Patents Assigned to Nippon Piston Ring Co., Ltd.
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Publication number: 20240351406Abstract: Automobile window screen allowing the automobile to be driven with the screen attached outside an automobile window frame and capable of suppressing floating or wind noise even under pressure while driving, having a frame body that substantially conforms to the window frame, the frame body including: a rail member constituting a straight portion; a corner member coupled to the rail member; and a fixing stay that is attached to the rail member with an attachment member and that is to be inserted between the window frame and glass, wherein the rail member has a thickness 10 mm or more and 20 mm or less and a width of 20 mm or more and 50 mm or less, and the attachment member is attached in plurality with an interval of 50 mm or more and 250 mm or less on one of the rail member.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2022Publication date: October 24, 2024Applicants: NIPPON PISTON RING CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi TAKIGUCHI, Motofumi KAWAI, Makoto SAGAWA, Yoshio KUMANO
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Publication number: 20240344467Abstract: An iron-based sintered alloy valve seat insert for an internal combustion engine having excellent wear resistance, has a composition wherein Si—Cr—Ni—Fe type Mo-based intermetallic compound particles having a hardness of 700 to 1300 HV in terms of Vickers hardness and a composition containing Si: 1.5% to 3.5%, Cr: 7.0% to 9.0%, Mo: 35.0% to 45.0%, and Ni: 5.0% to 20.0% in terms of mass %, with a remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities are dispersed as hard particles in a base matrix phase that includes hard particles, solid lubricant particles, and contains C: 0.5% to 2.0%, Si: 0.2% to 2.0%, Mn: 5% or less, Cr: 0.5% to 15%, Mo: 3% to 20%, and Ni: 1 to 10% in terms of mass %, and further contains V: 0% to 5%, W: 0% to 10%, S: 0% to 2%, and Cu: 0% to 5%, with a remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2022Publication date: October 17, 2024Applicant: NIPPON PISTON RING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuji NAGAOKA, Satoshi IKEMI, Katsuaki SATO
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Publication number: 20240159313Abstract: A sliding member including a coating film in a sliding surface on a base material. The coating film includes, when a cross section thereof is observed by a bright-field TEM image, a laminated part configured by laminating, in a thickness direction, repeating units including black hard carbon layers and white hard carbon layers and a surface layer part composed of a white hard carbon layer provided on the laminated part. A Vickers hardness of the black hard carbon layer is within a range of 700 to 1600 HV, a Vickers hardness of the white hard carbon layer is higher than a Vickers hardness of the black hard carbon layer adjacent thereto and within a range of 1200 to 2200 HV, and a Vickers hardness of the surface layer part is lower than the Vickers hardness of the white hard carbon layer and within a range of 800 to 1200 HV.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2022Publication date: May 16, 2024Applicant: NIPPON PISTON RING CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki SUGIURA, Takahiro OKAZAKI
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Patent number: 11946010Abstract: To provide a sliding member comprising a coating film exhibiting constant and stable chipping resistance and wear resistance and excellent in peeling resistance (adhesion), and the coating film thereof. The above-described problem is solved by a sliding member (10) comprising a coating film (1) on a sliding surface (16) on a base material (11). The coating film (1) has, when a cross section thereof is observed by a bright-field TEM image, a total thickness within a range of 1 ?m to 50 ?m, in repeating units including black hard carbon layers (B), relatively shown in black, and white hard carbon layers (W), relatively shown in white, and laminated in a thickness direction (Y). In the black hard carbon layer (B) and the white hard carbon layer (W) adjacent to each other, the white hard carbon layer (W) has higher hardness and a larger [sp2/(sp2+sp3)] ratio than the black hard carbon layer (B).Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: NIPPON PISTON RING CO., LTD.Inventors: Takahiro Okazaki, Hiroyuki Sugiura
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Publication number: 20240100594Abstract: There is provided a titanium alloy sintered part in which the oxygen content is reduced and the fatigue strength is enhanced, and a method for producing the titanium alloy sintered part. The method for producing a titanium alloy sintered part by a metal injection molding method includes a mixing process of producing a compound of a metal powder and a binder, an injection process of subjecting the compound to injection molding to produce a green part, a degreasing process of degreasing the green part to remove the binder, and a sintering process of sintering the green part from which the binder was removed to obtain a sintered body, and the sintering process is performed at a sintering temperature of 800 to 995° C. for a sintering time of 6 to 200 hours.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: NIPPON PISTON RING CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahiro KIMURA, Atsushi YAMAMOTO
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Patent number: 11873780Abstract: Provided is a combined oil ring that can provide reduction in oil consumption of the engine oil without degrading the oil sealing performance between the lower surface of the side rail and the lower surface of the oil ring groove even when the tension of the combined oil ring is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2020Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: NIPPON PISTON RING CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahiro Uchiumi, Kenji Arai, Kazuhiro Sameshima, Makoto Kajiwara, Hajime Ando
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Patent number: 11859766Abstract: A fusible plug for a high pressure gas cylinder includes a communication hole filled with a low melting point alloy, a porous metal sintered body is press-fitted in at least a part of the communication hole in a length direction, all or a part of the porous metal sintered body is impregnated with the low melting point alloy to solidify and composite the low melting point alloy. It is preferable that: the low melting point alloy has a melting point of 110° C.; the porous metal sintered body to be press-fitted is a porous metal sintered body having pores with an area ratio of 30% or more and 50% or less and having pores with a diameter exceeding 5 ?m among the pores of 80% or more in terms of area ratio to all the pores; and the porous metal sintered body is a porous austenitic stainless steel sintered body.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignees: NIPPON PISTON RING CO., LTD., JTEKT CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Takiguchi, Atsuya Aoki, Kazushi Numazaki, Takeshi Takahashi, Natsuki Iwamoto, Yudai Watanabe
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Patent number: 11846009Abstract: The present invention relates to a hard particle powder for a sintered body, the powder including, in terms of mass %, 0.01?C?1.0, 2.5?Si?3.3, 0.1?Ni?20.0, 5.0?Cr?15.0, and 35.0?Mo?45.0, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, in which the powder before performing sintering comprises an alloy phase comprising a hexagonal crystal structure of C14 type Laves phase.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignees: DAIDO STEEL CO., LTD., NIPPON PISTON RING CO., LTD.Inventors: Iwane Nagase, Fumito Mizuno, Yuji Nagaoka, Satoshi Ikemi, Katsuaki Sato
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Patent number: 11739840Abstract: To provide a piston ring for an internal combustion engine, particularly a second compression ring, which has excellent wear resistance and can achieve both lower fuel consumption and efficient combustion. The above-described problem is solved by a piston ring (1) for an internal combustion engine formed so as to have a tapered shape by a peripheral surface (14) that gradually projects outward from a top to a bottom, and a radial cross-sectional shape of a Napier ring.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2019Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: NIPPON PISTON RING CO., LTD.Inventors: Kyoichi Ikeya, Ofuyu Sakai, Makoto Kajiwara
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Patent number: 11692248Abstract: To provide a sliding member, such as a piston ring for an internal combustion engine, having low friction and excellent toughness. The above-described problem is solved by a sliding member (10) such as a piston ring coated with a Cr—B—Ti—V—(Mn, Mo)—N-based alloy film (2) on a sliding surface (11) thereof, and configured so that the alloy film (2) contains one or both of Mn and Mo and has a total content of the Mn and the Mo within a range of 2 mass % or less. Preferably, a B content is within a range of 0.1 mass % to 1.5 mass %, inclusive, a V content is within a range of 0.05 mass % to 1 mass %, inclusive, and a Ti content is within a range of 0.05 mass % to 1.5 mass %, inclusive.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2018Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: NIPPON PISTON RING CO., LTD.Inventors: Noriaki Chida, Shota Seki
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Patent number: 11549408Abstract: Provided is a valve seat insert for an internal combustion engine, which has both an excellent heat dissipation property and excellent wear resistance. The valve seat insert for an internal combustion engine is used while being press-fitted into an aluminum alloy cylinder head, is made of an iron-based sintered alloy, is formed by integrating two layers of a functional member side layer and a supporting member side layer, and has a plating film on at least an outer peripheral side. The plating film is preferably a copper plating film. The plating film is a plating film having a thickness of 1 to 100 ?m and a hardness of 50 to 300 HV, and the hardness of the plating film is adjusted so as to satisfy a range of 1.05 to 4.5 times hardness of the cylinder head in Vickers hardness HV. Pores contained in the valve seat insert are preferably sealed with a curable resin before plating treatment.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2019Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: NIPPON PISTON RING CO., LTD.Inventors: Ayato Oikawa, Kiyoshi Suwa, Katsuaki Ogawa, Hiroshi Oshige, Kenichi Sato
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Publication number: 20220396746Abstract: To provide a sliding member comprising a coating film exhibiting constant and stable chipping resistance and wear resistance and excellent in peeling resistance (adhesion), and the coating film thereof. The above-described problem is solved by a sliding member (10) comprising a coating film (1) on a sliding surface (16) on a base material (11). The coating film (1) has, when a cross section thereof is observed by a bright-field TEM image, a total thickness within a range of 1 ?m to 50 ?m, in repeating units including black hard carbon layers (B), relatively shown in black, and white hard carbon layers (W), relatively shown in white, and laminated in a thickness direction (Y). In the black hard carbon layer (B) and the white hard carbon layer (W) adjacent to each other, the white hard carbon layer (W) has higher hardness and a larger [sp2/(sp2+sp3)] ratio than the black hard carbon layer (B).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2020Publication date: December 15, 2022Applicant: NIPPON PISTON RING CO., LTD.Inventors: Takahiro OKAZAKI, Hiroyuki SUGIURA
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Publication number: 20220243872Abstract: A fusible plug for a high pressure gas cylinder includes a communication hole filled with a low melting point alloy, a porous metal sintered body is press-fitted in at least a part of the communication hole in a length direction, all or a part of the porous metal sintered body is impregnated with the low melting point alloy to solidify and composite the low melting point alloy. It is preferable that: the low melting point alloy has a melting point of 110° C.; the porous metal sintered body to be press-fitted is a porous metal sintered body having pores with an area ratio of 30% or more and 50% or less and having pores with a diameter exceeding 5 ?m among the pores of 80% or more in terms of area ratio to all the pores; and the porous metal sintered body is a porous austenitic stainless steel sintered body.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicants: NIPPON PISTON RING CO., LTD., JTEKT CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi TAKIGUCHI, Atsuya AOKI, Kazushi NUMAZAKI, Takeshi TAKAHASHI, Natsuki IWAMOTO, Yudai WATANABE
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Patent number: 11293548Abstract: A sliding member (10) including a coating film (1) composed of a hard carbon layer on a sliding surface (16) of a base material (11). The coating film has, when a cross section thereof is observed by a bright-field TEM image, a thickness within a range of 1 ?m to 50 ?m, and is configured by repeating units including black hard carbon layers (B), relatively shown in black, and white hard carbon layers (W), relatively shown in white, and laminated in a thickness direction, and comprise an inclined region, provided on a base material side, where thicknesses of white hard carbon layers (W) of the repeating units gradually increase in a thickness direction, and a homogeneous region\, provided on a surface side of the sliding member, where thicknesses of the white hard carbon layers (W) of the repeating units are the same or substantially the same in the thickness direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2018Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignees: NIPPON PISTON RING CO., LTD, NIPPON ITF, INCInventors: Takahiro Okazaki, Yoshihiro Ito, Hiroyuki Sugiura, Shinya Kanazawa, Hideki Moriguchi, Akinori Shibata, Takehiko Ooshiro
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Publication number: 20220090558Abstract: Provided is a combined oil ring that can provide reduction in oil consumption of the engine oil without degrading the oil sealing performance between the lower surface of the side rail and the lower surface of the oil ring groove even when the tension of the combined oil ring is reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2020Publication date: March 24, 2022Applicant: NIPPON PISTON RING CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahiro UCHIUMI, Kenji ARAI, Kazuhiro SAMESHIMA, Makoto KAJIWARA, Hajime ANDO
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Patent number: 11261519Abstract: The purpose of the invention is to provide technology, which, in addition to being capable of forming thick hard carbon films of excellent durability even using PVD, is able to establish both chipping resistance and wear resistance in the formed hard carbon film and able to improve low friction properties and peeling resistance. Provided is a coating film to be coated on the surface of a substrate, the coating film having a total film thickness of greater than 1 ?m to 50 ?m wherein: when a cross-section is observed using bright field TEM images, white hard carbon layers that are shown as relatively white and black hard carbon layers that are shown as black are alternately laminated in the thickness direction; and the white hard carbon layers have regions that have grown in a fan-shape in the thickness direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2016Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignees: NIPPON ITF, INC., NIPPON PISTON RING CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideki Moriguchi, Akinori Shibata, Takehiko Ooshiro, Yoshihiro Ito, Takahiro Okazaki, Hiroyuki Sugiura
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Publication number: 20220003316Abstract: To provide a piston ring for an internal combustion engine, particularly a second compression ring, which has excellent wear resistance and can achieve both lower fuel consumption and efficient combustion. The above-described problem is solved by a piston ring (1) for an internal combustion engine formed so as to have a tapered shape by a peripheral surface (14) that gradually projects outward from a top to a bottom, and a radial cross-sectional shape of a Napier ring.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2019Publication date: January 6, 2022Applicant: NIPPON PISTON RING CO., LTD.Inventors: Kyoichi IKEYA, Ofuyu SAKAI, Makoto KAJIWARA
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Publication number: 20210215071Abstract: Provided is a valve seat insert for an internal combustion engine, which has both an excellent heat dissipation property and excellent wear resistance. The valve seat insert for an internal combustion engine is used while being press-fitted into an aluminum alloy cylinder head, is made of an iron-based sintered alloy, is formed by integrating two layers of a functional member side layer and a supporting member side layer, and has a plating film on at least an outer peripheral side. The plating film is preferably a copper plating film. The plating film is a plating film having a thickness of 1 to 100 ?m and a hardness of 50 to 300 HV, and the hardness of the plating film is adjusted so as to satisfy a range of 1.05 to 4.5 times hardness of the cylinder head in Vickers hardness HV. Pores contained in the valve seat insert are preferably sealed with a curable resin before plating treatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2019Publication date: July 15, 2021Applicant: Nippon Piston Ring Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ayato OIKAWA, Kiyoshi SUWA, Katsuaki OGAWA, Hiroshi OSHIGE, Kenichi SATO
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Patent number: 11047479Abstract: A method for producing a piston ring for a cylinder that moves in a sliding direction includes providing a piston ring base material having an upper surface, a lower surface and an outer circumferential surface having a first recess between the upper surface and the lower surface, forming a hard film in the first recess and on a cylindrical surface at a predetermined thickness, and removing, by performing a polishing process on the sliding surface, the hard film formed on the cylindrical surface and a part of the piston ring base material disposed adjacent to the removed hard film, to form a second recess. The second recess is formed by removing an area of the removed part of the piston ring base material as a result of polishing the sliding surface due to a difference in the hardness of the hard film and the piston ring base material.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2019Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: NIPPON PISTON RING CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiro Fujimura, Atsushi Chiba, Naoyuki Akimoto, Iwao Hiraishi
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Publication number: 20200299812Abstract: To provide a sliding member, such as a piston ring for an internal combustion engine, having low friction and excellent toughness. The above-described problem is solved by a sliding member (10) such as a piston ring coated with a Cr—B—Ti—V—(Mn, Mo)-N-based alloy film (2) on a sliding surface (11) thereof, and configured so that the alloy film (2) contains one or both of Mn and Mo and has a total content of the Mn and the Mo within a range of 2 mass % or less. Preferably, a B content is within a range of 0.1 mass % to 1.5 mass %, inclusive, a V content is within a range of 0.05 mass % to 1 mass %, inclusive, and a Ti content is within a range of 0.05 mass % to 1.5 mass %, inclusive.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2018Publication date: September 24, 2020Applicant: NIPPON PISTON RING CO., LTD.Inventors: Noriaki CHIDA, Shota SEKI