Patents Assigned to NOK Corporation
  • Patent number: 9586383
    Abstract: Provided is a rubber laminated resin composite comprising a polyamide-based resin molded product and rubber that is vulcanization bonded to the polyamide-based resin molded product; the polyamide-based resin molded product being molded from a polyamide-based resin that is blended with 0 to 70 wt. % of a filler based on the total amount of the filler and the polyamide-based resin, and that comprises an aliphatic amine compound having an amine equivalent of 950 or less in an amount of 0.045 mmol or more, preferably 0.050 to 2.0 mmol, more preferably 0.065 to 1.5 mmol, per g of the polyamide-based resin. The rubber laminated resin composite is produced by molding a polyamide-based resin that is blended or not blended with a filler, after the addition of an aliphatic amine compound thereto, and then vulcanization bonding of fluororubber or acrylic rubber to the obtained polyamide-based resin molded product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: NOK Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichi Aoyagi, Kiyofumi Fukasawa
  • Patent number: 9581244
    Abstract: Provided is a seal bead structure of a gasket capable of reducing the reactive force generated in a common bead portion provided between multiple through-holes and thereby capable of achieving a stable sealing function by means of aligning the compression property over the entire bead. In order to achieve this, two through-holes are provided in a row in the flat portion of a metal gasket, with one seal bead provided on the edge of one through-hole, the other seal bead provided on the edge of the other through-hole, and a common bead portion for the both seal beads provided in the intermediate position between the both through-holes, the common bead portion having a two-stage half bead shape in which the half beads are formed on two stage in the same direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: NOK Corporation
    Inventors: Takanori Anzai, Masaru Ito, Shinya Nakaoka, Isao Tanji
  • Publication number: 20170045840
    Abstract: An object is to provide a rubber member for coating a developing roll which is formed a uniform rough surface at a surface of the developing roll, does exert neither damage nor toner stress to the mating member or the toner while maintaining flexibility, is possible to secure a thickness which can sufficiently avoid the effect of the rubber, and can realize non-tackiness and low friction, which can be solved by a rubber member for coating a developing roll which is the rubber member for coating a developing roll obtained by coating a coating layer 13 component at around a developing roll having a rubber substrate layer 12 and curing the same, wherein the coating layer 13 component comprises a liquid binder which contains at least a polyol, an isocyanate compound and reactive silicone oil, silicone rubber particles 101 having a hardness (JIS K6253: 1997) by Durometer A (instantaneous) of 20 to 80 degree and a rubber particle size of 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicants: NOK Corporation, Synztec Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro HIGASHIRA, Atsushi IKEDA, Nozomu SUZUKI, Tomohiro KONDO, Shinobu KANZAKI, Goki INUKAI, Lei WANG, Huu Viet NGUYEN
  • Patent number: 9566767
    Abstract: A resin-rubber composite in which a low-pressure plasma-treated polyamide-based resin-molded product and a polyol-vulcanizable fluororubber composition that forms a fluororubber layer are directly bonded by vulcanization without interposing an adhesive. The low-pressure plasma treatment of the polyamide-based resin-molded product is performed in the presence of an inert gas, such as He gas, Ar gas, or N2 gas, at a pressure of 10 to 1,000 Pa. Here, an alkoxysilane compound is an optional component in the fluororubber composition, and the presence or absence of this compound does not affect the adhesion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: NOK Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiro Suzuki, Kiyofumi Fukasawa
  • Publication number: 20170037254
    Abstract: A rubber metal adhesive can be coated by screen printing, and can be effectively used for metal surface treatment at the time of forming a rubber-metal complex excellent in water resistance and heat resistance. The rubber metal adhesive comprises an organometallic compound, silica, magnesium silicate hydrate, and an organic solvent represented by the following general formula (I): R—O—(CH2)2OH??General formula (I) [wherein R represents an alkyl group having 3 or more carbon atoms or an aryl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: NOK Corporation
    Inventors: Taichi KANO, Tomohiro KAISE
  • Publication number: 20170037811
    Abstract: A rubber-metal laminated gasket material comprising a metal plate and fluororubber or nitrile rubber laminated on the metal plate, wherein an amorphous carbon film having a nanoindentation hardness on a silicon wafer of 10 GPa or more and a film thickness of 200 nm or more is formed on a rubber layer outer surface of the rubber-metal laminated gasket material by a plasma CVD method that supplies a high-frequency power from a high-frequency power source using unsaturated hydrocarbon gas. The rubber-metal laminated gasket material reduces the wear and abrasion of the gasket material due to friction with the seal mating surface under high temperature use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: NOK Corporation
    Inventors: Akiko Koga, Akihiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9562609
    Abstract: The invention provides a plate-integrated gasket which can reduce a width necessary for installing seal members provided in a plurality of plates which are laminated on each other, and can achieve an improvement of productivity. In order to achieve this purpose, in the plate-integrated gasket, one plate and the other plate are laminated on each other, an outer peripheral surface of the one plate is fitted or loosely fitted to a stepped surface which is formed in the other plate, and a seal member made of an elastic material having a rubber-like elasticity is integrally formed astride both of the one plate and the other plate, and has a fixed portion filled in a seal fixing groove which is formed between the one plate and the other plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: NOK Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiro Shimazoe, Shigeru Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20170032233
    Abstract: Provided is an IC tag favorably applicable even to linen products. An IC tag 100 using a magnetic field type tag unit 110 in which an IC chip and a coil antenna to be electrically connected to the IC chip are embedded inside a hard resin material. The IC tag includes: a flexible film made of resin (a base film 121, a cover film 123, and a protective film 124); and an auxiliary antenna 122 formed on the film, wherein the magnetic field type tag unit 110 is fixed to the film by an adhesive 130 with elasticity at a position that enables communication by electromagnetic coupling between the coil antenna and the auxiliary antenna 122.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoko NAKANO, Naohiro FUJISAWA, Keiichi MIYAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20170023876
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a development roll rubber member that has a uniformly roughened surface on a rubber member surface, that is capable of ensuring a sufficient thickness without contaminating a peripheral portion while maintaining a flexibility in a coating layer and a convex portion without impairing softness of a rubber substrate layer, and that has the coating layer achieving non-tackiness and low friction, and a method of manufacturing the same, and the object is achieved by putting a reactive silicone oil, an isocyanate compound, and a diluent solvent capable of dissolving both the reactive silicone oil and the isocyanate compound into a reaction container, by causing a prepolymerization reaction in which the reactive silicone oil and the isocyanate compound are reacted into a polymerized state in the diluent solvent in the reaction container while dissolution in the solvent is maintained, by subsequently mixing a polyol and an isocyanate compound solution and using silic
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicants: NOK Corporation, Synztec Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro HIGASHIRA, Atsushi IKEDA, Tomohiro KONDO
  • Patent number: 9551421
    Abstract: Object: To provide a sliding member with a low friction coefficient in which, when fine dents are formed in a surface of the sliding member by dimpling using a laser, no hard raised portions are generated, and which does not damage a mating member; and to provide a process for producing the sliding member. Solution Means: A sliding member comprising a polyamide resin and 10 to 50 wt % of a fibrous filler selected from the group consisting of carbon fibers, aramid fibers, and whiskers, and having fine dents formed in a sliding surface thereof by dimpling using a laser; and a process for producing a sliding member comprising adding 10 to 50 wt % of a fibrous filler selected from the group consisting of carbon fibers, aramid fibers, and whiskers to a polyamide resin, and forming fine dents in a sliding surface of the sliding member by dimpling using a laser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: NOK Corporation
    Inventors: Yuhei Tabuchi, Yoshiyuki Abe, Toshiyuki Maeda
  • Patent number: 9550298
    Abstract: An object is to provide a covering material and a covering structure of a robot gripping portion capable of providing proper gripping performance depending on various objects to be gripped so as to grip the objects and is solved by a covering material disposed on a surface of a base material 11 having a function of gripping an object, including an inner layer 121 made up of an elastic body and an outer layer 122 made up of an elastic body coming into contact with the object when gripping the object on a surface of the inner layer 121, the inner layer 121 being made up of the elastic body having a tackiness and having a hardness lower than the outer layer 122, the outer layer 122 having one or more penetrating portions 13 penetrating to the inner layer 121 such that when a stress acts at the time of gripping of the object, a portion of the inner layer 122 enters the penetrating portion 13 or protrudes from the penetrating portion 13 depending on a magnitude of the stress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: NOK Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki Murota, Takeshi Yamada
  • Patent number: 9541025
    Abstract: In a sealing structure, a seal ring stands between an outer peripheral member and an inner peripheral member installed thereto. A taper-like outer peripheral surface having smaller diameter toward an inserting direction of the inner peripheral member and an installation portion outer peripheral surface extending from the small diameter end portion are formed on an outer peripheral surface of the inner peripheral member. A stepped surface positioned closer to the inserting direction side and directed to an opposite direction to the inserting direction, and an installation portion inner peripheral surface extending from an outer diameter end of the stepped surface in the opposite direction are formed on an inner peripheral surface of the outer peripheral member. The seal ring is arranged in a compressed state between the taper-like outer peripheral surface and the installation portion outer peripheral surface, and the stepped surface and the installation portion inner peripheral surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: NOK Corporation
    Inventors: Hikaru Tadano, Keijin Fuma, Hiromichi Yasuda
  • Patent number: 9528547
    Abstract: In a dust cover for a ball joint in which a one end large-diameter opening portion is retained to an outer peripheral surface of a socket, the other end small-diameter opening portion is constructed by a tube portion fitted and fixed onto an outer peripheral surface of a shaft, and an outward flange portion extending diametrically outward from an end portion in the socket side of the tube portion, and the dust cover is retained onto a L-shaped hard retainer, a reinforcing ring of the other end small-diameter opening portion is constructed by a cylindrical portion and an inward flange portion extending toward an outer peripheral surface of the retainer from an end portion in the knuckle side of the cylindrical portion, and an end portion in the socket side of the cylindrical portion in the reinforcing ring comes into contact with the outward flange portion of the retainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: NOK Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuro Hosen, Koji Kanagawa
  • Patent number: 9528548
    Abstract: In a center bearing support, a plurality of bored portions corresponding to spaces passing through a rubber-like elastic body in an axial direction are provided around a shaft hole. The bored portions are constructed by a combination of inner peripheral side bored portions arranged comparatively near the shaft hole, and outer peripheral side bored portions arranged comparatively far from the shaft hole. The inner peripheral side bored portions and the outer peripheral side bored portions are alternately provided circumferentially, and are provided so as to overlap in a part circumferentially, thereby having connection portions constructed by a part of the rubber-like elastic body between the inner peripheral side bored portions and the outer peripheral side bored portions. The connection portions are extended in a direction which is inclined to both of a circumferential direction and an axially perpendicular direction as seen from one side of the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: NOK Corporation
    Inventor: Masahiro Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20160369742
    Abstract: A rubber-metal laminated gasket material comprising a metal plate, a surface treating agent layer, an adhesive layer, and a rubber layer, the layers being sequentially laminated on the metal plate; wherein the surface treating agent layer is formed by applying a surface treating agent so that the coating amount on one surface is 30 to 1,000 mg/m2, and the surface treating agent is free from chromium, has a mixing ratio of 20 to 90 wt. % of a fluorine-free titanium compound and 10 to 80 wt. % of alumina, and has a metal titanium content of 1 to 20 wt. %. The rubber-metal laminated gasket material has excellent LLC resistance under high temperature conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuaki Tanaka, Takeshi Sato, Katsumi Abe
  • Patent number: 9506432
    Abstract: A sealing device that is capable of suppressing the generation of unusual noise by guiding a gas flow and suppressing the generation of unusual noise caused by resonance between the gas flow and a pipe. An intake noise reduction portion (20) includes a flow-guiding net portion (21) for guiding a gas flowing in an intake pipe, an annular frame body portion (22) for supporting the flow-guiding net portion (21), a cylindrical portion (23) that extends from the frame body portion (22) in a direction in which the pipe extends, and is fitted into an inner circumferential surface of a second pipe (220) and a flange portion (24) that extends from an end portion of the cylindrical portion (23) toward an outer circumferential surface side, and is disposed in a space between an end surface of a first pipe (210) and an end surface of the second pipe (220). A gasket portion (10) is provided on both surfaces of the flange portion (24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiko Inoue, Tomonari Saito, Yasushi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 9505905
    Abstract: A fluororubber composition comprising 1 to 100 parts by weight of a needle-like filler or fibrous filler having an average particle diameter of 5 ?m or less, an average particle length of 40 to 60 ?m, and an aspect ratio of 10 to 12, based on 100 parts by weight of fluororubber. A fluororubber vulcanization-molded product obtained from the fluororubber composition has resistance against deformation due to the shape effect of the filler, and thereby can suppress the deformation of the oil seal sliding surface towards the sliding direction. More specifically, the fluororubber vulcanization-molded product can achieve less friction, while maintaining sealing properties by increasing the amount of oil pumping, from the initial use of an oil seal to after the abrasion of the oil seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: NOK Corporation
    Inventor: Kenichi Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 9500157
    Abstract: The purpose of the invention is to make it possible to perform pressurized leak tests on open loop chain case-side oil seal beads. The purpose is achieved with a cylinder head gasket, which is fitted between the cylinder block and the cylinder head and seals the three-surface sealing region obtained by combining the cylinder block, the cylinder head and the chain case, and in which an open-loop chain case-side oil seal bead that is open toward the chain case is provided in the chain case-side end of the gasket. The cylinder head gasket is characterized in that a closed-loop leak test bead is provided in the cylinder head gasket along a chain case-side oil seal bead and a leak test pressure supply path for supplying leak test pressure to the space enclosed by the leak test bead is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: NOK Corporation
    Inventors: Namieki Osawa, Misaki Gushiken
  • Patent number: 9500166
    Abstract: Provided is an intake noise reduction device that can suppress an occurrence of noise in an intake pipe. An intake noise reduction device (100) disposed on a downstream side of a throttle valve in an intake pipe and including a flow-guiding net (110) that guides an air flow, wherein the flow-guiding net includes a mesh that is configured to be fine in a vicinity of a center of a flow passage in the intake pipe and to become coarser with distance from the vicinity of the center. For example, the mesh flow-guiding net (110) is formed of a plurality of radial portions (111) extending radially outward from the vicinity of the center of the flow passage in the intake pipe and a plurality of concentric portions (112) provided concentrically from the vicinity of the center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuji Yoshitsune, Shigeru Watanabe, Masahiko Inoue, Norimasa Hosonuma
  • Publication number: 20160332157
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid injection attachment enabling a simple liquid injection into a feed port by merely mounting the attachment onto the distal portion of a pipette or a pipette tip when liquid is injected into the feed port, as well as capable of exhibiting an excellent sealing performance without a risk to deform or damage the pipette or the pipette tip, to thereby suppress leakage of liquid during the liquid injection. The object is achieved by a liquid injection attachment removably mounted on a pipette injecting liquid into a feed port through which liquid is introduced or on a pipette tip fitted to the pipette, the attachment including a tubular attachment body having at its distal end a liquid outlet and having at its proximal end an insertion port into which a distal portion of the pipette or of the pipette tip is inserted; and a gasket formed from a rubber-like elastic body disposed around the liquid outlet of the attachment body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: NOK Corporation
    Inventors: Toru UDA, Goki OKADA, Hiroshi UMEBAYASHI, Yuki MUROTA