Patents by Inventor Shotaro ASAOKA

Shotaro ASAOKA 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: 10180172
    Abstract: A rotation lock is provided to a piston rod, a collar is fitted on a small-diameter portion disposed on an end portion on a side of the piston rod extending from a cylinder, and the collar is press-fitted onto a press-fitted portion disposed on the piston rod by a press-fitting jig screwed with an external thread formed on the small-diameter portion. The press-fitting jig adds an axial force to the collar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Shotaro Asaoka, Tsutomu Ozeki
  • Publication number: 20180163810
    Abstract: A piston includes a plurality of ports formed along a circumferential direction of the piston, the ports penetrating in an axial direction of the piston, and a plurality of seat surfaces, on which a disc valve is seated, formed to surround an opening of each port on one end surface of the piston, the disc valve being configured to open and close the ports, wherein each port is defined by an arc-shaped inner peripheral surface, an arc-shaped outer peripheral surface that is longer in a circumferential direction than the inner peripheral surface, and two side surfaces that connect the inner peripheral surface and the outer peripheral surface, and at least two protrusions are provided to the outer peripheral surface of each port, the protrusions protruding toward the inside of the port and extending in the axial direction up to the seat surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro KIYONAGA, Shotaro ASAOKA
  • Patent number: 9662948
    Abstract: A knuckle bracket includes a cylindrical bracket main body that is fixed by welding to an outer periphery of an outer tube of a shock absorber and a pair of gripping pieces that extend along an axial direction of the bracket main body and stand up toward the outside from the bracket main body opposing each other. The bracket main body has a cut-away part formed on one side end and a compression part, the compression part being configured to abut a misassembly detection pin of a misassembly prevention device, the misassembly prevention device being configured to identify a type of the knuckle bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Shotaro Asaoka, Kazuhiro Setoguchi, Yuta Hoshino
  • Publication number: 20170067528
    Abstract: A rotation lock is provided to a piston rod, a collar is fitted on a small-diameter portion disposed on an end portion on a side of the piston rod extending from a cylinder, and the collar is press-fitted onto a press-fitted portion disposed on the piston rod by a press-fitting jig screwed with an external thread formed on the small-diameter portion. The press-fitting jig adds an axial force to the collar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: KYB Corporation
    Inventors: Shotaro Asaoka, Tsutomu Ozeki
  • Publication number: 20150375587
    Abstract: A knuckle bracket includes a cylindrical bracket main body that is fixed by welding to an outer periphery of an outer tube of a shock absorber and a pair of gripping pieces that extend along an axial direction of the bracket main body and stand up toward the outside from the bracket main body opposing each other. The bracket main body has a cut-away part formed on one side end and a compression part, the compression part being configured to abut a misassembly detection pin of a misassembly prevention device, the misassembly prevention device being configured to identify a type of the knuckle bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: KAYABA INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shotaro ASAOKA, Kazuhiro SETOGUCHI, Yuta HOSHINO