Patents Assigned to Nippon Gasket Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 9291121
    Abstract: A cylinder head gasket includes a plurality of seal plates 1 to 4 so that a combustion gas that leaks through a gap between the respective seal plates is reliably sealed. The cylinder head gasket includes the plurality of seal plates 1 to 4, which are held between a cylinder head and a cylinder block having a cylinder bore. The plurality of seal plates 1 to 4 are adhered to each other in a circumferentially continuous manner around combustion chamber holes 1a to 4a, and the combustion gas that leaks through the gap between the respective seal plates is reliably sealed within an adhered portion 5 of the respective seal plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: NIPPON GASKET CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo Mori, Tomoaki Matsubara, Ryosuke Fujiki
  • Patent number: 9279491
    Abstract: Gear-shaped resin sheets Sa are laminated such that tooth portions 2b are aligned in an axial direction, thereby preparing a spur gear-shaped net-shape body 4. Tooth portions of the resin gear formed in a lower die 12 are pressed in a helical tooth-shaped molding space to deform the tooth portions 4a of the net-shape body 4 into a helical tooth tilted relative to the axial direction, and the direction of reinforcement fibers at the tooth portions 2b of the molded resin gear 1 is tilted relative to the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: NIPPON GASKET CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shizuo Itani, Shigeo Shinozaki
  • Patent number: 9239112
    Abstract: A metal gasket 10 includes a pair of bead plates 14 and 14 having a cylinder hole 12 corresponding to a cylinder bore, a full bead 22 surrounding the cylinder hole, a first intermediate plate 18 interposed between the pair of bead plates, and a shim plate 16 interposed between the first intermediate plate and one bead plate in an area around the cylinder hole. The shim plate 16 is disposed to overlap with the full bead 22, and the thickness of a contact portion 19 to contact with the shim plate 16 of the first intermediate plate changes in the peripheral direction of the cylinder hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignees: NIPPON GASKET CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenji Uchida, Toru Takasu, Kazuya Yoshijima
  • Patent number: 9162379
    Abstract: A resin rotating body 1 is configured by a ring-shaped resin ring 2, and a metallic bush 3 which is fitted to an inner circumferential surface 2a of the resin ring, and projections 3a as rotation preventing means that connects the resin ring and the metallic bush so that the resin ring and the metallic bush do not rotate with respect to each other are provided on an outer circumferential surface of the metallic bush. Projections of the metallic bush are further provided at positions eccentric forward in a press-fitting direction of the metallic bush from a center in the axial direction of the metallic bush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: NIPPON GASKET CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shizuo Itani, Shigeo Shinozaki
  • Patent number: 8960681
    Abstract: A cylinder head gasket 1 is sandwiched between a cylinder head 2 and a cylinder block 3 with a cylinder bore 4 and includes a substrate 10 with a combustion chamber hole 14 drilled at a position of the cylinder bore 4, and seal plates 11 to 13, the substrate 10 and the seal plates are stacked on one another. Fixation members 21 and 22 are secured to the substrate around a periphery of the combustion chamber hole. The seal plates include an engagement hole 23 formed therein and with which the fixation members are engaged. The engagement hole is engaged with the fixation members. The fixation members are sandwiched between the cylinder head and the cylinder block. The cylinder head and the cylinder block can be firmly coupled together via the fixation members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignees: Nippon Gasket Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasumaro Takeda, Toru Takasu, Ryosuke Fujiki, Kazuya Yoshijima, Yoshihiko Masuda
  • Patent number: 8814172
    Abstract: A cylinder head gasket 1 has a gas seal plate P1 in which a combustion chamber hole 11 is drilled, an oil seal plate P2 in which an oil hole 13 is drilled, and a main plate P3 provided between the gas seal plate and the oil seal plate. Plate thicknesses of the gas seal plate, the oil seal plate, and the main plate are made different from each other, the plate thickness of the gas seal plate is larger than the plate thicknesses of the oil seal plate and the main plate, and end portions of the gas seal plate, the oil seal plate, and the main plate are connected to each other. A combustion gas, lubricant oil or the like from a combustion chamber or an oil passage can be effectively sealed, and the cylinder head gasket can be manufactured inexpensively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Gasket Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Kusano, Osamu Jinno
  • Patent number: 8714564
    Abstract: A cylinder head gasket 1 has gasket base plates 4 and 5 including: combustion chamber holes 7; a water hole 9 formed in a manner adjusted to the position of a cooling liquid path 3b formed in a cylinder block; and full beads 4a and 5a surrounding the combustion chamber holes. Neighboring full beads are formed at locations distant from each other. Furthermore, two coupling beads 4b and 5b are provided at locations having disposed therebetween a centerline connecting the centers of the neighboring combustion chamber holes, and the two coupling beads 4b and 5b branch out from one full bead and join the other full bead and protrude in the same direction as the full beads. The water hole is disposed outside an area surrounded by the full beads and the coupling beads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignees: Nippon Gasket Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoyoshi Ogaeri, Shigeo Kiyoi, Masaki Chiba, Kazuya Yoshijima
  • Patent number: 8608178
    Abstract: A cylinder head gasket includes a plurality of seal plates 1 to 4 so that a combustion gas that leaks through a gap between the respective seal plates is reliably sealed. The cylinder head gasket includes the plurality of seal plates 1 to 4, which are held between a cylinder head and a cylinder block having a cylinder bore. The plurality of seal plates 1 to 4 are adhered to each other in a circumferentially continuous manner around combustion chamber holes 1a to 4a, and the combustion gas that leaks through the gap between the respective seal plates is reliably sealed within an adhered portion 5 of the respective seal plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Nippon Gasket Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shingo Mori, Tomoaki Matsubara, Ryosuke Fujiki
  • Patent number: 8123230
    Abstract: A cylinder head gasket includes a first gasket base plate at a cylinder head side, a second gasket base plate at a cylinder block side, a shim that adjusts the gasket thickness, and a pressure increasing plate that increases the surface pressure at the side of periphery portions of the cylinders. In the first and second gasket base plates full beads are swollen at the side of periphery portions of cylinders, and half beads are swollen at a site outward of the full beads. The full beads of the first and second gasket base plates are formed so that top portions of the full beads face each other at positions that are opposite to each other in the up-down direction. The shim and the pressure increasing plate are sandwiched between the top portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Nippon Gasket Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuya Yoshijima, Yasumaro Takeda, Shigeo Kiyoi
  • Patent number: 8117835
    Abstract: A gasket resistant to vibration and noise generation is interposed between a cylinder head and an exhaust manifold of an engine. The gasket includes a gasket main body interposed between a cylinder head and an exhaust manifold of an engine, a base plate affixed to the gasket main body and having a heat shielding portion integral with a base portion and extending to a side of the exhaust manifold, and a reinforcement plate fixed to the heat shielding portion, in which the reinforcement plate is not present at a region of the base portion in contact with the gasket main body, and a reinforcement rib is formed at the region of the base portion in contact with the reinforcement plate and a region of the heat shielding portion in contact with the reinforcement. The base portion is provided with a projected portion projected into a path of introducing secondary air from a side wall of the cylinder head to an exhaust port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Nippon Gasket Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shingo Mori
  • Publication number: 20090189359
    Abstract: A cylinder head gasket includes a first gasket base plate at a cylinder head side, a second gasket base plate at a cylinder block side, a shim that adjusts the gasket thickness, and a pressure increasing plate that increases the surface pressure at the side of periphery portions of the cylinders. In the first and second gasket base plates full beads are swollen at the side of periphery portions of cylinders, and half beads are swollen at a site outward of the full beads. The full beads of the first and second gasket base plates are formed so that top portions of the full beads face each other at positions that are opposite to each other in the up-down direction. The shim and the pressure increasing plate are sandwiched between the top portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NIPPON GASKET CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Yoshijima, Yasumaro Takeda, Shigeo Kiyoi
  • Patent number: 6575473
    Abstract: In a metallic gasket having a metallic sheet made with a recess surrounding around a diverse type of hole, in which an elastic sealing member is installed, a relation between the recess and the elastic sealing member in their cross sections and also configurations is so specified as to use the elastic sealing member within a range of elastic limit inherent in the elastic sealing member, thereby improving the sealing performance of the metallic gasket. The elastic sealing member is smaller than the recess in their cross section perpendicular to the major side of the metallic sheet. Thus, the elastic sealing member, when the metallic gasket is squeezed, may serve its useful function within the range of inherent elastic limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Nippon Gasket Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Sugimoto, Tsuyoshi Hiramatsu, Kazuya Yoshijima
  • Patent number: 6502829
    Abstract: A gasket-squeeze construction wherein a warp-limiter member is installed in a bolt hole in which a fastening bolt fits. The warp-limiter member is made less in an amount of flex than confronting surfaces, between which the gasket is disposed and squeezed by the tightening of the fastening bolt. The warp-limiter member serves to make the sealing stress uniform around a combustion gas hole. The warp-limiter member installed in the bolt hole, because of tougher to flex than the confronting surfaces when tightening the fastening bolt, makes uniform the clamping force of the fastening bolt and the compressive stress created around the associated bolt hole, moreover dispersing uniformly the sealing stress throughout around the combustion gas hole such as a cylinder bore, thereby rendering variation in distortion in the sealing joint less to improve the sealing performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: Nippon Gasket Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Watanabe, Kiyoshi Sugimoto, Kazuya Yoshijima
  • Patent number: 6502830
    Abstract: A metallic gasket installed between confronting surfaces of engine components is improved in heat conduction between the components so as to reduce the adverse thermal influence to the engine. The metallic gasket used between the confronting surfaces of, for example a cylinder head and a cylinder block is composed of an annular raised portion defining inside a gas hole in alignment with an associated cylinder bore, and a surrounding metallic sheet connected to the annular raised portion. Both the annular raised portion and the surrounding metallic sheet are made of aluminum material to render the heat conduction between the components efficient. Thus the improved gasket can reduce the adverse thermal influence such as thermal deformation, thermal stress, and so on, whether the components are made of different materials or same materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: Nippon Gasket Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Teranishi, Kiyoshi Sugimoto, Kazuya Yoshijima
  • Patent number: 6431554
    Abstract: A metal gasket is disclosed in which a shim laid on a bead plate around bore apertures in the bead plate is varied in radial width along the peripheries of the bore apertures to compensate for sealing stress circumferentially of the bore apertures. The metal gasket is composed of a bead plate with beads around its bore apertures and a shim including annular areas defining bore apertures and bridges connecting together any two adjoining annular areas. The shim around the bore apertures has a radial width at the bridges, which is substantially equal with a width across a web defined between any adjoining cylinder bores formed in mating surfaces of the cylinder block and cylinder head. Moreover, the shim at areas other than the bridges is varied continuously in its radial width in a range of from a flat area around the bore apertures to an area corresponding to the bead on the bead plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Nippon Gasket Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Miyamoto, Yuji Fukui, Kenichi Sekioka, Yutaka Furuta
  • Patent number: 6422573
    Abstract: A monolayer metal gasket is disclosed in which variations in radial width of a core plate around bore apertures help regulate a sealing stress throughout around bore apertures. The monolayer metal gasket is comprised of a core plate extending around the bore apertures and a perimetral member surrounding throughout the core plate. The core plate is varied in its own radial width circumferentially of every bore aperture in such a manner as to become narrow at areas neighboring tightening holes while wide at the remainder. In this monolayer metal gasket, the sealing stress around the bore apertures may be compensated in part by varying the radial width of the core plate circumferentially of every bore aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: Nippon Gasket Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenichi Sekioka
  • Publication number: 20020027327
    Abstract: In a metallic gasket having a metallic sheet made with a recess surrounding around a diverse type of hole, in which an elastic sealing member is installed, a relation between the recess and the elastic sealing member in their cross sections and also configurations is so specified as to use the elastic sealing member within a range of elastic limit inherent in the elastic sealing member, thereby improving the sealing performance of the metallic gasket. The elastic sealing member installed in the recess formed around the hole such as combustion hole and so on is composed of a top extending above a major side of the metallic sheet, and a bottom having a cross section reaching widthwise opposing side surfaces of the recess. The elastic sealing member is made not more than the recess in their cross section perpendicular to the major side of the metallic sheet. Thus, the elastic sealing member, when the metallic gasket is squeezed, may serve its useful function within the range of inherent elastic limit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Publication date: March 7, 2002
    Applicant: NIPPON GASKET CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Sugimoto, Tsuyoshi Hiramatsu, Kazuya Yoshijima
  • Patent number: 6336639
    Abstract: A metal gasket is disclosed which is used arranged between a cylinder block and a cylinder head. The metal gasket comprises carrier plates having thereon beads, and a stopper plate overlaid on the carrier plates and provided with folded constructions, which are each composed of a folded flange area and its counterpart area confronting each other so as to provide a gap of a preselected interval between them. The gaps exert elasticity on the folded flange areas continuously whenever the gasket is squeezed and loaded due to engine operation whereby the folded constructions may compensate for intolerable clearance that might occur owing to the distortion in fatigue of the cylinder block with respect to the gasket, with resulting in improving sealing performance of the gasket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Nippon Gasket Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Ishida, Yutaka Furuta, Tomoyoshi Ogaeri, Tsuyoshi Hiramatsu, Naoki Ii
  • Patent number: 6328313
    Abstract: A gasket comprises a thin plate to be arranged between confronting surfaces of a cylinder block and a cylinder head. The thin plate has attached with adhesives susceptible to plastic deformation at areas where the thin plate comes in mating with the confronting surfaces. The adhesives come in adhesion with the confronting surfaces to restrain relative displacement that might occur constantly between the mating surfaces of the plate and the confronting surfaces. This contributes to keeping the gasket stiff. The adhesives of plastic deformation property are arranged along peripheries of cylinder bore holes at the areas where the thin plate comes in mating with the confronting surfaces. The adhesives, when have come in adhesion with the confronting surfaces, not only establish the reliable head-to-block sealing, but also restrain the displacement that might occurs constantly between the mating surfaces, in favor of plastic deformation of the adhesives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Nippon Gasket Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Teranishi, Takao Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 6283480
    Abstract: This metal gasket is formed by interposing a shim member between a pair of elastic metal plates, and fixing the shim member and one of the elastic metal plate to each other at the portions thereof which are opposed to a water jacket, whereby the function of the shim member is secured with the fixed portions and opposed surfaces not interfering with each other. The shim member comprises a shim member body corresponding to an end surface of a cylinder body of a cylinder block, and projecting portions integral with said shim member body and extending therefrom to a position opposed to the water jacket. The fixing portions at which the shim member and one elastic metal plate are fixed to each other by crimping are positioned on the projecting portions extending to positions opposed to the water jacket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Nippon Gasket Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Miura, Hiroshi Uemura, Kazuyuki Geshi