Patents by Inventor Takuya Kato

Takuya Kato 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: 20190288263
    Abstract: Provided is a battery pack in which a bus bar for modules is provided on one side of a plurality of battery modules in a height direction, and connects the battery modules that are adjacent to each other among the plurality of battery modules, in series. In addition, the bus bar for modules includes a first bus bar piece that is provided in a battery module on one side between the battery modules that are adjacent to each other, and a second bus bar piece that is provided in a battery module on the other side and is different from the first bus bar piece, and a connection portion that connects the first bus bar piece and the second bus bar piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Takuya Kato, Takahiro Syouda
  • Publication number: 20190288356
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a heat conductive member that has heat conductivity and is provided between a plurality of battery modules which are adjacent to each other in a width direction. A heat dissipation unit dissipates heat conducted to the heat conductive member. A bus bar for modules is provided on one side of the battery modules in a height direction. The heat conductive member includes a contact portion and an extended portion. The contact portion is in contact with the plurality of battery modules which are adjacent to each other in the width direction. The extended portion extends from a side opposite to the bus bar for modules of the battery modules in a height direction and is connected to the heat dissipation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventor: Takuya Kato
  • Publication number: 20190277340
    Abstract: There are provided a sealing device and a hub bearing that can reduce torque. Pear-skin-like projections and depressions are provided on each of a sliding surface in a lip for foreign object (a side lip 121a and a middle lip 121b) and a sliding surface in a lip for grease 122. Roughness of the pear-skin-like projections and depressions provided on the sliding surface of the lip for grease 122 is larger than roughness of the pear-skin-like projections and depressions provided on the sliding surface of the lip for foreign object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Yuichi SHUTO, Kei SASAKI, Shohei YAMANE, Yuichi TARUKAWA, Takuya KATO
  • Publication number: 20190271359
    Abstract: A sealing apparatus includes: an annular reinforcement ring around an axis; and an annular elastic body part around the axis, which is attached to the reinforcement ring and is formed of an elastic body. The elastic body part has: a side lip, an intermediate lip, and a grease lip. A grease as a lubricant is applied to respective inner peripheral side surfaces of the side lip, the intermediate lip, and the grease lip. A thickener of the grease includes no urea-based thickener. In a usage state of the sealing apparatus, a cross sectional area of an inter-lip space enclosed by the side lip, the intermediate lip, and a hub ring is equal to or greater than 3.5 mm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Yuichi TARUKAWA, Yuichi SHUTO, Kei SASAKI, Shohei YAMANE, Takuya KATO
  • Patent number: 10293531
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to effectively prevent the rust generation on a flange portion and to prevent the deformation of the flange portion due to the filling pressure of a molding material in the manufacture of a sealing device whereby a seal main body comprising a rubber-like elastic material and having a portion that covers both surfaces of the flange portion of a metal reinforcing ring is integrally formed on the reinforcing ring by means of a metal mold. To this end, the flange portion of the reinforcing ring is formed in advance with a shape which is distributed unevenly in the direction opposite the direction in which the flange portion is deformed from its original shape by the filling pressure of the molding material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: NOK Corporation
    Inventors: Takuya Kato, Go Kanzaki, Kei Sasaki, Naoto Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20190107155
    Abstract: A sealing apparatus main body includes a reinforcing ring and an elastic material portion which is attached to the reinforcing ring and formed of an elastic material. The elastic material portion has a side lip formed so as to contact a slinger from the inside, a radial lip formed so as to contact the slinger from an outer periphery side, and an outer peripheral annular projection being an annular projection which is arranged on an outer periphery side of the side lip and protrudes to the outside. The slinger has a fitting portion and a flange portion extending from an outer end portion of the fitting portion to the outer periphery side. The elastic material portion forms a labyrinth seal between the outer peripheral annular projection and the side lip between the elastic material portion and the flange portion of the slinger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventor: Takuya KATO
  • Patent number: 10234037
    Abstract: A dust seal includes an annular dust seal body, an annular bushing through which a shaft is slidably inserted, and an annular seal lip provided on the bushing and slidably contacting the shaft. The dust seal body includes an annular elastic attaching portion that is fitted into an opening of a receiving portion, an annular first accordion unit having an elastic accordion, and an annular second accordion unit having an elastic accordion. The first accordion unit and the second accordion unit are arranged side by side in the direction of an axis. The first accordion unit is integral with the attaching portion, is joined to the attaching portion at an outer periphery, and is bonded to the bushing at an inner periphery by vulcanization. The second accordion unit is fixed to the attaching portion at an outer periphery, and engaged with the bushing at an inner periphery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoto Kobayashi, Takuya Kato
  • Patent number: 10220554
    Abstract: An intake device includes: an intake port; and a valve body which is disposed in the intake port and is rotated around a rotation axial line between an open/closed position, in which the valve body includes a valve body main body made of a resin, an elastically deformable seal portion formed to extend along an outer circumferential portion of the valve body main body, and a projection which is provided at a surface part adjacent to a region in which the seal portion is formed in the valve body main body, and has a shape that gradually becomes tapered toward a tip end side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuya Kato, Masato Ishii
  • Patent number: 10208802
    Abstract: A sealing device is constructed by combination of a lip seal member attached to a not-rotating stationary member and a seal flange member attached to a rotary member. The seal lip member has a lip seal member main body having an end face lip, an outward flange portion, and an outer peripheral tube portion. The seal flange member has a seal flange member main body and an outer peripheral side tubular portion. The sealing device further includes a non-contact type labyrinth seal having a predetermined axial length arranged between the outer peripheral tube portion in the lip seal member and the outer peripheral side tubular portion in the seal flange member. The sealing device can improve sealing performance, particularly muddy water sealing performance, while fulfilling the need for low torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takuya Kato
  • Publication number: 20180369254
    Abstract: A DDS preparation of a platinum complex, which exhibits a superior antitumor effect required as a medicine and reduced side effects, that is, a clinically usable DDS preparation of a platinum complex, which is conjugated to a polymer carrier that is different from conventional carriers, is desired. Provided is a polymer conjugate of a platinum(II) complex, the polymer conjugate including: a block copolymer having a polyethylene glycol structural moiety and a polyaspartic acid moiety or a polyglutamic acid moiety; a sulfoxide derivative introduced into a side-chain carboxyl group of the block copolymer; and a platinum(II) complex coordinate-bonded to a sulfoxide group of the sulfoxide derivative.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masaharu Nakamura, Tsuyoshi Fukuda, Ken Yamakawa, Takuya Kato
  • Publication number: 20180195558
    Abstract: A sealing apparatus includes a sealing apparatus body that is to be attached to an outer ring of a hub bearing, and a slinger that is to be attached to a hub, in which the sealing apparatus body includes a reinforcing ring and an elastic body part. The elastic body part includes an outer periphery side labyrinth lip that is positioned on an outer periphery side of an outer periphery side end portion of the slinger and forms a gap between the hub and the outer periphery side labyrinth lip, an inner periphery side labyrinth lip, and a side lip. A distal end portion of the outer periphery side labyrinth lip is positioned on the outer side of the outer periphery side end portion of the slinger in a direction of an axis, and the outer periphery side labyrinth lip forms a groove portion in an annular shape centered about the axis and depressed toward the inner periphery side at the outer periphery side labyrinth lip on the outer periphery side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventor: Takuya KATO
  • Publication number: 20180172077
    Abstract: A sealing device is constructed by combination of a lip seal member attached to a not-rotating stationary member and a seal flange member attached to a rotary member. The seal lip member has a lip seal member main body having an end face lip, an outward flange portion, and an outer peripheral tube portion. The seal flange member has a seal flange member main body and an outer peripheral side tubular portion. The sealing device further includes a non-contact type labyrinth seal having a predetermined axial length arranged between the outer peripheral tube portion in the lip seal member and the outer peripheral side tubular portion in the seal flange member. The sealing device can improve sealing performance, particularly muddy water sealing performance, while fulfilling the need for low torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: Takuya KATO
  • Publication number: 20180156277
    Abstract: The invention provides a sealing device sealing a foreign material in a machine outer side so as to prevent the foreign material from entering into a machine inner side, having an end face lip which slidably comes into contact with an end face portion of a rotation side part, and applying grease for lubrication to an inner peripheral surface of the end face lip. In the sealing device, an application amount of the grease applied to an inner peripheral surface of a leading end portion in the end face lip is set to be smaller than an application amount of the grease applied to an inner peripheral surface of a root portion in the end face lip. Accordingly, grease applied to an inner peripheral surface of an end face lip is hard to be scattered even in the case that a centrifugal force acts on the sealing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Shohei YAMANE, Kei SASAKI, Yuichi SHUTO, Takuya KATO
  • Publication number: 20180156336
    Abstract: A sealing apparatus includes a sealing apparatus body attached to an outer ring of a hub bearing, and a slinger attached to a hub, and the sealing apparatus body includes a reinforcement ring and an elastic body portion. The elastic body portion includes seal lips contacting the slinger, and a labyrinth lip forming a gap from the slinger. The slinger includes a slinger cylinder portion, a slinger flange portion, a slinger bent portion, and a slinger extended portion, and the slinger bent portion and the slinger extended portion form a labyrinth seal L1, having gaps between the elastic body portion and the outer ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventor: Takuya KATO
  • Publication number: 20180126612
    Abstract: An intake device includes: an intake port; and a valve body which is disposed in the intake port and is rotated around a rotation axial line between an open/closed position, in which the valve body includes a valve body main body made of a resin, an elastically deformable seal portion formed to extend along an outer circumferential portion of the valve body main body, and a projection which is provided at a surface part adjacent to a region in which the seal portion is formed in the valve body main body, and has a shape that gradually becomes tapered toward a tip end side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuya KATO, Masato ISHII
  • Publication number: 20180080563
    Abstract: A sealing device mounted in a vehicle bearing device, provided with a structure capable of releasing pressure and thus suppressing the internal pressure from increasing, in the event where the internal pressure of the bearing device increases in a sealing device having a seal lip provided toward the inner portion of the bearing device. A protrusion forms a gap between the seal lip and a mating sliding member for adjusting the internal pressure of the bearing device, provided within the range of a sliding portion of the seal lip and on a portion of the circumference of the sliding portion. The protrusion is provided as a protrusion positioned on the tip end portion of the seal lip, a rib-shaped protrusion extending in a shaft direction, and a protrusion with a size that wears out after a predetermined operation time elapses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Yuichi SHUTO, Kei SASAKI, Shohei YAMANE, Yuichi TARUKAWA, Takuya KATO
  • Patent number: 9732666
    Abstract: An intake control valve includes a valve body being made of resin, the valve body configured to be pivotally mounted to a surge tank of an internal combustion engine, the valve body pivoting between an open position and a closed position to for opening and closing a fluid passage formed at a division wall, the division wall dividing inside of the surge tank into two portions; and a bearing being made of metal, the bearing being integrally provided with a first end portion of the valve body by insert molding when resin molding the resin-made valve body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Motonobu Hasegawa, Masato Ishii, Takuya Kato, Keisuke Sekiguchi
  • Publication number: 20170219100
    Abstract: A dust seal includes an annular dust seal body, an annular bushing through which a shaft is slidably inserted, and an annular seal lip provided on the bushing and slidably contacting the shaft. The dust seal body includes an annular elastic attaching portion that is fitted into an opening of a receiving portion, an annular first accordion unit having an elastic accordion, and an annular second accordion unit having an elastic accordion. The first accordion unit and the second accordion unit are arranged side by side in the direction of an axis. The first accordion unit is integral with the attaching portion, is joined to the attaching portion at an outer periphery, and is bonded to the bushing at an inner periphery by vulcanization. The second accordion unit is fixed to the attaching portion at an outer periphery, and engaged with the bushing at an inner periphery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Naoto Kobayashi, Takuya Kato
  • Patent number: 9683530
    Abstract: An air intake apparatus includes an air intake apparatus body including a surge tank, a valve body rotatably attached to the surge tank and configured to rotate between an open position and a closed position to open and close a fluid passage formed at a partition wall dividing an inside of the surge tank into two parts, the valve body being out of contact with the partition wall at the open position and being in contact with the partition wall at the closed position, the air intake apparatus body being formed by a first member to which the valve body is attached and a second member joined to each other, and the first member including a jig-receiving portion arranged in a vicinity of the fluid passage and configured to receive a jig holding the first member when the first member and the second member are being joined to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takuya Kato, Motonobu Hasegawa, Masato Ishii, Tomoyuki Hirabayashi, Kazuya Kondo, Yuta Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20160271835
    Abstract: A cutting apparatus includes a holding table for holding a workpiece, a feeding unit for moving the holding table in a feeding direction, first and second bellows connected to opposite ends of the holding table in the feeding direction, each of the bellows having an upper wall and opposite side walls adapted to be expanded and contracted for covering the feeding unit, a pair of drain channels provided along the sides of both bellows for receiving cutting water used in cutting the workpiece, and a scrap receptacle provided at the downstream end of the first bellows in the feeding direction for receiving scraps generated from the workpiece in cutting the workpiece. The cutting apparatus further includes a pair of fall prevention plates provided along the pair of drain channels for preventing scraps scattered onto the upper wall of the first bellows from falling into the drain channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Takuya Kato, Takeomi Fukuoka