Patents by Inventor Shinya Matsuki

Shinya Matsuki 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).

  • Low-floor railway vehicle bogie and low-floor railway vehicle comprising the bogie
    Patent number: 8327772
    Abstract: A bogie for a low floor type railway vehicle, in which the accuracy of the distance between left and right wheels is enhanced and which enables a vehicle body to be low-floored. The bogie has a bogie frame for supporting the body of the railway vehicle, a main axle and an auxiliary axle arranged so as to laterally extend at the front and rear in the traveling direction of the bogie frame, wheels attached to both the left and right sides of each of the axles, shaft boxes attached to both the left and right sides of each of the axles and supporting the axle, and shaft box support devices respectively supporting each of the shaft boxes by elastically joining the shaft boxes and the bogie frame together. The wheels attached to the main axle are large-diameter wheels, and the wheels attached to the auxiliary axle are small-diameter wheels having a smaller diameter than the large-diameter wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasumasa Oku, Shinya Matsuki, Masaru Tachibana, Yoshinori Seki, Noboru Kobayashi
  • LOW-FLOOR RAILWAY VEHICLE BOGIE AND LOW-FLOOR RAILWAY VEHICLE COMPRISING THE BOGIE
    Publication number: 20100294164
    Abstract: A bogie for a low floor type railway vehicle, in which the accuracy of the distance between left and right wheels is enhanced and which enables a vehicle body to be low-floored. The bogie has a bogie frame for supporting the body of the railway vehicle, a main axle and an auxiliary axle arranged so as to laterally extend at the front and rear in the traveling direction of the bogie frame, wheels attached to both the left and right sides of each of the axles, shaft boxes attached to both the left and right sides of each of the axles and supporting the axle, and shaft box support devices respectively supporting each of the shaft boxes by elastically joining the shaft boxes and the bogie frame together. The wheels attached to the main axle are large-diameter wheels, and the wheels attached to the auxiliary axle are small-diameter wheels having a smaller diameter than the large-diameter wheels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasumasa Oku, Shinya Matsuki, Masaru Tachibana, Yoshinori Seki, Noboru Kobayashi