Patents Assigned to NHK Spring Production Company
  • Publication number: 20170050488
    Abstract: A semi-finished product (31) includes a first curved portion on one end of a plate-shaped bridge portion (33), and a second curved portion (37) on the other end of the bridge portion (33). The second curved portion (37) includes at the end a second lock portion (51) to lock with a first lock portion (41). The bridge portion (33) and the inner circumferential surfaces of the first and second curved portions (35, 37) are pressure-contacted and caulked on the outer circumferential surface of the stabilizer bar (11) by first and second dies (61, 62). At least one of the inner circumferential surfaces (31c) of the first and second curved portions (35, 37) and the outer circumferential surface of the stabilizer bar opposed to the inner surfaces (31c) is formed with an anti-slippage portion (38). The inner circumferential surfaces (31c) of the first and second curved portions (35, 37) and the outer circumferential surface of the stabilizer bar (11) have an anti-slippage material (Co) therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicants: NHK Spring CO., LTD., NHK Spring Production Company
    Inventor: Kenji KATSUNO
  • Publication number: 20150343876
    Abstract: A semimanufactured product of a stopper includes: a plate-shaped bridging portion; a first curved portion extending from one end portion of the bridging portion integrally; and a second curved portion extending from the other end portion of the bridging portion integrally, and an entirety of the semimanufactured product is formed in a C-shape. The first curved portion includes a first locking part at the end portion. The second curved portion includes a second locking part that engages with the first locking part at the end portion. The first locking part includes a convex-shaped convex portion and a pair of receiving portions positioned so as to sandwich the convex portion. The second locking part includes: a concave-shaped concave portion which can accommodate the convex portion; and a pair of projecting portions positioned so as to sandwich the concave portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicants: NHK Spring Co., Ltd., NHK Spring Production Company
    Inventors: Toshiharu Yoshizawa, Juichi Sugita
  • Patent number: D712239
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignees: NHK Spring Co., Ltd., NHK Spring Production Company
    Inventors: Toshiharu Yoshizawa, Juichi Sugita