Patents by Inventor Shin Saeki

Shin Saeki 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: 20230294775
    Abstract: A vehicle hood hinge includes: a lower hinge configured to be fixed to a vehicle body; an upper hinge configured to be fixed to, and supported by, a hood so as to be movable relative to the lower hinge, the hood being configured to open or close an opening formed in an upper surface of the vehicle body; a link mechanism linking the lower hinge with the upper hinge; and a load receiving member configured to support a load of the hood, wherein the link mechanism is configured to switch between pivoting to cause the hood to be pivoted about an axis through the lower hinge and lifting to lift the hood, and the load receiving member is configured to receive, on a front-rear side thereof, the load of the hood lifted through the lifting, to restrict the hood from lowering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Kazutada SASAKI, Chisato SUETSUGU, Shin SAEKI, Thomas Wood
  • Patent number: 11719025
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle latch device including a latch body capable of being lifted up in a state of latching a striker provided to a hood of a vehicle; a position holder that holds a position of the latch body on a vehicle body side during a normal time; and an actuator that is interposed between the latch body and the position holder and lifts up the latch body at a time of pop-up. On the position holder, a striker releaser is disposed which releases a latched state of the striker latched by a latch of a latch mechanism provided to the latch body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazutada Sasaki, Chisato Suetsugu, Shin Saeki, Csaba Szente, Ioan Dorin Ilea
  • Patent number: 11584331
    Abstract: A hinge for a vehicle hood is provided. The hinge includes a hinge lower fixed to a vehicle body, and a hinge upper fixed to the hood and rotatably supported relative to the hinge lower. The hinge upper includes a first member rotatably supported relative to the hinge lower, and a second member fixed to the hood and relatively movable relative to the first member. The hinge further includes a first lock configured to be engageable with the first member to restrict rotation of the first member relative to the hinge lower. The first member and the second member are integrally rotatable relative to the hinge lower in a normal operation of opening and closing the hood. When the hood is caused to pop up, the first lock engages with the first member and the second member is relatively movable relative to the first member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazutada Sasaki, Chisato Suetsugu, Shin Saeki, Thomas Wood
  • Publication number: 20210300295
    Abstract: A hinge for a vehicle hood is provided. The hinge includes a hinge lower fixed to a vehicle body, and a hinge upper fixed to the hood and rotatably supported relative to the hinge lower. The hinge upper includes a first member rotatably supported relative to the hinge lower, and a second member fixed to the hood and relatively movable relative to the first member. The hinge further includes a first lock configured to be engageable with the first member to restrict rotation of the first member relative to the hinge lower. The first member and the second member are integrally rotatable relative to the hinge lower in a normal operation of opening and closing the hood. When the hood is caused to pop up, the first lock engages with the first member and the second member is relatively movable relative to the first member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Kazutada SASAKI, Chisato SUETSUGU, Shin SAEKI, Thomas Wood
  • Publication number: 20210301565
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle latch device including a latch body capable of being lifted up in a state of latching a hood of a vehicle; a position holder that holds a position of the latch body on a vehicle body side during a normal time; and an actuator that is interposed between the latch body and the position holder and lifts up the latch body at a time of pop-up. The latch body and the position holder are coupled by a pair of link mechanisms disposed side by side in a horizontal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Kazutada SASAKI, Chisato SUETSUGU, Shin SAEKI, Csaba Szente
  • Publication number: 20210301563
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle latch device including a latch body capable of being lifted up in a state of latching a striker provided to a hood of a vehicle; a position holder that holds a position of the latch body on a vehicle body side during a normal time; and an actuator that is interposed between the latch body and the position holder and lifts up the latch body at a time of pop-up. On the position holder, a striker releaser is disposed which releases a latched state of the striker latched by a latch of a latch mechanism provided to the latch body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Kazutada SASAKI, Chisato SUETSUGU, Shin SAEKI, Csaba Szente
  • Publication number: 20210301564
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle latch device including a latch body capable of being lifted up in a state of latching a hood of a vehicle; a position holder that holds a position of the latch body on a vehicle body side during a normal time; and an actuator that is interposed between the latch body and the position holder and lifts up the latch body at a time of pop-up. The position holder has a latching portion that latches a part of the latch body. The latching portion latches the part of the latch body from a plurality of directions with a set of members. By extending, the actuator directly or indirectly pushes the latching portion to thereby release a latching state thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Kazutada SASAKI, Chisato SUETSUGU, Shin SAEKI, Csaba Szente
  • Publication number: 20200207304
    Abstract: A hood support structure includes a hood configured to close an opening section of a vehicle body, a hinge member that includes a pedestal section fixed to a lower surface of the hood, a support section attached pivotably with respect to the vehicle body, and a deformation section which is provided between the pedestal section and the support section and which is fragile than the pedestal section and the support section, and an actuator that has a shaft configured to slide out in a predetermined direction, and that is configured to move the hood upward from the opening section by abutting a tip portion of the shaft with the deformation section, wherein a receiving section into which the tip portion of the shaft enters is provided in the deformation section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Kazutada Sasaki, Shin Saeki
  • Patent number: 9751086
    Abstract: An abrasive grain-milling unit and a friction grain-milling unit are located on upper and lower portions of a pedestal, respectively. The friction grain-milling unit includes a grain feed trough to which a milled grain discharge trough of the abrasive grain milling unit is connected. A two-way grain feed trough and change-over valve is located above the abrasive grain-milling unit and is capable of selectively feeding grains either directly to the friction grain-milling unit or to the friction grain-milling unit via the abrasive grain-milling unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: SATAKE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazunobu Kajihara, Yoichiro Ogura, Tsutomu Hako, Yoji Kashiwa, Somchai Keawkaika, Kazuto Nonaka, Shin Saeki
  • Publication number: 20150122924
    Abstract: There is provided a grain-milling machine capable of shortening the time required for lot changing and reducing electricity costs. A grain-milling machine comprising a vertical abrasive type grain-milling unit and a vertical friction type grain-milling unit mounted on a pedestal, the abrasive type grain-milling unit and friction type grain-milling unit being located on upper and lower portions of the pedestal, respectively, the abrasive type grain-milling unit including a milled grain discharge trough, the friction type grain-milling unit including a grain feed trough to which the milled grain discharge trough of the abrasive type grain milling unit is connected, and a two-way grain feed trough and change-over valve located above the abrasive type grain-milling unit and capable of selectively feeding grains either directly to the friction type grain-milling unit or to the friction type grain-milling unit via the abrasive type grain-milling unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: SATAKE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazunobu Kajihara, Yoichiro Ogura, Tsutomu Hako, Yoji Kashiwa, Somchai Keawkaika, Kazuto Nonaka, Shin Saeki
  • Patent number: 8993498
    Abstract: A continuously variable transmission oil composition comprising a base oil and at least one phosphorous compound in such an amount that the phosphorus in the phosphorus compound accounts for 0.005 to 0.15 mass % of the total mass of the composition and wherein the continuously variable transmission oil composition has a friction coefficient from 0.146 to 0.164 when tested according to ASTM D2714.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Manabe, Shin Saeki
  • Publication number: 20110306530
    Abstract: Provided is a continuously variable transmission oil composition that can markedly increase the coefficient of friction between a metal belt or a chain and a pulley, that can maintain the high coefficient of friction over a long period of time, and that causes no clogging of the clutch plate. The continuously variable transmission oil composition includes 0.005-0.15 mass %, as phosphorous compound-derived phosphorus content with respect to the total amount of the composition, of at least one type of phosphorous compound represented by general formula (1) in a lubricating oil base. (1) In general formula (1), R1, R2, R3 and R4 each represents a hydrocarbyl with carbon number 1-30 or a hydrogen atom, R5 represents a hydrocarbylene group with carbon number 1-30, X1 and X2 represent an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, and n represents an integer 1-10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Manabe, Shin Saeki