Patents by Inventor Shota KABASAWA

Shota KABASAWA 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).

  • Accessory drive device for engine
    Patent number: 10865857
    Abstract: An accessory drive system for an engine 1 includes: a drive shaft (a crankshaft 21); a driven shaft (an oil pump drive shaft 31); an endless transmission member (a drive chain 33); a first tensioner disposed on a slack side of the endless transmission member (a first hydraulic tensioner 41); and a second tensioner disposed on a tight side of the endless transmission member (a second hydraulic tensioner 43). The second tensioner has a damping function to damp pushing force applied to the second tensioner by the endless transmission member in a direction opposite to a biasing direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeyoshi Iwagami, Masahiro Koizumi, Shota Kabasawa, Ikuma Takahashi, Kenya Ishii
  • ACCESSORY DRIVE DEVICE FOR ENGINE
    Publication number: 20180266312
    Abstract: An accessory drive system for an engine 1 includes: a drive shaft (a crankshaft 21); a driven shaft (an oil pump drive shaft 31); an endless transmission member (a drive chain 33); a first tensioner disposed on a slack side of the endless transmission member (a first hydraulic tensioner 41); and a second tensioner disposed on a tight side of the endless transmission member (a second hydraulic tensioner 43). The second tensioner has a damping function to damp pushing force applied to the second tensioner by the endless transmission member in a direction opposite to a biasing direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeyoshi IWAGAMI, Masahiro KOIZUMI, Shota KABASAWA, Ikuma TAKAHASHI, Kenya ISHII