Patents Assigned to Mitsuboshi Belting
  • Patent number: 11293518
    Abstract: Provided is a toothed belt comprising: a belt body that includes a plurality of core wires; a back surface part in which the plurality of core wires are embedded; and a plurality of teeth that oppose the back surface in a belt thickness direction. The back surface part and the plurality of teeth are integrally molded using a thermoplastic elastomer. The toothed belt is characterized in that: a belt strength per 1 mm of belt width is at least 1.85 kN; a pitch of the plurality of teeth is at least 20 mm; the height of each of the plurality of teeth is at least 5 mm; and the thickness of the back surface part is at least 4 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventor: Eiki Tamura
  • Publication number: 20220099157
    Abstract: A V-ribbed belt includes a compression rubber layer having a frictional power transmission surface that is covered with a fabric. The compression rubber layer includes an inner rubber layer in contact with the fabric and an outer rubber layer on an outer side of the inner rubber layer. The inner rubber layer is formed of a rubber composition having a Mooney Scorch minimum viscosity of 50 to 110 when measured at 125° C., and the outer rubber layer is formed of a rubber composition having a Mooney Scorch minimum viscosity of 70 to 130 when measured at 125° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventors: Manabu Mitsutomi, Yuji Kamba, Yorifumi Hineno
  • Patent number: 11274739
    Abstract: A pulley structure may include: a tubular outer rotating body having a belt looped thereon; an inner rotating body which is disposed radially inside the outer rotating body and which is rotatable relative to the outer rotating body; and a torsional coil spring which is arranged in a spring accommodating space formed between the outer rotating body and the inner rotating body. At least in a state in which the pulley structure has not been operated even once, grease containing a rust inhibitor is applied to an opposing surface of the inner rotating body opposing an inner peripheral surface of the torsional coil spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventors: Hayato Shimamura, Katsuya Imai, Ryosuke Dan, Takashi Morimoto
  • Publication number: 20220056983
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a power-transmitting friction belt having a compressed layer and a knitted fabric. The surface of the compressed layer is covered with the knitted fabric. The knitted fabric has an overlapping section in which one end and the other end of the knitted fabric overlap each other. The overlapping section has a bonding region containing a bonding component for bonding the end and the other end of the knitted fabric together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouhei Hamamoto, Yorifumi Hineno
  • Patent number: 11242471
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a conductive composition containing a conductive metal powder and a resin component, in which the conductive metal powder contains at least a metal flake having a crystalline structure in which a metal crystal grows in a flake shape, and the resin component contains an aromatic amine skeleton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventors: Taisuke Iseda, Masahiro Iwamoto
  • Patent number: 11208288
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vane member for a paper sheet conveyance impeller, which includes a rotatable cylindrical member, the vane member being provided with: a vane member body comprising a thermosetting polyurethane elastomer; and a plurality of core wires which comprise polyester fibers and are arranged along the axial direction of a rotary shaft of the cylindrical member. At least a portion of the core wires is embedded within the vane member body. The vane member may be disposed so as to protrude from the external peripheral surface of the rotatable cylindrical member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventors: Kentaro Arimachi, Akira Takenaka, Takahide Okazawa
  • Publication number: 20210396297
    Abstract: A rubber toothed belt includes a belt main body including a plurality of tooth portions provided at predetermined intervals along a longitudinal direction of the belt and including a first rubber composition, in which the first rubber composition includes a composite polymer including a hydrogenated nitrile rubber and an unsaturated carboxylic acid metal salt in a mass ratio of the former/the later=100/80 to 100/180, and includes, with respect to 100 parts by mass of the composite polymer, 3 parts by mass to 50 parts by mass of a zinc oxide, 3 parts by mass to 50 parts by mass of a non-reinforcing filler, 10 parts by mass or less of a reinforcing filler, 5 parts by mass or less of short fibers, and 1 part by mass to 5 parts by mass of an organic peroxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventor: Manabu Mitsutomi
  • Publication number: 20210362628
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a seat slide device having: a lower rail fixed above a floor and extending in one direction; an upper rail connected to a seat and capable of moving along the lower rail; a drive pulley connected to a drive source and attached to the seat or the upper rail; an ended belt wound on the drive pulley so that one surface contacts the drive pulley, both ends of the ended belt being fixed to the floor or the lower rail; and a first and second pressing member attached to a position on the floor side of the seat or the upper rail closer than the drive pulley, each pressing member contacting the other surface of the ended belt, and the first pressing member, the drive pulley, and the second pressing member being disposed in the stated order along the one direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicants: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd., Toyota Body Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Motozaki, Susumu Osaki, Motohisa Nakamura, Shin Shiraki, Takayuki Ogasawara
  • Patent number: 11131058
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a cord for a power transmission belt, including a first treatment step of treating an untreated yarn of a cord for a power transmission belt with a first treatment agent containing: a rubber composition (A) containing a condensate (A1) of a resorcin and formaldehyde, a rubber component (A2) containing a carboxy-modified latex, and a curing agent (A3) containing a polycarbodiimide resin having a plurality of carbodiimide groups; and a hydrophilic solvent (B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventor: Takuya Tomoda
  • Publication number: 20210231192
    Abstract: A V-ribbed belt includes a plurality of V-rib portions extending along a longitudinal direction of the belt and in parallel with one another, and a compression rubber layer including a frictional power transmission face at least a part of which can come into contact with a V-rib groove portion of a pulley. The frictional power transmission face of the compression rubber layer is formed from a vulcanizate of a rubber composition containing a rubber component and a noise suppression improver. A difference (Rp?Rb) between a curvature radius Rp of a rib top end of the pulley and a curvature radius Rb of a rib bottom portion of the V-ribbed belt is ?0.08 to 0.08 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Imai, Yuji Maruyama, Arata Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20210222755
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a core wire for a frictional power-transmission belt, the core wire including a Lang lay cord, having a total fineness of 300 to 1000 tex, and including a rubber component adhered to at least a part of a surface of the core wire, in which the Lang lay cord comprises a first-twisted yarn, and in which the first-twisted yarn comprises a carbon fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Tomoda, Takeshi Nishiyama, Masashi Tamura, Tomomitsu Kurokawa
  • Publication number: 20210215228
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wrapped V-belt including: a tension member layer including a tension member; a tension rubber layer laminated on the tension member layer at a belt outer peripheral side; a compression rubber layer laminated on the tension member layer at a belt inner peripheral side; and an outside cloth covering an entire outer surface of the belt, in which the compression rubber layer includes a first compression rubber layer laminated at the belt outer peripheral side and a second compression rubber layer laminated at the belt inner peripheral side, and the tension rubber layer has a rubber hardness that is higher than a rubber hardness of the second compression rubber layer and lower than a rubber hardness of the first compression rubber layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuhei Nishida, Takashi Nishio
  • Publication number: 20210199186
    Abstract: A pulley structure includes: a cylindrical outer rotation body; an inner rotation body; and a torsion coil spring. The torsion coil spring includes: one end region which is in contact with one rotation body; the other end region which is in contact with the other rotation body; and a middle region. The other rotation body includes: a first contact surface; a facing surface; an inclined surface; and a second contact surface. The facing surface includes a constraining surface connected to the inclined surface. The constraining surface is configured to be capable of constraining the other end region of the torsion coil spring before press fitting so as to prevent a displacement of an axis of the torsion coil spring before the press fitting with respect to an axis of the other rotation body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventor: Norihisa Ilo
  • Publication number: 20210190176
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a V-ribbed belt that has a medium elongation of 0.8% or more when the load of 4 cN/dtex is applied, and that contains a twisted cord in which a high-elongation aramid fiber having a tensile modulus of 50-100 GPa and a low-modulus fiber having a lower tensile modulus than the high-elongation aramid fiber are blended and twisted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutaka Yokoyama, Hiroki Takechi, Arata Hasegawa, Takeshi Nishiyama, Manabu Mitsutomi
  • Publication number: 20210180648
    Abstract: A pulley structure includes a cylindrical outer rotation body, an inner rotation body, and a pair of bearings which is disposed between the outer rotation body and the inner rotation body. Of the pair of bearings, one bearing is a sliding bearing, and the other bearing is a rolling bearing. The sliding bearing is made of a thermoplastic resin and is formed into an ended ring shape. A thickness of the sliding bearing at each of both circumferential end portions is smaller than a reference dimension of a thickness of the sliding bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Morimoto, Hayato Shimamura, Katsuya Imai, Ryosuke Dan
  • Publication number: 20210172497
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a transmission belt provided with a layered structure including: a rear surface layer disposed on the rear surface side; an inner surface layer disposed on the inner surface side; and a core wire layer having a core wire embedded between the rear surface layer and the inner surface layer, wherein the transmission belt has, as at least a portion of the layered structure, a sensor for detecting the status of the transmission belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventor: Shigehiko Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20210148436
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wrapped joined V-belt in which outer peripheral surfaces of a plurality of wrapped V-belt portions are coupled via a tie band, each of the wrapped V-belt portions includes a tension member layer, a tension rubber layer laminated at a belt outer peripheral side, a compression rubber layer laminated at a belt inner peripheral side, and an outside cloth covering an entire outer surface of the belt, and the compression rubber layer includes a first compression rubber layer laminated at the belt outer peripheral side and a second compression rubber layer laminated at the belt inner peripheral side, a rubber hardness of the tension rubber layer is higher than that of the second compression rubber layer, and a rubber hardness of the first compression rubber layer is equal to or higher than that of the tension rubber layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Kimura, Yoshihito Nakaoji
  • Publication number: 20210102601
    Abstract: Provided is a power transmission V-belt containing: a rubber layer; a cord buried in the rubber layer along the belt circumferential direction; and at least one reinforcing layer buried in the rubber layer, in which the reinforcing layer contains reinforcing fiber filaments having the same length as a belt width; and contains no fibers intersecting with the belt width direction, or contains the fibers intersecting with the belt width direction in a weight per unit area of 30% or less of the reinforcing fiber filaments, in which the reinforcing layer has a structure in which the reinforcing fiber filaments are in a non-twisted state, are oriented in the belt width direction, and are spread and bonded in a sheet shape, and in which the reinforcing layer has a thickness of 0.05 mm to 0.5 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouhei Hamamoto, Toshihiro Nishimura
  • Publication number: 20210102614
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pulley structure (1) equipped with an outer rotating body (2), an inner rotating body (3), and a coil spring (4) provided between the outer rotating body (2) and the inner rotating body (3). The coil spring (4) is configured so as to undergo torsional deformation in a diameter-expanding or a diameter-contracting direction, thereby engaging the outer rotating body (2) and the inner rotating body (3) and transmitting torque, and to undergo torsional deformation in the direction opposite the direction in which torque is transmitted, thereby entering a disengaged state in which the coil spring slides with the outer rotating body (2) or the inner rotating body (3), thus interrupting the transmission of torque. The number of windings of the coil spring (4) is in a range between [M-0.125] and M (both inclusive), where M is a natural number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventors: Hayato Shimamura, Katsuya Imai, Ryosuke Dan, Takashi Morimoto
  • Patent number: 10968987
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to an auto tensioner (1) to be provided in an auxiliary-driving belt system, including a friction member (6) that is sandwiched between an arm (3) and an inner circumferential surface of an outer cylindrical portion (21) of a base (2) in the radial direction of the outer cylindrical portion (21) and that has an arc-shaped surface (60) locked to the arm (2) and slidable with respect to the inner circumferential surface of the outer cylindrical portion (21), in which the friction member (6) is provided so that the arc-shaped surface (60) remains at a height equal to or higher than a horizontal plane (HP) passing through a central axis (R) when sliding with respect to the inner circumferential surface of the outer cylindrical portion (21) as the arm (3) oscillates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.
    Inventor: Satoshi Oishi