Patents by Inventor Atsushi Yokouchi

Atsushi Yokouchi 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: 6582130
    Abstract: A rolling bearing is described, which comprises an inner ring fitted onto a shaft, an outer ring fitted in the housing, a plurality of rolling elements provided interposed between the inner ring and the outer ring and a lubricant packed thereinside and which is mounted between the shaft and the housing, wherein a rust preventive film comprising an oil-repellent material is formed on at least the outer surface of the outer ring and the inner surface of the inner ring, and a bearing apparatus is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Yokouchi, Katsuaki Denpo, Toru Syoda, Michiharu Naka, Yasuyuki Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20030081871
    Abstract: A rolling bearing includes a plurality of rolling elements movably retained at almost the same interval between an inner ring and an outer ring with a cage made of synthetic resin provided interposed therebetween. The rolling bearing further includes, an oil film made of a lubricant, and a grease containing a synthetic oil as a base oil enclosed therein. The lubricant contains at least one additive selected from the group consisting of organic aliphatic acid, organic aliphatic acid derivative and organic phosphorus compound incorporated in a synthetic oil in a proportion of from 0.5 to 10% by weight formed on the surface of the raceways of the inner and outer rings and the surface of the rolling elements, and a grease containing a synthetic oil as a base oil enclosed therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunobu Fujita, Masao Yamamoto, Kouichi Hachiya, Atsushi Yokouchi, Toshikazu Yabe, Emiko Shiraishi, Michiharu Naka
  • Patent number: 6548454
    Abstract: The present invention provides a rolling apparatus comprising a movable member which can undergo rotary or linear motion, a support member which carries the movable member, rolling elements which are interposed between the movable member and the support member and which roll with the movement of the movable member, and a lubricant composition which is disposed between the movable member on which the rolling elements roll and the support member, wherein the lubricant composition is a mixture of (1) a thickening agent which is at least one selected from the group consisting of a solid fluoropolymer, a lamellar mineral powder, an ultrafinely particulate organic material, an organic solid lubricant and an ultrafinely particulate inorganic material, and (2) a base oil comprising a liquid fluorinated polymer oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Toyohisa Yamamoto, Atsuhiro Yamamoto, Atsushi Yokouchi
  • Publication number: 20030040442
    Abstract: The invention aims to provide a rolling bearing that secures a sufficient bearing life economically even when used under such conditions that water from the outside or water formed by moisture condensation may seep into the lubricant or the bearing is affected by the vibrations, and particularly a rolling bearing suited to the electric parts and accessaries of au automobile engine, such as an alternator. To accomplish the object, the hydrogen ion exponent pH of the grease sealed into the inside of the bearing is adjusted in a range of from 7 to 13. For the same purpose, the hydrogen ion exponent pH of the grease is adjusted in a range of from 5 to 13 where a prescribed amount of an organic metal salt or ADTC is added to the grease, where a prescribed amount of an inorganic compound having an average particle size of 2 □m or smaller is added to the grease, or where a diurea compound containing an aromatic amine or a mixture of the diurea compound is added to the grease as a thickener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Yokouchi, Youichi Matsumoto, Kenichi Iso, Kouichi Hachiya, Hideki Koizumi, Michiharu Naka
  • Patent number: 6482779
    Abstract: A lubricating grease composition having a basic grease composition containing a synthetic oil as a base oil, and a lithium soap as a thickener. 0.5 to 10% by weight with respect to the basic grease composition total amount of at least one additive selected from the group consisting of an organic molybdenum compound, an organic fatty acid compound or an derivative thereof, and an organic phosphorus compound is added is provided. Accordingly, the present invention can provide a lubricating grease composition capable of providing excellent lubricating characteristics, fretting wear resistance property, and impact resistance property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignees: NSK Ltd., Kyodo Yushi Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Michiharu Naka, Atsushi Yokouchi, Koichi Hachiya, Toru Takamizawa, Jun Kuraishi, Yasunobu Fujita, Hiroshi Kimura, Akimi Kimura, Yuji Onuki
  • Patent number: 6482780
    Abstract: A grease composition for rolling bearing comprising a metal soap-based thickening agent containing a long fiber-like material having a major axis length of at least 3 &mgr;m incorporated in a base oil comprising a lubricant having a polar group in its molecular structure and a non-polar lubricant blended in combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignees: Kyodo Yushi Co., Ltd., NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Yokouchi, Jun Kuraishi, Youichiro Sugimori, Yasunobu Fujita, Michiharu Naka, Atsushi Shibayama, Hiroshi Kimura
  • Publication number: 20020142920
    Abstract: A grease composition is disclosed, wherein a metallic soap-base thickener containing a long-fiber material having a major axis part length of at least 3 &mgr;m is blended with a base oil obtained by mixing a lubricating oil having a polar group within the molecule structure and a non-polar lubricating oil, which can improve the initial sound (cage sound) of bearing at the starting of operation in a low-temperature environment and is effective on the reduction of fretting damage (abrasion) or torque, and also a rolling bearing and a linear acting apparatus each obtained by packing the grease composition are disclosed, which exhibit excellent low-temperature acoustic property and are reduced in the fretting damage (abrasion) or torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2001
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Youichiro Sugimori, Atsushi Yokouchi, Hisao Sumiya, Michiharu Naka
  • Publication number: 20020097933
    Abstract: A rolling bearing for an HDD being excellent in the resistance to fretting wear, capable of lowering the torque and relieving the torque change and having a long life while exerting no undesirable effect on various bearing properties. A rolling bearing for hard disk drives wherein a cage 7 supports a plural number of rolling elements 5 located between an inner ring 2 and an outer ring 4 and sealing members 6,6 fixed to the both ends in the axial direction of one of said inner ring 2 and said outer ring 4 are opposite to each other, wherein a lubricating oil has been injected into the bearing space formed between said sealing members 6,6 at the both ends in the axial direction so as to amount to 1 to 50% by volume of the bearing space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2002
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunobu Fujita, Masao Yamamoto, Kouichi Hachiya, Atsushi Yokouchi, Toshikazu Yabe, Emiko Shiraishi, Michiharu Naka
  • Publication number: 20020097936
    Abstract: A rolling bearing is described, which comprises an inner ring fitted onto a shaft, an outer ring fitted in the housing, a plurality of rolling elements provided interposed between the inner ring and the outer ring and a lubricant packed thereinside and which is mounted between the shaft and the housing, wherein a rust preventive film comprising an oil-repellent material is formed on at least the outer surface of the outer ring and the inner surface of the inner ring, and a bearing apparatus is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Applicant: NSK LTD
    Inventors: Atsushi Yokouchi, Katsuaki Denpo, Toru Syoda, Michiharu Naka, Yasuyuki Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20020082175
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a rolling bearing suitable for the use under a high temperature, high speed, high load and high vibration condition, having a good rust-preventive performance and the excellent flaking life without a hazard to a human body. A rolling bearing is described, comprising an inner race, an outer race and rolling elements, with a grease composition comprising, as the main components, a base oil, a thickener and at least one kind of a rust-preventive additive made from a naphthenate or a succinic acid derivative, packed in a bearing space formed by at least the inner race, the outer race and the rolling elements, said at least one kind of a rust-preventive additive is present in an amount of 0.1 to 10% by weight based on the total amount of the grease composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2002
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Iso, Atsushi Yokouchi, Michiharu Naka
  • Publication number: 20020055443
    Abstract: A grease composition for rolling bearing comprising a metal soap-based thickening agent containing a long fiber-like material having a major axis length of at least 3 &mgr;m incorporated in a base oil comprising a lubricant having a polar group in its molecular structure and a non-polar lubricant blended in combination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Yokouchi, Jun Kuraishi, Yoichiro Sugimori, Yasunobu Fujita, Michiharu Naka, Atsushi Shibayama, Hiroshi Kimura
  • Publication number: 20020019319
    Abstract: This invention is to provide a conductive grease which is less to decrease conductivity as a time passes. The conductive grease comprises abase oil, a thickener, a conductive solid powder, and at least one kind of a wear inhibitor, an extreme pressure agent and an oiliness agent, wherein an amount of the conductive solid powder added is 0.1 to 10 wt %, and an amount of the at least one kind of a wear inhibitor, an extreme pressure agent and an oiliness agent added is 0.1 to 10 wt %. Further, the conductive grease comprises the base oil and at least one of conductive additives, and the conductive additives are fibrous carbon, metallic particle, metallic compound particle and carbon nano-tube. The conductive grease to be packed into the rolling bearing comprises conductive fine particles such as carbon black and has an oil separation degree of 2% or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuaki Denpo, Atsushi Yokouchi, Koichi Hachiya, Michiharu Naka, Tooru Shouda, Hideki Koizumi
  • Patent number: 6340244
    Abstract: A rolling bearing for an HDD being excellent in the resistance to fretting wear, capable of lowering the torque and relieving the torque change and having a long life while exerting no undesirable effect on various bearing properties. A rolling bearing for hard disk drives wherein a cage 7 supports a plural number of rolling elements 5 located between an inner ring 2 and an outer ring 4 and sealing members 6,6 fixed to the both ends in the axial direction of one of said inner ring 2 and said outer ring 4 are opposite to each other, wherein a lubricating oil has been injected into the bearing space formed between said sealing members 6,6 at the both ends in the axial direction so as to amount to 1 to 50% by volume of the bearing space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2002
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasunobu Fujita, Masao Yamamoto, Kouichi Hachiya, Atsushi Yokouchi, Toshikazu Yabe, Emiko Shiraishi, Michiharu Naka
  • Publication number: 20020002119
    Abstract: A lubricating grease composition having a basic grease composition containing a synthetic oil as a base oil, and a lithium soap as a thickener. 0.5 to 10% by weight with respect to the basic grease composition total amount of at least one additive selected from the group consisting of an organic molybdenum compound, an organic fatty acid compound or an derivative thereof, and an organic phosphorus compound is added is provided. Accordingly, the present invention can provide a lubricating grease composition capable of providing excellent lubricating characteristics, fretting wear resistance property, and impact resistance property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2001
    Publication date: January 3, 2002
    Inventors: Michiharu Naka, Atsushi Yokouchi, Koichi Hachiya, Toru Takamizawa, Jun Kuraishi, Yasunobu Fujita, Hiroshi Kimura, Akimi Kimura, Yuji Onuki
  • Patent number: 6329326
    Abstract: A rolling bearing has a grease filled therein. The grease contains a perfluoropolyether oil having a straight-chain structure having a dynamic viscosity of from 40 to 160 mm2/s, preferably from 40 to 100 mm2/s, at 40° C. as a base oil and a particulate fluororesin as a base oil, and a particulate polytetrafluoroethylene as a thickening agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Iso, Atsushi Yokouchi, Hideki Koizumi, Kenji Okuma, Yasuhiro Hirayama
  • Publication number: 20010034306
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a rolling bearing suitable for the use under a high temperature, high speed, high load and high vibration condition, having a good rust-preventive performance and the excellent flaking life without a hazard to a human body. A rolling bearing is described, comprising an inner race, an outer race and rolling elements, with a grease composition comprising, as the main components, a base oil, a thickener and at least one kind of a rust-preventive additive made from a naphthenate or a succinic acid derivative, packed in a bearing space formed by at least the inner race, the outer race and the rolling elements, said at least one kind of a rust-preventive additive is present in an amount of 0.1 to 10% by weight based on the total amount of the grease composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2001
    Publication date: October 25, 2001
    Inventors: Kenichi Iso, Atsushi Yokouchi, Michiharu Naka
  • Patent number: 6251841
    Abstract: The present invention provides a grease composition excellent in both rust-proofing properties and safety. The grease composition comprises a lubricating base oil and a thickener, and further comprises a lipophilic organic inhibitor, a nonionic surface active agent and a hydrophilic organic inhibitor selected from the group consisting of lanolin fatty acid derivative and alkanolamine derivative modified with a hydrophilic group each in an amount of from 0.1 to 10% by weight based on the total weight of said grease composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignees: NSK Ltd., Kyodo Yushi Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Koizumi, Atsushi Yokouchi, Kenichi Iso, Michiharu Naka, Toshiaki Endo, Atsushi Shibayama
  • Patent number: 5922654
    Abstract: The invention relates to lubricant compositions which contain (1) specific organometallic compounds, or (2) a specific organometallic compound and an ashless sulfur compound, or (3) an organomolybdenum compound and an ashless sulfur compound having a specific group, or (4) a specific organometallic compound and a phosphorus compound, or (5) an organonickel compound, or (6) a specific organometallic compound. The lubricant compositions of the invention not only can impart far higher load bearing properties and extreme-pressure properties than conventional ones to members to which the compositions are applied, but also show an excellent lubricating performance at high temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Yamazaki, Jun Kuraishi, Kenichi Iso, Atsushi Yokouchi, Michiharu Naka
  • Patent number: 5845997
    Abstract: In a roller bearing, surface layers are formed on the inner surfaces of flanges which confront with the end faces of cylindrical rollers. The surface layers contain solid lubricant. The end faces of the cylindrical rollers are brought into slide contact with the surface layers. Hence, even when the roller bearing is insufficiently lubricated, the temperature rise is effectively suppressed, thus being free from the occurrence of seizure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Dai Kinno, Atsushi Yokouchi
  • Patent number: 5840666
    Abstract: A grease composition comprising a base oil, a thickener selected from a metallic soap and a urea compound, and an inorganic filler having an average particle size of not greater than 2 .mu.m, and a rolling bearing having sealed therein a grease composition comprising a base oil, a urea thickener, and an inorganic filler having an average particle size of not greater than 2 .mu.m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Yokouchi, Hideki Koizumi, Kenichi Iso, Michiharu Naka