Patents by Inventor Takaaki Kawazoe

Takaaki Kawazoe 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: 11371551
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a connecting rod includes applying a tensile load to an end portion of the connecting rod as precompression in a cross direction that intersects with a longitudinal direction, the end portion being an longitudinal end portion of the connecting rod and having a through-hole, and fracture splitting the end portion into a rod portion and a cap portion by applying a tensile load to the end portion in the longitudinal direction in a state where the precompression is applied to the end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takaaki Kawazoe
  • Patent number: 10480565
    Abstract: A connecting rod manufacturing method includes: forming, in an inner circumferential surface of a through-hole formed at an end of the connecting rod, a plurality of first holes as fracture start portions such that the first holes are arrayed in an axial direction of the through-hole and extend in a first direction; forming a plurality of second holes as the fracture start portions, each between adjacent ones of the first holes, such that the second holes are arrayed in the axial direction and extend in a second direction different from the first direction relative to the first holes; and fracture-splitting the end of the connecting rod into a rod part and a cap part using the fracture start portions as start points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takaaki Kawazoe
  • Publication number: 20190234455
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a connecting rod includes applying a tensile load to an end portion of the connecting rod as precompression in a cross direction that intersects with a longitudinal direction, the end portion being an longitudinal end portion of the connecting rod and having a through-hole, and fracture splitting the end portion into a rod portion and a cap portion by applying a tensile load to the end portion in the longitudinal direction in a state where the precompression is applied to the end portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takaaki KAWAZOE
  • Publication number: 20190195273
    Abstract: A connecting rod manufacturing method includes: forming, in an inner circumferential surface of a through-hole formed at an end of the connecting rod, a plurality of first holes as fracture start portions such that the first holes are arrayed in an axial direction of the through-hole and extend in a first direction; forming a plurality of second holes as the fracture start portions, each between adjacent ones of the first holes, such that the second holes are arrayed in the axial direction and extend in a second direction different from the first direction relative to the first holes; and fracture-splitting the end of the connecting rod into a rod part and a cap part using the fracture start portions as start points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takaaki Kawazoe