for a railway car which has excellent ability to travel along a curve and which can be actually realized simply and at a low cost is provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2010Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal CorporationInventors: Satoshi Kikko, Takuji Nakai, Yujin Tsutsui
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Patent number: 8418627Abstract: Lateral pressure which develops in the front wheelset when traveling along a curved track is decreased while suppressing an increase in costs as much as possible. A two-axle truck for a railway car has a front wheelset having wheels with a first tread gradient and a rear wheelset having wheels with a second tread gradient which is different from the first tread gradient. The tread gradient of the wheels of the rear wheelset is larger than the tread gradient of the wheels of the front wheelset.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2011Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal CorporationInventors: Satoshi Kikko, Takuji Nakai
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Patent number: 7975619Abstract: Lateral pressure which develops in the front wheelset when traveling along a curved track is decreased while suppressing an increase in costs as much as possible. A two-axle truck for a railway car has a front wheelset having wheels with a first tread gradient and a rear wheelset having wheels with a second tread gradient which is different from the first tread gradient. The tread gradient of the wheels of the rear wheelset is larger than the tread gradient of the wheels of the front wheelset.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2010Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Kikko, Takuji Nakai
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Publication number: 20110146530Abstract: Lateral pressure which develops in the front wheelset when traveling along a curved track is decreased while suppressing an increase in costs as much as possible. A two-axle truck for a railway car has a front wheelset having wheels with a first tread gradient and a rear wheelset having wheels with a second tread gradient which is different from the first tread gradient. The tread gradient of the wheels of the rear wheelset is larger than the tread gradient of the wheels of the front wheelset.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2011Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Satoshi KIKKO, Takuji NAKAI
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Publication number: 20100236446Abstract: Lateral pressure which develops in the front wheelset when traveling along a curved track is decreased while suppressing an increase in costs as much as possible. A two-axle truck for a railway car has a front wheelset having wheels with a first tread gradient and a rear wheelset having wheels with a second tread gradient which is different from the first tread gradient. The tread gradient of the wheels of the rear wheelset is larger than the tread gradient of the wheels of the front wheelset.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2010Publication date: September 23, 2010Inventors: Satoshi Kikko, Takuji Nakai
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Publication number: 20100229753Abstract: A steerable truck for a railway car is provided with a truck frame that is steered so as to be aligned with the tangential direction of a curved track by controlling only the steering angle of a rear wheelset. During travel along a curved track, the steering angle, which is the angle in a horizontal plane of the centerline of the rear wheelset with respect to an imaginary straight line connecting the center of the truck frame and the center of the curved track, is larger than the steering angle which is the angle formed between the imaginary straight line and the centerline of the front wheelset. As a result, a steerable truck for a railway car which has excellent ability to travel along a curve and which can be actually realized simply and at a low cost is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2010Publication date: September 16, 2010Inventors: Satoshi Kikko, Takuji Nakai, Yujin Tsutsui