Patents by Inventor Takayuki Yatabe
Takayuki Yatabe 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).
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Patent number: 7472948Abstract: The vehicle body structure is suitable for use in two-door automobiles. The strength of a rearward part of the vehicle body is increased to reliably suppress the deformation of the vehicle body in a possible collision from behind the vehicle. The vehicle body structure includes: a rear wheel house arranged to the rear of a center pillar; and a reinforcement member directly connecting a front part in front of the top portion of the rear wheel house with the center pillar, the front part being inclusive of the top portion of the rear wheel house.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2005Date of Patent: January 6, 2009Assignees: Mitsubishi Jidosha Engineering Kabushiki Kaisha, Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takayuki Yatabe, Keishi Goto, Masashi Umeda, Akitoshi Shii
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Patent number: 7255390Abstract: A separated-panel structure of a vehicle body panel including: a first panel, forming a part of an outer shape of a vehicle, including an outer face, a first flange face formed at the rear end of the outer face, and a second flange face formed an end of said outer face to face the trunk opening; a second panel, arranged at the rear of said first panel, including a first bottom face, a first wall face connected to said first bottom face and overlapping said first flange face, and a third flange face formed contiguously to said first wall face and overlapping said outer face, and a fourth flange face formed facing the trunk opening; and a third panel, arranged between a trunk opening and said first panel and between the trunk opening and said second panel, including a second wall forms as a part of an edge of the trunk opening, a third wall face overlapping said second flange face and said fourth flange face, a second bottom face connecting said second wall face and said third wall face, a fifth flange face forType: GrantFiled: October 17, 2005Date of Patent: August 14, 2007Assignees: Mitsubishi Jidosha Engineering Kabushiki Kaisha, Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takayuki Yatabe, Keishi Goto, Masashi Umeda, Akitoshi Shii
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Patent number: 7243985Abstract: A vehicle structure, preferably applied to a vehicle with 2-door automobiles with the intention of inhabitation of center pillar deformation, particularly intrusion inside the vehicle, as a side impact collision, including: a rear roof rail which is placed in a reward position of a center pillar and which forms a rear end of a roof of a vehicle; and a connector which connects a closed section formed on the center pillar and a closed section formed on the rear roof rail so that the first and the second closed sections are formed into a continuous closed section and which includes a side roof rail part which forms a portion of a side roof rail that extend in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2005Date of Patent: July 17, 2007Assignee: Mitsubishi, Jidosha Engineering Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takayuki Yatabe, Keishi Goto, Masashi Umeda, Akitoshi Shii
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Patent number: 7140674Abstract: A vehicle body frame structure capable of realizing the connection to a side body in the form of structural connection. The vehicle body frame structure includes a side body whose skeleton is formed by a body panel that forms a side face of the vehicle body and a reinforcement member that is formed into a shape extending along the inside of the body panel and joined to the body panel, a front frame member that forms a front body disposed to form a shape extending from the side body to the front of the vehicle body, and an outer frame member joined to the front frame member from side of the vehicle body and secured to the reinforcement member by means of bolts extending through the body panel.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2004Date of Patent: November 28, 2006Assignees: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Mitsubishi Jidosha Engineering Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shinsuke Miyoshi, Takashi Yakata, Takayuki Yatabe, Takashi Kikuchi, Keishi Goto, Koji Shibata
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Patent number: 7077575Abstract: An outer ring 3a is formed so as to have a large thickness and the pitch circle diameters Dp of balls 6 are shifted to the inside diameter side of the present ball bearing. The radiuses of curvature Ro, Ri of the section shapes of an outer ring raceway 2a and an inner ring raceway 4a are increased with respect to the diameter Db of the balls 6. At the same time, the diameter Db of the balls 6 and the thickness of an inner ring 5a are not set excessively small to thereby be able not only to prevent Brinell impressions from being formed in the outer ring raceway 2a but also to prevent the inner ring 5a from being damaged or cracked.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2004Date of Patent: July 18, 2006Assignee: NSK Ltd.Inventors: Takayuki Yatabe, Hisato Yamamoto, Yasuhisa Terada, Takashi Ogawa, Tsuyoshi Koshi, Hiroya Achiha, Shoji Noguchi
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Publication number: 20060080922Abstract: A separated-panel structure of a vehicle body panel including: a first panel, forming a part of an outer shape of a vehicle, including an outer face, a first flange face formed at the rear end of the outer face, and a second flange face formed an end of said outer face to face the trunk opening; a second panel, arranged at the rear of said first panel, including a first bottom face, a first wall face connected to said first bottom face and overlapping said first flange face, and a third flange face formed contiguously to said first wall face and overlapping said outer face, and a fourth flange face formed facing the trunk opening; and a third panel, arranged between a trunk opening and said first panel and between the trunk opening and said second panel, including a second wall forms as a part of an edge of the trunk opening, a third wall face overlapping said second flange face and said fourth flange face, a second bottom face connecting said second wall face and said third wall face, a fifth flange face forType: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2005Publication date: April 20, 2006Inventors: Takayuki Yatabe, Keishi Goto, Masashi Umeda, Akitoshi Shii
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Publication number: 20060066137Abstract: The vehicle body structure is suitable for use in two-door automobiles. The strength of a rearward part of the vehicle body is increased to reliably suppress the deformation of the vehicle body in a possible collision from behind the vehicle. The vehicle body structure includes: a rear wheel house arranged to the rear of a center pillar; and a reinforcement member directly connecting a front part in front of the top portion of the rear wheel house with the center pillar, the front part being inclusive of the top portion of the rear wheel house.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2005Publication date: March 30, 2006Inventors: Takayuki Yatabe, Keisho Goto, Masashi Umeda, Akitoshi Shii
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Publication number: 20060066135Abstract: A vehicle structure, preferably applied to a vehicle with 2-door automobiles with the intention of inhabitation of center pillar deformation, particularly intrusion inside the vehicle, as a side impact collision, including: a rear roof rail which is placed in a reward position of a center pillar and which forms a rear end of a roof of a vehicle; and a connector which connects a closed section formed on the center pillar and a closed section formed on the rear roof rail so that the first and the second closed sections are formed into a continuous closed section and which includes a side roof rail part which forms a portion of a side roof rail that extend in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2005Publication date: March 30, 2006Inventors: Takayuki Yatabe, Keishi Goto, Masashi Umeda, Akitoshi Shii
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Publication number: 20050074192Abstract: An outer ring 3a is formed so as to have a large thickness and the pitch circle diameters Dp of balls 6 are shifted to the inside diameter side of the present ball bearing. The radiuses of curvature Ro, Ri of the section shapes of an outer ring raceway 2a and an inner ring raceway 4a are increased with respect to the diameter Db of the balls 6. At the same time, the diameter Db of the balls 6 and the thickness of an inner ring 5a are not set excessively small to thereby be able not only to prevent Brinell impressions from being formed in the outer ring raceway 2a but also to prevent the inner ring 5a from being damaged or cracked.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2004Publication date: April 7, 2005Inventors: Takayuki Yatabe, Hisato Yamamoto, Yasuhisa Terada, Takashi Ogawa, Tsuyoshi Koshi, Hiroya Achiha, Shoji Noguchi
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Publication number: 20050046237Abstract: A vehicle body frame structure capable of realizing the connection to a side body in the form of structural connection. The vehicle body frame structure includes a side body whose skeleton is formed by a body panel that forms a side face of the vehicle body and a reinforcement member that is formed into a shape extending along the inside of the body panel and joined to the body panel, a front frame member that forms a front body disposed to form a shape extending from the side body to the front of the vehicle body, and an outer frame member joined to the front frame member from side of the vehicle body and secured to the reinforcement member by means of bolts extending through the body panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2004Publication date: March 3, 2005Inventors: Shinsuke Miyoshi, Takashi Yakata, Takayuki Yatabe, Takashi Kikuchi, Keishi Goto, Koji Shibata
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Patent number: 6719458Abstract: An outer ring 3a is formed so as to have a large thickness and the pitch circle diameters Dp of balls 6 are shifted to the inside diameter side of the present ball bearing. The radiuses of curvature Ro, Ri of the section shapes of an outer ring raceway 2a and an inner ring raceway 4a are increased with respect to the diameter Db of the balls 6. At the same time, the diameter Db of the balls 6 and the thickness of an inner ring 5a are not set excessively small to thereby be able not only to prevent Brinell impressions from being formed in the outer ring raceway 2a but also to prevent the inner ring 5a from being damaged or cracked.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2002Date of Patent: April 13, 2004Assignee: NSK Ltd.Inventors: Takayuki Yatabe, Hisato Yamamoto, Yasuhisa Terada, Takashi Ogawa, Tsuyoshi Koshi, Hiroya Achiha, Shoji Noguchi
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Publication number: 20030086629Abstract: An outer ring 3a is formed so as to have a large thickness and the pitch circle diameters Dp of balls 6 are shifted to the inside diameter side of the present ball bearing. The radiuses of curvature Ro, Ri of the section shapes of an outer ring raceway 2a and an inner ring raceway 4a are increased with respect to the diameter Db of the balls 6. At the same time, the diameter Db of the balls 6 and the thickness of an inner ring 5a are not set excessively small to thereby be able not only to prevent Brinell impressions from being formed in the outer ring raceway 2a but also to prevent the inner ring 5a from being damaged or cracked.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2002Publication date: May 8, 2003Applicant: NSK LTD.Inventors: Takayuki Yatabe, Hisato Yamamoto, Yasuhisa Terada, Takashi Ogawa, Tsuyoshi Koshi, Hiroya Achiha, Shoji Noguchi
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Patent number: 6524008Abstract: An outer ring 3a is formed so as to have a large thickness and the pitch circle diameters Dp of balls 6 are shifted to the inside diameter side of the present ball bearing. The radiuses of curvature Ro, Ri of the section shapes of an outer ring raceway 2a and an inner ring raceway 4a are increased with respect to the diameter Db of the balls 6. At the same time, the diameter Db of the balls 6 and the thickness of an inner ring 5a are not set excessively small to thereby be able not only to prevent Brinell impressions from being formed in the outer ring raceway 2a but also to prevent the inner ring 5a from being damaged or cracked.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2000Date of Patent: February 25, 2003Assignee: NSK, Ltd.Inventors: Takayuki Yatabe, Hisato Yamamoto, Yasuhisa Terada, Takashi Ogawa, Tsuyoshi Koshi, Hiroya Achiha, Shoji Noguchi
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Patent number: 6279708Abstract: A one-way clutch containing rolling bearing comprises a bearing part 2 and an OWC part 10 sharing an outer race 3 and an inner race 4. The bearing part 2 contains a plurality of balls 9 and the OWC part 10 contains sprags 11a and a ribbon spring 12a. The balls 9 and the sprags 11a are held by a single integral-type cage 13.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 1998Date of Patent: August 28, 2001Assignees: NSK Ltd., NSK-Warner K.K.Inventors: Takayuki Yatabe, Takashi Ogawa, Naoki Fukuda, Kenji Takei, Hisato Yamamoto, Kouzaburo Igari, Masanori Tateishi
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Patent number: 5426988Abstract: A device for reciprocating a plunger according to the present invention comprises: an electric motor; a drive shaft rotated by the electric motor; an inner race fixedly mounted on the drive shaft, the inner race having an inner race track which is formed on the outer cylindrical surface of the inner race in such a manner that the inner trace track is not coaxial with the inner cylindrical surface of the inner race and the drive shaft; an outer race provided around the inner race, the outer race having an outer race track which is coaxial with the inner race track; a plurality of rolling members provided between the outer race track and the inner race track; and a plunger member movably supported in an axial direction thereof, one end of the plunger member being elastically abutted against the outer cylindrical surface of the outer race. According to the present invention, it is possible to make a manufacturing cost lower, to make the whole of the device smaller in weight, and to make a quality higher.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 1993Date of Patent: June 27, 1995Assignee: NSK Ltd.Inventors: Toshihisa Ohata, Takayuki Yatabe
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Patent number: 5385412Abstract: A rolling bearing is composed of an outer race having an inner-race raceway on an outer peripheral wall thereof, an outer race having an outer-race raceway on an inner peripheral wall thereof, a plurality of rolling elements interposed for rotation between the outer-race raceway and the inner race, and a lubricant composition filled in a space, which is defined between the inner-race raceway and the outer-race raceway, at a position where the plurality of rolling elements are disposed. The rolling bearing features: (a) at least one of the inner-race and outer-race raceways is made of steel having an oxygen content not higher than 6 ppm; (b) at least a raceway surface of said at least one raceway has been hardened by heat treatment; (c) the lubricant composition comprises as a base oil a synthetic lubricant having a kinematic viscosity of 60-160 cSt at 40.degree. C.; and (d) the lubricant composition further comprises 18-28 wt. % of a thickener which comprises a polyurea compound.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 1993Date of Patent: January 31, 1995Assignee: NSK Ltd.Inventors: Takayuki Yatabe, Fusasuke Goto, Norihiro Aoki, Yoichi Imamura
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Patent number: 4410435Abstract: A lithium complex grease for rolling bearings which has high dropping points and is capable of maintaining for a long time an excellent stability of a thickener micell under a high temperature, high adhesion, heat resistance, water resistance, rust resistance, load resistance, low noises and other high-level properties and a method of producing such lithium complex grease. The lithium complex greases are characterized in that base greases containing a base oil, a fatty acid having 12 to 24 carbon atoms, a dicarboxylic acid having 4 to 12 carbon atoms and/or a dicarboxylic acid ester and a lithium hydroxide are thickened with a phosphate ester and/or a phosphite ester. A method of producing the lithium complex greases is characterized in that the base greases having the above composition are added by the phosphate ester and/or the phosphite ester, and thickened under a reaction at a temperature of more than 210.degree. C. (410.degree. F.).Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 1981Date of Patent: October 18, 1983Assignee: Nippon Seiko Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Michiharu Naka, Takayuki Yatabe, Hideki Koizumi