Patents by Inventor Shuhei Takahara

Shuhei Takahara 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).

  • Power transmission mechanism
    Patent number: 8082817
    Abstract: A power transmission mechanism having a dog clutch for freely connecting and disconnecting power transmission between a first rotor and a second rotor on a common rotational shaft. The dog clutch has a plurality of dog jaws in one of the rotors and has, in the other rotor, a plurality of recess portions or other dog jaws to which the former dog jaws can be engaged. Tapered surfaces are formed at an end face of each of the former dog jaws in the axial direction and each of wall surface portions formed between the recess portions or an end face of each of the latter dog jaws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shuhei Takahara, Shigeru Nishimura
  • Power transmission mechanism
    Publication number: 20090229394
    Abstract: The invention relates to a power transmission mechanism having a dog clutch for freely connecting and disconnecting power transmission between a first rotor and a second rotor on a common rotational shaft. The dog clutch has a plurality of dog jaws in one of the rotors and has, in the other rotor, a plurality of recess portions or other dog jaws to which the former dog jaws can be engaged. Taper surfaces are formed to an end face of each of the former dog jaws in the axial direction and each of wall surface portions formed between the recess portions or an end face of each of the latter dog jaws.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventors: Shuhei TAKAHARA, Shigeru NISHIMURA