Patents by Inventor Toshihide KOKUBU

Toshihide KOKUBU 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: 11826843
    Abstract: A method of producing a throttle device includes setting an angle between a fully closed position and a default position to a predetermined angle by processing at least one of a gear-side fully closed position stopper on a throttle gear, a body-side fully closed position stopper on a throttle body, a default position defining member, a body-side engaging portion of the throttle body, or a gear-side engaging portion of the throttle gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshihide Kokubu, Mitsushi Taniguchi, Yuichi Kimura
  • Publication number: 20230111887
    Abstract: A throttle device comprises a throttle body, a throttle gear, and a coil spring. The coil spring comprises an intermediate hook part, a return spring part that is wound in one direction from the intermediate hook part, and an opener spring part that is wound in the opposite direction from the intermediate hook part. A gear-side end part of the opener spring part is connected to the throttle gear. The throttle gear comprises a spring guide part that holds the inner circumferential side of the opener spring part. The throttle gear comprises an outer circumferential support part that abuts the outer circumferential side of the first turn of the opener spring part on the intermediate hook part side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshihide KOKUBU, Yaojie CAO
  • Publication number: 20220305578
    Abstract: A method of producing a throttle device includes setting an angle between a fully closed position and a default position to a predetermined angle by processing at least one of a gear-side fully closed position stopper on a throttle gear, a body-side fully closed position stopper on a throttle body, a default position defining member, a body-side engaging portion of the throttle body, or a gear-side engaging portion of the throttle gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshihide KOKUBU, Mitsushi TANIGUCHI, Yuichi KIMURA
  • Patent number: 11306665
    Abstract: A throttle device includes a throttle body, a throttle valve, a throttle shaft, a throttle gear, and a coil spring. A cylindrical spring guide disposed in the coil spring is provided on the throttle body. A full-close stopper and a full-open stopper arranged at a prescribed interval in a circumferential direction are provided on the spring guide. A fully closed opening regulation lever includes a full-close abutment configured to abut against the full-close stopper and full-open abutment configured to abut against the full-open stopper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinya Yamaguchi, Toshihide Kokubu
  • Publication number: 20210301738
    Abstract: A throttle device includes a throttle body, a throttle valve, a throttle shaft, a throttle gear, and a coil spring. A cylindrical spring guide disposed in the coil spring is provided on the throttle body. A full-close stopper and a full-open stopper arranged at a prescribed interval in a circumferential direction are provided on the spring guide. A fully closed opening regulation lever includes a full-close abutment configured to abut against the full-close stopper and full-open abutment configured to abut against the full-open stopper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinya YAMAGUCHI, Toshihide KOKUBU
  • Patent number: 10533676
    Abstract: The throttle device 1 includes a throttle body 10 having an intake passage 11, a throttle valve 12 arranged to rotate within the intake passage 11 for opening and closing the intake passage 11, and a throttle shaft 13 rotatably arranged with respect to the throttle body 10 which is integrally formed with and concomitantly rotatable with the throttle valve 12. A throttle gear 16 is fixed to the throttle shaft 13 and rotated by the actuator. A spring 20 biases the throttle gear 16 in a predetermined initial opening angle. A full-close stopper 15 is provided in the throttle body 10. The full-close stopper 15 restricts the throttle gear 16, which rotates in the opening and closing directions, from rotating past the fully closed angle position. A stopper member 20f is formed at the spring. An initial-open stopper 18 is provided in the throttle body 10 to restrict the stopper member 20f from rotating past the initial opening angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshihide Kokubu, Yoshiki Ito, Shinya Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20180066763
    Abstract: The throttle device 1 includes a throttle body 10 having an intake passage 11, a throttle valve 12 arranged to rotate within the intake passage 11 for opening and closing the intake passage 11, and a throttle shaft 13 rotatably arranged with respect to the throttle body 10 which is integrally formed with and concomitantly rotatable with the throttle valve 12. A throttle gear 16 is fixed to the throttle shaft 13 and rotated by the actuator. A spring 20 biases the throttle gear 16 in a predetermined initial opening angle. A full-close stopper 15 is provided in the throttle body 10. The full-close stopper 15 restricts the throttle gear 16, which rotates in the opening and closing directions, from rotating past the fully closed angle position. A stopper member 20f is formed at the spring. An initial-open stopper 18 is provided in the throttle body 10 to restrict the stopper member 20f from rotating past the initial opening angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshihide KOKUBU, Yoshiki ITO, Shinya YAMAGUCHI