Patents by Inventor Yoshio Okada
Yoshio Okada 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).
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Publication number: 20070248424Abstract: The present invention relates to a coated cutting insert having a substrate, a base layer which is formed on the substrate and an indicating layer which is formed on a portion of the base layer, characterized in that in this substrate, at least one surface serves as a rake face, at least one other surface serves as a flank face, and a ridge where the rake face and the flank face cross serves as a cutting edge, the base layer has a color which is different from that of the above described indicating layer, and this indicating layer is formed on the flank face, and on the base layer over an entirety or a portion of a region excluding a region extending from the cutting edge in the vertical direction with a distance of no less than 0.2 mm and less than 3.0 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2005Publication date: October 25, 2007Inventors: Naoya Omori, Yoshio Okada, Minoru Itoh, Norihiro Takanashi, Shinya Imamura
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Publication number: 20070221465Abstract: A multiple disc friction clutch comprises a clutch outer for take in power, a clutch hub for take out power, friction plates, a clutch spring pressing a pressing member to the friction plates for connecting the clutch, a spring receiving member supporting the clutch spring, and a coupling hub coupled to the spring receiving member as to be integrally movable. A spline inclined against an output axis is formed in a fitting portion between the coupling hub and a tube shaft, and moves the clutch spring in an axial direction of the tube shaft to a compressing side while relatively rotating the coupling hub against the tube shaft, in the case that an engine drive torque is equal to or more than a predetermined value, thereby increasing a pressing load.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2007Publication date: September 27, 2007Inventors: Yoshio Okada, Hiroyuki Kikuchi, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Waka Izumi, Takahiro Jozaki
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Publication number: 20070218313Abstract: A coating layer formed from an outermost layer and an inner layer disposed on a substrate surface of a surface coated cutting tool. The inner layer is formed from a periodic table group IVa, Va, VIa metal, Al, Si, B compound. The outermost layer is formed from aluminum nitride or aluminum carbonitride. The outermost layer has a chlorine content of more than 0 and no more than 0.5 atomic percent. The protective coating on the tool surface is made easier to form during cutting by further adding a predetermined amount of chlorine to the film formed from aluminum nitride, which provides thermal stability and lubricity. Lubricity can be increased by using this protective coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2005Publication date: September 20, 2007Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.Inventors: Yoshio Okada, Naoya Omori, Haruyo Fukui, Junya Okida
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Publication number: 20070098589Abstract: A non-heat treated steel for hot forging and for a connecting rod, containing, in mass percent: 0.3 to 0.8% of C; 0.1 to 2.0% of Si; 0.5 to 1.5% of Mn; 0.01 to 0.15% of P; 1.0% or less of Cr; 0.4% or less of V; 0.05% or less of Al; 0.005 to 0.03% of N; and the balance Fe and inevitable impurities. The non-heat treated steel has a value E of not larger than 150, the value E being calculated from the following equation: E=2804?1549×Ceq?8862×P?23.4×H where H is a value of a Rockwell hardness of the connecting rod made of the non-heat treated steel; P is a phosphorus content (%) in the connecting rod; and Ceq is a value of a carbon equivalent.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2006Publication date: May 3, 2007Inventors: Isseki Aihara, Yuuichi Yamada, Tomonori Miyazawa, Hideki Usuki, Yoshio Okada, Shinichiro Kato, Masakazu Hayaishi
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Publication number: 20070084649Abstract: A hybrid vehicle is provided in which, since the driving force of a generator/motor (M1) is transmitted to the downstream side of an output shaft (17) of a transmission (T) without going through an input shaft (16) thereof and the output shaft (17), it is possible to carry out the so-called leg shaft drive, which prevents the driving force of the generator/motor (M1) from dragging along an engine (E), the input shaft (16), and the output shaft (17), thus reducing power consumption and enhancing energy recovery efficiency during regenerative braking. Furthermore, since the generator/motor (M1) is disposed at a position sandwiched between the engine (E) and the transmission (T), it is possible to employ the same layout for the generator/motor (M1) as for a conventional sandwiched generator/motor type, and the leg shaft drive system can be employed without greatly modifying the design of the transmission (T).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2004Publication date: April 19, 2007Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Noriyuki Abe, Yoshio Okada
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Patent number: 7130675Abstract: According to certain embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a magnetoencephalography and method employing a portable cart having a SQUID dewar mounted in an inverted manner thereon, and having a headrest assembly mounted on the cart for supporting the head of a patient and forming a portion of the dewar. The headrest assembly includes an array of magnetic sensors of the SQUID dewar for responding to electrical activity of the brain of the head.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2003Date of Patent: October 31, 2006Assignee: Tristan Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Anthony P. Ewing, Yoshio Okada, Douglas N. Paulson, Tatiana N. Starr
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Publication number: 20060196749Abstract: The invention relates to an engine for a motorcycle which transmits a starting power to a crank shaft from a starter motor via a power transmission mechanism and a one-way clutch. The one-way clutch is installed in one end portion of the crank shaft, and a starter gear or a starter sprocket having a smaller diameter than an outer diameter of a clutch outer member is provided on the crank shaft portion in an outer side in an axial length direction of the crank shaft rather than the clutch outer member of the one-way clutch. In preferable, the clutch outer member is arranged in an outer side in the axial length direction of the crank shaft rather than a sprocket wheel for driving a cam or a gear for driving a cam provided in one end portion of the crank shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2006Publication date: September 7, 2006Inventors: Takahiro Ono, Yoshio Okada, Tomohiro Kanazawa, Hironori Tomari
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Publication number: 20060185427Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle engine in which a crankcase is reduced in length in a crankshaft direction and in which the number of parts for an ignition signal detecting device is reduced, whereas rigidity and function of a one-way clutch for a starter mechanism is maintained. The one-way clutch is mounted on one end of a crankshaft, and a sensor of the ignition signal detecting device is positioned radially outside a cylindrical outer wall of a clutch outer component of the one-way clutch. The cylindrical outer wall of the clutch outer component includes a plurality of concave and convex parts as a signal output part in its circumferential direction, where each of the concave and convex parts extends in the crankshaft direction. The cylindrical outer wall includes an annular reinforced part having a thickness which is greater than that of a bottom wall forming the concave part.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2006Publication date: August 24, 2006Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takahiro ONO, Yoshio OKADA
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Patent number: 7087295Abstract: A coated cutting tool can suppress film spalling due to adhesion. The tool has on its substrate an inner layer, intermediate layer, and outer layer. The inner layer is composed of at least one material selected from the group consisting of the carbide, nitride, carbonitride, boride, boronitride, borocarbonitride, oxide, oxycarbide, oxynitride, and oxycarbonitride of the elements belonging to the IVa, Va, and VIa groups. The inner layer includes at least one layer having a columnar-crystal structure. The outer layer is composed of at least one oxide selected from the group consisting of aluminum oxide, zirconium oxide, hafnium oxide, and their solid solutions. The intermediate layer is composed of titanium boronitride, TiBxNy (x, y: atomic %), that satisfies 0.001<x/(x+y)<0.04. The intermediate layer has an average thickness of 0.1 to 1 ?m and a surface roughness of 50 to 500 nm expressed by the vertical distance between the peak and valley lines within a reference length of 1 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2003Date of Patent: August 8, 2006Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshio Okada, Hideki Moriguchi
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Publication number: 20050149217Abstract: A semiconductor manufacturing system in a clean room is composed of a combination of a flow shop section and a job shop section. The flow shop section is composed of a quasi flow shop section and a quasi job shop section. In the quasi flow shop section, manufacturing apparatuses are arranged respectively so that a difference between processing ability of the manufacturing apparatuses is taken into consideration and a balance in productivity is achieved. In the quasi job shop section, manufacturing apparatuses are arranged respectively so that the balance in productivity is not achieved due to low or high processing ability of the manufacturing apparatuses, and are provided so as to be shared by the quasi flow shop section. Accordingly, a difference between the processing ability of the manufacturing apparatuses can be reduced and the cycle time can be significantly reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2005Publication date: July 7, 2005Inventors: Yoshio Okada, Takayuki Wakabayashi, Atsuyoshi Koike, Naoki Takehara
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Publication number: 20050042482Abstract: A coated cutting tool can suppress film spalling due to adhesion. The tool has on its substrate an inner layer, intermediate layer, and outer layer. The inner layer is composed of at least one material selected from the group consisting of the carbide, nitride, carbonitride, boride, boronitride, borocarbonitride, oxide, oxycarbide, oxynitride, and oxycarbonitride of the elements belonging to the IVa, Va, and VIa groups. The inner layer includes at least one layer having a columnar-crystal structure. The outer layer is composed of at least one oxide selected from the group consisting of aluminum oxide, zirconium oxide, hafnium oxide, and their solid solutions. The intermediate layer is composed of titanium boronitride, TiBxNy (x, y: atomic %), that satisfies 0.001<x/(x+y)<0.04. The intermediate layer has an average thickness of 0.1 to 1 ?m and a surface roughness of 50 to 500 nm expressed by the vertical distance between the peak and valley lines within a reference length of 1 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2003Publication date: February 24, 2005Inventors: Yoshio Okada, Hideki Moriguchi
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Patent number: 6838580Abstract: 1. A peptide derivative represented by the following formula (1) or a salt thereof; wherein R1 is hydrogen atom or methyl group, R2 is hydrogen atom or hydroxy group and n is an integer of 1-8, provided that R1 is hydrogen atom when R2 is hydrogen atom, which has specific and high binding affinity with the ?-opioid receptor.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2002Date of Patent: January 4, 2005Assignee: Teikoku Seiyaku Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshio Okada, Yuko Tsuda, Toshio Yokoi, Sharon D. Bryant, Lawrence H. Lazarus
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Publication number: 20040159180Abstract: A connecting rod of an internal combustion engine, comprising a connecting beam section serving as a main body of the connecting rod. Big and small ends are located at the opposite ends of the connecting beam section. A first joining section is located between the connecting beam section and the big end to connect the connecting beam section and the big end. A second joining section is located between the connecting beam section and the small end to connect the connecting beam section and the small end. In this connecting rod, each of the first and second joining sections gradually and continuously decreases in cross sectional area toward the connecting beam section and has a strength distribution in which a strength increases with a decrease in the cross sectional area.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2004Publication date: August 19, 2004Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Junpei Ogawa, Tomonori Miyazawa, Yoshio Okada, Jun Ikeuchi, Masashi Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 6756111Abstract: A coated hard metal which has high resistance against wear, chipping, welding, and flaking is offered. The coated hard metal is provided with an inner layer, intermediate layer, and outer layer on the surface of the hard metal. The inner layer includes a layer comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of (a) the carbides, nitrides, borides, and oxides of the elements belonging to the IVa, Va, and VIa groups in the periodic table and (b) the solid solutions of these. The intermediate layer includes a layer comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of aluminum oxide, zirconium oxide, and their solid solution. The outer layer includes a layer of titanium carbonitride having a columnar structure.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2001Date of Patent: June 29, 2004Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshio Okada, Hideki Moriguchi, Akihiko Ikegaya
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Publication number: 20040106016Abstract: A coated cutting tool having a long tool life because of its excellent wear resistance even under the working condition that the cutting part is subjected to high temperatures resulting from high-speed, high-efficiency machining. The coated cutting tool has a coating formed over the hard-alloy substrate. The coating comprises a first compound layer made of oxycarbonitride of a metal belonging to the IVa, Va, or VIa group in the periodic table. The first compound layer has: (a) atomic ratios of carbon (x), nitrogen (y), and oxygen (z) that satisfy x>y>z; x+y+z=1; 0.74>x>0.35; 0.45>y>0.20; and 0.30>z>0.06; (b) an average layer thickness of 0.5 to 20 &mgr;m that constitutes at least one-half the average total thickness of the coating; (c) a columnar structure; and (d) in the X-ray diffraction analysis, the highest peak intensity lying at one of the (220), (311), and (422) planes.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2003Publication date: June 3, 2004Inventors: Yoshio Okada, Minoru Itoh, Hideki Moriguchi
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Publication number: 20040002645Abstract: According to certain embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a magnetoencephalography and method employing a portable cart having a SQUID dewar mounted in an inverted manner thereon, and having a headrest assembly mounted on the cart for supporting the head of a patient and forming a portion of the dewar. The headrest assembly includes an array of magnetic sensors of the SQUID dewar for responding to electrical activity of the brain of the head.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2003Publication date: January 1, 2004Applicant: Tristan TechnologiesInventors: Anthony P. Ewing, Yoshio Okada, Douglas N. Paulson, Tatiana N. Starr
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Publication number: 20030171302Abstract: 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2002Publication date: September 11, 2003Inventors: Yoshio Okada, Yuko Tsuda, Toshio Yokoi, Sharon D. Bryant, Lawrence H. Lazarus
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Publication number: 20030098095Abstract: Disclosed is a non-heat treated steel for hot forging, particularly suitable for producing connecting rods of automobile engines. The steel consists essentially of; by weight, C: 0.3-0.8%, Si: 0.1-2.0%, Mn: 0.3-1.5%, P: 0.01-0.15%, Cr: 0-1.0%, V: 0-0.4%, Al: 0-0.05%, N: 0.005-0.03% and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, provided that the contents of C, Mn and Cr fulfill the following condition: 1.40[C %]+0.28[Mn %1]+0.50[Cr %]≧0.75 Pearlite area fraction in this steel after hot forging is 50% or more. Notches are provided with laser beam on an intermediate part at the location from which fracture starts, and load is applied. Then, the intermediate is split to be two components (big end or cap and small end/rod for connecting rod). The components are adhered to form the parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2002Publication date: May 29, 2003Inventors: Koichiro Inoue, Sadayuki Nakamura, Kouji Itakura, Yoshio Okada, Noriyuki Shiwaku, Jun Yoshida, Tomonori Miyazawa, Hideaki Ohtaka, Hidetoshi Satou, Wataru Naitou
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Patent number: 6562098Abstract: A wear resistant sintered member exhibits superior wear resistance at the same level as those of the conventional materials without using a Co-based hard phase is provided. A first hard phase comprising Mo silicide particles dispersed in an Fe-based alloy matrix of the first hard phase and a second hard phase comprising a ferrite phase or a mixed phase of ferrite and austenite having a higher Cr concentration than the Fe-based alloy matrix surrounding a core consisting of Cr carbide particles, are diffused in an Fe-based alloy matrix, the Mo silicide particles are contained in the first hard phase in an amount of 3 to 25 % by area, and the Cr carbide particles are contained in the second hard phase in an amount of 3 to 30 % by area.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2002Date of Patent: May 13, 2003Assignees: Hitachi Powdered Metals Co., Ltd., Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroki Fujitsuka, Hideaki Kawata, Koichiro Hayashi, Tomonori Miyazawa, Koji Koyanagi, Akira Fujiki, Hideki Muramatsu, Kunio Maki, Yoshio Okada, Shin Nomura
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Publication number: 20030033901Abstract: A cam lobe piece of a built-up type camshaft for an internal combustion engine. The built-up type camshaft includes a hollow shaft fixedly inserted in a shaft opening of the cam lobe piece upon diametrical expansion of the hollow shaft. The cam lobe piece comprises a base circle section having the shaft opening, and a cam lobe section formed integral with the base circle section.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2002Publication date: February 20, 2003Applicant: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshimi Sugaya, Makoto Iwakiri, Takao Mitsuno, Kou Takayama, Hirokazu Fukagawa, Takayuki Hirao, Kimio Nishimura, Kouji Itakura, Mitsushi Oyanagi, Yutaka Mabuchi, Akira Fujiki, Yukihiro Maekawa, Yoshio Okada