Patents by Inventor Yohei Endo

Yohei Endo 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: 11947175
    Abstract: The present disclosure intends to facilitate tearing a metal sheath even in a case where the metal sheath is incorporated in an optical fiber cable. The optical fiber cable of the present disclosure includes a cable core arranged at a central portion and accommodating a plurality of optical fibers gathered together, an inner layer sheath arranged on an outer circumference of the cable core and sheathing the cable core, a metal sheath arranged on an outer circumference of the inner layer sheath and wound around the inner layer sheath, an outer layer sheath arranged on an outer circumference of the metal sheath and sheathing the metal sheath, and at least one outer sheath tearing string arranged in a longitudinal direction inside the metal sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Yuta Maruo, Hiroaki Tanioka, Hisashi Izumita, Yusuke Yamada, Shigekatsu Tetsutani, Yohei Endo
  • Publication number: 20220155547
    Abstract: The present disclosure intends to facilitate tearing of a metal sheath even in a case where the metal sheath is incorporated in an optical fiber cable. The optical fiber cable of the present disclosure includes a cable core arranged at a central portion and accommodating a plurality of optical fibers gathered together, an inner layer sheath arranged on an outer circumference of the cable core and sheathing the cable core, a metal sheath arranged on an outer circumference of the inner layer sheath and wound around the inner layer sheath, an outer layer sheath arranged on an outer circumference of the metal sheath and sheathing the metal sheath, and at least one outer sheath tearing string arranged in a longitudinal direction inside the metal sheath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Yuta Maruo, Hiroaki Tanioka, Hisashi Izumita, Yusuke Yamada, Shigekatsu Tetsutani, Yohei Endo
  • Patent number: 11320046
    Abstract: A power transmission apparatus includes a shift drum, a clutch, a clutch lifter, and a transmission body. The shift drum makes a dowel be extracted/inserted between a shifter and a shift gear. The clutch has first friction plates and second friction plates. The first friction plates rotate around a main shaft by receiving power from a crankshaft. The second friction plates are disposed alternately with the first friction plates and are relatively non-rotatably supported by the main shaft. The clutch lifter is displaced between a connection position at which power is transmitted by the clutch and a disconnection position at which the transmission of the power is disconnected. The transmission body transmits a driving force to the shift drum while the clutch lifter moves from the connection position to the disconnection position, in accordance with rotation of a shift spindle that rotates in accordance with a driving force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dai Arai, Toshimasa Mitsubori, Hayato Yoshida, Yohei Endo
  • Patent number: 11215780
    Abstract: An optical fiber cable includes: a cable body having a core and an inner sheath that accommodates the core; a reinforcing sheet that surrounds the cable body; an outer sheath that accommodates the cable body and the reinforcing sheet; and an outer ripcord that is embedded in the inner sheath. The inner sheath includes a projection that projects outwardly in a radial direction of the optical fiber cable. At least part of the outer ripcord is disposed inside the projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignees: FUJIKURA LTD., NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatoshi Ohno, Kouji Tomikawa, Ken Osato, Hiroaki Tanioka, Shigekatsu Tetsutani, Yohei Endo, Yuta Maruo
  • Patent number: 10859780
    Abstract: Two bundle materials are provided on the outer periphery of a plurality of optical fibers. The bundle materials are twisted back while reversing the winding from front to back and vice versa to thus wind the bundle materials around the plurality of optical fibers. That is, the bundle materials are not wound spirally around the plurality of optical fibers. The bundle materials are bonded at a bonding portion where both bundle materials intersect. The bonding portion is provided along a center line of an optical fiber unit. The bundle materials are arranged in ranges which are each approximately 180° and partitioned by the center line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ishimura, Yutaka Hoshino, Shinya Hamaguchi, Naoki Nakagawa, Yohei Endo, Yukihiko Shibata, Yuji Aoyagi
  • Publication number: 20200378496
    Abstract: A power transmission apparatus includes a shift drum, a clutch, a clutch lifter, and a transmission body. The shift drum makes a dowel be extracted/inserted between a shifter and a shift gear. The clutch has first friction plates and second friction plates. The first friction plates rotate around a main shaft by receiving power from a crankshaft. The second friction plates are disposed alternately with the first friction plates and are relatively non-rotatably supported by the main shaft. The clutch lifter is displaced between a connection position at which power is transmitted by the clutch and a disconnection position at which the transmission of the power is disconnected. The transmission body transmits a driving force to the shift drum while the clutch lifter moves from the connection position to the disconnection position, in accordance with rotation of a shift spindle that rotates in accordance with a driving force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Dai ARAI, Toshimasa MITSUBORI, Hayato YOSHIDA, Yohei ENDO
  • Publication number: 20200209505
    Abstract: An optical fiber cable includes: a cable body having a core and an inner sheath that accommodates the core; a reinforcing sheet that surrounds the cable body; an outer sheath that accommodates the cable body and the reinforcing sheet; and an outer ripcord that is embedded in the inner sheath. The inner sheath includes a projection that projects outwardly in a radial direction of the optical fiber cable. At least part of the outer ripcord is disposed inside the projection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicants: Fujikura Ltd., NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatoshi Ohno, Kouji Tomikawa, Ken Osato, Hiroaki Tanioka, Shigekatsu Tetsutani, Yohei Endo, Yuta Maruo
  • Patent number: 10562591
    Abstract: A power unit for a vehicle includes an engine that is a power source, a gear shift apparatus, a twin clutch type transmission that intermittently switches power transmission between the engine and the gear shift apparatus, and a clutch actuator that controls intermittent switching of the twin clutch type transmission, the engine includes a crankcase and a pair of cylinders installed on the crankcase so that a V-bank is formed therebetween, and the clutch actuator is installed on the cylinders so that the clutch actuator overlaps a region of the V-bank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Sugano, Yohei Endo, Kinya Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20190302384
    Abstract: Two bundle materials are provided on the outer periphery of a plurality of optical fibers. The bundle materials are twisted back while reversing the winding from front to back and vice versa to thus wind the bundle materials around the plurality of optical fibers. That is, the bundle materials are not wound spirally around the plurality of optical fibers. The bundle materials are bonded at a bonding portion where both bundle materials intersect. The bonding portion is provided along a center line of an optical fiber unit. The bundle materials are arranged in ranges which are each approximately 180° and partitioned by the center line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ishimura, Yutaka Hoshino, Shinya Hamaguchi, Naoki Nakagawa, Yohei Endo, Yukihiko Shibata, Yuji Aoyagi
  • Publication number: 20180244349
    Abstract: A power unit for a vehicle includes an engine that is a power source, a gear shift apparatus, a twin clutch type transmission that intermittently switches power transmission between the engine and the gear shift apparatus, and a clutch actuator that controls intermittent switching of the twin clutch type transmission, the engine includes a crankcase and a pair of cylinders installed on the crankcase so that a V-bank is formed therebetween, and the clutch actuator is installed on the cylinders so that the clutch actuator overlaps a region of the V-bank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi SUGANO, Yohei ENDO, Kinya MIZUNO
  • Patent number: 10047691
    Abstract: A fuel injection controlling apparatus includes a fuel cut controlling unit applied to an engine and a transmission to perform a fuel cut control of a fuel injection apparatus upon shifting of the transmission. A shift state detection unit decides a shift state. The fuel cut controlling unit changes a decision threshold value to be used for decision of whether or not the fuel cut control is to be ended in response to the shift state detected by the shift state detection unit. A dog clutch type transmission is configured to select an arbitrary one of a plurality of transmission gear pairs through engagement or disengagement of a dog clutch configured from dowels and dowel holes. The shift state is indicated by a length of a dowel abutment time period for which a state in which the dowels abut with a side wall of a transmission gear upon shifting continues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei Endo, Yasuhiro Nozaki
  • Publication number: 20170082048
    Abstract: A fuel injection controlling apparatus includes a fuel cut controlling unit applied to an engine and a transmission to perform a fuel cut control of a fuel injection apparatus upon shifting of the transmission. A shift state detection unit decides a shift state. The fuel cut controlling unit changes a decision threshold value to be used for decision of whether or not the fuel cut control is to be ended in response to the shift state detected by the shift state detection unit. A dog clutch type transmission is configured to select an arbitrary one of a plurality of transmission gear pairs through engagement or disengagement of a dog clutch configured from dowels and dowel holes. The shift state is indicated by a length of a dowel abutment time period for which a state in which the dowels abut with a side wall of a transmission gear upon shifting continues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei ENDO, Yasuhiro NOZAKI
  • Patent number: 9410622
    Abstract: A transmission system for optimally re-engaging a shift clutch irrespectively of running conditions of the vehicle. In the transmission system for a vehicle in which a shift clutch is actuated interlockedly with a shift spindle rotationally driven by a shift motor, a target clutch torque for the shift clutch is calculated based on an estimated engine torque derived from an estimated engine torque map which prescribes the relation between engine rotational speed, throttle angle, and estimated engine torque, and a target shift spindle angle is calculated based on a value derived from a target shift spindle angle map which prescribes the relation between the target clutch torque and the target shift spindle angle. A control unit controls the shift motor based on the target shift spindle angle calculated by a target shift spindle angle calculator, at the time of effecting a gear shift of a transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takumi Makabe, Dai Arai, Yohei Endo
  • Publication number: 20150274171
    Abstract: A transmission system for optimally re-engaging a shift clutch irrespectively of running conditions of the vehicle. In the transmission system for a vehicle in which a shift clutch is actuated interlockedly with a shift spindle rotationally driven by a shift motor, a target clutch torque for the shift clutch is calculated based on an estimated engine torque derived from an estimated engine torque map which prescribes the relation between engine rotational speed, throttle angle, and estimated engine torque, and a target shift spindle angle is calculated based on a value derived from a target shift spindle angle map which prescribes the relation between the target clutch torque and the target shift spindle angle. A control unit controls the shift motor based on the target shift spindle angle calculated by a target shift spindle angle calculator, at the time of effecting a gear shift of a transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Takumi Makabe, Dai Arai, Yohei Endo