Patents by Inventor Teruo Sanada

Teruo Sanada 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).

  • Gap adjusting mechanism of a wet brake
    Patent number: 8033364
    Abstract: By rotating a regulating bolt about an axis thereof to move forward/backward with respect to a protrusion portion, a lever is rotated about a shaft portion of an adjusting member. Therefore, the shaft portion of an adjusting member is rotated together with the lever to adjust a gap formed between a disk and a piston. After the gap is adjusted, the regulating bolt is fastened owing to a lock nut and a screw hole of the protrusion portion to thereby fix an forward/backward position of the regulating bolt with respect to the protrusion portion. In addition, a fixing bolt is screwed into a screw hole of a second housing portion to thereby fix a rotational position of the lever. Accordingly, the rotational position of the lever is double-locked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Nishihara, Teruo Sanada
  • Gap adjusting mechanism of a wet brake
    Publication number: 20080121471
    Abstract: By rotating a regulating bolt about an axis thereof to move forward/backward with respect to a protrusion portion, a lever is rotated about a shaft portion of an adjusting member. Therefore, the shaft portion of an adjusting member is rotated together with the lever to adjust a gap formed between a disk and a piston. After the gap is adjusted, the regulating bolt is fastened owing to a lock nut and a screw hole of the protrusion portion to thereby fix an forward/backward position of the regulating bolt with respect to the protrusion portion. In addition, a fixing bolt is screwed into a screw hole of a second housing portion to thereby fix a rotational position of the lever. Accordingly, the rotational position of the lever is double-locked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2007
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, AKEBONO BRAKE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Nishihara, Teruo Sanada