Patents by Inventor Tetsuro TANIGUCHI

Tetsuro TANIGUCHI 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: 20240035521
    Abstract: A torque limiter disposed between first and second rotating members includes a first transmitting member that rotates integrally with one of the first and second rotating members and includes a pair of first annular tapered surfaces inclined in opposite directions to each other in an extending direction of a rotational axis, a second transmitting member that rotates integrally with the other of the first and second rotating members and includes a second annular tapered surface capable of contacting one of the first annular tapered surfaces, a third transmitting member that includes a third annular tapered surface capable of contacting the other of the first annular tapered surfaces, and a tightening mechanism that tightens the second and third transmitting members such that the second annular tapered surface contacts one of the first annular tapered surfaces and the third annular tapered surface contacts the other of the first annular tapered surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: AISIN FUKUI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuro TANIGUCHI, Yoshihiro YOSHIDA, Yoshihito TAKESHITA
  • Patent number: 11619283
    Abstract: A damper device including an input element and an output element; an elastic body transmitting torque between the input element and the output element; and a rotary inertia mass damper having a mass body. The rotary inertia mass damper includes a sun gear, a carrier rotatably supporting pinion gears, and a ring gear that meshes with the pinion gears and serving as the mass body. A pair of washers is located on both sides of each pinion gear axially. The ring gear includes an annulus gear having internal teeth meshing with the pinion gears and a weight body fixed to the annulus gear such that the weight body is in contact with a side surface of the annulus gear. An inner circumferential surface of the weight body is supported in a radial direction by a tip of the pinion gear or an outer circumferential surface of the washer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignees: AISIN CORPORATION, AISIN AW INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Yoshikawa, Tomonori Kinoshita, Tetsuro Taniguchi, Akiyoshi Kato, Yoichi Oi
  • Patent number: 11585406
    Abstract: A damper device includes rotating elements including an input element and an output element, first elastic bodies that each transmit torque between the input element and the output element, a plurality of second elastic bodies that act in parallel with the plurality of first elastic bodies when torque transmitted between the input element and the output element is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, and a rotary inertia mass damper. The rotary inertia mass damper includes a sun gear, a carrier that rotatably supports a plurality of pinion gears, and a ring gear that meshes with the plurality of pinion gears and that serves as a mass body. The plurality of second elastic bodies are located at a different position than the plurality of first elastic bodies in a radial direction of the rotating elements and are circumferentially aligned with the plurality of pinion gears.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Yoshikawa, Tomonori Kinoshita, Tetsuro Taniguchi, Akiyoshi Kato, Yoichi Oi
  • Publication number: 20200263761
    Abstract: A damper device includes rotating elements including an input element and an output element, first elastic bodies that each transmit torque between the input element and the output element, a plurality of second elastic bodies that act in parallel with the plurality of first elastic bodies when torque transmitted between the input element and the output element is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, and a rotary inertia mass damper. The rotary inertia mass damper includes a sun gear, a carrier that rotatably supports a plurality of pinion gears, and a ring gear that meshes with the plurality of pinion gears and that serves as a mass body. The plurality of second elastic bodies are located at a different position than the plurality of first elastic bodies in a radial direction of the rotating elements and are circumferentially aligned with the plurality of pinion gears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicants: AISIN AW CO., LTD., AISIN AW INDUSTRIES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Takuya YOSHIKAWA, Tomonori KINOSHITA, Tetsuro TANIGUCHI, Akiyoshi KATO, Yoichi OI
  • Publication number: 20200263760
    Abstract: A damper device including an input element and an output element; an elastic body transmitting torque between the input element and the output element; and a rotary inertia mass damper having a mass body. The rotary inertia mass damper includes a sun gear, a carrier rotatably supporting pinion gears, and a ring gear that meshes with the pinion gears and serving as the mass body. A pair of washers is located on both sides of each pinion gear axially. The ring gear includes an annulus gear having internal teeth meshing with the pinion gears and a weight body fixed to the annulus gear such that the weight body is in contact with a side surface of the annulus gear. An inner circumferential surface of the weight body is supported in a radial direction by a tip of the pinion gear or an outer circumferential surface of the washer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicants: AISIN AW CO., LTD., AISIN AW INDUSTRIES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Takuya YOSHIKAWA, Tomonori KINOSHITA, Tetsuro TANIGUCHI, Akiyoshi KATO, Yoichi OI