Patents Assigned to NKS LTD.
  • Patent number: 7261668
    Abstract: A half toroidal CVT disk having an inner surface portion, an outer surface portion and a toroidal surface having a given machining allowance is centered with said inner surface portion worked prior to the heat treatment of said half toroidal CVT disk as the standard thereof, and then is chucked by a chuck mechanism. The toroidal surface of the chucked half toroidal CVT disk is ground by a grinding mechanism with the grinding wheel for grinding the half toroidal CVT disk in a state that one of said half toroidal CVT disk and said tool is inclined at a given angle with respect to the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: NKS LTD.
    Inventors: Yuko Kamamura, Hiroyuki Ikeda, Hisashi Machida, Hiroshi Terakubo
  • Patent number: 5148717
    Abstract: A telescopic steering column apparatus has a press member for face-to-face abutment or a pair of lock members for two-point abutment and a toggle mechanism which is extended to a straight state and retracted to a bent state so that the length of the toggle mechanism is lengthened in the straight state and shortened in the bent state whereby the toggle mechanism acts as a wedge in the straight state for the face-to-face abutment or the two-point abutment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1992
    Assignee: NKS Ltd.
    Inventor: Mikio Yamaguchi