Patents by Inventor Akihiko Okimura

Akihiko Okimura 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: 20120306244
    Abstract: A damper includes a vessel; a partitioning member which partitions the interior of the vessel into two chambers for accommodating a viscous fluid, and which rotates together with the vessel in a direction and is movable in an axial direction; a moving force imparting structure for imparting to the partitioning member a moving force in a direction by the input of rotation in a direction; a resilient structure for resiliently urging the partitioning member in a direction; a through hole for allowing the chambers inside the vessel to communicate with each other; and an allowing/limiting member which allows the viscous fluid to flow reciprocally between the chambers through the through hole, and which limits the flow of the viscous fluid in one chamber into the other chamber in the direction through the through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: OILES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiko Okimura, Naohiro Horita, Yoshiteru Igarashi
  • Patent number: 8210609
    Abstract: A damper 1 includes a vessel 2; a partitioning member 6 which partitions the interior of the vessel 2 into two accommodation chambers 4 and 5 for accommodating a viscous fluid 3, and which rotates together with the vessel 2 in an R direction and is movable in an axial direction A; a moving force imparting means 7 for imparting to the partitioning member 6 a moving force in an A1 direction by the input of rotation in an R1 direction; a resilient means 8 for resiliently urging the partitioning member 6 in an A2 direction; a through hole 9 for allowing the two accommodation chambers 4 and 5 inside the vessel 2 to communicate with each other; and an allowing/limiting member 10 which allows the viscous fluid 3 accommodated in the two accommodation chambers 4 and 5 in the vessel 2 to flow reciprocally between the two accommodation chambers 4 and 5 through the through hole 9, and which limits the flow of the viscous fluid 3 in the accommodation chamber 4 into the accommodation chamber 5 in the A2 direction through t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Oiles Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiko Okimura, Naohiro Horita, Yoshiteru Igarashi
  • Patent number: 8210608
    Abstract: A damper is provided which damps an applied external force in accordance with the strength of the external force (impact strength). The damper 10 comprises a vessel 20 having a cylindrical chamber 21 filled with a viscous fluid, a turn member 60 turned by the external force, a slider member 40 which is moved in the chamber 21 of the vessel 20 by turn of the turn member 60, partition member 80 engaged with the slider member 40, a coiled spring 100 for energizing the slider member 40 toward the turn member 60, and a resin cap 100 blocking an opening of the vessel 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Oiles Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiteru Igarashi, Akihiko Okimura
  • Patent number: 8191965
    Abstract: A damper 1 includes a vessel 2; a partitioning member 6 which partitions an internal space of the vessel 2 into two accommodation chambers 4 and 5 for accommodating a viscous fluid 3 and which is movable with respect to the vessel 2; a moving force imparting device 7 for imparting to the partitioning member 6 a moving force in an A1 direction by the input of rotation in an R2 direction with respect to the vessel 2, so that the moving velocity is set to one corresponding to the rotating velocity of that input of rotation; a resilient device 8 for resiliently urging the partitioning member 6 in an A2 direction; a communicating hole 9 formed in the partitioning member 6; and a flow limiting device 10 for limiting the flow of the viscous fluid 3 in the accommodating chamber 4 into the accommodating chamber 5 through the communicating hole 9 when the internal pressure of the viscous fluid 3 accommodated in the accommodating chamber 4 has exceeded a fixed value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Oiles Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiko Okimura, Yoshiteru Igarashi, Naohiro Horita
  • Publication number: 20120091767
    Abstract: A damper includes a vessel; a partitioning member which partitions an internal space of the vessel into two accommodation chambers for accommodating a viscous fluid and which is movable with respect to the vessel; a moving force imparting device for imparting to the partitioning member a moving force in an A1 direction by the input of rotation in an R2 direction with respect to the vessel, so that the moving velocity is set to one corresponding to the rotating velocity of that input of rotation; a resilient device for resiliently urging the partitioning member in an A2 direction; a communicating hole formed in the partitioning member; and a flow limiting device for limiting the flow of the viscous fluid in the accommodating chamber into the accommodating chamber through the communicating hole when the internal pressure of the viscous fluid accommodated in the accommodating chamber has exceeded a fixed value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: OILES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiko OKIMURA, Yoshiteru Igarashi, Naohiro Horita
  • Publication number: 20120073921
    Abstract: A friction damper includes: a base body; a support secured to an elongated member of the base body and having a through hole; a rod which extends in such a manner as to pass through the through hole of the support and is movable in an axial direction with respect to the support; a friction member which has a hollow cylindrical portion interposed between the support and a main body portion of the rod in the through hole of the support, and which is fixed immovably with respect to the relative movement of the rod in the axial direction with respect to the base body; and a tightening device provided for the support so as to tighten the hollow cylindrical portion of the friction member onto the main body portion of the rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: OILES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiko OKIMURA, Kazuhiro Nagashima, Go Tanaka, Yoshikazu Arai, Youko Arai
  • Patent number: 8117716
    Abstract: A one-way valve having a conduit for allowing liquid to flow therein, a valve element provided in the conduit, a hole portion provided in the conduit on the upstream side of the valve element and configured to be brought into a closed state by being closed by the valve element, and a spring that urges the valve element in the direction to close the hole portion, in which the peripheral surface of the valve element is formed with a first surface and a second surface intersecting the direction of movement of the valve element and generating a component force in the direction to close the hole portion when an urging force of the spring is applied, the first surface and the second surface are formed so as to increase the component force in the direction to close the hole portion as the valve element approaches the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignees: Shiroki Kogyo Co., Ltd., Oiles Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Yamamoto, Yoshiteru Igarashi, Akihiko Okimura
  • Publication number: 20120018934
    Abstract: A damper is provided which damps an applied external force in accordance with the strength of the external force (impact strength). The damper 10 comprises a vessel 20 having a cylindrical chamber 21 filled with a viscous fluid, a turn member 60 turned by the external force, a slider member 40 which is moved in the chamber 21 of the vessel 20 by turn of the turn member 60, partition member 80 engaged with the slider member 40, a coiled spring 100 for energizing the slider member 40 toward the turn member 60, and a resin cap 100 blocking an opening of the vessel 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: OILES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiteru IGARASHI, Akihiko OKIMURA
  • Publication number: 20110226573
    Abstract: A rotary damper 1 includes a synthetic resin-made accommodating case 4 for accommodating in its interior 2 a viscous fluid 3 which is constituted by silicone oil or the like and whose viscosity declines with a temperature rise, and a synthetic resin-made rotor 9 which is disposed in the interior 2 of the accommodating case 4 rotatably, i.e., so as to be rotatable in R1 and R2 directions about an axis O, and which partitions the interior 2 of the accommodating case 4 into at least two chambers, i.e., in this embodiment, two chambers consisting of chambers 5 and 6 and two chambers consisting of chambers 7 and 8, in cooperation with the accommodating case 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventors: Masamitsu Kojima, Akihiko Okimura, Yoshiteru Igarashi, Naohiro Horita
  • Publication number: 20110121622
    Abstract: A damper 1 includes a vessel 4 for accommodating a viscous fluid 3 in its interior 2; hampering walls 5 and 6 for hampering the flow of the viscous fluid 3; a partitioning member 11 which partitions each of interior portions 7 and 8 into two chambers 9 and 10 and is provided rotatably; a communicating hole 13 formed in the partitioning member 11 so as to allow the two chambers 9 and 10 to communicate with each other via a variable passage 12 whose passage cross-sectional area changes; a flow limiting means 14 for limiting the flow of the viscous fluid 3 in the chamber 9 into the chamber 10 through the communicating hole 13, when the internal pressure of the viscous fluid 3 accommodated in the chamber 9 has exceeded a fixed value on the basis of the rotation of the partitioning member 11; and a resilient means 15 for resiliently urging the partitioning member 11 in an R2 direction with respect to the vessel 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: Akihiko Okimura, Yoshiteru Igarashi, Naohiro Horita
  • Publication number: 20100164262
    Abstract: A damper 1 includes a vessel 2; a partitioning member 6 which partitions the interior of the vessel 2 into two accommodation chambers 4 and 5 for accommodating a viscous fluid 3, and which rotates together with the vessel 2 in an R direction and is movable in an axial direction A; a moving force imparting means 7 for imparting to the partitioning member 6 a moving force in an A1 direction by the input of rotation in an R1 direction; a resilient means 8 for resiliently urging the partitioning member 6 in an A2 direction; a through hole 9 for allowing the two accommodation chambers 4 and 5 inside the vessel 2 to communicate with each other; and an allowing/limiting member 10 which allows the viscous fluid 3 accommodated in the two accommodation chambers 4 and 5 in the vessel 2 to flow reciprocally between the two accommodation chambers 4 and 5 through the through hole 9, and which limits the flow of the viscous fluid 3 in the accommodation chamber 4 into the accommodation chamber 5 in the A2 direction through t
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Akihiko Okimura, Naohiro Horita, Yoshiteru Igarashi
  • Publication number: 20100117409
    Abstract: A damper is provided which damps an applied external force in accordance with the strength of the external force (impact strength). The damper 10 comprises a vessel 20 having a cylindrical chamber 21 filled with a viscous fluid, a turn member 60 turned by the external force, a slider member 40 which is moved in the chamber 21 of the vessel 20 by turn of the turn member 60, partition member 80 engaged with the slider member 40, a coiled spring 100 for energizing the slider member 40 toward the turn member 60, and a resin cap 100 blocking an opening of the vessel 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: OILES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiteru IGARASHI, Akihiko OKIMURA
  • Publication number: 20090261634
    Abstract: A damper 1 includes a vessel 2; a partitioning member 6 which partitions an internal space of the vessel 2 into two accommodation chambers 4 and 5 for accommodating a viscous fluid 3 and which is movable with respect to the vessel 2; a moving force imparting device 7 for imparting to the partitioning member 6 a moving force in an A1 direction by the input of rotation in an R2 direction with respect to the vessel 2, so that the moving velocity is set to one corresponding to the rotating velocity of that input of rotation; a resilient device 8 for resiliently urging the partitioning member 6 in an A2 direction; a communicating hole 9 formed in the partitioning member 6; and a flow limiting device 10 for limiting the flow of the viscous fluid 3 in the accommodating chamber 4 into the accommodating chamber 5 through the communicating hole 9 when the internal pressure of the viscous fluid 3 accommodated in the accommodating chamber 4 has exceeded a fixed value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: OILES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiko Okimura, Yoshiteru Igarashi, Naohiro Horita
  • Publication number: 20090193617
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a one-way valve and a door check apparatus which is compact and includes a small number of components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: Kenji Yamamoto, Yoshiteru Igarashi, Akihiko Okimura
  • Patent number: 7322451
    Abstract: A friction damper includes a base body; a support secured to an elongated member of the base body and having a through hole; a rod which extends in such a manner as to pass through the through hole of the support and is movable in an axial direction with respect to the support; a friction member which has a hollow cylindrical portion interposed between the support and a main body portion of the rod in the through hole of the support, and which is fixed immovably with respect to the relative movement of the rod in the axial direction with respect to the base body; and a tightening structure provided for the support so as to tighten the hollow cylindrical portion of the friction member onto the main body portion of the rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Oiles Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiko Okimura, Kazuhiro Nagashima, Go Tanaka, Yoshikazu Arai
  • Publication number: 20070289828
    Abstract: A friction damper includes a base body; a support secured to an elongated member of the base body and having a through hole; a rod which extends in such a manner as to pass through the through hole of the support and is movable in an axial direction with respect to the support; a friction member which has a hollow cylindrical portion interposed between the support and a main body portion of the rod in the through hole of the support, and which is fixed immovably with respect to the relative movement of the rod in the axial direction with respect to the base body; and a tightening structure provided for the support so as to tighten the hollow cylindrical portion of the friction member onto the main body portion of the rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2007
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Applicant: OILES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiko Okimura, Kazuhiro Nagashima, Go Tanaka, Yoshikazu Arai, Youko Arai
  • Publication number: 20050087414
    Abstract: A friction damper includes a base body; a support secured to an elongated member of the base body and having a through hole; a rod which extends in such a manner as to pass through the through hole of the support and is movable in an axial direction with respect to the support; a friction member which has a hollow cylindrical portion interposed between the support and a main body portion of the rod in the through hole of the support, and which is fixed immovably with respect to the relative movement of the rod in the axial direction with respect to the base body; and a tightening structure provided for the support so as to tighten the hollow cylindrical portion of the friction member onto the main body portion of the rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Inventors: Akihiko Okimura, Kazuhiro Nagashima, Go Tanaka, Youko Arai
  • Patent number: 5732322
    Abstract: The disclosure describes a resin composition for a sliding member, comprising 1 to 25 wt % of component A selected from the group consisting of phosphates and barium sulfate, 1 to 15 wt % of component B selected from the group consisting of magnesium silicate and mica, and 5 to 50 wt % of component C selected from the group consisting of lead, tin, lead-tin alloy and mixtures thereof, the balance of polytetrafluoroethylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1998
    Assignee: Oiles Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Nakamaru, Sumihide Yanase, Akihiko Okimura
  • Patent number: 5624887
    Abstract: Multilayered sliding members made of a lubricating composition containing polytetrafluoroethylene and 1 to 40 wt % of zinc oxide whiskers as a filler; and a porous sintered metal layer formed on a steel backing are disclosed, in which the lubricating composition is impregnated in and coated on the porous sintered metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1997
    Assignee: Oiles Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Nakamaru, Tadashi Watai, Akihiko Okimura, Sumihide Yanase
  • Patent number: 5616406
    Abstract: The disclosure describes sliding member comprising a metal mesh and a resin composition is filled and covered in the mesh and on the surface of the metal mesh, wherein the resin composition comprises 5 to 30% by weight of at least one reinforcing filler selected from the group consisting of glass fibers and wollastonite, 1 to 15% by weight of at least one phosphate selected from the group consisting of calcium pyrophosphate and calcium hydrogen phosphate, 1 to 20% by weight of barium sulfate and the balance of polytetrafluoroethylene,the total content of the reinforcing filler, phosphate and barium sulfate being not more than 60% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1997
    Assignee: Oiles Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Nakamaru, Sumihide Yanase, Akihiko Okimura