Patents by Inventor Zenichiro Kumita

Zenichiro Kumita 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: 5201116
    Abstract: A process for measuring an unbalance of a torque converter, in which an outer member and an inner member of the torque converter are assembled, and oil is filled into the outer member to establish a condition similar to an actual service state of the torque converter. In this condition, the two members are rotated in unison. If the rotational speed of the torque converter reaches a measuring rotational speed, a plurality of measurements are conducted with the phase of the outer and inner members being varied between each measurement through a predetermined angle, thereby correctly detecting only an unbalance due to the outer member, with an unbalance due to the inner member being canceled from the results of the measurements. Cutting a balance weight having a weight sufficient to correct the detected unbalance from a metal tape and attached said cut balance weight to an outer periphery of the outer member of the torque converter at a given position by spot-welding or adhesive-bonding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1993
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tokio Kikuchi, Yasuharu Katsuno, Zenichiro Kumita, Satoru Ichihashi, Mitsunori Murakami, Toshiharu Kano, Koh Namiki