Patents by Inventor Tomoharu Otake
Tomoharu Otake 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).
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Patent number: 11313256Abstract: An Oldham coupling includes an engagement arm. At least either a driving-side rotor or an input gear has an engagement portion engaged with the engagement arm and is connected to the Oldham coupling. The engagement arm has a pair of arm flat surface portions perpendicular to a rotational direction of the driving-side rotor. The engagement portion has a pair of engagement flat surface portions that the arm flat surface portions face in a sliding contact manner. Each arm flat surface portion is, within a range where the arm flat surface portion slides against a facing engagement flat surface portion, always in contact with an overlapping portion of the engagement flat surface portion with the arm flat surface portion when viewed from a direction perpendicular to a sliding direction of the Oldham coupling and in which the arm flat surface portion and the engagement flat surface portion overlap each other.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2020Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: AISIN CORPORATIONInventors: Hajime Sano, Hiroki Mukaide, Kenji Ikeda, Tomoharu Otake, Kenta Koide
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Patent number: 11143062Abstract: A valve opening-closing timing control apparatus includes a phase adjustment mechanism. The phase adjustment mechanism includes an input gear and an elastic member that applies biasing force to the input gear in such a way that the input gear meshes with an output gear. An eccentric member includes one first concave portion along a circumferential direction thereof, being formed on an outer circumferential surface. The elastic member includes a supported portion supported by the first concave portion, and a curved portion and a biasing piece portion that generate biasing force. The elastic member is supported by the first concave portion at two different boundaries in the circumferential direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2020Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: AISIN CORPORATIONInventors: Hajime Sano, Tomoharu Otake, Hideomi Iyanaga
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Publication number: 20210017886Abstract: An Oldham coupling includes an engagement arm. At least either a driving-side rotor or an input gear has an engagement portion engaged with the engagement arm and is connected to the Oldham coupling. The engagement arm has a pair of arm flat surface portions perpendicular to a rotational direction of the driving-side rotor. The engagement portion has a pair of engagement flat surface portions that the arm flat surface portions face in a sliding contact manner. Each arm flat surface portion is, within a range where the arm flat surface portion slides against a facing engagement flat surface portion, always in contact with an overlapping portion of the engagement flat surface portion with the arm flat surface portion when viewed from a direction perpendicular to a sliding direction of the Oldham coupling and in which the arm flat surface portion and the engagement flat surface portion overlap each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2020Publication date: January 21, 2021Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hajime SANO, Hiroki MUKAIDE, Kenji IKEDA, Tomoharu OTAKE, Kenta KOIDE
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Publication number: 20210017884Abstract: A valve opening-closing timing control apparatus includes a phase adjustment mechanism. The phase adjustment mechanism includes an input gear and an elastic member that applies biasing force to the input gear in such a way that the input gear meshes with an output gear. An eccentric member includes one first concave portion along a circumferential direction thereof, being formed on an outer circumferential surface. The elastic member includes a supported portion supported by the first concave portion, and a curved portion and a biasing piece portion that generate biasing force. The elastic member is supported by the first concave portion at two different boundaries in the circumferential direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2020Publication date: January 21, 2021Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hajime SANO, Tomoharu OTAKE, Hideomi IYANAGA
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Patent number: 10801375Abstract: A phase adjustment mechanism for setting a relative rotational phase of a driven-side rotational body to a drive-side rotational body of a valve opening-closing timing control device includes a output gear around a rotational axis, an input gear being rotated around an eccentric axis, and an eccentric member. The eccentric member includes an outer peripheral surface with a first arc portion, a second arc portion, a plate spring fitted between the first arc portion and the second arc portion, and a spaced portion. Each of the first arc portion and the second arc portion is disposed from a position less than 90 degrees to a position more than 90 degrees as a central angle with respect to the eccentric axis from a biasing direction of the plate spring in the peripheral direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2019Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoharu Otake, Hiroki Mukaide
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Publication number: 20200072095Abstract: A phase adjustment mechanism for setting a relative rotational phase of a driven-side rotational body to a drive-side rotational body of a valve opening-closing timing control device includes a output gear around a rotational axis, an input gear being rotated around an eccentric axis, and an eccentric member. The eccentric member includes an outer peripheral surface with a first arc portion, a second arc portion, a plate spring fitted between the first arc portion and the second arc portion, and a spaced portion. Each of the first arc portion and the second arc portion is disposed from a position less than 90 degrees to a position more than 90 degrees as a central angle with respect to the eccentric axis from a biasing direction of the plate spring in the peripheral direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2019Publication date: March 5, 2020Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoharu OTAKE, Hiroki MUKAIDE
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Patent number: 10514109Abstract: A valve opening and closing timing control apparatus includes: a driving side rotator disposed rotatably about a rotation axis and configured to rotate synchronously with a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine; a driven side rotator disposed rotatably about the rotation axis and configured to be rotatable relative to the driving side rotator and to rotate integrally with a valve opening and closing camshaft of the internal combustion engine; and a phase adjustment mechanism configured to set a relative rotation phase between the driving side rotator and the driven side rotator by a driving force of an electric actuator. The phase adjustment mechanism includes: an internally toothed ring gear; an inner gear; and a drive shaft, and the valve opening and closing timing control apparatus further includes: a biasing member; and a displacement regulation portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2017Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Eiji Miyachi, Tomoharu Otake, Yoshiaki Iguchi, Shigemitsu Suzuki, Hiroki Mukaide
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Patent number: 10450906Abstract: A phase adjustment mechanism is constructed as a differential deceleration mechanism where a ring gear is relatively rotated on a basis of a difference in the number of teeth between the ring gear and an inner gear by revolution of an eccentric axis with reference to a rotation axis by an electric actuator. A coupling member is provided including a first engagement portion engaging with a driving-side rotational member in a displaceable manner in a first direction serving as a radial direction and a second engagement portion engaging with the inner gear in a displaceable manner in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2016Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki Mukaide, Eiji Miyachi, Yoshiaki Iguchi, Tomoharu Otake
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Patent number: 10385985Abstract: A valve opening and closing timing control apparatus includes: a driving side rotator disposed rotatably about a rotation axis and configured to rotate synchronously with a crankshaft; a driven side rotator disposed rotatably about the rotation axis and configured to be rotatable relative to the driving side rotator and to rotate integrally with a valve opening/closing camshaft; a phase adjustment mechanism configured to set a relative rotation phase between the driving side and driven side rotators by a driving force of an electric actuator, a biasing member provided on an outer periphery of a drive shaft to apply a biasing force in a direction such that an inner gear is engaged with a ring gear; and a displacement regulation portion configured to regulate a displacement of the inner gear.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2017Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Eiji Miyachi, Hiroki Mukaide, Tomoharu Otake, Yoshiaki Iguchi, Shigemitsu Suzuki
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Publication number: 20180306070Abstract: A phase adjustment mechanism is constructed as a differential deceleration mechanism where a ring gear is relatively rotated on a basis of a difference in the number of teeth between the ring gear and an inner gear by revolution of an eccentric axis with reference to a rotation axis by an electric actuator. A coupling member is provided including a first engagement portion engaging with a driving-side rotational member in a displaceable manner in a first direction serving as a radial direction and a second engagement portion engaging with the inner gear in a displaceable manner in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2016Publication date: October 25, 2018Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroki MUKAIDE, Eiji MIYACHI, Yoshiaki IGUCHI, Tomoharu OTAKE
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Publication number: 20180073656Abstract: A valve opening and closing timing control apparatus includes: a driving side rotator disposed rotatably about a rotation axis and configured to rotate synchronously with a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine; a driven side rotator disposed rotatably about the rotation axis and configured to be rotatable relative to the driving side rotator and to rotate integrally with a valve opening and closing camshaft of the internal combustion engine; and a phase adjustment mechanism configured to set a relative rotation phase between the driving side rotator and the driven side rotator by a driving force of an electric actuator. The phase adjustment mechanism includes: an internally toothed ring gear; an inner gear; and a drive shaft, and the valve opening and closing timing control apparatus further includes: a biasing member; and a displacement regulation portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2017Publication date: March 15, 2018Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Eiji Miyachi, Tomoharu Otake, Yoshiaki Iguchi, Shigemitsu Suzuki, Hiroki Mukaide
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Publication number: 20180073655Abstract: A valve opening and closing timing control apparatus includes: a driving side rotator disposed rotatably about a rotation axis and configured to rotate synchronously with a crankshaft; a driven side rotator disposed rotatably about the rotation axis and configured to be rotatable relative to the driving side rotator and to rotate integrally with a valve opening/closing camshaft; a phase adjustment mechanism configured to set a relative rotation phase between the driving side and driven side rotators by a driving force of an electric actuator, a biasing member provided on an outer periphery of a drive shaft to apply a biasing force in a direction such that an inner gear is engaged with a ring gear; and a displacement regulation portion configured to regulate a displacement of the inner gear.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2017Publication date: March 15, 2018Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Eiji Miyachi, Hiroki Mukaide, Tomoharu Otake, Yoshiaki Iguchi, Shigemitsu Suzuki