Patents by Inventor Toshihiro Mukaida

Toshihiro Mukaida 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: 10100881
    Abstract: The invention provides a clutch seal which can enhance a durability of a membrane portion which is a constituting part of a seal and is constructed by a rubber-like elastic body, and can inhibit a working fluid from standing in a concave surface of the membrane portion. The clutch seal of the invention is an annular seal interposed between a clutch plate in a dry clutch and a piston pressing the clutch plate, has a middle ring fixed to the piston between an outer ring and an inner ring which are fixed to a clutch housing, and has membrane portions constructed by a rubber-like elastic body respectively between the outer ring and the middle ring and between the inner ring and the middle ring, wherein the middle ring is arranged at an intermediate position of a stroke in an initial shape of the membrane portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignees: NOK Corporation, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Tsukamoto, Kuniaki Miyake, Toshihiro Mukaida, Hitoshi Okabe, Atsushi Yokota, Tatsuya Osone, Yuuzo Akasaka, Hiroki Uehara, Jun Furuichi
  • Publication number: 20150292572
    Abstract: The invention provides a clutch seal which can enhance a durability of a membrane portion which is a constituting part of a seal and is constructed by a rubber-like elastic body, and can inhibit a working fluid from standing in a concave surface of the membrane portion. The clutch seal of the invention is an annular seal interposed between a clutch plate in a dry clutch and a piston pressing the clutch plate, has a middle ring fixed to the piston between an outer ring and an inner ring which are fixed to a clutch housing, and has membrane portions constructed by a rubber-like elastic body respectively between the outer ring and the middle ring and between the inner ring and the middle ring, wherein the middle ring is arranged at an intermediate position of a stroke in an initial shape of the membrane portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Koji Tsukamoto, Kuniaki Miyake, Toshihiro Mukaida, Hitoshi Okabe, Atsushi Yokota, Tatsuya Osone, Yuuzo Akasaka, Hiroki Uehara, Jun Furuichi
  • Patent number: 7007715
    Abstract: A shaft part is coaxially provided within a pressure release port provided in a sealing plate sealed to an opening portion of a case for a condenser or a battery, a valve body closely fitted and fixed within the pressure release port has a seal lip which is directed toward the outside of a pressure container and is closely contacted with an outer peripheral surface of the shaft part with predetermined tensional force, and in the case that internal pressure of the case is increased more than a predetermined value, the seal lip is operated so as to open the valve, thereby releasing the internal pressure to the atmospheric air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: NOK Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Nakayama, Toshihiro Mukaida, Tsuyoshi Kanda, Atsushi Saito, Kazuo Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20050039806
    Abstract: A shaft part (20) is coaxially provided within a pressure release port (10) provided in a sealing plate (3) sealed to an opening portion of a case for a condenser or a battery, a valve body (30) closely fitted and fixed within the pressure release port (10) has a seal lip (33) which is directed toward the outside of a pressure container and is closely contacted with an outer peripheral surface of the shaft part (20) with predetermined tensional force, and in the case that internal pressure of the case is increased more than a predetermined value, the seal lip (33) is operated so as to open the valve, thereby releasing the internal pressure to the atmospheric air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2002
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Inventors: Junichi Nakayama, Toshihiro Mukaida, Tsuyoshi Kanda, Atsushi Saito, Kazuo Yamashita
  • Patent number: 6209885
    Abstract: In a boot for a universal joint in which a fitting portion is installed at one end side in an axial direction of a bellows portion on an outer ring portion of the universal joint by the clamp and a relief portion is provided between the bellows portion and the fitting portion on purpose to lower interference between each of the bellows and to relieve a contact of the bellows portion against the shaft in the case when being bent at a sharp angle. This prevents the relief portion from interfering with the tightly clamping portion of the clamp. The relief portion is designed to be arranged apart from the clamp by providing the spacer portion with the predetermined length in the axial direction between the fitting portion and the relief portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: NOK Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiro Mukaida, Selya Umeno