Kenji Abe

Title: Kenji Abe: Automotive Components and Friction Technology

Introduction

Kenji Abe is an inventor associated with Toyota, Japan. His work includes inventions involving automotive wheel components and friction technology. He is credited with 9 patents.

Latest Patents

Abe’s listed patents include a wheel cover design and a friction couple.

The wheel cover patent describes a mechanism for releasing a cover from a wheel. Applying force to one end of an engaging member causes it to pivot or elastically deform around the other end. This movement disengages a protruding portion, allowing the center attachment to be removed from the ornament receiving hole and the wheel cover to come off.

The friction couple patent concerns a frictionally rubbing member and a frictionally rubbed member. It specifies material properties for the rubbing member’s binder or filler, including elasticity, thermal behavior, and compressive strength. The design also limits the variation in the member’s loss tangent across specified temperatures and frequencies after thermoforming.

Career Highlights

Abe’s listed company affiliations include Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha and Advics Co., Ltd. The patents described here reflect work on practical automotive components and materials used in friction applications.

Collaborations

Abe’s listed coworkers include Hiroshi Isono and Masaaki Nishiwaki.

Conclusion

Kenji Abe’s patent portfolio includes inventions addressing wheel-cover attachment and friction-couple materials, alongside professional associations with Toyota and Advics.