Patents by Inventor Takayuki Okubo

Takayuki Okubo 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: 20190184798
    Abstract: A resin back door includes a resin inner panel, a resin lower outer panel, and a metal reinforcing member disposed in a hollow space defined by the inner panel and the lower outer panel. In the resin back door, the reinforcing member has an annular shape extending along an outer peripheral edge of the inner panel, and includes right and left reinforcing members and a lower-side reinforcing member which are separated from each other and fixed to the inner panel with an adhesive leaving a gap. The reinforcing members are connected by using right and left corner connecting members and an upper connecting member to constitute the reinforcing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicants: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota Jidosha Kyushu Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji CHIBA, Takayuki Okubo, Kiyokazu Nitta, Keigo Nakamura, Yoshito Fujimoto, Yuuki Katou
  • Publication number: 20190184797
    Abstract: A resin back door includes an inner panel, an upper outer panel, and a reinforcing member fixed to the inner panel, and the upper outer panel and the reinforcing member are fastened with a bolt. In the resin back door, the reinforcing member has a flat plate portion extending along an inner surface of the upper outer panel, the reinforcing member has a fastened portion formed as an arm extending after bending from the flat plate portion toward the upper outer panel, and the upper outer panel has a fastened portion formed as a thin thickness portion having a plate thickness smaller than that of a general portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KYUSHU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji CHIBA, Takayuki OKUBO, Kiyokazu NITTA
  • Patent number: 10323717
    Abstract: In a friction transmission belt including a rubber layer forming a pulley contact surface, the rubber layer includes a rubber composition containing hydrophilic inorganic filler and a sliding-resistant material. The sliding-resistant material protrudes from the pulley contact surface, and is at least one of hydrophobic resin particles and hydrophobic resin fibers having an official regain of 0.4% or below, and in the rubber composition, a content of the hydrophilic inorganic filler with respect to 100 parts by mass of the rubber component is 35 parts by mass or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: BANDO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Okubo, Shinji Takahashi, Hideaki Kawahara
  • Patent number: 10309487
    Abstract: In a friction transmission belt including a rubber layer forming a pulley contact surface, the rubber layer includes a rubber composition containing polyolefin particles and an inorganic filler. In the rubber composition, a total content of the polyolefin particles and the inorganic filler with respect to 100 parts by mass of a rubber component is 85 parts by mass or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: BANDO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Okubo, Shinji Takahashi, Hideaki Kawahara
  • Patent number: 10274045
    Abstract: A compressed rubber layer of a V-ribbed belt includes a surface rubber layer including side surface portions of V-shaped ribs, and an inner rubber portion provided inside the surface rubber layer. The surface rubber layer and the inner rubber portion are each made of a rubber composition containing an ethylene-?-olefin elastomer as a main ingredient of a rubber component. An ethylene content of the ethylene-?-olefin elastomer contained in the rubber component of the rubber composition forming the surface rubber layer is higher than an ethylene content of the ethylene-?-olefin elastomer contained in the rubber component of the rubber composition forming the inner rubber portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Bando Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Okubo, Kouichirou Hara
  • Publication number: 20180372183
    Abstract: In a friction transmission belt including a rubber layer forming a pulley contact surface, the rubber layer includes a rubber composition containing hydrophilic inorganic filler and a sliding-resistant material. The sliding-resistant material protrudes from the pulley contact surface, and is at least one of hydrophobic resin particles and hydrophobic resin fibers having an official regain of 0.4% or below, and in the rubber composition, a content of the hydrophilic inorganic filler with respect to 100 parts by mass of the rubber component is 35 parts by mass or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: BANDO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki OKUBO, Shinji TAKAHASHI, Hideaki KAWAHARA
  • Publication number: 20180372184
    Abstract: In a friction transmission belt including a rubber layer forming a pulley contact surface, the rubber layer includes a rubber composition containing polyolefin particles and an inorganic filler. In the rubber composition, a total content of the polyolefin particles and the inorganic filler with respect to 100 parts by mass of a rubber component is 85 parts by mass or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: BANDO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki OKUBO, Shinji TAKAHASHI, Hideaki KAWAHARA
  • Publication number: 20180326680
    Abstract: A friction transmission belt has a rubber layer forming a pulley contacting portion. The rubber layer is made of a rubber composition containing a crosslinked rubber component and crosslinked polyolefin particles. Examples of the crosslinked polyolefin particles can contain ultrahigh molecular weight polyolefin particles having an average molecular weight of 500,000 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Takayuki Okubo, Hisashi Matsuda, Hideaki Kawahara, Shinji Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20180283495
    Abstract: A compressed rubber layer of a V-ribbed belt includes a surface rubber layer including side surface portions of V-shaped ribs, and an inner rubber portion provided inside the surface rubber layer. The surface rubber layer and the inner rubber portion are each made of a rubber composition containing an ethylene-?-olefin elastomer as a main ingredient of a rubber component. An ethylene content of the ethylene-?-olefin elastomer contained in the rubber component of the rubber composition forming the surface rubber layer is higher than an ethylene content of the ethylene-?-olefin elastomer contained in the rubber component of the rubber composition forming the inner rubber portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Takayuki Okubo, Kouichirou Hara
  • Patent number: 9925850
    Abstract: A window panel support structure includes a fixed panel, and a movable panel. The movable panel opens and closes a window by moving up and down. A front-side guide member is provided on an interior-side face of a rear edge part of the fixed panel which is adjacent to the movable panel. The front-side guide member includes a front-side guide groove provided along the rear edge part. The front-side guide groove is opened toward a front edge part. A front-side slide member is provided on an interior-side face of a front edge part of the movable panel which is adjacent to the fixed panel. The front-side slide member includes a front slider provided along the front edge part and is bent toward a rear edge part. The front slider is fitted to the front-side guide groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Minoru Yoshida, Masaru Toyota, Takayuki Okubo, Yoshiharu Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 9702434
    Abstract: A friction transmission belt includes short fibers arranged so as to protrude from a surface of a pulley contact-side part made of a rubber composition. The short fibers consist of aramid short fibers and non-aramid synthetic short fibers having a standard moisture regain of equal to or less than 4%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: BANDO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Takahashi, Takayuki Okubo, Yasuhiro Takano, Hiroyuki Tachibana, Tadahiko Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20160121701
    Abstract: A window panel support structure includes a fixed panel, and a movable panel. The movable panel opens and closes a window by moving up and down. A front-side guide member is provided on an interior-side face of a rear edge part of the fixed panel which is adjacent to the movable panel. The front-side guide member includes a front-side guide groove provided along the rear edge part. The front-side guide groove is opened toward a front edge part. A front-side slide member is provided on an interior-side face of a front edge part of the movable panel which is adjacent to the fixed panel. The front-side slide member includes a front slider provided along the front edge part and is bent toward a rear edge part. The front slider is fitted to the front-side guide groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Minoru YOSHIDA, Masaru TOYOTA, Takayuki OKUBO, Yoshiharu YAMANAKA
  • Publication number: 20140364260
    Abstract: A friction transmission belt includes short fibers arranged so as to protrude from a surface of a pulley contact-side part made of a rubber composition. The short fibers consist of aramid short fibers and non-aramid synthetic short fibers having a standard moisture regain of equal to or less than 4%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Shinji Takahashi, Takayuki Okubo, Yasuhiro Takano, Hiroyuki Tachibana, Tadahiko Noguchi
  • Patent number: 8708001
    Abstract: An end treatment portion 1a which treats ends Wa and Wb of an electric wire W and a transfer portion 7 which transfers the electric wire W are provided; a discharge portion 6, which discharges the electric wire W which is subjected to an end treatment by the end treatment portion 1a and transferred by the transfer portion 7, is also provided; the discharge portion 6 includes a discharge beam 11 for securing the electric wire W in a predetermined arrangement pattern; a calculation portion 20, which controls a securing treatment for securing the electric wire W to the discharge beam 11 in the discharge portion 6, is provided; and the predetermined arrangement pattern is set by the calculation portion 20 based on a content of processing the electric wire W at a subsequent process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignees: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd, Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Naoki Sato, Shizuka Yamaguchi, Etsuro Kihara, Takayuki Okubo, Kazuhiro Kurokawa, Toshiyuki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20140103562
    Abstract: In a V-ribbed belt fabrication method, an uncrosslinked rubber sheet in which V-shaped ribs are to be formed is fabricated by extruding an uncrosslinked rubber composition blended with no short fibers from an extruder. At least a surface layer of the uncrosslinked rubber sheet, in which surface layer the V-shaped ribs are to be formed, is made of an uncrosslinked rubber composition blended with at least one of hollow particles or a foaming agent for forming pores in the surface of the V-shaped ribs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Bando Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Okubo, Hiroyuki Shiriike
  • Publication number: 20130289758
    Abstract: An end treatment portion 1a which treats ends Wa and Wb of an electric wire Wand a transfer portion 7 which transfers the electric wire W are provided; a discharge portion 6, which discharges the electric wire W which is subjected to an end treatment by the end treatment portion 1a and transferred by the transfer portion 7, is also provided; the discharge portion 6 includes a discharge beam 11 for securing the electric wire W in a predetermined arrangement pattern; a calculation portion 20, which controls a securing treatment for securing the electric wire W to the discharge beam 11 in the discharge portion 6, is provided; and the predetermined arrangement pattern is set by the calculation portion 20 based on a content of processing the electric wire W at a subsequent process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Naoki Sato, Shizuka Yamaguchi, Etsuro Kihara, Takayuki Okubo, Kazuhiro Kurokawa, Toshiyuki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8443847
    Abstract: An end treatment portion 1a which treats ends Wa and Wb of an electric wire W and a transfer portion 7 which transfers the electric wire W are provided; a discharge portion 6, which discharges the electric wire W which is subjected to an end treatment by the end treatment portion 1a and transferred by the transfer portion 7, is also provided; the discharge portion 6 includes a discharge beam 11 for securing the electric wire W in a predetermined arrangement pattern; a calculation portion 20, which controls a securing treatment for securing the electric wire W to the discharge beam 11 in the discharge portion 6, is provided; and the predetermined arrangement pattern is set by the calculation portion 20 based on a content of processing the electric wire W at a subsequent process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignees: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd, Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Naoki Sato, Shizuka Yamaguchi, Etsuro Kihara, Takayuki Okubo, Kazuhiro Kurokawa, Toshiyuki Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20120060964
    Abstract: An end treatment portion 1a which treats ends Wa and Wb of an electric wire W and a transfer portion 7 which transfers the electric wire W are provided; a discharge portion 6, which discharges the electric wire W which is subjected to an end treatment by the end treatment portion 1a and transferred by the transfer portion 7, is also provided; the discharge portion 6 includes a discharge beam 11 for securing the electric wire W in a predetermined arrangement pattern; a calculation portion 20, which controls a securing treatment for securing the electric wire W to the discharge beam 11 in the discharge portion 6, is provided; and the predetermined arrangement pattern is set by the calculation portion 20 based on a content of processing the electric wire W at a subsequent process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicants: FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC., FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD
    Inventors: Naoki Sato, Shizuka Yamaguchi, Etsuro Kihara, Takayuki Okubo, Kazuhiro Kurokawa, Toshiyuki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 5746032
    Abstract: In a structure for attaching a lower transverse frame member of a sash in which an elongated attachment transverse member is attached to a lower edge portion of an opening of a building body and a lower transverse frame member constituting a sash frame is attached to said attachment transverse member, the attachment transverse member has a hollow structure formed on the outdoor side portion thereof, and the hollow structure has a drain port opening to the outdoor side. Each of fixing members for fixing the lower transverse frame member to the attachment transverse member is so arranged that the front end thereof projects into the hollow structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Assignee: YKK Architectural Products Inc.
    Inventors: Sou Koike, Masao Hirano, Takayuki Okubo