Patents by Inventor Yoshio TOTSUKA

Yoshio TOTSUKA 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: 10914350
    Abstract: An opposed-piston type disc brake includes a guide cylinder extending axially inward from an opening edge portion of a cylinder in which an outer displacement member of a thrust generating mechanism is disposed is provided in an inner body of a caliper at an axial inner side portion of the inner body. A clamp base portion of a clamp member of a parking mechanism portion includes a housing hole opened to an axial outer side of the clamp base portion in which an inner side displacement member of the thrust generating member is disposed. A guide cylinder extending axially inward from an opening edge portion of the cylinder is fitted into the housing hole so as to relatively move in the axial direction, to form a first guide portion which supports the clamp member so that the clamp member is displaced relative to the cylinder in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: AKEBONO BRAKE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Noguchi, Hiroyuki Kato, Takayuki Ichige, Yoshio Totsuka
  • Publication number: 20190383336
    Abstract: An opposed-piston type disc brake includes a guide cylinder extending axially inward from an opening edge portion of a cylinder in which an outer displacement member of a thrust generating mechanism is disposed is provided in an inner body of a caliper at an axial inner side portion of the inner body. A clamp base portion of a clamp member of a parking mechanism portion includes a housing hole opened to an axial outer side of the clamp base portion in which an inner side displacement member of the thrust generating member is disposed. A guide cylinder extending axially inward from an opening edge portion of the cylinder is fitted into the housing hole so as to relatively move in the axial direction, to form a first guide portion which supports the clamp member so that the clamp member is displaced relative to the cylinder in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: AKEBONO BRAKE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya NOGUCHI, Hiroyuki KATO, Takayuki ICHIGE, Yoshio TOTSUKA
  • Patent number: 10119582
    Abstract: A parking mechanism part (12) including a clamp member (39) and a thrust generation mechanism (40) is integrally arranged in a caliper (8) constituting an opposed-piston type disk brake (2a). The clamp member (39) is supported on the caliper (8) to be movable along the axial direction with respect to an inner body part (14) of the caliper (8), a spindle (45) of the thrust generation mechanism (40) is rotatably supported on the base part (42) of the clamp member (39), a nut (46) threadedly engaged with the tip end of the spindle (45) is arranged inside a combined-use piston (10) fitted in an enter-side inner cylinder (18b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: AKEBONO BRAKE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Noguchi, Yoshio Totsuka, Tomoki Yachi
  • Patent number: 9746042
    Abstract: In an opposed-piston disc brake caliper, a pair of reinforcement bridge portions, which are inclined relative to an axial direction, are provided on outside of a rotor in a radial direction of the rotor so as to define corner opening portions in an opening portion which is defined by an inner body portion, an outer body portion, and an entry-side connection portion and an exit-side connection portion connecting the inner body portion and the outer body portion. A torque receiving portion of one of the entry-side torque receiving portion and the exit-side torque receiving portion is exposed toward an outside in the radial direction via the corner opening portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: AKEBONO BRAKE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takefumi Morio, Tetsuya Noguchi, Tsuyoshi Suzuki, Yoshio Totsuka
  • Publication number: 20170130788
    Abstract: A parking mechanism part (12) including a clamp member (39) and a thrust generation mechanism (40) is integrally arranged in a caliper (8) constituting an opposed-piston type disk brake (2a). The clamp member (39) is supported on the caliper (8) to be movable along the axial direction with respect to an inner body part (14) of the caliper (8), a spindle (45) of the thrust generation mechanism (40) is rotatably supported on the base part (42) of the clamp member (39), a nut (46) threadedly engaged with the tip end of the spindle (45) is arranged inside a combined-use piston (10) fitted in an enter-side inner cylinder (18b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Tetsuya NOGUCHI, Yoshio TOTSUKA, Tomoki YACHI
  • Patent number: 9500241
    Abstract: A disk brake pad includes a lining and a back plate supporting the lining. A first side part of the back plate in the circumferential direction includes a guided portion configured to engage movably in the axial direction with a guiding portion of a pad support member. The guided portion is disposed at a position more inward in the radial direction than a line of action of a brake tangential force applied in braking, so as to support a brake tangential force applied toward a second side part of the back plate in the circumferential direction in braking. The back plate is configured to support a brake tangential force applied toward the first side part in braking at a portion thereof that exists more outward in the radial direction than the line of action of the brake tangential force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: AKEBONO BRAKE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Shimamura, Shotaro Note, Yoshio Totsuka
  • Publication number: 20160208872
    Abstract: In an opposed-piston disc brake caliper, a pair of reinforcement bridge portions, which are inclined relative to an axial direction, are provided on outside of a rotor in a radial direction of the rotor so as to define corner opening portions in an opening portion which is defined by an inner body portion, an outer body portion, and an entry-side connection portion and an exit-side connection portion connecting the inner body portion and the outer body portion. A torque receiving portion of one of the entry-side torque receiving portion and the exit-side torque receiving portion is exposed toward an outside in the radial direction via the corner opening portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Takefumi MORIO, Tetsuya NOGUCHI, Tsuyoshi SUZUKI, Yoshio TOTSUKA
  • Publication number: 20150122597
    Abstract: A disk brake pad includes a lining and a back plate supporting the lining. A first side part of the back plate in the circumferential direction includes a guided portion configured to engage movably in the axial direction with a guiding portion of a pad support member. The guided portion is disposed at a position more inward in the radial direction than a line of action of a brake tangential force applied in braking, so as to support a brake tangential force applied toward a second side part of the back plate in the circumferential direction in braking. The back plate is configured to support a brake tangential force applied toward the first side part in braking at a portion thereof that exists more outward in the radial direction than the line of action of the brake tangential force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Kenichi SHIMAMURA, Shotaro NOTE, Yoshio TOTSUKA