Patents by Inventor Tomonari Okamoto

Tomonari Okamoto 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: 20220331950
    Abstract: A robot device of the present disclosure includes at least one artificial muscle that operates by being supplied with liquid; and a liquid supply device that supplies and discharges the liquid to/from the artificial muscle, and the liquid supply device includes a liquid storage part that stores the liquid; a pump that sucks the liquid from the liquid storage part and discharges the liquid; a pressure regulating device that includes a spool and an electromagnetic part that allows the spool to move, and that generates drive pressure for the artificial muscle by regulating source pressure from the pump side, and regulates the source pressure by balancing at least a force given to the spool from the electromagnetic part and a force given to the spool by action of the drive pressure; and a control device that applies a current to the electromagnetic part of the pressure regulating device so that the drive pressure reaches target pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro ASAI, Tomomi ISHIKAWA, Tomonari OKAMOTO, Shinya ICHIKAWA, Noriomi FUJII, Ryo TAKADA, Jin IZAWA, Hiroki TAKATA, Hiroshi YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20220274250
    Abstract: A robot device of the present disclosure includes at least one artificial muscle that operates by being supplied with liquid; and a liquid supply device that supplies and discharges the liquid to/from the artificial muscle, and the liquid supply device includes: a liquid storage part that stores the liquid; a pressure regulating valve that regulates pressure of the liquid from the liquid storage part and supplies the liquid to the artificial muscle; and a liquid keeping part that allows the artificial muscle to keep the liquid supplied to the artificial muscle, according to occurrence of an abnormality, and the liquid supply device can allow the artificial muscle that operates by being supplied with liquid to operate properly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: AISIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya ICHIKAWA, Tomonari OKAMOTO, Tomomi ISHIKAWA, Masahiro ASAI, Reishi KOROGI, Masayuki FUJIRAI, Noriomi FUJII
  • Patent number: 10648560
    Abstract: A lock shaft and a shaft member (a plunger and a permanent magnet) of a magnetic locking device are arranged such that a moving direction thereof is orthogonal to a moving direction of a piston rod of a hydraulic actuator. In a parking lock released state, when the coil is not energized, the lock shaft and the shaft member are locked by an attracting force between the permanent magnet and a flange of a yoke so as not to move back from the piston rod, and, when the coil is energized, the attracting force between the permanent magnet and the flange is canceled, so that the lock shaft and the shaft member are allowed to move back from the piston rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Kokubu, Masaya Nakai, Tomonari Okamoto, Eikichi Kidokoro, Kenichi Naka, Tadamasa Takei, Junichi Terai
  • Patent number: 10458547
    Abstract: A detent lever 20 and a piston rod 42 are engaged with each other through engagement between a recessed portion 26 of the detent lever 20 and a pin portion 52 of a retainer member 50 attached to the piston rod 42. With this configuration, the detent lever 20 and the piston rod 42 can be engaged with each other easily and in a short time when assembling a parking device 10. As a result, the time required for the work of assembling the parking device 10 can be shortened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaya Nakai, Takahiro Kokubu, Tomonari Okamoto, Kazunori Ishikawa, Susumu Kato, Kenichi Naka
  • Publication number: 20180172154
    Abstract: A detent lever 20 and a piston rod 42 are engaged with each other through engagement between a recessed portion 26 of the detent lever 20 and a pin portion 52 of a retainer member 50 attached to the piston rod 42. With this configuration, the detent lever 20 and the piston rod 42 can be engaged with each other easily and in a short time when assembling a parking device 10. As a result, the time required for the work of assembling the parking device 10 can be shortened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaya NAKAI, Takahiro KOKUBU, Tomonari OKAMOTO, Kazunori ISHIKAWA, Susumu KATO, Kenichi NAKA
  • Patent number: 9879776
    Abstract: When an oil temperature Toil is equal to or lower than a threshold Toref, and when a vehicle is predicted to stop while traveling (a shift position is predicted to be operated to a parking position), restricted discharge processing is executed in which a magnetic lock device is turned ON and an on-off solenoid valve is turned OFF. Thus, discharge of hydraulic oil in an oil chamber is started while movement of a piston rod is restricted by the magnetic lock device. Then, when the vehicle stops and the shift position is changed to a parking position, the restriction on the movement of the piston rod is removed by turning OFF the magnetic lock device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadamasa Takei, Tomonari Okamoto, Takahiro Kokubu
  • Publication number: 20170130839
    Abstract: When an oil temperature Toil is equal to or lower than a threshold Toref, and when a vehicle is predicted to stop while traveling (a shift position is predicted to be operated to a parking position), restricted discharge processing is executed in which a magnetic lock device is turned ON and an on-off solenoid valve is turned OFF. Thus, discharge of hydraulic oil in an oil chamber is started while movement of a piston rod is restricted by the magnetic lock device. Then, when the vehicle stops and the shift position is changed to a parking position, the restriction on the movement of the piston rod is removed by turning OFF the magnetic lock device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadamasa TAKEI, Tomonari OKAMOTO, Takahiro KOKUBU
  • Patent number: 9577368
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a connector terminal received in a terminal-receiving chamber, passing through a sealing member, and brought into close contact with the sealing member, and a connector, which are the method for manufacturing a connector terminal, and the connector, for improvement in close contact between the sealing member and the connector terminal. Provided is a method for manufacturing a connector terminal received in a terminal-receiving chamber of a housing, passing through a sealing member filled in the terminal-receiving chamber, and brought into close contact with the sealing member, and the method includes a first process of punching a non-plated metal plate to form an intermediate material and a second process of covering the intermediate material with plating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignees: Yazaki Corporation, Aisin AW Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyohito Fukuda, Toru Nagano, Katsutoshi Komatsu, Tomonari Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20160208916
    Abstract: A lock shaft and a shaft member (a plunger and a permanent magnet) of a magnetic locking device are arranged such that a moving direction thereof is orthogonal to a moving direction of a piston rod of a hydraulic actuator. In a parking lock released state, when the coil is not energized, the lock shaft and the shaft member are locked by an attracting force between the permanent magnet and a flange of a yoke so as not to move back from the piston rod, and, when the coil is energized, the attracting force between the permanent magnet and the flange is canceled, so that the lock shaft and the shaft member are allowed to move back from the piston rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro KOKUBU, Masaya NAKAI, Tomonari OKAMOTO, Eikichi KIDOKORO, Kenichi NAKA, Tadamasa TAKEI, Junichi TERAI
  • Patent number: 9337582
    Abstract: A connector unit has a male connector that includes a cylindrical proximal portion in which a female terminal is accommodated, and a female connector that includes a tubular proximal portion in which a male terminal is held. The cylindrical proximal portion has a cylinder side marking portion including a flat surface formed on a part of an outer circumferential surface thereof, and a cylinder side rotation restricting portion including a groove portion or a projecting portion formed on the outer circumferential surface thereof. The tubular proximal portion has a tube side marking portion including a flat surface formed on an inner surface circumferential surface of the tubular proximal portion, and a tube side rotation restricting portion including a projecting portion projected from the inner circumferential surface or a groove portion formed in the inner circumferential surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Sato, Kazuhide Takahashi, Tomonari Okamoto, Kazuhisa Nimura
  • Patent number: 9112305
    Abstract: When a male terminal connector (10) and a female terminal connector (50) are engaged with each other, projecting inclined faces (20a) and partition wall inclined faces (59) which are opposed to each other are brought into contact or made opposed to each other, and, fitting projections (61) insert into fitting recesses (21) in such a manner that the fitting projections (61) and the fitting recesses (21) are held with gaps between them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignees: Yazaki Corporation, AISIN AW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Sato, Kazuhide Takahashi, Kenji Takahashi, Tomonari Okamoto, Teruo Kato
  • Publication number: 20150194762
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a connector terminal received in a terminal-receiving chamber, passing through a sealing member, and brought into close contact with the sealing member, and a connector, which are the method for manufacturing a connector terminal, and the connector, for improvement in close contact between the sealing member and the connector terminal. Provided is a method for manufacturing a connector terminal received in a terminal-receiving chamber of a housing, passing through a sealing member filled in the terminal-receiving chamber, and brought into close contact with the sealing member, and the method includes a first process of punching a non-plated metal plate to form an intermediate material and a second process of covering the intermediate material with plating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Kiyohito Fukuda, Toru Nagano, Katsutoshi Komatsu, Tomonari Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20140335739
    Abstract: A connector unit has a male connector that includes a cylindrical proximal portion in which a female terminal is accommodated, and a female connector that includes a tubular proximal portion in which a male terminal is held. The cylindrical proximal portion has a cylinder side marking portion including a flat surface formed on a part of an outer circumferential surface thereof, and a cylinder side rotation restricting portion including a groove portion or a projecting portion formed on the outer circumferential surface thereof. The tubular proximal portion has a tube side marking portion including a flat surface formed on an inner surface circumferential surface of the tubular proximal portion, and a tube side rotation restricting portion including a projecting portion projected from the inner circumferential surface or a groove portion formed in the inner circumferential surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Sato, Kazuhide Takahashi, Tomonari Okamoto, Kazuhisa Nimura
  • Publication number: 20140134868
    Abstract: When a male terminal connector (10) and a female terminal connector (50) are engaged with each other, projecting inclined faces (20a) and partition wall inclined faces (59) which are opposed to each other are brought into contact or made opposed to each other, and, fitting projections (61) insert into fitting recesses (21) in such a manner that the fitting projections (61) and the fitting recesses (21) are held with gaps between them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicants: AISIN AW CO., LTD., YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Sato, Kazuhide Takahashi, Kenji Takahashi, Tomonari Okamoto, Teruo Kato