Patents by Inventor Yoshinobu Hirano

Yoshinobu Hirano 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: 7417352
    Abstract: A brush holder incorporates a terminal integral part, which has a coupling portion. The coupling portion couples the terminals with each other. The brush holder has a resin body and a plurality of terminals. The resin body has an opening. The terminals are embedded in the resin body. The terminals are coupled to each other by the coupling portion as an integral part before being embedded in the resin body. The coupling portion is exposed from the opening of the resin body. The terminals are separated from each other by cutting the coupling portion, which is exposed from the opening of the resin body. A coating member coats the opening of the resin body to insulate each terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: ASMO Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Hirano, Kenji Obata, Masakuni Masuda
  • Patent number: 7389711
    Abstract: A driving device includes a motor, and a gear housing secured to the motor. The gear housing accommodates reduction gears. Rotation of the motor is reduced by the reduction gears before being transmitted to an output shaft supported by the gear housing. A support cylinder extends from an outer surface of the gear housing to support the output shaft. A surrounding cylinder extends from the outer surface of the gear housing to surround the support cylinder. Reinforcing ribs are located between the support cylinder and the surrounding cylinder. Each reinforcing rib extends from a circumferential wall of the support cylinder such that the angle between the reinforcing rib and a normal line that intersects the circumferential wall form a predetermined angle. Each reinforcing rib has a radially inward end connected to the support cylinder and a radially outward end connected to the surrounding cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignees: Asmo Co., Ltd., Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Takabayashi, Takashi Tsuda, Yoshinobu Hirano, Nobuyasu Niibayashi, Tooru Inayoshi, Hidenori Iimi
  • Publication number: 20060137172
    Abstract: A brush holder incorporates a terminal integral part, which has a coupling portion. The coupling portion couples the terminals with each other. The brush holder has a resin body and a plurality of terminals. The resin body has an opening. The terminals are embedded in the resin body. The terminals are coupled to each other by the coupling portion as an integral part before being embedded in the resin body. The coupling portion is exposed from the opening of the resin body. The terminals are separated from each other by cutting the coupling portion, which is exposed from the opening of the resin body. A coating member coats the opening of the resin body to insulate each terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2006
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Hirano, Kenji Obata, Masakuni Masuda
  • Patent number: 7032290
    Abstract: A brush holder incorporates a terminal integral part, which has a coupling portion. The coupling portion couples the terminals with each other. The brush holder has a resin body and a plurality of terminals. The resin body has an opening. The terminals are embedded in the resin body. The terminals are coupled to each other by the coupling portion as an integral part before being embedded in the resin body. The coupling portion is exposed from the opening of the resin body. The terminals are separated from each other by cutting the coupling portion, which is exposed from the opening of the resin body. A coating member coats the opening of the resin body to insulate each terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: ASMO Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Hirano, Kenji Obata, Masakuni Masuda
  • Publication number: 20050039571
    Abstract: A driving device includes a motor, and a gear housing secured to the motor. The gear housing accommodates reduction gears. Rotation of the motor is reduced by the reduction gears before being transmitted to an output shaft supported by the gear housing. A support cylinder extends from an outer surface of the gear housing to support the output shaft. A surrounding cylinder extends from the outer surface of the gear housing to surround the support cylinder. Reinforcing ribs are located between the support cylinder and the surrounding cylinder. Each reinforcing rib extends from a circumferential wall of the support cylinder such that the angle between the reinforcing rib and a normal line that intersects the circumferential wall form a predetermined angle. Each reinforcing rib has a radially inward end connected to the support cylinder and a radially outward end connected to the surrounding cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2004
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Takabayashi, Takashi Tsuda, Yoshinobu Hirano, Nobuyasu Niibayashi, Tooru Inayoshi, Hidenori Iimi
  • Patent number: 6752840
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a denim-like clothing mainly including a woven or knitted fabric and having a whitening index of less than or equal to Class 4, which woven or knitted fabric includes ultrafine fibers or fibers capable of forming ultrafine fibers on its surface, and the whitening index is expressed in grey scale for assessing change in color specified in Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS). In preferred embodiments, the denim-like clothing has, for example, the following characteristics: (a) The denim-like clothing has a roughness index of equal to or more than 3 micrometers as determined using a measuring machine, KES-FB4; (b) the ultrafine fibers or the fibers capable of forming ultrafine fibers are ultrafine fibers having a fineness of less than or equal to 0.6 dtex or fibers capable of forming ultrafine fibers having a fineness of less than or equal to 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Onishi, Keiji Okamoto, Yoshinobu Hirano
  • Publication number: 20030178908
    Abstract: A brush holder incorporates a terminal integral part, which has a coupling portion. The coupling portion couples the terminals with each other. The brush holder has a resin body and a plurality of terminals. The resin body has an opening. The terminals are embedded in the resin body. The terminals are coupled to each other by the coupling portion as an integral part before being embedded in the resin body. The coupling portion is exposed from the opening of the resin body. The terminals are separated from each other by cutting the coupling portion, which is exposed from the opening of the resin body. A coating member coats the opening of the resin body to insulate each terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Hirano, Kenji Obata, Masakuni Masuda