Patents by Inventor Shinichi KIHARA

Shinichi KIHARA 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: 10280994
    Abstract: An embodiment discloses a vehicle disc brake including a caliper body, a banjo and a banjo bolt. An acting portion of the caliper body has a cylinder bore accommodating a piston. The caliper body is formed through a gravity casting method. A gate mark is formed on the bottom wall of the cylinder bore as a result of cutting the gate after the caliper body has been cast, and the gate mark includes a worked surface and a projecting surface. A union hole communicating with a hydraulic pressure chamber and a locking hole receiving the locking projection of a banjo are opened in the worked surface. And, an uneven portion is provided between the worked surface and the projecting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: NISSIN KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinobu Kaneko, Shinichi Kihara
  • Patent number: 9862362
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a vehicle disc brake including: a caliper body; a caliper bracket having a pair of caliper support arms; a pair of friction pads; and a pad return spring. Each caliper support arm has a pair of pad guide grooves, and a pair of lug pieces extending from the friction pad are supported movably therein. An outer surface of each lug piece is stepped such that a projecting length on a radially outer side is shorter than a projecting length on a radially inner side, thereby defining a space portion between the lug piece and the pad guide groove. A first imaginary line, which is defined to pass a gravity center of the friction pad and to intersect perpendicularly a center line connecting a center of a disc rotor and a center of a piston, passes the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: NISSIN KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinobu Kaneko, Shinichi Kihara, Masakazu Hirabayashi, Michio Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20160185323
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a vehicle disc brake including: a caliper body; a caliper bracket having a pair of caliper support arms; a pair of friction pads; and a pad return spring. Each caliper support arm has a pair of pad guide grooves, and a pair of lug pieces extending from the friction pad are supported movably therein. An outer surface of each lug piece is stepped such that a projecting length on a radially outer side is shorter than a projecting length on a radially inner side, thereby defining a space portion between the lug piece and the pad guide groove. A first imaginary line, which is defined to pass a gravity center of the friction pad and to intersect perpendicularly a center line connecting a center of a disc rotor and a center of a piston, passes the space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Shinobu KANEKO, Shinichi KIHARA, Masakazu HIRABAYASHI, Michio TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 9377070
    Abstract: Each pad return spring includes a lug piece attachment portion that is attached to a corresponding lug piece, and a pad return portion. The lug piece attachment portion of each pad return spring includes a first piece that is disposed on a first surface, on a disc rotor side, of the corresponding lug piece, a second piece that is disposed on a second surface, on the opposite side to the disc rotor side, of the corresponding lug piece, and a connection piece that connects the first piece and the second piece. The lug piece attachment portion of each pad return spring has a substantially U shape in section. The lug piece attachment portions are formed with engagement claw portions, and the lug pieces are formed with engagement grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: NISSIN KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunori Miyake, Shinobu Kaneko, Shinichi Kihara
  • Publication number: 20150136537
    Abstract: An embodiment discloses a vehicle disc brake including a caliper body, a banjo and a banjo bolt. An acting portion of the caliper body has a cylinder bore accommodating a piston. The caliper body is formed through a gravity casting method. A gate mark is formed on the bottom wall of the cylinder bore as a result of cutting the gate after the caliper body has been cast, and the gate mark includes a worked surface and a projecting surface. A union hole communicating with a hydraulic pressure chamber and a locking hole receiving the locking projection of a banjo are opened in the worked surface. And, an uneven portion is provided between the worked surface and the projecting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Shinobu KANEKO, Shinichi KIHARA
  • Publication number: 20140367208
    Abstract: Each pad return spring includes a lug piece attachment portion that is attached to a corresponding lug piece, and a pad return portion. The lug piece attachment portion of each pad return spring includes a first piece that is disposed on a first surface, on a disc rotor side, of the corresponding lug piece, a second piece that is disposed on a second surface, on the opposite side to the disc rotor side, of the corresponding lug piece, and a connection piece that connects the first piece and the second piece. The lug piece attachment portion of each pad return spring has a substantially U shape in section. The lug piece attachment portions are formed with engagement claw portions, and the lug pieces are formed with engagement grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Yasunori MIYAKE, Shinobu KANEKO, Shinichi KIHARA
  • Patent number: 8748325
    Abstract: A polyimide film is effectively formed on a complicated surface. The polyimide film is formed by reacting, on the surface, diamine monomer and tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride monomer both of which are dissolved within carbon dioxide in a supercritical states, together with a polyamic acid resulting from a reaction between the diamine monomer and the tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride reached to the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Horikawa, Hiroyuki Ode, Masashi Haruki, Shigeki Takishima, Shinichi Kihara
  • Publication number: 20140038424
    Abstract: A polyimide film is effectively formed on a complicated surface. The polyimide film is formed by reacting, on the surface, diamine monomer and tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride monomer both of which are dissolved within carbon dioxide in a supercritical states, together with a polyamic acid resulting from a reaction between the diamine monomer and the tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride reached to the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: ELPIDA MEMORY, INC.
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro HORIKAWA, Hiroyuki ODE, Masashi HARUKI, Shigeki TAKISHIMA, Shinichi KIHARA