Patents by Inventor Yuji Kuruhara

Yuji Kuruhara 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).

  • Vibration damper
    Patent number: 6508343
    Abstract: A vibration damper little depending on temperature, capable of damping plural resonance vibrations over a wide frequency region as well as damping a specific frequency vibration is provided. The vibration damper comprises a housing formed of a rigid material, having an internal space and fixed to a vibration transmitting member, an elastic body inserted in the internal space not bonded thereto with a gap in a direction of vibration of the housing, and a weight integrally supported by the elastic body so as not to touch the housing. The elastic body and the weight form a dynamic damper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignees: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhito Misaji, Kengo Okamura, Yuji Kuruhara, Keiichi Sunami, Tsuyoshi Yamashita, Akihiro Maejima, Yoshihiro Noguchi, Toru Nirei, Rentaro Kato, Koichi Hasegawa
  • Vibration damper
    Publication number: 20010022256
    Abstract: A vibration damper little depending on temperature, capable of damping plural resonance vibrations over a wide frequency region as well as damping a specific frequency vibration is provided. The vibration damper comprises a housing formed of a rigid material, having an internal space and fixed to a vibration transmitting member, an elastic body inserted in the internal space not bonded thereto with a gap in a direction of vibration of the housing, and a weight integrally supported by the elastic body so as not to touch the housing. The elastic body and the weight form a dynamic damper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2001
    Publication date: September 20, 2001
    Inventors: Kazuhito Misaji, Kengo Okamura, Yuji Kuruhara, Keiichi Sunami, Tsuyoshi Yamashita, Akihiro Maejima, Yoshihiro Noguchi, Toru Nirei, Rentaro Kato, Koichi Hasegawa