Patents by Inventor Tatsuya Yokota

Tatsuya Yokota 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: 11964625
    Abstract: A side airbag that is to be inflated and deployed to a side of an occupant, includes: an upper chamber provided at an upper portion; a lower chamber provided at a lower portion; a middle chamber between the upper chamber and the lower chamber; a first partition panel that partitions the upper chamber from the middle chamber; a second partition panel that partitions the lower chamber from the middle chamber; a third partition panel that partitions the middle chamber from an inflator installation chamber; a first opening that is provided in the first partition panel and through which the upper and middle chambers communicate with each other; and a second opening that is provided in the second partition panel and through which the lower and middle chambers communicate with each other, and each of the first and second partition panels is joined to the third partition panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Joyson Safety Systems Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Yuki, Masatoshi Yokota
  • Patent number: 11919472
    Abstract: A side airbag that is to be inflated and deployed to a side of an occupant, includes: a first chamber that is positioned in an upper portion and is to be inflated to a side of a shoulder part of the occupant; and a second chamber that is on a lower side of the first chamber, and a thickness regulating member for reducing an inflation thickness is provided at an upper portion of a front portion of the second chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Joyson Safety Systems Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Yuki, Masatoshi Yokota
  • Publication number: 20210010532
    Abstract: The wheel bearing device includes a hub shaft including a flange portion on one axial side of the hub shaft, an outer ring, a plurality of rolling elements, a cage, and a seal member attached to an end portion of the outer ring on the one axial side. A side surface of the flange portion on another axial side of the hub shaft includes a first side surface having first roughness and a second side surface having second roughness larger than the first roughness. The seal member includes a lip provided facing the second side surface, and a distal end of the lip includes a worn surface that is worn by being in sliding contact with the second side surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koki SHIRAMIZU, Tatsuya YOKOTA
  • Patent number: 9939024
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a wheel bearing apparatus including an outer ring, a rolling element, a hub spindle, and an inner ring member. The hub spindle is disposed inward of the outer ring in a radial direction via the rolling element. The inner ring member fitted on the hub spindle and is secured by a clinched portion. The clinched portion is formed by clinching a spindle end portion of the hub spindle outward in the radial direction. The method includes: plating a predetermined area including the spindle end portion of the hub spindle; removing a plating of the spindle end portion of the predetermined area; and clinching the spindle end portion to form the clinched portion after removing the plating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuya Yokota, Nobuyuki Seo
  • Publication number: 20170219013
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a wheel bearing apparatus including an outer ring, a rolling element, a hub spindle, and an inner ring member. The hub spindle is disposed inward of the outer ring in a radial direction via the rolling element. The inner ring member fitted on the hub spindle and is secured by a clinched portion. The clinched portion is formed by clinching a spindle end portion of the hub spindle outward in the radial direction. The method includes: plating a predetermined area including the spindle end portion of the hub spindle; removing a plating of the spindle end portion of the predetermined area; and clinching the spindle end portion to form the clinched portion after removing the plating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuya YOKOTA, Nobuyuki SEO
  • Patent number: 8915651
    Abstract: An inner ring member having multiple flange portions is formed by cold forging. A tapered surface is formed in a state of a forged surface on the inner ring member so as to gradually increase in diameter from an inner side toward an outer side in a vehicle lateral direction over a region from a position near root portions of inner side faces of the flange portions in the vehicle lateral direction to a position radially outward of an outer periphery of an outer end portion of an outer ring member in the vehicle lateral direction. A seal member is attached to the outer periphery of the outer end portion of the outer ring member. A seal lip that is in sliding contact with the tapered surface in the state of a forged surface is formed at a distal end portion of the seal member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Jtekt Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Masuda, Tatsuya Yokota
  • Patent number: 8708569
    Abstract: In a wheel rolling bearing device, where a pitch diameter of the inner-row ball set is D1 and a pitch diameter of the outer-row ball set is D2, D1 and D2 are set so as to satisfy the relationship “D1<D2”. Where an angle of a raceway circular arc from an intersection point of each inner-row ball with the inner-side outer ring raceway surface at a contact angle to a boundary portion of an inner-side raceway shoulder is ?1 and an angle of a raceway circular arc from an intersection point of each outer-row ball with the outer-side outer ring raceway surface at a contact angle to a boundary portion of an outer-side raceway shoulder is ?2, ?1 and ?2 are set so as to satisfy the relationship “?1<?2”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: JTEKT Corporation
    Inventor: Tatsuya Yokota
  • Publication number: 20130292996
    Abstract: A wheel rolling bearing unit has a hub spindle having flange and shaft-shaped sections, an inner-ring raceway surface on the outer peripheral surface of the shaft-shaped section; an outer ring member disposed around the outer periphery of the shaft-shaped section, an outer-ring raceway surface on the inner peripheral surface thereof; and rolling elements between the inner-ring raceway and outer-ring raceway surfaces. The flange section is on one side of the spindle in a rotation axis direction thereof; on the flange surface, a cylindrical spigot joint section protruding on one side is coaxial with the spindle; the boundary section of the flange surface and the outer peripheral surface of the spigot joint section has an arc-shaped boundary surface to connect smoothly toward the flange surface. The surface roughness of the boundary surface is finer than that of the flange surface and the outer peripheral surface of the spigot joint section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuya Yokota, Tsuyoshi Okumura, Nobuyuki Seo
  • Patent number: 8534923
    Abstract: In a rolling bearing device for a road-wheel including an inner shaft 1 that is provided with, on its outer-side end 10, a flange 4 on which a road-wheel member mounted, and an outer ring 2 disposed around the inner shaft 1, the inner shaft has, on its outer side, a hair-line pattern portion 5 that is formed by turning and that permits the manufacturing attribute of the bearing device to be identified based on the difference in the form of hair lines so formed. This permits the manufacturing attribute of the bearing device to be identified after the bearing device is assembled in a vehicle body. Furthermore, the representation of the manufacturing attribute can be readily implemented during a manufacturing step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: JTEKT Corporation
    Inventors: Tomomasa Kubo, Tatsuya Yokota
  • Patent number: 8511903
    Abstract: A wheel bearing device of the invention includes a flanged shaft member that includes a shaft portion to which a rolling bearing is assembled, a fitting shaft portion that is formed on one end side of the shaft portion and that is fitted to a center hole of a wheel, and a plurality of flange portions that extend radially outward on an outer peripheral surface located between the shaft portion and the fitting shaft portion and each of which has a through bolt hole in which a hub bolt for fastening the wheel is arranged. Each flange portion of the wheel bearing device is formed by side extrusion when a forged recess is formed at a center of an end surface of the fitting shaft portion by cold forging. An edge portion of a cross-sectional shape taken perpendicularly to a longitudinal direction of each flange portion is formed in an R-chamfered shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: JTEKT Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinori Masuda, Tatsuya Yokota, Motonori Nakao
  • Publication number: 20120189236
    Abstract: In a wheel rolling bearing device, where a pitch diameter of the inner-row ball set is D1 and a pitch diameter of the outer-row ball set is D2, D1 and D2 are set so as to satisfy the relationship “D1<D2”. Where an angle of a raceway circular arc from an intersection point of each inner-row ball with the inner-side outer ring raceway surface at a contact angle to a boundary portion of an inner-side raceway shoulder is ?1 and an angle of a raceway circular arc from an intersection point of each outer-row ball with the outer-side outer ring raceway surface at a contact angle to a boundary portion of an outer-side raceway shoulder is ?2, ?1 and ?2 are set so as to satisfy the relationship “?1<?2”.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tatsuya YOKOTA
  • Publication number: 20110103732
    Abstract: In a rolling bearing device for a road-wheel including an inner shaft 1 that is provided with, on its outer-side end 10, a flange 4 on which a road-wheel member mounted, and an outer ring 2 disposed around the inner shaft 1, the inner shaft has, on its outer side, a hair-line pattern portion 5 that is formed by turning and that permits the manufacturing attribute of the bearing device to be identified based on the difference in the form of hair lines so formed. This permits the manufacturing attribute of the bearing device to be identified after the bearing device is assembled in a vehicle body. Furthermore, the representation of the manufacturing attribute can be readily implemented during a manufacturing step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Tomomasa Kubo, Tatsuya Yokota
  • Patent number: 7886441
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a rolling bearing device for a road-wheel that includes an outer ring, an inner ring member, rolling elements arranged between the outer ring and the inner ring member, and a shaft body having the inner ring member mounted to an outer periphery includes a caulking step of radially outwardly bending and deforming a cylindrical portion formed at one end side of the shaft body by using a predetermined caulking pressure acting from the one end side toward other end side of the shaft body, thereby forming a caulked portion caulked to an axial end face of the inner ring member. Identification information indicating an existence of the caulked portion so formed is die-stamped on a visually observable surface at the other end side of the shaft body by using the caulking pressure during the caulking step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: JTEKT Corporation
    Inventors: Tomomasa Kubo, Tatsuya Yokota
  • Patent number: 7832940
    Abstract: An inner ring is fitted on one-end side of an inner shaft and fixed to the inner shaft by caulking. During the caulking, the inner shaft is supported by a caulking receiving jig. A receiving section to which the jig is in contact is provided at a position near the one-end side of the inner shaft, for example, at a position nearer to the inner ring than a raceway section formed on the outer periphery on the other side of the inner shaft. As a result, a caulking load acting from a caulking jig on the inner shaft plastically deforms only a desired portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: JTEKT Corporation
    Inventors: Syunichi Matsui, Tatsuya Yokota
  • Publication number: 20100210369
    Abstract: A wheel bearing device of the invention includes a flanged shaft member that includes a shaft portion to which a rolling bearing is assembled, a fitting shaft portion that is formed on one end side of the shaft portion and that is fitted to a center hole of a wheel, and a plurality of flange portions that extend radially outward on an outer peripheral surface located between the shaft portion and the fitting shaft portion and each of which has a bolt hole in which a hub bolt for fastening the wheel is arranged. Each flange portion is formed by side extrusion when a forged recess is formed at a center of an end surface of the fitting shaft portion by cold forging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinori Masuda, Tatsuya Yokota, Nobuyuki Seo, Takanobu Murakami, Tsuyoshi Okumura, Yoshito Takada
  • Publication number: 20100209034
    Abstract: A wheel bearing device of the invention includes a flanged shaft member that includes a shaft portion to which a rolling bearing is assembled, a fitting shaft portion that is formed on one end side of the shaft portion and that is fitted to a center hole of a wheel, and a plurality of flange portions that extend radially outward on an outer peripheral surface located between the shaft portion and the fitting shaft portion and each of which has a through bolt hole in which a hub bolt for fastening the wheel is arranged. Each flange portion of the wheel bearing device is formed by side extrusion when a forged recess is formed at a center of an end surface of the fitting shaft portion by cold forging. An edge portion of a cross-sectional shape taken perpendicularly to a longitudinal direction of each flange portion is formed in an R-chamfered shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshinori MASUDA, Tatsuya YOKOTA, Motonori NAKAO
  • Patent number: 7655531
    Abstract: The semiconductor device comprises a capacitor formed over a semiconductor substrate 10 and including a lower electrode 32, a dielectric film 34 formed over the lower electrode and an upper electrode 36 formed over the dielectric film, a first insulation film 42 formed over the semiconductor substrate and the capacitor, a first interconnection 48 formed over the first insulation film and electrically connected to the capacitor, a first hydrogen diffusion preventive film 50 for preventing the diffusion of hydrogen formed over the first insulation film, covering the first interconnection, a second insulation film 58 formed over the first hydrogen diffusion preventive film and having the surface planarized, a third insulation film 62 formed over the second insulation film, a second interconnection 70b formed over the third insulation film, and a second hydrogen diffusion preventive film 72 for preventing the diffusion of hydrogen formed on the third insulation film, covering the second interconnection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Fujitsu Microelectronics Limited
    Inventors: Naoya Sashida, Tatsuya Yokota
  • Publication number: 20090252446
    Abstract: A rolling bearing assembly for a wheel includes: an inner ring member in which an inner ring raceway surface is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the inner ring member; an outer ring member having a fitting tubular portion on the inboard side that is fitted into an attachment hole of a vehicle body member, and an outer ring raceway surface is formed on an inner peripheral surface of the outer ring member; a plurality of rolling elements disposed between the inner and outer ring raceway surfaces; and a cage that holds the plurality of rolling elements. The bore diameter B of the fitting tubular portion of the outer ring member is smaller than the diameter C of a circumscribed circle of the rolling elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuya YOKOTA, Tatsuki MORI, Nobuyuki SEO, Yoshito TAKADA
  • Publication number: 20090130815
    Abstract: The semiconductor device comprises a capacitor formed over a semiconductor substrate 10 and including a lower electrode 32, a dielectric film 34 formed over the lower electrode and an upper electrode 36 formed over the dielectric film, a first insulation film 42 formed over the semiconductor substrate and the capacitor, a first interconnection 48 formed over the first insulation film and electrically connected to the capacitor, a first hydrogen diffusion preventive film 50 for preventing the diffusion of hydrogen formed over the first insulation film, covering the first interconnection, a second insulation film 58 formed over the first hydrogen diffusion preventive film and having the surface planarized, a third insulation film 62 formed over the second insulation film, a second interconnection 70b formed over the third insulation film, and a second hydrogen diffusion preventive film 72 for preventing the diffusion of hydrogen formed on the third insulation film, covering the second interconnection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Naoya Sashida, Tatsuya Yokota
  • Publication number: 20090123102
    Abstract: In a rolling bearing device for a road-wheel including an inner shaft 1 that is provided with, on its outer-side end 10, a flange 4 on which a road-wheel member mounted, and an outer ring 2 disposed around the inner shaft 1, the inner shaft has, on its outer side, a hair-line pattern portion 5 that is formed by turning and that permits the manufacturing attribute of the bearing device to be identified based on the difference in the form of hair lines so formed. This permits the manufacturing attribute of the bearing device to be identified after the bearing device is assembled in a vehicle body. Furthermore, the representation of the manufacturing attribute can be readily implemented during a manufacturing step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2005
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomomasa Kubo, Tatsuya Yokota