Patents by Inventor Shuichi Tokita

Shuichi Tokita 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).

  • Publication number: 20240060858
    Abstract: A tire testing device includes a carriage configured to rotatably hold a test wheel provided with a test tire and being capable of travelling on a base along a road surface in a state where the test wheel is made to contact the road surface, and a driving system configured to drive the test wheel and the carriage. The driving system includes a carriage driving part configured to drive the carriage with respect to the road surface in a predetermined speed, a test wheel driving part configured to drive the test wheel in a rotating speed corresponding to the predetermined speed, a driving part configured to generate power to be used to drive the carriage and the test wheel, and a power distributing part configured to distribute power generated by the driving part to the carriage driving part and the test wheel driving part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: KOKUSAI KEISOKUKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sigeru MATSUMOTO, Hiroshi MIYASHITA, Kazuhiro MURAUCHI, Shuichi TOKITA
  • Patent number: 11867588
    Abstract: A tire testing device includes a carriage configured to rotatably hold a test wheel provided with a test tire and being capable of travelling on a base along a road surface in a state where the test wheel is made to contact the road surface, and a driving system configured to drive the test wheel and the carriage. The driving system includes a carriage driving part configured to drive the carriage with respect to the road surface in a predetermined speed, a test wheel driving part configured to drive the test wheel in a rotating speed corresponding to the predetermined speed, a driving part configured to generate power to be used to drive the carriage and the test wheel, and a power distributing part configured to distribute power generated by the driving part to the carriage driving part and the test wheel driving part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: KOKUSAI KEISOKUKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sigeru Matsumoto, Hiroshi Miyashita, Kazuhiro Murauchi, Shuichi Tokita
  • Publication number: 20230213411
    Abstract: A tire testing device includes a road surface, and a carriage configured to rotatably hold a test wheel and traveling along the road surface. The carriage includes an alignment part configured to adjust wheel alignment of the test wheel. The alignment part includes a load adjusting part configured to adjust load acting on the test wheel. The load adjusting part includes a first movable frame movable up and down, a linear guide that guides the movement of the first movable frame, and a first driver that drives the first movable frame up and down. One of a rail and a traveling part of the linear guide is fixed to the first movable frame. The carriage includes a main frame having an alignment mechanism support part that accommodates the alignment part. The other of the rail and the traveling part is fixed to the alignment mechanism support part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: KOKUSAI KEISOKUKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sigeru MATSUMOTO, Hiroshi MIYASHITA, Kazuhiro MURAUCHI, Shuichi TOKITA
  • Publication number: 20230054417
    Abstract: A wheel test device includes a rail wheel support rotatably supporting a rail wheel, a wheel support rotatably supporting a test wheel in contact with the rail wheel, a first electric motor, a power distributor distributing power generated by the first electric motor to the rail wheel and the test wheel, and a torque generator generating torque to be applied to the test wheel. The torque generator includes a rotating frame rotationally driven by the first electric motor, and a second electric motor mounted on the rotating frame. One of or both the rail wheel and the test wheel is connected to the first electric motor via the torque generator. A rated output of the second electric motor is equal to or more than 3 kW, and moment of inertia of a rotating part of the second electric motor is equal to or less than 0.01 kg·m2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: KOKUSAI KEISOKUKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sigeru MATSUMOTO, Hiroshi MIYASHITA, Kazuhiro MURAUCHI, Shuichi TOKITA
  • Publication number: 20220244143
    Abstract: A tire testing device includes a road surface, a carriage capable of traveling along the road surface in a state where a test tire is in contact with the road surface, and a guide mechanism configured to guide movement of the carriage. The guide mechanism includes a rail, and a runner. The runner includes a first roller that rolls on an upper surface of a head of the rail, and a second roller that rolls on a lower surface or a side surface of the head of the rail. The tire testing device includes a first guide mechanism and a second guide mechanism. In the first guide mechanism, the rollers except for the first roller are disposed only on one side of the rail, and in the second guide mechanism, the rollers except for the first roller are disposed only on an other side of the rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: KOKUSAI KEISOKUKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sigeru MATSUMOTO, Hiroshi MIYASHITA, Kazuhiro MURAUCHI, Shuichi TOKITA, Naonori OISHI
  • Publication number: 20220074819
    Abstract: A tire testing device includes a vehicle, and a test unit provided in the vehicle and capable of supporting a test wheel on which a test tire is mounted in a state in which the test wheel is in contact with a road surface. The test unit includes a power unit configured to output power for rotationally driving the test wheel. The power unit includes a rotation output unit configured to output a rotational motion of a rotation speed corresponding to a traveling speed of the vehicle, and a torque applying unit configured to add torque to the rotational motion to output the torque, the rotation output unit includes a driven wheel configured to contact a road surface, a first axle coupled to the driven wheel, and a first transmission mechanism configured to couple the first axle to an input shall of the torque applying unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: KOKUSAI KEISOKUKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sigeru MATSUMOTO, Hiroshi MIYASHITA, Kazuhiro MURAUCHI, Shuichi TOKITA
  • Publication number: 20210025784
    Abstract: A tire testing device includes a carriage configured to rotatably hold a test wheel provided with a test tire and being capable of travelling on a base along a road surface in a state where the test wheel is made to contact the road surface, and a driving system configured to drive the test wheel and the carriage. The driving system includes a carriage driving part configured to drive the carriage with respect to the road surface in a predetermined speed, a test wheel driving part configured to drive the test wheel in a rotating speed corresponding to the predetermined speed, a driving part configured to generate power to be used to drive the carriage and the test wheel, and a power distributing part configured to distribute power generated by the driving part to the carriage driving part and the test wheel driving part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: KOKUSAI KEISOKUKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sigeru MATSUMOTO, Hiroshi MIYASHITA, Kazuhiro MURAUCHI, Shuichi TOKITA
  • Patent number: D869969
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Inventors: Sigeru Matsumoto, Hiroshi Miyashita, Kazuhiro Murauchi, Shuichi Tokita
  • Patent number: D894766
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: KOKUSAI KEISOKUKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sigeru Matsumoto, Hiroshi Miyashita, Kazuhiro Murauchi, Shuichi Tokita
  • Patent number: D899282
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: KOKUSAI KEISOKUKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sigeru Matsumoto, Hiroshi Miyashita, Kazuhiro Murauchi, Shuichi Tokita
  • Patent number: D953179
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: KOKUSAI KEISOKUKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Sigeru Matsumoto, Hiroshi Miyashita, Kazuhiro Murauchi, Shuichi Tokita