Patents by Inventor Yoshitaka Waseda

Yoshitaka Waseda 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: 20090137327
    Abstract: Blocks and inner rings of rolling bearings are arranged on the outer surface of a hollow shaft at predetermined intervals in the axial direction thereof. The outer surface of the hollow shaft is plastically deformed in its diameter enlarging direction so as to be press-fit to the inner surface of the blocks and inner surface of the inner rings of the rolling bearings. In this state, the blocks and inner rings of the rolling bearings are fixed to the outer surface of the hollow shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: JTEKT Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Waseda, Takuya Ohkubo, Tsuyoshi Okumura
  • Publication number: 20090133528
    Abstract: The shaft apparatus comprising a shaft, blocks fitted to an outer surface of the shaft in an axial direction at predetermined intervals, and a roller bearing. The roller bearing includes an inner ring fitted and fixed to the outer surface of the shaft, an outer ring, and a plurality of rollers interposed between the inner and outer rings to roll. First and second control rings for controlling the movement of the outer ring in the axial direction of the shaft are disposed between the shaft and the outer ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: JTEKT Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshitaka Waseda
  • Publication number: 20090087128
    Abstract: A cage includes a radially inward-side annular plate, a radially outward-side annular wall, a plurality of pillar portions, and pockets formed in the pillar portions. Rollers are rotatably retained in the pockets. An inner peripheral surface of the radially outward-side annular wall is formed so as to be oblique toward a radially outward direction. A radially outward-side end surface of each of the rollers has a spherical surface shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: JTEKT Coporation
    Inventor: Yoshitaka Waseda
  • Publication number: 20090064953
    Abstract: A rocker arm formed of material in a shape of sheet has a pair of side wall portions, a connection portion for a valve stem receiving portion and a connection portion for a pivot receiving portion which interconnect the side wall portions, and an open portion for arranging a roller which is formed between the two connection portions. A distance between outer side surfaces of the pair of side wall portions in the connection portion for the valve stem receiving portion is reduced in a direction from upper edges to lower edges in a step-like shape having two or more step differences, whereby a first outer side surface and a second outer side surface are formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2006
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaaki Ikeda, Yoshitaka Waseda
  • Patent number: 7484890
    Abstract: There is provided a rolling slide member coming in contact with a mating member in a rolling or sliding manner, wherein a plurality of grooves having an inclination of 0 to 30 degree and a groove depth of 0.5 to 15 ?m are formed in a circumferential direction at the time of grinding a contact surface with the mating member. In the contact surface, the axial surface waviness is set to 0.1 or more in the filtered centerline waviness (WCA) and the axial surface roughness is set to 0.7 or more in the ten-point height of roughness profile (Rz) by the grooves 26.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takaaki Ikeda, Yoshiaki Sakaki, Kazuyoshi Kurihara, Yoshitaka Waseda, Masanori Setsuda, Kenichi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20090028481
    Abstract: A double row thrust roller bearing includes a pair of inner and outer cages arranged radially in two rows in separate coaxial relation, each cage including an annular inner peripheral wall, an annular outer peripheral wall, a plurality of pillar portions interconnecting the annular inner and outer peripheral walls at intervals in a circumferential direction thereof, and a plurality of pockets each formed between the adjacent pillar portions. Rollers are rotatably held and retained respectively in the pockets. The annular inner peripheral wall of the inner cage is guided by an annular flange formed at an inner peripheral edge of one race, and the annular inner peripheral wall of the outer cage is guided at an inner periphery thereof by the annular outer peripheral wall of the inner cage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshitaka Waseda
  • Publication number: 20090028482
    Abstract: A split bearing which is divided in two is formed of a rolling bearing, and its outer ring is provided with ribs at both side parts thereof in an axial direction. An integrating mechanism is provided at a position within a range in the axial direction where this rib is formed. The integrating mechanism include a concave groove in an annular shape which is formed on a side surface of the rib, and a C-shaped ring is engaged with this concave groove, whereby upper and lower split outer ring pieces of the divided outer ring are integrated into a preassembled state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Iwata, Yoshitaka Waseda
  • Publication number: 20080310787
    Abstract: A rolling bearing apparatus is provided that rotatably supports a cam shaft in a cylinder head of an engine. The rolling bearing apparatus includes a plurality of rolling elements; a cage that positions the rolling elements so as to be spaced at regular intervals from each other in a circumferential direction and that retains the rolling elements in a freely rotatable manner; a shell-type outer ring configured to receive the rolling elements and the cage and having a raceway surface of the rolling elements at an inner side thereof; and an outer ring fastening member formed of a material having almost the same thermal expansion coefficient as the shell-type outer ring and having a press-fit portion press-fitted to the shell-type outer ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Waseda, Tsuyoshi Okumura
  • Publication number: 20080240641
    Abstract: The clearance between the outer peripheral surface of an annular portion of a cage and the inner peripheral surface of each of rib portions of outer-ring split pieces is set to be smaller than the clearance between the radial end surface of a projection portion of the cage and the inner peripheral surface of each of body portions of the outer-ring split pieces. When a centrifugal force due to engine rotation acts upon the cage, the inner peripheral surface of each of the rib portions of the outer-ring split pieces touches the outer peripheral surface of the annular portion of the cage before the inner peripheral surface of each of the body portions of the outer-ring split pieces touches the radial end surface of the projection portion of the cage. Thus, the radial displacement of the cage can be prevented in good time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: JTEKT Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Waseda, Tsuyoshi Okumura
  • Publication number: 20080232732
    Abstract: A step portion is formed at an outer peripheral surface of an axially-central portion of an outer ring, and is smaller in diameter than outer peripheral surfaces of axial opposite end portions of the outer ring. The step portion is continuously formed over an entire periphery of the outer ring, and has a predetermined width over the entire periphery. The outer peripheral surface and inner peripheral surface of the outer ring are pressed radially inwardly, and therefore are bulged radially inwardly into a step-like shape to form the step portion having an axis coinciding with a axis of the outer ring. A pedestal of a cylinder block and a cap member retain the outer peripheral surface of the step portion, thereby positioning the outer ring in the axial direction and also preventing a movement of the outer ring in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshitaka Waseda
  • Patent number: 7387098
    Abstract: A cam follower includes a roller on which a cam rolls. A material ratio Rmr (C) (C: a section level %) of an radially outer surface of the roller is set to relations of 0%<Rmr (10%)?10%, a Kurtosis Rku of a roughness profile of the outer surface is set to 4?Rku?10, an arithmetic mean roughness Ra of the outer surface is set to 0<Ra?0.15, and a compression stress S of the outer surface is set to 800 MPa?S?1,100 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Jtekt Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Waseda, Shinya Ochi
  • Patent number: 7367301
    Abstract: There is provided a cam follower in which a surface roughness of an outer surface of a roller of a cam follower which is in rolling contact with a cam of an engine is obtained individually in an axial direction and a circumferential direction, a skewness Rsk of a profile is formed to be negative, a core roughness depth Rk is made to be 0.3 or less, a reduced valley depth Rvk is made to be 0.3 or less, and a ratio Rk/Rt of the Rk to a maximum height Rt of the profile is made to be 0.19 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Jtekt Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Waseda, Shinya Ochi
  • Publication number: 20070221155
    Abstract: There is provided a cam follower in which a surface roughness of an outer surface of a roller of a cam follower which is in rolling contact with a cam of an engine is obtained individually in an axial direction and a circumferential direction, a skewness Rsk of a profile is formed to be negative, a core roughness depth Rk is made to be 0.3 or less, a reduced valley depth Rvk is made to be 0.3 or less, and a ratio Rk/Rt of the Rk to a maximum height Rt of the profile is made to be 0.19 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Waseda, Shinya Ochi
  • Publication number: 20070223854
    Abstract: A split roller bearing device of the invention includes a roller bearing of which at least the outer ring is separated into a plurality of split parts and a cap member that fixes the outer ring of the roller bearing between the body shaft and a housing and the outer ring split part is fixed inside the arc-shaped recess of the cap member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Waseda, Tsuyoshi Okumura
  • Patent number: 7270484
    Abstract: The present invention provides a split outer race for use in a rolling bearing. The split outer race is formed by bending a strip-shaped metallic plate into a substantially semicircle shape. At least one end of the split outer race in a circumferential direction has a concave-and-convex shape including a first slope portion which is inclined to an axial direction and a second slope portion inclined in a direction opposite to a direction in which the first slope portion is inclined. An edge portion formed on an inner surface of the one end in the circumferential direction has a round shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshitaka Waseda
  • Patent number: 7222599
    Abstract: A rocker arm includes: a body that is made of sheet metal and includes a pair of side walls; and a pair of axial holes that are respectively formed through the pair of side walls and have a first diameter and through which an axis is inserted. The pair of axial holes include thickened portions formed partially or overall of circumference of the pair of axial holes, and the thickened portion is formed by expanding a hole that has a second diameter smaller than the first diameter and is formed in a pre-arranged range for forming the axial hole in a blank material so as to causing plastic flow in a metallic material of the circumference of the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshitaka Waseda
  • Publication number: 20070022992
    Abstract: A cam follower includes a roller on which a cam rolls. A material ratio Rmr (C) (C: a section level %) of an radially outer surface of the roller is set to relations of 0 %<Rmr (10%)?10 %, a Kurtosis Rku of a roughness profile of the outer surface is set to 4?Rku?10, an arithmetic mean roughness Ra of the outer surface is set to 0<Ra?0.15, and a compression stress S of the outer surface is set to 800 MPa?S?1,100 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2006
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Waseda, Shinya Ochi
  • Publication number: 20070006944
    Abstract: The invention provides a cam follower having an outer ring which is used in a state where the cam follower comes into sliding contact or rolling contact with a mating part. The outer ring is configured such that the hardness of a surface layer portion existing between the surface and at least 3 ?m below the surface is Hv 780 to 900, and the hardness of an internal surface portion existing at a depth of 10 ?m or more from the surface is lower than the hardness of the surface layer portion and less than Hv 780. Such hardness can be obtained by performing soft shot blasting or flow barrel processing on a surface layer portion of a base material to be the outer ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2006
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Waseda, Shinya Ochi
  • Publication number: 20060126985
    Abstract: A rocker arm bearing comprising a support shaft in which end faces of shaft end portions of the support shaft are crimped to inner circumferential edges of shaft end inserting holes in opposed side walls and an outer ring which is rotatably supported on a raceway portion at a shaft intermediate portion of the support shaft via a plurality of rollers or directly, wherein an external surface of the raceway portion at the shaft intermediate portion of the support shaft is surface hardened by virtue of quenching, and as a wear-resistant hard coating, a DLC coating is formed on at least the external surface of the raceway portion which is surface hardened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2005
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Applicant: Koyo Seiko, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Ochi, Jun Nishiuchi, Chiaki Nishizawa, Yoshitaka Waseda
  • Publication number: 20060083455
    Abstract: There is provided a rolling slide member coming in tact with a mating member in a rolling or sliding manner, rein a plurality of grooves having an inclination of 0 to 30 degree and a groove depth of 0.5 to 15 ?m are formed in a circumferential direction at the time of grinding a contact face with the mating member. In the contact surface, the axial surface waviness is set to 0.1 or more in the filtered centerline waviness (WCA) and the axial surface roughness is set to 0.7 or more in the ten-point height of roughness profile (Rz) by the grooves 26.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2005
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Applicant: Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takaaki Ikeda, Yoshiaki Sakaki, Kazuyoshi Kurihara, Yoshitaka Waseda, Masanori Setsuda, Kenichi Watanabe