Patents by Inventor Naoshi Kinpara

Naoshi Kinpara 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: 6959493
    Abstract: A reliable brake rotor and wheel bearing assembly are proposed which make unnecessary adjustment of runout of brake rotor at the customer's factory. For runout of each of the mounting surface and back of the brake rotor itself, and runout of the side of the wheel mounting flange of the inner member to which is mounted the brake rotor, the maximum difference between the peaks of crests and troughs in each period of surface runout is restricted within a standard value, and the brake rotor is mounted to the wheel mounting flange, thereby eliminating the necessity of mounting of the brake rotor and adjustment of runout after mounting at the customer's factory to provide a reliable automotive wheel bearing assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji Tajima, Shigeaki Fukushima, Akira Torii, Kazuhiro Azuma, Naoshi Kinpara, Hisashi Ohtsuki, Kazunari Yamamoto, Motoharu Niki, Masuo Takaki
  • Patent number: 6626580
    Abstract: A wheel bearing assembly has a disk rotor for a brake integrally formed with a wheel-mounting flange of an inner member. Raceways opposite double-row raceways of the outer member are arranged on separate ring members pressed onto a tubular portion of the inner member. Thus, it is unnecessary to mount a brake rotor to the wheel bearing assembly, to reduce the number of parts, and to use different materials for the inner member and the inner ring members. For example, an FC-family cast iron, which is superior in seizure resistance, can be used for the inner member, and a tough bearing steel can be used for the ring member to achieve both excellent brake function and bearing function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji Tajima, Kazuhiro Azuma, Naoshi Kinpara
  • Publication number: 20030121153
    Abstract: A reliable brake rotor and wheel bearing assembly are proposed which make unnecessary adjustment of runout of brake rotor at the customer's factory. For runout of each of the mounting surface and back of the brake rotor itself, and runout of the side of the wheel mounting flange of the inner member to which is mounted the brake rotor, the maximum difference between the peaks of crests and troughs in each period of surface runout is restricted within a standard value, and the brake rotor is mounted to the wheel mounting flange, thereby eliminating the necessity of mounting of the brake rotor and adjustment of runout after mounting at the customer's factory to provide a reliable automotive wheel bearing assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Inventors: Eiji Tajima, Shigeaki Fukushima, Akira Torii, Kazuhiro Azuma, Naoshi Kinpara, Hisashi Ohtsuki, Kazunari Yamamoto, Motoharu Niki, Masuo Takaki
  • Patent number: 6575637
    Abstract: A reliable brake rotor and wheel bearing assembly are proposed which make unnecessary adjustment of runout of brake rotor at the customer's factory. For runout of each of the mounting surface and back of the brake rotor itself, and runout of the side of the wheel mounting flange of the inner member to which is mounted the brake rotor, the maximum difference between the peaks of crests and troughs in each period of surface runout is restricted within a standard value, and the brake rotor is mounted to the wheel mounting flange, thereby eliminating the necessity of mounting of the brake rotor and adjustment of runout after mounting at the customer's factory to provide a reliable automotive wheel bearing assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji Tajima, Shigeaki Fukushima, Akira Torii, Kazuhiro Azuma, Naoshi Kinpara, Hisashi Ohtsuki, Kazunari Yamamoto, Motoharu Niki, Masuo Takaki
  • Publication number: 20010012419
    Abstract: A wheel bearing assembly is provided which needs no mounting of a brake rotor and which is small in the number of parts. By integrally forming a disk rotor for a brake on a wheel-mounting flange of an inner member, and providing raceways opposite double-row raceways of the outer member on separate inner ring members pressed onto a tubular portion of the inner member, it is possible to make it unnecessary to mount a brake rotor to the wheel bearing assembly, reduce the number of parts, and use different materials for the inner member and the inner ring members i.e. an FC-family cast iron, which is superior in seizure resistance, for the inner member, and a tough bearing steel for the inner ring member to achieve both excellent brake function and bearing function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2000
    Publication date: August 9, 2001
    Inventors: Eiji Tajima, Kazuhiro Azuma, Naoshi Kinpara