Patents Assigned to NOK Corporation
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Publication number: 20230070164Abstract: Provided is an olefin-based rubber composition having low hardness, good thermal conductivity, and good electrical insulation, and applying little load on a manufacturing facility. The olefin-based rubber composition of the present disclosure contains an ethylene-?-olefin-nonconjugated polyene copolymer, at least two types of magnesium carbonate which are small-particle size magnesium carbonate with 0.3 to 5 ?m of an average particle size and large-particle size magnesium carbonate with 7-60 ?m of an average particle size, and a cross-linking agent, wherein the composition contains 400 to 1200 parts by mass of a total content of the two types of magnesium carbonate per 100 parts by mass of the ethylene-?-olefin-nonconjugated polyene copolymer, Shore A hardness conforming to JIS K 6253-3 : 2012 of the olefin-based rubber composition after cross-linking is 80, and thermal conductivity conforming to ASTM D7984 of the olefin-based rubber composition after cross-linking is 2.0 W/m·K or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2021Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: NOK CORPORATIONInventor: Kazuya HASHIMOTO
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Publication number: 20230074258Abstract: A chloroprene rubber composition comprising 0.8 to 4 parts by weight of 2,4,6-trimercapto-s-triazine and 0.5 to 4.5 parts by weight of tetrabenzylthiuram disulfide based on 100 parts by weight of chloroprene rubber. The chloroprene rubber composition maintains processability (scorch time) and productivity (crosslinking rate) equivalent to those of conventionally used crosslinking systems, without using substances subject to environmental regulations in crosslinking systems, and at the same time, improves physical properties, such as strength, elongation, and compression set characteristics.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2021Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: NOK CORPORATIONInventor: Shiro HIROSE
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Publication number: 20230072950Abstract: A gasket includes an elastic part containing a rubber having a dynamic-to-static ratio, Kd/Kst, of 2.5 or lower, wherein the dynamic-to-static ratio, Kd/Kst, is a ratio between a dynamic spring constant, Kd, and a static spring constant, Kst. The dynamic spring constant, Kd, represents a constant as measured under conditions of 23±2° C., 100 Hz, and a strain amplitude of 0.1% according to JIS K6394:2007, and the static spring constant, Kst, represents a constant as measured under conditions of 23±2° C. and a strain amplitude of 0.1% according to JIS K6394:2007.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2021Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Isao WATANABE, Ryota SHIMURA, Daiki TAKEKAWA
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Publication number: 20230073538Abstract: A gasket includes an elastic part containing a rubber having a dynamic spring constant of 1.5 g/?m or lower as measured under conditions of 23±2° C., 100 Hz, and a strain amplitude of 0.1% according to JIS K6394:2007.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2021Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Isao WATANABE, Ryota SHIMURA, Daiki TAKEKAWA
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Patent number: 11598366Abstract: A dust cover and a sealing structure for improving sealing performance by stabilizing a posture of a seal section. A seal section 130 includes: an inner peripheral seal part 131 which is slidable with respect to an outer peripheral surface of a shaft part 310; a dust lip part 132 which is slidable with respect to an end surface of a first flange part 340; and an auxiliary dust lip part 133 provided on an radially inner side of the dust lip part 132, and the auxiliary dust lip part 133 is configured to be slidable with respect to a curved surface 310a which connects the shaft part 310 and the first flange part 340 to each other.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2016Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventor: Takuma Hirota
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Patent number: 11597823Abstract: An acrylic rubber composition comprising 0.05 to 3.0 parts by weight of a fluorine-containing compound having a melting point of 30 to 100° C., based on 100 parts by weight of acrylic rubber. The acrylic rubber composition that can improve the dispersibility of a processing aid in the compound and the rubber compound handling properties during open roll operation without using a silicone-based processing aid, which causes bleeding of vulcanizates, and that satisfies the various characteristics, such as dimensional stability and heat resistance, of vulcanizates.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Hideto Komurasaki, Shingo Kawano
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Publication number: 20230069007Abstract: A biological electrode that includes an electrode member made of a conductive rubber having a plurality of electrode portions in contact with a body of a subject. The plurality of electrode portions are protrusively formed on an electrode portion forming surface of the electrode member and arranged circularly or concentrically on the electrode portion forming surface. Further, each of the plurality of electrode portions is formed so that a cross-sectional area thereof gradually decreases from a proximal end portion thereof toward a distal end portion thereof and a center of a cross section of the distal end portion is positioned radially outward of a center of a cross section of the proximal end portion as viewed from an arrangement center of the plurality of electrode portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2021Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Masayuki KUBO, Ryo FUTASHIMA
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Publication number: 20230049995Abstract: A vibration-proof bush capable of suppressing incomplete fitting of an upper bush and a lower bush. The vibration-proof bush includes an upper bush configured to be mounted on a vehicle body side and a lower bush configured to be fitted to the upper bush are provided, wherein the vibration-proof bush includes interference portions configured to interfere with each other in a process of fitting the lower bush to the upper bush, and the interference portions form a fitting-sound generation structure in which a sound is generated, when the lower bush is fitted to the upper bush during temporary assembling.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2021Publication date: February 16, 2023Applicant: NOK CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshihisa RYU
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Patent number: 11572465Abstract: Provided are a fluororubber composition maintaining rubber properties and excellent in flowability and mold releasability as well as capable of reducing a cross-linking time when molded, and a fluororubber sealing material formed of the fluororubber composition. The fluororubber composition contains a polyol cross-linkable based fluororubber; an aliphatic acid amide based compound; at least one member selected from a phosphoric acid ester based compound, an aliphatic acid ester based compound and a fluorine-containing based compound; and a polyol based cross-linking agent. The fluororubber sealing material is formed of the fluororubber composition.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2018Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Hideto Komurasaki, Shingo Kawano
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Publication number: 20230035997Abstract: A gasket manufacturing method, which enables an improvement in sealing performance by making the thickness of a gasket formed on a bead on a base member more uniform. The manufacturing method of a separator-integrated gasket includes dispensing a gasket material, and curing the gasket material dispensed on the bead. The bead includes portions having different widths in a short direction thereof. Compared to a moving speed of a dispensing apparatus relative to the separator body in a narrow portion where the width is small, the moving speed is slower in a wide portion having a larger width than the narrow portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2021Publication date: February 2, 2023Applicant: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Hajime YUI, Ryo TOMITA, Takuro NISHIMURA, Taiki YUASA
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Patent number: 11566660Abstract: Provided are a ball joint and a dust cover that make it possible to suppress contact of a body portion of the dust cover with the vicinity of a flange portion of a ball stud. A dust cover integrally includes: a deformable bellows-shaped body portion made of an elastic body; a fixed portion made of an elastic body and provided on one end side of the body portion; and a sealing portion made of an elastic body and provided on the other end side of the body portion. The sealing portion includes: an inner peripheral sealing portion configured to be slidable on a part of a shank portion on the opposite side of the shank portion from a spherical portion with respect to a flange portion; and a cover portion that continuously covers, in an outer wall surface of the flange portion, a radially outward tip end portion and a part of a portion that decreases in diameter from the tip end portion toward the spherical portion side.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2018Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventor: Takuma Hirota
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Publication number: 20230022910Abstract: A fluororubber composition comprising 3 to 20 parts by weight of carbon fibers and 1 to 8 parts by weight of carbon nanotubes based on 100 parts by weight of fluororubber. The crosslinked molded article obtained from the fluororubber composition has excellent effects of not only imparting oil film retention, but also improving the material strength of fluororubber due to the combined use of carbon nanotubes, which have high reinforcing properties. Further, the fluororubber composition can give a fluororubber crosslinked product excellent in abrasion resistance and pressure resistance.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2020Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicant: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Takahiro HIGUMA, Hirokazu MAEKAWA
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Publication number: 20230029142Abstract: A coating solution comprising an organic solvent solution containing polyol-crosslinkable fluororubber, a polyol vulcanizing agent, and N-phenyl-3-aminopropyltrialkoxysilane, preferably a coating solution further containing an epoxy resin in addition thereto, and a fluororubber metal laminated sheet formed by applying the above coating solution to a metal sheet, followed by vulcanization. The coating solution can not only impart stability over time to the fluororubber paste, but also improve the interlayer adhesion and abrasion resistance of the fluororubber metal laminated sheet. Therefore, when it is used as a cylinder head gasket, it is possible to cope with the reduction in rigidity due to the increase in combustion pressure of the engine, and with weight saving. As a result, it will greatly contribute to the improvement of fuel efficiency of automobiles.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2020Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicant: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Isao WATANABE, Daiki TAKEKAWA
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Publication number: 20230009938Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a biological electrode capable of simply manufacturing a biological electrode in which an increase in resistance value over time due to strain is suppressed. The method for manufacturing a biological electrode includes a step of adding fumed silica to an aggregated silver powder to obtain a mixed silver powder and a step of forming a conductive rubber body containing a silicone rubber and the mixed silver powder.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2020Publication date: January 12, 2023Applicant: NOK CORPORATIONInventor: Ryo FUTASHIMA
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Patent number: 11536371Abstract: A sealing device includes: a housing; a seal ring configured to be axially displaceably inserted along an inner circumference of the housing, the seal ring including a front-end surface and a rear-end surface which defines packing mounting space; a packing configured to establish sealing between the housing and the seal ring, the packing being disposed in the packing mounting space; and spring means disposed on the rear-end surface side of the seal ring to elastically bias the seal ring toward the front-end surface side.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2019Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichi Nakayama, Masashi Suzuki
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Publication number: 20220389270Abstract: An aqueous surface-treating agent comprising (A) an aqueous emulsion of silicone oil, (B) a silanol-modified polyurethane resin, (C) a silane compound and/or a partial hydrolysate thereof, (D) an aqueous emulsion of a hydrazide and a carbonyl group-containing polyurethane resin, and (E) an aqueous emulsion of a polyurethane resin having a glass transition temperature of ?30° C. or lower, and a thermal softening temperature of 70° C. or lower measured by using a flow tester when heated from 40° C. to 150° C. at a heating rate of 5° C./min. The aqueous surface-treating agent contains silicone oil for preventing sticking between products and a silanol-modified polyurethane resin binder having a low hardness and excellent adhesiveness to seal members, and improves the corrosion resistance of an aqueous surface-treating agent for aluminum substrates etc.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2020Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicants: NOK CORPORATION, NOK KLUBER CO., LTD.Inventors: Akiko KOGA, Naoki KAMEDA, Masaki TAHARA
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Patent number: 11499635Abstract: An upper gasket member includes an upper base portion of an annular flat plate, an upper outer periphery portion diagonally extending to an upper side from an outer periphery edge portion of the upper base portion, and an upper outer periphery side annular portion of an annular flat plate extending in an extension direction of the upper base portion from an outer periphery edge portion of the upper outer periphery portion. Further, a lower gasket member includes a lower base portion of an annular flat plate, a lower outer periphery portion diagonally extending to a lower side from an outer periphery edge portion of the lower base portion, and a lower outer periphery side annular portion of an annular flat plate extending in an extension direction of the lower base portion from an outer periphery edge portion of the lower outer periphery portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2020Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Kazuya Aihara, Isao Tanji
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Publication number: 20220356909Abstract: A sealing device for sealing a gap between inner and outer members includes a mounted part attached to a cylindrical end of the outer member; at least one lip disposed radial inside the mounted part and extending toward the inner member; an annular part covering an end surface of the end of the outer member; and an annular flange formed from an elastic material connected to the annular part and disposed radial outside the end of the outer member. The inner member includes an inner portion disposed radial inside the outer member; a flange extending radially outward from the inner portion; and a through-hole formed in the flange for inserting a screw for securing the inner member to another member. The outer edge of the flange of the sealing device is disposed radial outside a portion of the through-hole that is the closest to the central axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2020Publication date: November 10, 2022Applicant: NOK CORPORATIONInventor: Go KANZAKI
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Patent number: 11491579Abstract: This invention provides a laser welding method in which a state where the irradiation energy density becomes excessively high by a plurality of times of irradiation with laser is not caused and a defect, such as a hole, does not occur in a workpiece. In order to achieve the object, a laser welding method for welding a plurality of workpieces by irradiating the workpieces in a stacked state with a laser beam is characterized in that, when the laser beam is reciprocatingly emitted along a fixed welding line, the irradiation positions of a start end A and a termination end A? of the irradiation are shifted away from each other so that the irradiation energy can be dispersed. Moreover, when the laser beam is emitted a plurality of times in the same direction along the fixed welding line, the irradiation positions of the start ends or/and the termination ends of the irradiation are shifted away from each other so that the irradiation energy can be dispersed.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2018Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventor: Toshihiro Shimazoe
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Patent number: 11493132Abstract: A sealing device includes a first sealing member and a second sealing member that are mounted on a housing, the outer peripheral surface of the rotational shaft being in slidable contact with the first sealing member and the second sealing member. Distal portions of multiple first hooks formed on the first sealing member are hooked on the distal portions of multiple second hooks formed on the second sealing member for restricting movement of the second sealing member away from the first sealing member in the axial direction of the sealing device. Distal portions of multiple first stoppers formed on the first sealing member are in contact with the distal portions of multiple second stoppers formed on the second sealing member for restricting movement of the second sealing member toward the first sealing member in the axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2019Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventor: Masaru Syonai