Patents by Inventor Shinobu Munekata

Shinobu Munekata 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: 20110193294
    Abstract: A sealing device for performing sealing by a throw off effect of a slinger (2) is provided with a stationary sealing element (1), which has a thrust lip (12) and a radial lip (13) on the radially inner side thereof and is installed on a stationary member (101), and the slinger (2), which has a sleeve (21) fitted on a rotary member (102) and a flange (22) extending from one end of the sleeve (21). The thrust lip (12) slidably contacts with the flange (22), and the radial lip (13) slidably contacts with the outer peripheral surface of the sleeve (21). A circumferentially continuous dam (23) is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the sleeve (21) to be positioned on the flange (22) side of an intimate contact slide section (S2) of the radial lip (13). The dam (23) is a ridge (231) or a groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinobu Munekata
  • Patent number: 7918463
    Abstract: A reciprocating seal used, for example, for a shock absorber. A main seal lip has a two-step lip structure including a first lip and a second lip and a plurality of protrusions extending in the direction of the shaft are formed on a sliding contact surface of the second lip, thereby improving frictional force characteristics and, at the same time, improving sealing performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Nok Corporation
    Inventors: Hidenori Arai, Kazuki Takeno, Ichiro Yamane, Shinobu Munekata, Katsumi Yamashina, Masaru Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7828300
    Abstract: To stabilize frictional force to the reciprocating shaft without affecting sealing ability, a sealing device for a reciprocating shaft comprises a main lip 11, a whole periphery of which slidably and tightly contacts with an outer peripheral surface of a shaft 2 reciprocating in the axial direction; and a frictional lip 13, which extends to the sealed space A side from the main lip 11 and slidably and tightly contacts with the outer peripheral surface of the shaft 2 in the state of permitting circulation of sealed fluid, whereby the frictional force of the frictional lip 13 is not varied by pressure of the sealed fluid, while frictional force of the main lip 11 to the shaft 2 is varied by the pressure, the sliding surface is lubricated with the sealed fluid, and reduction of the frictional force by abrasion can be controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: NOK Corporation
    Inventor: Shinobu Munekata
  • Patent number: 7789396
    Abstract: This invention provides an oil seal that can maintain an excellent friction reduction function over a long period of time, has excellent abrasion resistance, and further has excellent sealing properties. The oil seal comprises a seal lip (4) formed of a rubber-like elastic material comprising a lip edge part (9) and an air-side slope (8) and a sealing fluid-side slope (10) provided on both sides of the lip edge part (9). The air-side slope (8) has a coating film (14) on its surface. In the lip edge part (9) in its portion in contact with a shaft (13), a sealing fluid-side rubber part (2?) and an air-side coating film (14) are simultaneously brought into contact with the shaft (13). The coating film (14) is preferably formed of a coating agent comprising a fluororesin, a polyethylene resin, an isocyanate-modified polybutadiene resin, and a solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: NOK Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeno, Hideyuki Huruyama, Masayuki Tanida, Hiroki Matsui, Tatsuhiko Watanabe, Shinobu Munekata, Akira Yamaguchi, Hirotaka Mizuta, Kenichi Kunieda, Toshihiro Higashira
  • Publication number: 20100133758
    Abstract: To effectively and easily suppress squealing noise occurring when a steering shaft is in strong contact with a bumper portion, a sealing device (1) between a housing and a shaft has a first molding (11) including a bellows-like flexible portion (15) the bumper portion (16), and a seal lip portion (17) integrally on the inner peripheral side of an outer peripheral fixing portion (12) secured to the housing, and a second molding (21) including a second flexible portion (25) and a second bumper portion (26) integrally on the inner peripheral side of a second fixing portion (22) secured to the outer peripheral fixing portion (12), fall out prevention portions (19, 29) are respectively provided on the inner peripheral surfaces of the bumper portion (16) and second bumper portion (26), and resin slide members (20, 30) are fitted without bonding to the fall out prevention portions (19, 29), respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2007
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: Go Kanzaki, Shinobu Munekata, Naoto Kobayashi, Yuichi Tarukawa
  • Patent number: 7665740
    Abstract: A sealing device for a reciprocating shaft capable of providing sufficient pressure tightness to a main lip and preventing troublesomeness of an assembling operation. The sealing device, which is interposed between a shaft and an outer peripheral member, includes a washer, a main lip integrally bonded to a sealed space side of the washer and slidably brought into close contact with an outer peripheral surface of the shaft, an auxiliary lip integrally formed in an outer peripheral side thereof, a backup ring fitted between an atmosphere side of a slidable surface of the main lip and an inner peripheral portion of the washer, and bearing the main lip from the atmosphere side and the inner peripheral side, a dust lip integrally bonded to the atmosphere side of the washer and slidably brought into close contact with the outer peripheral surface of the shaft, and an outer peripheral lip integrally bonded to an outer peripheral portion of the washer and brought into close contact with the outer peripheral member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: NOK Corporation
    Inventors: Shinobu Munekata, Mitsugu Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20090267595
    Abstract: A magnetic encoder, which is formed annularly of a magnetic rubber material, is magnetized to be multipolar in the circumferential direction and has a detected surface read by a magnetic sensor, is provided with a three-dimensional shape (3) such as annular steps with a lower surface portion between the higher surface portions at outer and inner circumferential sides, protrusions or notches provided radially, concentrically, in a grid shape, or in a logo pattern, on the detected surface (2), in order to reduce an area which tends to be scratched in the detected surface (2) and to make a scratch inconspicuous when the detected surface (2) is scratched, thereby preventing a significant scratch on the detected surface (2) and make a scratch inconspicuous even if scratched, to prevent reduction in a product value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinobu Munekata, Naoto Kobayashi, Kenichi Yarimuzu
  • Publication number: 20090256316
    Abstract: To prevent grease applied to seal lips of sealing device from adhering to an attaching ring of an adjacent sealing device when the sealing devices are stacked in the axial direction, a sealing device (1) comprising seal lips (12, 13) made of a rubber-like elastic material and integrally provided on an attaching ring (11) has a projection (17) made of a rubber-like elastic material and provided at an outer periphery of the attaching ring (11) so that the projection (17) serves as a retention portion to contact with the attaching ring (11) of the adjacent sealing device (1) at the side to which the seal lips (12, 13) are directed when the sealing devices (1) are stacked, whereby desired gaps (?1, ?2) are retained between grease (G) applied to the sealing lips (12, 13) and the attaching ring (11) of the adjacent sealing device (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2006
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: Nok Corporation
    Inventors: Go Kanzaki, Naoto Kobayashi, Shinobu Munekata
  • Publication number: 20090200750
    Abstract: To maintain an excellent friction reducing function over a long period of time, with having excellent abrasion resistance and excellent sealing properties, the oil seal has a seal lip (4) made of a rubber-like elastic material and provided with an air-side slope (8) and a sealing fluid-side slope (10) on both sides of the lip edge part (9), the air-side slope (8) has a coating film (14) on its surface, a portion in contact with a shaft (13) in the lip edge part (9) is so made that a sealing fluid-side rubber part (2?) and an air-side coating film (14) simultaneously contact with the shaft (13), and the coating film (14) is preferably formed of a coating agent comprising a fluororesin, a polyethylene resin, an isocyanate-modified polybutadiene resin, and a solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki Takeno, Hideyuki Huruyama, Masayuki Tanida, Hiroki Matsui, Tatsuhiko Watanabe, Shinobu Munekata, Akira Yamaguchi, Hirotaka Mizuta, Kenichi Kunieda, Toshihiro Higashira
  • Publication number: 20090134586
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a reciprocating seal used, for example, for a shock absorber. A main seal lip 32 has a two-step lip structure including a first lip 32a and a second lip 32b and a plurality of protrusions 34 extending in the direction of the shaft are formed on a sliding contact surface of the second lip 32b, thereby improving frictional force characteristics and, at the same time, improving sealing performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventors: Hidenori Arai, Kazuki Takeno, Ichiro Yamane, Shinobu Munekata, Katsumi Yamashina, Masaru Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20080073856
    Abstract: To stabilize frictional force to the reciprocating shaft without affecting sealing ability, a sealing device for a reciprocating shaft comprises a main lip 11, a whole periphery of which slidably and tightly contacts with an outer peripheral surface of a shaft 2 reciprocating in the axial direction; and a frictional lip 13, which extends to the sealed space A side from the main lip 11 and slidably and tightly contacts with the outer peripheral surface of the shaft 2 in the state of permitting circulation of sealed fluid, whereby the frictional force of the frictional lip 13 is not varied by pressure of the sealed fluid, while frictional force of the main lip 11 to the shaft 2 is varied by the pressure, the sliding surface is lubricated with the sealed fluid, and reduction of the frictional force by abrasion can be controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventor: Shinobu Munekata
  • Publication number: 20070194538
    Abstract: A sealing device (4) for a reciprocating shaft capable of providing sufficient pressure tightness to a main lip (42) and preventing troublesomeness of assembling operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Inventors: Shinobu Munekata, Mitsugu Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20060138729
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a reciprocating seal used, for example, for a shock absorber. A main seal lip 32 has a two-step lip structure including a first lip 32a and a second lip 32b and a plurality of protrusions 34 extending in the direction of the shaft are formed on sliding contact surface of the second lip 32b, thereby improving frictional force characteristics and, at the same time, improving sealing performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2003
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Inventors: Hidenori Arai, Kazuki Takeno, Ichiro Yamane, Shinobu Munekata, Katsumi Yamashina
  • Patent number: 6279914
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lip-type seal of the outer periphery rubber type having a stationary sealing portion made of rubber on the outer periphery of a reinforcing ring. In view of the fact that there is produced a gap corresponding to the rubber thickness of the stationary sealing portion between the outer periphery of the reinforcing ring and inner periphery of the seal attachment hole, the invention has an object to permit certain supporting of the reinforcing ring by means of a stop functional member by expanding the engagement area engaging with the stop functional member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamanaka, Yasuhiro Ikeda, Shinobu Munekata
  • Patent number: 6209879
    Abstract: A sealing apparatus has a metal ring having a cylindrical portion and an inward flange portion bending from the open-air side end of the cylindrical portion radially inward; a first sealing member formed integral with the metal ring, and having a first rubber-like sealing lip, and a flange-shaped interposed portion held between the inward flange position of the metal ring and the radial portion of the first sealing member. A second sealing member made of a resin material, extends from the inside-diameter end of the interposed portion axially toward the sealing liquid side, and is located in a gap between the open-air side surface of the first sealing lip and a rotary member, having the inner periphery thereof in slidable close contact with the surface of the rotary member, and regulates radial deformation of the first sealing lip. A screw pumping portion is provided to transport the liquid between the sliding surfaces to the sealing liquid side on rotation of the rotary member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Mizunoya, Ken Yoshikawa, Satoshi Yamanaka, Tatuhiko Watanabe, Shinobu Munekata, Yasuhiro Ikeda