Patents Assigned to Kyodo Yushi Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 9528073
    Abstract: The invention provides a lubricant composition capable of favorably preventing the members from causing hydrogen embrittlement-induced flaking when the members are operated under the conditions where the oil film is thin (namely, the metal surfaces considerably come in contact with each other). The lubricant composition used for lubricating the steel mechanical members operated by a rolling motion or rolling-sliding motion is characterized by containing a base oil and additives, the additives including an organic sulfonate rust inhibitor and a load carrying additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: KYODO YUSHI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Endo, Junichi Imai, Yutaka Imai
  • Publication number: 20160305488
    Abstract: The invention provides a grease composition for constant velocity joints, which contains (a) a base oil, (b) a diurea thickener, (c) benzotriazole and/or a derivative thereof, and (d) a phosphate and/or an amine salt thereof; and a constant velocity joint where the grease composition is packed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicants: KYODO YUSHI CO., LTD., NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michitaka YOSHIHARA, Yuji ONUKI, Mika KOHARA, Shinichi TAKABE
  • Patent number: 9422500
    Abstract: The invention provides a grease composition capable of smoothly operating the lubricated parts even under wide-ranging temperature conditions, and at the same time, exhibiting excellent noise reducing effect on the lubricated parts. The grease composition containing a base oil and a thickener is provided, wherein the base oil includes at least one first base oil selected from the group consisting of poly-?-olefins and ethylene-?-olefin oligomers and at least one second base oil selected from the group consisting of polybutene, polyisobutylene, polymethacrylate, and styrene based copolymers, with the first base oil being contained in an amount of 65 mass % or more and the second base oil being contained in an amount of 1 mass % or more and less than 35 mass % based on the total mass of the base oil, the base oil having a kinematic viscosity of 350 to 1400 mm2/s at 40° C., the first base oil having a kinematic viscosity of 300 to 1200 mm2/s at 40° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignees: KYODO YUSHI CO., LTD., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyosuke Ikuma, Mitsuhiro Kakizaki, Koji Sakakibara, Shozo Ikejima, Suehiro Okazaki, Koji Hisaka
  • Patent number: 9410107
    Abstract: A grease composition for a rolling bearing for a motor to support a rotor of the motor, containing a pentaerythritol ester base oil with a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of 20 to 55 mm2/s; 7 to 13 mass % of a diurea thickener represented by formula (A) where each R group is defined; and a rust inhibitor mixture selected from the group consisting of polyol ester type rust inhibitors and organic sulfonate type rust inhibitors. The grease composition can prevent a peculiar noise from being produced at low temperatures, satisfy the low torque performance over a wide temperature range, extend the bearing lubrication life even under the circumstances of high temperature, and exhibit excellent rust inhibiting effect on varnish.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignees: KYODO YUSHI CO., LTD., NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryo Aida, Yutaka Imai, Kenta Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 9404061
    Abstract: Provided is a grease composition containing a urea thickener represented by formula (1): R1—NHCONH—R2—NHCONH—R3??(1) (wherein R2 is a bivalent aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 15 carbon atoms; and R1 and R3, which may be the same or different from each other, represent an alkyl group having 8 to 22 carbon atoms, cyclohexyl group or an aryl group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms); and a base oil containing at least one compound represented by formula (3): (wherein R6 and R7, which may be the same or different from each other, represent a branched alkyl group having 10 to 26 carbon atoms, with the ratio of the number of moles of the alkyl groups represented by R6 and R7 being defined; and m and n are real numbers of 0 or more so as to satisfy the condition of 1.0?m+n?3.0).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: KYODO YUSHI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Terasu Yoshinari
  • Patent number: 9399748
    Abstract: The invention provides a lubricating grease composition with a worked penetration of 400 to 500 for a machine tool equipped with an automatic lubricator, containing a base oil having a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of 10 to 200 mm2/s and 0.1 to 10 mass % of solid particles insoluble in the base oil. The lubricating grease composition of the invention can be fed using the automatic lubricator attached to the machine tool, and can prevent the stick-slip from occurring on the sliding lubrication portion of the machine tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignees: LUBE CORPORATION, KYODO YUSHI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Ariyasu, Daming Dong, Hiroshi Ozeki, Minoru Namiki, Terasu Yoshinari
  • Publication number: 20160201726
    Abstract: In the rolling device of the present invention, a grease composition is enclosed which contains a base oil having a kinematic viscosity of 15 to 80 mm2/s at 40° C. and, as a thickener, a mixture of lithium 12-hydroxystearate and a lithium fatty acid having a carbon number of 6 to 12, and has a dropping point of 190 to 240° C. and a yield stress of 1.2 to 5 kPa. Accordingly, the torque is reduced and the acoustic life is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicants: KYODO YUSHI CO., LTD., NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Eri WATABE, Kentaro SONODA, Yujiro TODA, Koichi HACHIYA, Atsuhiro YAMAMOTO, Masamichi YAMAMOTO, Kenichiro MATSUBARA, Junichi IMAI
  • Patent number: 9376644
    Abstract: The lubricant composition of this invention comprises a base oil and an additive, which is at least one selected from the group consisting of an organic sulfonate, a carboxylate, a thiocarbamate and a thiophosphoric acid ester salt. The lubricant composition can effectively suppress hydrogen embrittlement-caused flaking of an element, such as a rolling bearing, a sliding bearing, a gear, a ball thread, a linear guide, a linear bearing, a cam and various joints in a high concentration hydrogen environment. The invention provides also a rolling bearing, a sliding bearing, a gear, a ball thread, a linear guide, a linear bearing, a cam and various joints using the lubricant composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: KYODO YUSHI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Endo, Da Ming Dong, Yutaka Imai
  • Publication number: 20160177213
    Abstract: The invention provides a grease composition containing a base oil, a thickener, and an anti-flaking additive such as a compound represented by, for example, formula (1-1), which grease composition can prevent the white layer flaking of the rolling bearings. (In the formula, R1 and R4 are each independently a straight-chain or branched alkyl or alkenyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicants: KYODO YUSHI CO., LTD., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Terasu YOSHINARI, Tomonobu KOMORIYA, Iwaki HIROOKA, Masataka MUTO, Satoru NAKAZAWA, Yoshinori FUKUSHIMA, Shigeyuki MORI
  • Patent number: 9328308
    Abstract: The invention provides a grease composition containing a thickener and a base oil, wherein the base oil contains (a) a hydrocarbon oil extracted from Botryococcus braunii and/or (b) a hydrocarbon oil obtainable by hydrogenating the hydrocarbon oil (a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignees: KYODO YUSHI CO., LTD., DENSO CORPORATION, UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA
    Inventors: Makoto Hayama, Hitoshi Kuno, Masao Nagakubo, Shozo Ikejima, Makoto Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9206375
    Abstract: The invention provides a lubricating grease composition containing the following components (a) and (b): (a) an ionic liquid having as an anion bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide; and (b) as a thickener a diurea compound of formula (1): R1NH—CO—NH—R2-NH—CO—NH—R3 (1) wherein R2 is an aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 15 carbon atoms; and R1 and R3, which may be the same or different are each an aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, an alicyclic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms or a straight-chain alkyl group having 8 to 20 carbon atoms, with the groups represented by R1 and R3 containing the aromatic hydrocarbon group in an amount of 50 to 100 mol %. The lubricating grease composition of the invention can favorably be used under ultra-high vacuum, and under high temperatures of 200 to 300° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: KYODO YUSHI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Hayama, Setsuo Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20150330451
    Abstract: A rolling bearing including a plurality of rolling elements rollably provided between an inner ring and an outer ring and having enclosed therein a grease composition obtained by adding three kinds of antirust agents which are a carboxylic acid-based antirust agent, a carboxylate-based antirust agent and an amine-based antirust agent, to a base oil which contains at least one kind of a mineral oil and a synthetic oil and has a kinematic viscosity of 200 to 400 mm2/s at 40° C., the grease composition having a penetration of 300 to 400 and a yield stress of 150 Pa or less at 40° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicants: KYODO YUSHI CO., LTD., NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Noriyuki INAMI, Haruka KANDA, Michita HOKAO, Atsushi YOKOUCHI, Shinya NAKATANI
  • Publication number: 20150307805
    Abstract: A grease-enclosed bearing having enclosed therein a grease composition containing a thickener which is a diurea compound represented by Formula (1) or a mixture thereof, and a base oil containing an alkyldiphenyl ether oil and a poly-?-olefin oil as an optional component in a mass ratio of alkyldiphenyl ether oil:poly-?-olefin oil=from 40:60 to 100:0: R1-NHCONH—R2-NHCONH—R3??Formula (1) wherein at least either one of R1 and R3 is an aromatic hydrocarbon group having a carbon number of 6 to 12, the other one is an aromatic hydrocarbon group having a carbon number of 6 to 12 or an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having a carbon number of 6 to 20, and R2 is an aromatic hydrocarbon group having a carbon number of 6 to 15.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicants: KYODO YUSHI CO., LTD., NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Haruka KANDA, Noriyuki INAMI, Michita HOKAO, Atsushi YOKOUCHI, Katsuhiro KONNO
  • Publication number: 20150299608
    Abstract: The invention provides a grease composition for hub unit bearing, having (a) as a base oil a mixture of a hydrocarbon synthetic oil and an ester type synthetic oil, with the content of the ester type synthetic oil being 20 to 50 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the total of the hydrocarbon synthetic oil and the ester type synthetic oil, and the base oil having a kinematic viscosity at 40° C. of 20 to 80 mm2/s, and (b) as a thickener a urea compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., KYODO YUSHI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke TSUTSUI, Yuta SATO, Junichi IMAI, Morinobu KAWAMURA
  • Publication number: 20150299610
    Abstract: The invention provides a grease composition containing a thickener, a base oil and an amine phosphate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: KYODO YUSHI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shinichi OHYAMA
  • Publication number: 20150252282
    Abstract: Provided is a grease composition containing a urea thickener represented by formula (1): R1—NHCONH—R2—NHCONH—R3??(1) (wherein R2 is a bivalent aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 15 carbon atoms; and R1 and R3, which may be the same or different from each other, represent an alkyl group having 8 to 22 carbon atoms, cyclohexyl group or an aryl group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms); and a base oil containing at least one compound represented by formula (3): (wherein R6 and R7, which may be the same or different from each other, represent a branched alkyl group having 10 to 26 carbon atoms, with the ratio of the number of moles of the alkyl groups represented by R6 and R7 being defined; and m and n are real numbers of 0 or more so as to satisfy the condition of 1.0?m+n?3.0).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: KYODO YUSHI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Terasu Yoshinari
  • Publication number: 20150247105
    Abstract: A grease composition for constant velocity joints which comprises the following components: (a) a base oil, (b) a thickener, (c) a montan wax, (d) a zinc sulfonate, and (e) a sulfurized molybdenum dialkyldithiocarbamate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicant: KYODO YUSHI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Satoshi Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20150232784
    Abstract: The invention provides a grease composition for rolling bearings of automotive electrical equipment or automotive auxiliaries, containing a base oil that includes as an essential component an alkyldiphenyl ether oil; a diurea thickener represented by formula (1); an anti-flaking additive including an organic sulfonate rust inhibitor and a load carrying additive; and an antioxidant. In the formula (1), R2 is a bivalent aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 15 carbon atoms; and one of R1 or R3 represents cyclohexyl group and the other represents cyclohexyl group, an alkyl group having 8 to 22 carbon atoms or an aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: KYODO YUSHI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Aida, Terasu Yoshinari, Junichi Imai
  • Patent number: 9085744
    Abstract: A grease is provided which has an improved inflow property of the grease into a lubrication unit and has a long life when used for bearings even under a high temperature environment. A grease composition comprising a base oil and a thickener, characterized in that the base oil contains an ester synthetic oil, the content of the ester synthetic oil is not less than 20% by mass of the total mass of the base oil and the thickener contains a diurea compound represented by the Formula (I): R1—NHCONH—R2—NHCONH—R3,??(I) wherein R2 is a C6-15 divalent aromatic hydrocarbon group, R1 and R3 are the same or different, and represent cyclohexyl or C8-22 linear or branched alkyl, and the molar ratio of cyclohexyl to the total of cyclohexyl and C8-22 linear or branched alkyl is 60 to 95%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: KYODO YUSHI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Endo, Yuji Onuki, Yutaka Imai
  • Patent number: 9012381
    Abstract: The invention provides a lubricant composition containing (A) an ionic liquid having an anion represented by formula 1: (Rf1-SO2) (Rf2-SO2) N? or formula 2: (Rf3) (Rf3) (Rf3) PF3? wherein Rf1 and Rf2 in formula 1 may be the same or different and are each F, CF3, C2F5, C3F7 or C4F9, and Rf3 in formula 2 may be the same or different and is CF3, C2F5, C3F7 or C4F9; and (B) a fatty acid amine salt in an amount of 0.1 to 5.0 mass %. The lubricant composition of the invention can favorably be used under a high vacuum or an ultra high vacuum, or under high temperatures, and exhibits excellent rust prevention properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Kyodo Yushi Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Hayama, Setsuo Sasaki