Patents by Inventor Toru TAMARU

Toru TAMARU 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: 10495160
    Abstract: Provided is a disc brake which solves, with a simple structure, the issue of interference between a carrier and an electric motor. A carder 3 applied to the disc brake includes a recess 28 in one arm 18 of the pair of arms 18 and 19 which recess is casted so as to be recessed in a direction toward a line, which is parallel to a tangent line L3 tangent to an the pin hole boss 16 on one side and perpendicular to a line segment L1 connecting centers of the pair of pin holes (pin hole bosses 16, 16) and extends through the center of the pin hole on the one side, with respect to the tangent line L3. This makes it possible to prevent or reduce the interference between the carrier 3 and the electric motor, with a simple structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shiro Nagashima, Toru Tamaru, Shinji Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20180306255
    Abstract: Provided is a disc brake which solves, with a simple structure, the issue of interference between a carrier and an electric motor. A carder 3 applied to the disc brake includes a recess 28 in one arm 18 of the pair of arms 18 and 19 which recess is casted so as to be recessed in a direction toward a line, which is parallel to a tangent line L3 tangent to an the pin hole boss 16 on one side and perpendicular to a line segment L1 connecting centers of the pair of pin holes (pin hole bosses 16, 16) and extends through the center of the pin hole on the one side, with respect to the tangent line L3. This makes it possible to prevent or reduce the interference between the carrier 3 and the electric motor, with a simple structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shiro NAGASHIMA, Toru TAMARU, Shinji SUZUKI