Patents Assigned to NOK Corporation
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Patent number: 11921439Abstract: A developing roll used in an electrophotographic image forming apparatus has a metal core member, an elastic layer made of a rubber disposed around the core member, and a surface layer disposed around the elastic layer. The texture aspect ratio of the surface Str of the surface layer is equal to or greater than 0.55.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Kosuke Oura, Atsushi Ikeda, Kenji Sasaki
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Patent number: 11920652Abstract: A torsional damper is provided with: a hub affixed to a rotary shaft and having an outer-circumferential surface along a circle centered on the rotary shaft; an annular oscillation ring having an inner-circumferential surface the diameter of which is larger than the outer-circumferential surface of the hub on a circle centered on the rotary shaft; and a rubber ring that exists in a compressed state between the outer-circumferential surface of the hub and the inner-circumferential surface of the oscillation ring, comprises a rubber composition the main component of which is EPDM, and has a loss coefficient (tan ?) of 0.18 or higher when the surface temperature is 60±5° C. When subjected to resonance point tracking, the rubber thickness (c) and the maximum attained surface temperature (Tmax) of the rubber ring during continuous excitation at the resonance point satisfy a prescribed relational expression.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventor: Tomoyuki Okada
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Patent number: 11920636Abstract: A sealing device is disposed between an inner member and an outer member of a rolling bearing that rotate relative to each other, and that acts to seal a gap between the inner member and the outer member. The sealing device includes an annular rigid part that is to be fixed to an inside of a hole of the outer member, the rigid part made from a rigid material; and an elastic part fixed to the rigid part, the elastic part made from an elastic material. The elastic part includes a seal lip having a truncated cone ring shape that is to be in slidable contact with the inner member or a member fixed to the inner member. Multiple bumps are formed on an inner peripheral surface of the seal lip, and are to be always in slidable contact with the inner member or the member fixed to the inner member. Clearances are provided between the seal lip and the inner member or the member fixed to the inner member in vicinities of the bumps.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2019Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Shohei Yamane, Hirofumi Miyano, Kento Akimoto
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Patent number: 11913552Abstract: A sealing device acts to seal a gap between a housing of a gear reducer and a rotational shaft that bi-directionally rotates, and separates an internal space of the housing in which a grease is stored from an atmosphere side. The sealing device includes a main seal lip protruding radially inward from an inner peripheral surface of an inner cylindrical portion. The main seal lip has an internal-side inclined surface disposed on a side of the internal space and an atmosphere-side inclined surface disposed on the atmosphere side. An auxiliary seal lip protrudes radially inward and toward the internal space from the internal-side inclined surface of the main seal lip. Multiple first spiral structures and multiple second spiral structures are formed on at least one of the atmosphere-side inclined surface of the main seal lip and an inner peripheral surface of the auxiliary seal lip.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventor: Saki Ito
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Patent number: 11913515Abstract: A torsional damper comprises: a hub fixed to a rotating shaft and having an outer peripheral surface on the circumference centered on the rotating shaft; an annular vibrating ring having an inner peripheral surface having a diameter larger than that of the outer peripheral surface of the hub, on the circumference centered on the rotation axis; and a rubber ring, composed of a rubber composition containing EPDM as a main component, provided in a compressed state between the outer peripheral surface of the hub and the inner peripheral surface of the vibrating ring, and has a loss coefficient of 0.18 or more when the surface temperature is 60±5° C., wherein when the rubber ring is subjected to the resonance point tracking method, the maximum surface reaching temperature of the rubber ring at the time of continuous vibration at the resonance point and the vibration ring thickness satisfy a specific relational expression.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventor: Shogo Sobaru
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Patent number: 11905954Abstract: An electric pump includes a housing that includes a gear chamber, a rotor chamber, and a motor chamber. The electric pump includes a first seal member, a second seal member, and a third seal member. The first seal member seals a space between the gear chamber and the rotor chamber. The second seal member seals the space between the gear chamber and the rotor chamber. The third seal member seals a space between the gear chamber and the motor chamber. The third seal member seals the space between the gear chamber and the motor chamber to a lesser extent than the first seal member and the second seal member seal the space between the gear chamber and the rotor chamber.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Tatsushi Mori, Shintaro Kashiwa, Daisuke Masaki, Kenichi Yoshimura
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Patent number: 11906049Abstract: A sealing device includes: a sealing device main body to be attached to an outer periphery side member; and a slinger to be attached to an inner periphery side member. The sealing device main body includes: an annular reinforcement ring centered on an axis; and an annular elastic body part that is made of an elastic body attached to the reinforcement ring and is centered on the axis. A through hole that passes through a portion between an internal space side surface and an atmosphere side surface of the reinforcement ring is formed in the reinforcement ring, and a positioning part for fixing the position of the reinforcement ring at the time of vulcanization is formed on an internal space side surface of the elastic body part. In the sealing device, the through hole and the positioning part are formed at positions separated in the radial direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventor: Manabu Ariizumi
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Publication number: 20240052928Abstract: Provided are a sealing device that can be easily manufactured and achieve a reduction in friction and a method for manufacturing the sealing device. A sealing device is provided between a housing in which a plurality of opening portions are formed in a tubular inner peripheral surface and a rotor that is disposed in the housing and switches a flow path by rotating relative to the housing. The sealing device includes a sealing device main body that is disposed along the inner peripheral surface and includes a sliding member provided on an inner surface or an outer surface. The sealing device main body has a plurality of through-holes that communicate with each of the plurality of openings, and the sealing device main body is a strip plate-shaped member with a flat plate shape that is bent and deformed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2023Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicant: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Hikaru TADANO, Tokunori YANAGI, Hiroshi SUZUKI, Koichi YOSHIMURA
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Publication number: 20230415279Abstract: A welding jig device includes a jig on one side, a jig on the other side, and a jig clamp. The jig on one side includes a joint face on one side that contacts one face of faces exposed on outer surface sides of a plurality of workpieces that are overlaid one on top of the other. The jig on the other side includes a joint face on the other side that contacts the other face of the faces exposed on the outer surface sides of the plurality of workpieces. An opening corresponding to a desired welded portion of the plurality of workpieces is provided in at least one of the jig on one side or the jig on the other side. The jig clamp sandwiches the jig on one side and the jig on the other side together with the plurality of workpieces in a stacking direction of the plurality of workpieces.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2021Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: NOK CORPORATIONInventor: Junpei INOUE
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Publication number: 20230416506Abstract: A nitrile rubber-based composition comprising 1,000 to 2,500 parts by weight of a magnetic powder or silylated magnetic powder having a compressed density of 3.4 to 3.7 g/cm3, 0.5 to 20 parts by weight of alkoxyalkylsilane, and 8 to 40 parts by weight of a plasticizer, based on 100 parts by weight of nitrile rubber, hydrogenated nitrile rubber, or blend rubber thereof. The nitrile rubber-based composition that does not cause deterioration in roll processability and in adhesion between an adhesive applied to a metal plate and the rubber, even when a magnetic powder is added at a ratio as high as 1,000 parts by weight or more based on 100 parts by weight of nitrile rubber, hydrogenated nitrile rubber, or blend rubber thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2021Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: NOK CORPORATIONInventor: Shunsuke ABE
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Patent number: 11855315Abstract: A separator-integrated gasket with improved productivity includes a separator main body for a fuel cell and an elastic gasket formed integrally with the separator main body. The separator main body includes a bead and a pair of protrusions located on opposite sides of the bead to block the liquid rubber applied to the bead. The gasket is formed when the liquid rubber is cured.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Hajime Yui, Toshihiro Shimazoe, Ryo Tomita
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Patent number: 11835136Abstract: A sealing device capable of suppressing depletion of lubricant is provided. A sliding surface of a side lip 220 at a position away from a distal end of the side lip 220 is provided with a plurality of annular grooves 222 adjacent each other, each of all parts that form annular protrusions 223 between adjacent annular grooves 222 protrudes most at a center in a width direction thereof, with an amount of protrusion gradually decreasing with increasing separation from the center, and both sides of the center in the width direction are symmetric in shape. A tip portion of the sliding surface of the side lip 220 on the distal side of a region, which is provided with the plurality of annular grooves 222, is configured to make a planar contact with an end face of the annular member.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Toshiki Watanabe, Kokichi Hamamoto, Tomoaki Nishimura, Masayuki Tanida
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Patent number: 11835137Abstract: A sealing member for mechanical seals, which is a peroxide vulcanized molded article of a hydrogenated nitrile rubber having a bound acrylonitrile content of less than 20% and an iodine number of 20 mg/100 g or less. The sealing member for mechanical seals is obtained as a peroxide vulcanized molded article of a hydrogenated nitrile rubber composition comprising 0 to 5 parts by weight of carbon black, 20 to 100 parts by weight of silica, and 0.5 to 3 parts by weight of silane coupling agent, based on 100 parts by weight of hydrogenated nitrile rubber, and preferably further compounding 50 parts by weight or less of titanium oxide non-reinforcing filler. The obtained vulcanized molded article is to provide a sealing member for mechanical seals that can achieve desired LLC resistance, and that has excellent compression set characteristics, cold resistance, processability, hardness, etc.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2018Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Shunsuke Abe, Hideyuki Murakami
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Patent number: 11828366Abstract: A sealing device includes a reinforcement ring and an annular elastic body portion including a main body covering the reinforcement ring, a lip waist portion including an inner circumferential edge portion of the main body, a main lip extending from the lip waist portion to a first target side to be sealed and is to be in slidable contact with a rotary shaft, and a second dust lip extending from the lip waist portion to a second target side opposite to the first target side relative to the sealing device and being provided relative to the main lip with an annular space between the second dust lip and the main lip. The second dust lip includes a first lip slide portion being to be in slidable contact with the rotary shaft, a first protrusion formed on an inner circumferential surface of the second dust lip and closer to the first lip slide portion, and a second protrusion formed on the inner circumferential surface and closer to the lip waist portion than the first protrusion.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventor: Kenichi Kikuchi
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Publication number: 20230364612Abstract: A fine particle capture device, having a chip that has a plane part and projection parts, and is configured such that fine particle-containing liquid entering from an inlet port passes on the surface of the plane part in the chip and between a projection part and another projection part adjacent thereto and the liquid is discharged from an outlet port. The projection parts are disposed on the plane part in the form of layers. The layers each has a plurality of projection parts, and are configured such that the fine particle-containing liquid having passed through a layer on the inlet port side passes through a layer on the outlet port side adjacent thereto. Each layer has a capture part and a bypass part. The capture part is disposed on the outlet port side of the bypass part in a specific layer as a portion of another layer adjacent thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2021Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: NOK CORPORATIONInventor: Takayuki KOMORI
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Publication number: 20230364613Abstract: A leukocyte trapping apparatus configured so: a chip having protruding parts arranged on a flat part, a blood-containing solution that enters through an inlet port is allowed to pass through the surface of the flat part and through spaces between two adjacent protruding parts in the chip and is discharged through a discharge port; the protruding parts are arranged in layers on the flat part, layer containing a plurality of the protruding parts, and the blood-containing solution that has passed through a layer located on the inlet port side passes through another layer that is adjacent to the layer on the discharge port side; a trapping part and a bypass part are between two adjacent protruding parts in each layer; and the trapping part is on the discharge port side of the bypass part in a specific layer as a portion of another layer adjacent to the specific layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2021Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicants: NOK CORPORATION, National University Corporation Ibaraki UniversityInventors: Asako NAKAMURA, Kenta TAKAHASHI, Takayuki KOMORI
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Publication number: 20230349467Abstract: A sealing structure capable of providing consistent sealing performance for a prolonged time, and an assembling method of the sealing structure. An installation component is provided with an annular fitting groove in which a resin gasket is mounted. The fitting groove has a bottom with an annular projection including a tapered surface increasing in a diameter thereof from a pressure side to a non-pressure side, and a tapered surface decreasing in a diameter thereof from the pressure side to the non-pressure side. The tip of the annular projection is positioned closer to the pressure side than a center in a width direction of the fitting groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2021Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: NOK CORPORATIONInventor: Kenichi NAKAYAMA
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Patent number: 11796004Abstract: A sealing device adapted to be disposed between an inner member and an outer member that rotate relative to each other includes a first sealing member including a cylindrical part adapted to be mounted to the outer member, and an annular part that extends radially inward from the cylindrical part; and a second sealing member including a sleeve adapted to be mounted to the inner member, and a flange. The first sealing member includes a lip that extends toward the flange of the second sealing member. An annular first clearance is provided between the flange and the cylindrical part of the first sealing member. The second sealing member includes a labyrinth lip extending from the flange radially outward and extending toward the atmosphere side more than the cylindrical part of the first sealing member, and a second clearance is provided between the labyrinth lip and the outer member.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2020Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventor: Masahiro Seki
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Publication number: 20230323102Abstract: An ethylene/propylene-based copolymer rubber composition having excellent mold contamination resistance obtained by adding a primary antioxidant, a secondary antioxidant, and a plasticizer to ethylene/propylene-based copolymer rubber, wherein based on 100 parts by weight of the ethylene/propylene-based copolymer rubber, 0.3 parts by weight or more of the benzimidazole-based antioxidant (A) is contained as the secondary antioxidant, less than 10 parts by weight of the ether ester-based plasticizer (B) is contained as the plasticizer, and the (B)/(A) ratio is 4.0 times or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2021Publication date: October 12, 2023Applicant: NOK CORPORATIONInventor: Atsushi KOBAYASHI
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Patent number: 11780993Abstract: An NBR composition for rubber laminated metal having 1 to 3 parts by weight of sulfur and 1 to 15 parts by weight of a disulfide compound such as 4,4?-dithiodimorpholine or dithiodicaprolactam represented by the general formula RN—S—S—NR (wherein RN is a cyclic linking group formed together with the N atom bonded to the S atom), based on 100 parts by weight of NBR. The rubber composition that can improve the protrusion properties of a rubber layer when used for, for example, a gasket or a brake shim material that is a laminated composite metal laminated with another metal plate.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2018Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Isao Watanabe, Daiki Takekawa