Patents by Inventor Tatsuya SUEHIRO

Tatsuya SUEHIRO 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: 11541450
    Abstract: To provide a method of manufacturing a shaft for a steering device, the shaft including a spline shaft part to be coupled with an input shaft, a stopper part to be coupled with an output shaft, and an intermediate shaft part that couples the spline shaft part with the stopper part. The method includes: a step of forming a hole part recessed in an axial direction from one end of a pillar-shaped material by forging; and a step of pressing the material in which the hole part has been formed into a die to perform drawing in a radial direction on a portion of the material at which the spline shaft part and the intermediate shaft part are formed, and prolonging a length along the axial direction of the hole part at the same time by forging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Suehiro, Kaname Yasuda, Kazuya Yamada
  • Patent number: 11383757
    Abstract: A shaft for a steering device has a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion that is a shaft integrated with the first portion and the second portion and couples the first portion and the second portion in a first direction. The outer diameter of the third portion is smaller than the length of the second portion in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, and is constant across a direction extending along the first direction. The hardness of the third portion is greater than the hardness of the second portion, and is constant across the direction extending along the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Kaname Yasuda, Tatsuya Suehiro, Kazuya Yamada
  • Patent number: 11242085
    Abstract: To provide a method of manufacturing a shaft for a steering device, the shaft including a spline shaft part to be coupled with an input shaft, a stopper part to be coupled with an output shaft, and an intermediate shaft part that couples the spline shaft part with the stopper part. The method includes: a step of forming a hole part recessed in an axial direction from one end of a pillar-shaped material by forging; and a step of pressing the material in which the hole part has been formed into a die to perform drawing in a radial direction on a portion of the material at which the stopper part is formed and prolonging a length along the axial direction of the hole part at the same time by forging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Suehiro, Kaname Yasuda, Kazuya Yamada
  • Publication number: 20200377145
    Abstract: To provide a method of manufacturing a shaft for a steering device, the shaft including a spline shaft part to be coupled with an input shaft, a stopper part to be coupled with an output shaft, and an intermediate shaft part that couples the spline shaft part with the stopper part. The method includes: a step of forming a hole part recessed in an axial direction from one end of a pillar-shaped material by forging; and a step of pressing the material in which the hole part has been formed into a die to perform drawing in a radial direction on a portion of the material at which the stopper part is formed and prolonging a length along the axial direction of the hole part at the same time by forging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya SUEHIRO, Kaname YASUDA, Kazuya YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20200290113
    Abstract: To provide a method of manufacturing a shaft for a steering device, the shaft including a spline shaft part to be coupled with an input shaft, a stopper part to be coupled with an output shaft, and an intermediate shaft part that couples the spline shaft part with the stopper part. The method includes: a step of forming a hole part recessed in an axial direction from one end of a pillar-shaped material by forging; and a step of pressing the material in which the hole part has been formed into a die to perform drawing in a radial direction on a portion of the material at which the spline shaft part and the intermediate shaft part are formed, and prolonging a length along the axial direction of the hole part at the same time by forging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuya SUEHIRO, Kaname YASUDA, Kazuya YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20200062291
    Abstract: A shaft for a steering device has a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion that is a shaft integrated with the first portion and the second portion and couples the first portion and the second portion in a first direction. The outer diameter of the third portion is smaller than the length of the second portion in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, and is constant across a direction extending along the first direction. The hardness of the third portion is greater than the hardness of the second portion, and is constant across the direction extending along the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaname YASUDA, Tatsuya SUEHIRO, Kazuya YAMADA