Patents by Inventor Takuma Tsunoda

Takuma Tsunoda 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: 20230184291
    Abstract: A motion guide apparatus is provided which can prevent a ball from contacting an edge of a ball rolling groove of a track member when the ball transfers from a rolling surface of the inner peripheral side of a turn-around path (an inner peripheral-side component) to the track member. The motion guide apparatus includes: a track member (2) including a ball rolling groove (2a); and a moving member assembled to the track member (2) in such a manner as to be movable relative to the track member (2). The moving member includes: a moving member body having a loaded ball rolling groove facing the ball rolling groove (2a), and a return path substantially parallel to the loaded ball rolling groove; and a lid member having a turn-around path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: THK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuma Tsunoda, Kentaro Hikomoto, Hiroyuki Kishi
  • Patent number: 11199222
    Abstract: A motion guide device includes: a track member including a rolling member rolling surface; a movable member including a loaded rolling member rolling surface, and a rolling member return passage; a pair of cap members including a direction change passage connecting the loaded rolling member rolling surface and the rolling member return passage; and a plurality of rolling members arrayed in a rollable manner on a loaded rolling member rolling passage, the rolling member return passage, and a pair of the direction change passages, the loaded rolling member rolling passage being made up of the rolling member rolling surface and the loaded rolling member rolling surface. A gap between the rolling member and the direction change passage at a boundary portion X is formed so as to become smaller than a gap between the rolling member and the rolling member rolling surface at the boundary portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: THK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kishi, Mitsumasa Wada, Hiroyoshi Yasutake, Eriko Oshima, Shinji Aoki, Takuma Tsunoda
  • Publication number: 20200332833
    Abstract: A motion guide device includes: a track member including a rolling member rolling surface; a movable member including a loaded rolling member rolling surface, and a rolling member return passage; a pair of cap members including a direction change passage connecting the loaded rolling member rolling surface and the rolling member return passage; and a plurality of rolling members arrayed in a rollable manner on a loaded rolling member rolling passage, the rolling member return passage, and a pair of the direction change passages, the loaded rolling member rolling passage being made up of the rolling member rolling surface and the loaded rolling member rolling surface. A gap between the rolling member and the direction change passage at a boundary portion X is formed so as to become smaller than a gap between the rolling member and the rolling member rolling surface at the boundary portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: THK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kishi, Mitsumasa Wada, Hiroyoshi Yasutake, Eriko Oshima, Shinji Aoki, Takuma Tsunoda