Patents by Inventor Shota SHINDOU

Shota SHINDOU 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: 11982273
    Abstract: A vane pump includes: a suction port configured to guide working oil to a pump chambers; a discharge port configured to guide the working oil discharged from the pump chambers; and a notch formed from an opening edge portion of the suction port towards a reversing direction of a rotation direction of a rotor, wherein the pump chambers each communicates with the suction port through the notch during a course of the transition from the state, in which the pump chamber is in communication with the discharge port, to the state, in which the communication with the discharge port is shut off, as the rotor is rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: KYB CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazunari Suzuki, Shinji Yakabe, Yusuke Kurita, Shota Shindou
  • Publication number: 20230060242
    Abstract: A vane pump includes: a suction port configured to guide working oil to a pump chambers; a discharge port configured to guide the working oil discharged from the pump chambers; and a notch formed from an opening edge portion of the suction port towards a reversing direction of a rotation direction of a rotor, wherein the pump chambers each communicates with the suction port through the notch during a course of the transition from the state, in which the pump chamber is in communication with the discharge port, to the state, in which the communication with the discharge port is shut off, as the rotor is rotated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Kazunari SUZUKI, Shinji YAKABE, Yusuke KURITA, Shota SHINDOU