Patents by Inventor Yuushi GOTOU

Yuushi GOTOU 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).

  • Publication number: 20190101165
    Abstract: A tripod type constant velocity universal joint includes an outer joint member having track grooves formed at trisected positions thereon in a circumferential direction to extend in an axial direction of the tripod type constant velocity universal joint, a tripod member having a trunnion barrel spline-fitted to a shaft and trunnion journals radially projecting from trisected positions on the trunnion barrel in the circumferential direction, and rollers fitted to the trunnion journals, respectively, that are received in the track grooves, respectively. Each of the rollers is guided by roller guide surfaces formed on both side walls of each of the track grooves. The tripod member has quench-hardened layers formed by carburizing, quenching, and tempering, and a depth of a quench-hardened layer of a radially outer surface of the trunnion journal is larger than a depth of a quench-hardened layer of a root portion of the trunnion journal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Kisao YAMAZAKI, Akira WAKITA, Yuushi GOTOU