Patents by Inventor Takunobu NISHIDA

Takunobu NISHIDA 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: 12241542
    Abstract: A planetary carrier includes: a first plate and a second plate which pivotally support planetary gears between opposing plate surfaces of the first and second plates such that the planetary gears are located on a circular path so as to be spaced apart from each other, the circular path being a path of rotational centers of the planetary gears; and coupling plates which are located between the opposing plate surfaces, are spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction of the circular path, couple the first plate and the second plate, and are coupled to external members at positions away from the planetary gears in the circumferential direction. The coupling plates are coupled to the external members at an outside of the circular path in a radial direction. Each of the coupling plates is coupled to the first plate and the second plate only at a first side in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takunobu Nishida, Akihito Abe, Isao Fujii, Taku Nishihira, Takenori Terada
  • Patent number: 11092232
    Abstract: An output frame is connected to a portion of a radially outer portion of a carrier, the portion being closer to a front plate than to a rear plate. The carrier has a first region as an external force transmission path between front pin support surfaces and the output frame, and a second region as the external for transmission path between rear shaft support surfaces and the output frame, and a stiffness with respect to a twist force of the first region and a stiffness with respect to the twist force of the second region are equal to each other. In the front plate and the rear plate, a stiffness with respect to a radial tensile force applied to the front pin support surfaces and a stiffness with respect to the radial tensile force applied to the rear shaft support surfaces are equal to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taku Nishihira, Hirofumi Akahori, Takunobu Nishida, Mamoru Yoshitomi
  • Patent number: 10794466
    Abstract: A planetary gear device includes a sun gear; a plurality of planetary gears; a planetary carrier at which the plurality of planetary gears are rotatably provided; and a ring gear, wherein the planetary carrier includes an oil feeding passage which feeds lubricating oil to at least one of the plurality of planetary gears, wherein the ring gear is a double helical gear in which a pair of rows of internal teeth are arranged in a direction of an axis line of the ring gear and the internal teeth of one of the rows and the internal teeth of the other of the rows are inclined in different directions, the ring gear including at least one discharge passage, wherein the at least one discharge passage includes an inlet-side portion and an outlet-side portion, the inlet-side portion being closer to an inlet configured to open in a region between the pair of rows of internal teeth at an inner peripheral surface of the ring gear, and the outlet-side portion being closer to an outlet configured to open in a region of an out
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takunobu Nishida, Hirofumi Akahori, Mamoru Yoshitomi
  • Publication number: 20190186623
    Abstract: An output frame is connected to a portion of a radially outer portion of a carrier, the portion being closer to a front plate than to a rear plate. The carrier has a first region as an external force transmission path between front pin support surfaces and the output frame, and a second region as the external for transmission path between rear shaft support surfaces and the output frame, and a stiffness with respect to a twist force of the first region and a stiffness with respect to the twist force of the second region are equal to each other. In the front plate and the rear plate, a stiffness with respect to a radial tensile force applied to the front pin support surfaces and a stiffness with respect to the radial tensile force applied to the rear shaft support surfaces are equal to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Taku NISHIHIRA, Hirofumi AKAHORI, Takunobu NISHIDA, Mamoru YOSHITOMI
  • Publication number: 20190170242
    Abstract: A planetary gear device includes a sun gear; a plurality of planetary gears; a planetary carrier at which the plurality of planetary gears are rotatably provided; and a ring gear, wherein the planetary carrier includes an oil feeding passage which feeds lubricating oil to at least one of the plurality of planetary gears, wherein the ring gear is a double helical gear in which a pair of rows of internal teeth are arranged in a direction of an axis line of the ring gear and the internal teeth of one of the rows and the internal teeth of the other of the rows are inclined in different directions, the ring gear including at least one discharge passage, wherein the at least one discharge passage includes an inlet-side portion and an outlet-side portion, the inlet-side portion being closer to an inlet configured to open in a region between the pair of rows of internal teeth at an inner peripheral surface of the ring gear, and the outlet-side portion being closer to an outlet configured to open in a region of an out
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takunobu NISHIDA, Hirofumi AKAHORI, Mamoru YOSHITOMI