Patents by Inventor Koshi Okuyama

Koshi Okuyama 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: 5558580
    Abstract: A boot has two fixed portions (3, 4 ) formed with openings (1,2) wherein inner surfaces (3a, 4a ) of at least either of the fixed portions (3, 4) are provided with lip portions (5) in which a rising angle (A1) of a slant on the inside of the boot in an axial section of the boot is larger than a rising angle (A2) of a slant on the outside of the boot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1996
    Assignee: NOK Corporation
    Inventor: Koshi Okuyama
  • Patent number: 5346431
    Abstract: A sealing cover fitted on a coupling which connects an input shaft (1) and an output shaft (2) to each other for relative movement as in a U-joint including an outer member (3) having an outer spherical surface (3a) and connected to one of said shafts (2), comprises a first spherical shell (4) having an outer part made partly of a low flexibility material and having an inside part spherical surface slidably fitted on the outer spherical surface (3a), and a part spherical channel (7) open at the end of the shell near the other of the shafts (1), a second part spherical shell (8) slidably inserted at one end thereof into the channel (7) and fitted at the other end thereof on the shaft (1), a first sealing portion provided near one end of the first shell (4) in contact with the outer surface (3a) of the outer member (3), and a second sealing portion (10) provided near the other end of the first shell in contact with the outer part spherical surface (8c) of the second shell (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1994
    Assignee: NOK Corporation
    Inventors: Koshi Okuyama, Masahiro Shiraishi, Takashi Miyazaki