Patents Assigned to NSK Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20230081123
    Abstract: To provide an electric driving device and an electric power steering device with a smaller area of power supply wiring in a circuit board and higher reliability of the circuit board. An electric driving device includes a motor and an electronic control unit that controls rotation of the motor. The electronic control unit includes a first circuit board, a second circuit board, a power supply wiring module, and a heat sink. The first circuit board is provided with a transistor that outputs an electric current to excite a motor coil. The second circuit board includes a control circuit that controls an electric current supplied to the transistor. The power supply wiring module is configured by molding, with resin, a choke coil for noise removal, a capacitor, and wiring that supplies electric power to at least one of the first circuit board and the second circuit board. The heat sink is sandwiched between the power supply wiring module and the second circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventor: Masakazu MORIMOTO
  • Patent number: 11597436
    Abstract: The power management unit supplies first power that is continuous power to the second sensor when the power switch is on, supplies second power that is intermittent power having a voltage lower than the first power to the second sensor when the power switch is off, and outputs rotation number information representing a rotation number of the motor rotation shaft based on the second sensor signal. The power management unit includes a comparator that operates using the second power as the power source when the power switch is off and compare the second sensor signal and the reference voltage, and a counter that detects the rotation number of the motor rotation shaft by counting the output of the comparators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Dai Suzuki, Takayuki Kobayashi, Shin Kumagai, Hidetaka Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11598420
    Abstract: A seal ring (26) configured to be employed with a cross shaft (16) including a center section (17) and four shaft sections (18a, 18b, 18c, 18d) extending in four directions from the center section and formed with step faces (17a) where the center section widens out from base ends of the shaft sections outward in radial directions of the shaft sections, and with bearings (21) for mounting to leading end portions of the shaft sections. The seal ring is fitted over the shaft section and interposed between the bearing and the step face. The seal ring includes a seal lip (34) configured to contact the step face around the entire circumference, and an indentation (36) the seal lip enters by deforming when mounted to the cross shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Seiichi Moriyama, Masaki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20230067980
    Abstract: A state determination device for a hub unit bearing includes: a holding unit that holds reference information of magnetic characteristics at a predetermined position in the vicinity of a flange portion included in the hub unit bearing; an acquisition unit that acquires measurement information of the magnetic characteristics at the predetermined position of the hub unit bearing; a derivation unit that derives a change amount between the reference information held by the holding unit and the measurement information acquired by the acquisition unit; and a determination unit that determines a state of the hub unit bearing based on the change amount derived by the derivation unit. The predetermined position is a position at which the magnetic characteristics vary with a stress change with respect to the flange portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventor: Daisuke KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11591004
    Abstract: A bracket includes a first plate that faces a steering column, a second plate that faces a column cover covering the steering column, and a third plate that connects the first plate and the second plate, and a fourth plate that intersects with the first plate and the third plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Suguru Sugishita, Hikaru Okabe
  • Patent number: 11586787
    Abstract: Provided is a friction design method capable of estimating sliding friction generated between mutual sliding surfaces of two sliding members lubricated with lubricant with high precision. The friction design method sets a friction coefficient ? in a sliding surface model corresponding to mutual sliding surfaces of two sliding members (2 and 3) lubricated with lubricant (step S1), and, based on a correlation between the friction coefficient ? and an oil film parameter (?(Rk) or ?(Rk+Rpk)) calculated using a core portion level difference (Rk) or a sum of the core portion level difference (Rk) and reduced peak height (Rpk) as a parameter representing surface roughness in the sliding surface model (step S2), sets a target value for surface roughness of the sliding surfaces required to be controlled as a product (steps S3 to S6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Yohei Murata, Tomohiro Motoda, Hideyuki Uyama
  • Publication number: 20230046260
    Abstract: A rolling bearing includes an outer ring, an inner ring, a plurality of rolling bodies, and a seal member. An outer peripheral portion of the seal member is fixed by a retaining ring to a groove portion formed on an inner peripheral surface of the outer ring and an inner peripheral portion of the seal member is elastically deformable. The seal member includes an inclined portion. 1?Ts/Sct?10 is satisfied when Ts is a circumferential gap of the retaining ring at a time when the seal member and the retaining ring are attached to the groove portion of the outer ring and Sct is an axial thickness of a part of the seal member in contact with the retaining ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya OYAMA, Hironori SUZUKI
  • Patent number: 11579043
    Abstract: An information terminal is configured to extract a predetermined frequency band from a waveform of a signal of a machine component detected by a vibration sensor, to compare an analyzed frequency component and a damaging frequency resulting from a damage of the machine component, and to diagnose abnormality of the machine component. The information terminal includes a database in which the damaging frequency resulting from the damage of the machine component is preserved as a converted damaging frequency obtained by converting the damaging frequency on a basis of a predetermined rotating speed of the machine component. The damaging frequency is provided by calculating the converted damaging frequency in the database by using an actual rotating speed of the machine component. Accordingly, it is possible to keep specifications of a machine component confidential without preserving the specifications of the machine component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Takanori Miyasaka, Yoshihiro Sato, Yasushi Muto, Yingyi Wen, Osamu Yoshimatsu
  • Publication number: 20230037362
    Abstract: A torque measurement device includes a case that does not rotate even during use; a rotating shaft rotatably supported to the case and having a magnetostrictive effect part whose magnetic permeability changes according to a transmitted torque; and a magnetostrictive sensor having a detection part arranged closely adjacent to the magnetostrictive effect part so that a voltage changes according to change of the magnetic permeability of the magnetostrictive effect part, and being supported to the case; and the torque measurement device has a rotation-preventing construction configured to prevent the magnetostrictive sensor from rotating with respect to the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro ODERA, Junji ONO, Masahiro KOBAYASHI, Kota FUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20230037848
    Abstract: A motor includes a housing including a housing base and a housing shaft portion that is provided on the housing base and extends in a direction along a rotation center axis, a motor stator that is disposed outward in a radial direction of the housing shaft portion, a motor rotor that is provided between the motor stator and the housing shaft portion, a bearing that is provided inward in a radial direction of the motor rotor and rotatably supports the motor rotor to the housing shaft portion, a sealing structure that is provided on an opposite side to the housing base in an axial direction of the motor rotor and seals between the motor rotor and the housing shaft portion, and a resolver that is configured to detect rotation of the motor rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Toshifumi TAGUCHI, Hayao WATANABE, Masayuki MARUYAMA, Kenichi FUKUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230040408
    Abstract: A power transmission path switching device has a friction engaging device; a rotation transmission state switching device comprising a first member and a second member arranged coaxial with each other and having: a free mode and/or a one-way clutch mode allowing rotation of the first member with respect to the second member, and a lock mode preventing rotation of the first member with respect to the second member; and a control device that, when connecting the friction engaging device and setting the rotation transmission state switching device to the lock mode, has a function of connecting the friction engaging device, and then while maintaining the friction engaging device in a connected state, switches the rotation transmission state switching device to the lock mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro YAMAMOTO, Hirotaka KISHIDA
  • Publication number: 20230041624
    Abstract: A wheel and a vehicle each having a simple structure and capable of moving over a step while maintaining stability at flat ground traveling are provided. A wheel includes an outer ring that rotates about a wheel rotational axis, an arm drive gear that rotates independently from the outer ring about the wheel rotational axis, and an arm capable of rotating about an arm rotational axis fixed to the outer ring, the arm being configured to partially protrude outside from an outer peripheral surface of the outer ring in a radial direction as the arm drive gear rotates relative to the outer ring in one direction (normal rotational direction) and to be housed inside in the radial direction from the outer peripheral surface of the outer ring as the arm drive gear rotates relative to the outer ring in the other direction (reverse rotational direction) opposite to the one direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventor: Ko FUJIOKA
  • Publication number: 20230038467
    Abstract: A rolling bearing includes an outer ring, an inner ring, a plurality of rolling bodies, and a seal member. An outer peripheral portion of the seal member is fixed by a retaining ring to a groove portion formed on an inner peripheral surface of the outer ring and an inner peripheral portion of the seal member is elastically deformable. The seal member includes an inclined portion. The seal member satisfies 0.25?Skn/Skt?2.5 when Skn is a radial length from an inclination start part of the inclined portion on an inside in an axial direction to an outermost diameter position of a part of contact of the seal member with an outer peripheral surface of the inner ring and Skt is a thickness of the inclined portion in a direction perpendicular to an inclination direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya OYAMA, Hironori SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20230034838
    Abstract: A first current command value of a turning motor is generated based on a target turning angle, and the turning motor is driven based on a second current command value obtained by restricting the first current command value with a current restriction value in accordance with the angular velocity of the turning motor. A first torque signal is generated based on a predetermined basic map in accordance with at least a vehicle speed and a steering angle of a vehicle, and a target steering torque is generated by adding, to the first torque signal, a second torque signal in accordance with the deviation between the first current command value and the second current command value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventor: Kenji MORI
  • Patent number: 11564772
    Abstract: When the compressed air is not applied, an inclined surface, which is positioned at an upstream side with respect to the supply direction of the compressed air, of the lip part is in contact with the inclined surface of the inner ring. When the compressed air is applied, a contact area between the inclined surface, which is positioned at the upstream side with respect to the supply direction of the compressed air, of the lip part and the inclined surface of the inner ring becomes smaller, as compared to when the compressed air is not applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Nakahara, Atsuhiro Yamamoto, Shoshi Miyazaki
  • Publication number: 20230024110
    Abstract: A torque transmission joint includes a first elastic body having a plurality of first elastic pieces pinched in a circumferential direction between respective first convex portions and a coupling, and a second elastic body having a plurality of second elastic pieces pinched in the circumferential direction between respective second convex portions and the coupling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Toru ISHII, Toru SEGAWA, Ryo OSAWA, Yuki UCHIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230015290
    Abstract: A ball screw device has a screw shaft; a nut; a circulation part; and balls; a housing concave groove provided on the outer circumferential surface of the nut and linearly extending in the axial direction and opening to end surfaces on both outer sides in the axial direction of the nut, a circulation part arranged inside the housing concave groove, and the circulation part being prevented from displacing toward the outer side in the radial direction and displacing in the circumferential direction with respect to the nut by engaging an engaging convex portion of a fixing portion provided in the end portion on each of both outer sides in the axial direction of the circulation part with an engaging recess portion provided in the end portion of each of both outer sides in the axial direction of the housing concave groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuya YAMADA, Yuji SHIMOMURA, Yasuaki ABE, Kanta SATO
  • Publication number: 20230016560
    Abstract: A control device includes a current command value calculation unit configured to calculate a first current command value causing an actuator to generate steering assist torque, a correction value calculation unit configured to, when an absolute value of steering angle is greater than or equal to a threshold value, calculate a correction value for suppressing increase in an absolute value of the steering angle by correcting the steering assist torque, a correction unit configured to calculate a second current command value obtained by correcting the first current command value by the correction value, and a driving unit configured to drive the actuator, based on the second current command value. The correction value calculation unit calculates the correction value, based on first torque, the first torque changing nonlinearly with respect to steering angular velocity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya KITAZUME, Shoya MARUYAMA
  • Patent number: D975732
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventor: Norifumi Ikeda
  • Patent number: D975734
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventor: Norifumi Ikeda