Patents by Inventor Teruhito Fukuoka

Teruhito Fukuoka 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: 8262093
    Abstract: An oil seal for sealing a hollow rotary shaft in a power transmission apparatus, wherein the rotary shaft is formed with an internal flow passage through which oil flows and constituted such that the oil flies out as the rotary shaft rotates, including: a fixed portion that is fixedly attached to a case of the power transmission apparatus; a seal portion that seals the rotary shaft at a position that is axially offset position from the fixed portion and allows the rotary shaft to rotate; and a radiator portion that is formed from a metallic material between the fixed portion and the seal portion, receives the oil that flies out as the rotary shaft rotates, and dissipates heat generated by the seal portion by exchanging heat with the oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignees: Aisin AW Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Omagari, Teruhito Fukuoka, Kenji Nagai, Naruhito Nagase, Youhei Habata, Hiroya Mizuta, Masaharu Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20090243227
    Abstract: An oil seal for sealing a hollow rotary shaft in a power transmission apparatus, wherein the rotary shaft is formed with an internal flow passage through which oil flows and constituted such that the oil flies out as the rotary shaft rotates, including: a fixed portion that is fixedly attached to a case of the power transmission apparatus; a seal portion that seals the rotary shaft at a position that is axially offset position from the fixed portion and allows the rotary shaft to rotate; and a radiator portion that is formed from a metallic material between the fixed portion and the seal portion, receives the oil that flies out as the rotary shaft rotates, and dissipates heat generated by the seal portion by exchanging heat with the oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicants: AISIN AW CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazutoshi OMAGARI, Teruhito FUKUOKA, Kenji NAGAI, Naruhito NAGASE, Youhei HABATA, Hiroya MIZUTA, Masaharu TANAKA
  • Patent number: 6478646
    Abstract: A drive of inboard-and-outboard engines, wherein a drive gear unit (10) meshing with driven gears (25, 26) disposed on the upper end side of a drive shaft (28) disposed generally in vertical direction is formed slidably in a direction perpendicular to the drive shaft (28), whereby the drive gear unit (10) can be operated slidably from the outside of an upper unit (9) located at the top of an outer drive unit (5) disposed inside a hull (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Yanmar Diesel Engine Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Teruhito Fukuoka, Yuji Hashimoto, Kazuyoshi Shinada