Patents by Inventor Tadayoshi Funahara

Tadayoshi Funahara 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: 7266901
    Abstract: A multiple-bolt insertion tool in accordance with the present invention simultaneously inserts bolts into at least two bolt holes arrayed in a workpiece and includes a bolt receiving member and a hold-and-release mechanism. The bolt receiving member includes bolt positioning portions which establish a positional relationship among the bolts that are to be inserted that matches the positional relationship of the bolt holes, and a tool positioning portion, which fits (mates with) the workpiece to locate the bolt positioning portions in alignment with corresponding bolt holes in the workpiece. The hold-and-release mechanism holds the bolts in the bolt positioning portions until the tool positioning portion is mated with the workpiece and can release the bolts from the bolt positioning portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2007
    Assignee: Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Taniguchi, Shigeharu Ikeda, Tadayoshi Funahara, Hideaki Sugiura, Hiroshi Osada
  • Publication number: 20070007832
    Abstract: A wound coil assembling jig is used to determine the length of a lead wire disposed at an end of a wound coil disposed on a stator core, and comprises a base plate and a holding device. The base plate has a mounting face mounted to an end of the stator core in an axial direction, a positioning device that positions the base plate with respect to the stator core in a circumferential direction, and an insertion opening which can receive a coil end portion, which is a portion of the wound coil protruding from the end of the stator core in the axial direction. The holding device is disposed at an outer face of the base plate, and holds the lead wire at the wound coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2004
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Applicant: Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirohisa Ichikawa, Hiroshi Osada, Tooru Kuroyanagi, Hideaki Sugiura, Tadayoshi Funahara
  • Publication number: 20070006474
    Abstract: A multiple-bolt insertion tool in accordance with the present invention simultaneously inserts bolts into at least two bolt holes arrayed in a workpiece and includes a bolt receiving member and a hold-and-release mechanism. The bolt receiving member includes bolt positioning portions which establish a positional relationship among the bolts that are to be inserted that matches the positional relationship of the bolt holes, and a tool positioning portion, which fits (mates with) the workpiece to locate the bolt positioning portions in alignment with corresponding bolt holes in the workpiece. The hold-and-release mechanism holds the bolts in the bolt positioning portions until the tool positioning portion is mated with the workpiece and can release the bolts from the bolt positioning portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takao Taniguchi, Shigeharu Ikeda, Tadayoshi Funahara, Hideaki Sugiura, Hiroshi Osada