Patents by Inventor Yukihiko Kanayama

Yukihiko Kanayama 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: 9920794
    Abstract: A torque limiter is configured from a ring body and a spring-form part provided in the ring body. The ring body includes a band-form metal plate and is bent approximately into a C-shape along the circumferential direction of a motor shaft and a lock holder. The spring-form part is formed so as to be capable of radial elastic deformation. The spring-form part is configured from main protrusions arranged in a compressed state between the motor shaft and the lock holder, and from sub-protrusions arranged in a non-compressed state. Further, grease is stored in a part or all of the concavities formed by the main protrusions and the sub-protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignees: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOGO SEISAKUSYO CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshihiro Asakura, Masatoshi Fujimoto, Toshiaki Ogata, Yukihiko Kanayama, Hirotsune Suzuki, Yuji Nakamura, Yuzo Hirakawa, Kenji Hayashi, Hiroyuki Toyoda
  • Publication number: 20150308511
    Abstract: This torque limiter is configured from a ring body and a spring-form part provided in the ring body. The ring body comprises a band-form metal plate and is bent approximately into a C-shape along the circumferential direction of a motor shaft and a lock holder. The spring-form part is formed so as to be capable of radial elastic deformation. The spring-form part is configured from main protrusions arranged in a compressed state between the motor shaft and the lock holder, and from sub-protrusions arranged in a non-compressed state. Further, grease is stored in a part or all of the concavities formed by the main protrusions and the sub-protrusions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Toshihiro ASAKURA, Masatoshi FUJIMOTO, Toshiaki OGATA, Yukihiko KANAYAMA, Hirotsune SUZUKI, Yuji NAKAMURA, Yuzo HIRAKAWA, Kenji HAYASHI, Hiroyuki TOYODA
  • Patent number: 9109632
    Abstract: This torque limiter is configured from a ring body and a spring-form part provided in the ring body. The ring body comprises a band-form metal plate and is bent approximately into a C-shape along the circumferential direction of a motor shaft and a lock holder. The spring-form part is formed so as to be capable of radial elastic deformation. The spring-form part is configured from main protrusions arranged in a compressed state between the motor shaft and the lock holder, and from sub-protrusions arranged in a non-compressed state. Further, grease is stored in a part or all of the concavities formed by the main protrusions and the sub-protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignees: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOGO SEISAKUSYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro Asakura, Masatoshi Fujimoto, Toshiaki Ogata, Yukihiko Kanayama, Hirotsune Suzuki, Yuji Nakamura, Yuzo Hirakawa, Kenji Hayashi, Hiroyuki Toyoda
  • Publication number: 20130324345
    Abstract: This torque limiter is configured from a ring body and a spring-form part provided in the ring body. The ring body comprises a band-form metal plate and is bent approximately into a C-shape along the circumferential direction of a motor shaft and a lock holder. The spring-form part is formed so as to be capable of radial elastic deformation. The spring-form part is configured from main protrusions arranged in a compressed state between the motor shaft and the lock holder, and from sub-protrusions arranged in a non-compressed state. Further, grease is stored in a part or all of the concavities formed by the main protrusions and the sub-protrusions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicants: JTEKT CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOGO SEISAKUSYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro Asakura, Masatoshi Fujimoto, Toshiaki Ogata, Yukihiko Kanayama, Hirotsune Suzuki, Yuji Nakamura, Yuzo Hirakawa, Kenji Hayashi, Hiroyuki Toyoda
  • Patent number: 7549503
    Abstract: In a steering device 10, the upper side portion of a rubber boot 120 is fixedly fitted on a case outer cylindrical component 41 of a cable case 39, and the lower side portion of the rubber boot 120 is fixed to a dashboard 100 of a vehicle body 14 over the entire circumference thereof. Thus, the case outer cylindrical component 41 can be secured against rotation more firmly compared with a prior art steering device wherein such a case outer cylindrical component is fixed at two portions thereon by means of a wire of a V-letter shape. Further, the problem attendant on the wire of the V-letter shape in the prior art steering device no longer arises even in the car models wherein the case outer cylindrical component 41 and the dashboard 100 are relatively far from each other. That is, it can be realized to secure the case outer cylindrical component 41 of the cable case 39 against rotation relative to the vehicle body 14 even in any car model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignees: Jtekt Corporation, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yukihiko Kanayama, Kenji Kato, Isao Hasegawa, Kenji Hayashi
  • Patent number: 7038139
    Abstract: A spiral cable device is provided with a cylindrical casing, an inner cylinder rotatable relative to the cylindrical casing, and a flexible flat cable connected to the inner cylinder at one end thereof and to the cylindrical casing at the other end thereof. The flexible flat cable has plural leads arranged in a single layer and is folded to form multiple layers of the leads, so that even where the flexible flat cable is to have many leads, the spiral cable device can be made short in the axial direction thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignees: Toyoda Koki Kabushiki Kaisha, The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiko Kanayama, Morihiro Matsuda, Junji Kawamuro, Shoichi Shono, Yasunori Okada
  • Publication number: 20060048995
    Abstract: In a steering device 10, the upper side portion of a rubber boot 120 is fixedly fitted on a case outer cylindrical component 41 of a cable case 39, and the lower side portion of the rubber boot 120 is fixed to a dashboard 100 of a vehicle body 14 over the entire circumference thereof. Thus, the case outer cylindrical component 41 can be secured against rotation more firmly compared with a prior art steering device wherein such a case outer cylindrical component is fixed at two portions thereon by means of a wire of a V-letter shape. Further, the problem attendant on the wire of the V-letter shape in the prior art steering device no longer arises even in the car models wherein the case outer cylindrical component 41 and the dashboard 100 are relatively far from each other. That is, it can be realized to secure the case outer cylindrical component 41 of the cable case 39 against rotation relative to the vehicle body 14 even in any car model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2005
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Applicants: FAVESS Co., Ltd., TOYODA KOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, KOYO SEIKO CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yukihiko Kanayama, Kenji Kato, Isao Hasegawa, Kenji Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20030221862
    Abstract: A spiral cable device is provided with a cylindrical casing, an inner cylinder rotatable relative to the cylindrical casing, and a flexible flat cable connected to the inner cylinder at one end thereof and to the cylindrical casing at the other end thereof. The flexible flat cable has plural leads arranged in a single layer and is folded to form multiple layers of the leads, so that even where the flexible flat cable is to have many leads, the spiral cable device can be made short in the axial direction thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2003
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Applicants: TOYODA KOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiko Kanayama, Morihiro Matsuda, Junji Kawamuro, Shoichi Shono, Yasunori Okada
  • Patent number: 6582119
    Abstract: A temperature sensing apparatus comprises a temperature sensor, a current measuring device and temperature detection circuit. The temperature sensor contains a thermal resistor that is disposed near a motor and outputs voltages acting to the thermal resistor. The current measuring device measures quantity of current that is applied to the motor. The temperature detection circuit detects temperature of the motor according to the output voltages from the temperature sensor. And, the temperature detection circuit judges whether a predetermined quantity of current is applied to the motor during a predetermined time. When the predetermined quantity of current is applied to the motor during the predetermined time, the temperature detection circuit compares a temperature detected by the current measuring device with a predetermined temperature. When the detected temperature is lower than the predetermined temperature, the temperature detection circuit decides a wire of the thermal resistor breaks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Toyoda Koki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yutaka Mori, Yukihiko Kanayama, Fukami Imai, Yoshiyuki Shibata, Susumu Koike, Yasushi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20010038661
    Abstract: A temperature sensing apparatus comprises a temperature sensor, a current measuring device and temperature detection circuit. The temperature sensor contains a thermal resistor that is disposed near a motor and outputs voltages acting to the thermal resistor. The current measuring device measures quantity of current that is applied to the motor. The temperature detection circuit detects temperature of the motor according to the output voltages from the temperature sensor. And, the temperature detection circuit judges whether a predetermined quantity of current is applied to the motor during a predetermined time. When the predetermined quantity of current is applied to the motor during the predetermined time, the temperature detection circuit compares a temperature detected by the current measuring device with a predetermined temperature. When the detected temperature is lower than the predetermined temperature, the temperature detection circuit decides a wire of the thermal resistor breaks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2001
    Publication date: November 8, 2001
    Applicant: TOYODA KOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yutaka Mori, Yukihiko Kanayama, Fukami Imai, Yoshiyuki Shibata, Susumu Koike, Yasushi Yamada