Patents Assigned to NSK Ltd.
  • Patent number: 11427244
    Abstract: A support bracket is arranged inside a slit of an outer column and joined to the inner column so as to be able to detach due to an impact load applied to the inner column at the time of a secondary collision. A base portion of an impact absorbing member is attached to the inner column so as to displace together with the inner column when the inner column displaces toward the front, and a folded portion of the impact absorbing member is made to face a jerking portion of the support bracket in the front-rear direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Kojiya, Arata Urimoto, Masaya Johta, Seiichi Moriyama
  • Patent number: 11426783
    Abstract: While the loading member supporting mechanism moves the loading member from the workpiece set state to the workpiece retracted state and returns to the workpiece set state again, the displacement drive unit and the rotation drive unit perform an operation of disposing the workpiece holding portion arranged at the processing position to the replacement position and an operation of disposing the workpiece holding portion disposed at the replacement position to the processing position in a trajectory in which the loading member does not interfere with the shoe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Kengou Mizuura, Masatoshi Shimoda, Yoshihiko Otaki
  • Patent number: 11427243
    Abstract: An outer column includes first tightened surfaces arranged in a pair of clamped portions, second tightened surfaces arranged at a portion below the first tightened surfaces and with high rigidity in the width direction, and third tightened surfaces arranged in a portion above the first tightened surfaces and with high rigidity in the width direction. A pair of support plate portions of an upper bracket each has reinforcing portions arranged in both end portions in the front-rear direction, extending in the vertical direction, and each having a free end in the upper-end portion, and a stepped portion arranged in the intermediate portion in the front-rear direction, and having a concave shape on the width direction outside, a convex shape on the width direction inside, and an inside surface in the width direction facing and capable of being brought into contact only with the third tightened surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Suguru Sugishita, Masaru Oosawa
  • Patent number: 11428278
    Abstract: A reverse input blocking clutch includes an input member, an output member, a pressed member, and an engaging member. When a rotational torque is inputted to the input member, the engaging member moves in a direction away from a pressed surface of the pressed member due to engagement with the input member, and transmits the rotational torque inputted to the input member to the output member due to engagement with the output member; and when rotational torque is reversely inputted to the output member, moves in the direction closer to the pressed surface based on engagement with the output member, and by being pressed against the pressed surface does not transmit the rotational torque reversely inputted to the output member to the input member, or transmits only part thereof to the input member due to engagement with the input member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Yuya Daikoku, Hirotaka Kishida, Hiroki Hashiguchi, Toshirou Toyoda
  • Patent number: 11431274
    Abstract: A closed-loop circuit is detected based on a short-circuit failure of a motor control switching element of a motor drive circuit and a cutoff switching element. A motor control device including a motor, a motor drive circuit (10a) that is connected to a power supply device and the motor and controls the output of the motor, and a processing unit for detecting a closed-loop circuit formed by the motor and the motor drive circuit (10a) based on a short-circuit failure of switching elements arranged in the motor drive circuit (10a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventor: Mitsunori Okubo
  • Publication number: 20220266702
    Abstract: A wireless power receiving system includes: a power receiving device having a power receiving coil configured to receive electric power supplied wirelessly from a power transmission coil of a power transmission device installed on a road surface, at least part of the power receiving coil being contained in a vehicle wheel; and in-vehicle devices installed in a mobile object, the in-vehicle devices being energizably connected to the power receiving device. The power receiving device transmits the received electric power to the in-vehicle devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicants: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION, NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi FUJIMOTO, Takehiro IMURA, Osamu SHIMIZU, Katsuhiro HATA, Keizo AKUTAGAWA, Yasumichi WAKAO, Isao KUWAYAMA, Daisuke GUNJI
  • Publication number: 20220268331
    Abstract: The reverse input cutoff clutch includes: a pressed member having a pressed surface around the inner peripheral surface; an input member coaxially arranged with the pressed surface and having an input-side engaging portion arranged on the radially inner side of the pressed surface; an output member coaxially arranged with the pressed surface and having an output-side engaging portion arranged further on the radially inner side than the input-side engaging portion; and an engaging element arranged so as to be movable in a first direction as a direction toward or away from the pressed surface on the radially inner side of the pressed surface. The engaging element has a main engaging element body having a pressing surface and a pivot-support shaft, and a link member. The link member has a first end portion pivotally linked to the pivot-support shaft, and a second end portion pivotally linked to the input-side engaging portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Nagao DOHI, Yuya DAIKOKU, Tomoyuki MIYAZAKl
  • Publication number: 20220268316
    Abstract: A method for measuring indentation resistance includes: obtaining a first curve indicating a yield shear stress in a depth direction of a raceway surface of a material forming a rolling bearing in a state before the raceway surface is subjected to machining, a second curve indicating a static shear stress in the depth direction of the raceway surface in a state in which the raceway surface is subjected to the machining, and a third curve indicating a static shear stress in the depth direction of the raceway surface in a state in which rolling elements are in contact with the raceway surface and a static load is applied to the raceway surface; and obtaining a correlation between an area and an indentation depth of the raceway ring by defining a region surrounded by exceeding the first curve and the second curve and falling below the third curve as the area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirofumi ITO, Takahito SHIMADA, Masahide NATORI, Hideyuki HIDAKA, Hayato ISHIGAMI, Hiroki KOMATA
  • Publication number: 20220268649
    Abstract: A torque measuring device includes: a magnetostrictive sensor having a ring-shaped holder arranged around a magnetostrictively affected section of a rotating shaft, a detecting section embedded in the holder and that changing a voltage according to a change in magnetic permeability of the magnetostrictively affected section; and a sensor-side engaging section; and a fixed member having a fixed-side engaging section, the fixed member not rotating even during operation. One of the sensor-side engaging portion and the fixed-side engaging section is a convex section and the other is a concave section. With the sensor-side engaging section and the fixed-side engaging section engaged with a concave-convex engagement, shifting of the position of the magnetostrictive sensor in the direction of rotation and the radial direction with respect to the substrate is prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro ODERA, Junji ONO, Masahiro KOBAYASHI, Kota FUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20220266646
    Abstract: A suspension device has an upper shell having a stepped section around an inner circumferential surface; a lower shell; a ball screw shaft rotatably supported by the upper shell; a bearing unit arranged between a part of the ball screw shaft and the upper shell, and having an outer side part in a radial direction including a side surface that comes in contact with a side surface on the other side in the axial direction of the stepped section; a ball nut screwed on the ball screw shaft; an inner tube joined to the lower shell and the ball nut; an electric motor; and a coil spring, and a circumscribed circle diameter of the ball nut and the inner tube is less than an inner diameter dimension of the stepped section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Shin YAMAMOTO, Takahiro SUSHI, Cyou KYO, Mitsuru OIKE, Shunsuke SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20220268358
    Abstract: A cam device having a drive cam and a driven cam; and a friction engagement device having at least one friction plate and at least one separation plate are provided. The friction engagement device is configured so as to be put into a connected state by pressing the friction plate and the separation plate against each other by the driven cam, and a disconnected state. Also provided are a rotation transmission state switching device having a first member and a second member coaxially arranged, and a mode selecting part configured to rotate or displace in the axial direction according to rotation of the drive cam. The rotation transmission state switching device has at least one mode of a free mode and a lock mode of the first member and the second member, and a one-way clutch mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka KISHIDA, Ricardo RODRIGUEZ LOPEZ, Seigou URAKAMI, Shohei KANEKO, Akihiro YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11421736
    Abstract: A rolling bearing unit includes: an inner ring member having a recess on a first side in an axial direction, the recess being recessed toward a second side in the axial direction; an outer ring member disposed on the outer periphery side of the inner ring member; a rolling body disposed between the inner ring member and the outer ring member and rotatably supporting the inner ring member with respect to the outer ring member; a transmitter capable of transmitting at least one of electric power or a signal, at least a part of the transmitter being accommodated inside the recess of the inner ring member; and a covering member that is supported by the first side of the outer ring member in the axial direction, covers the first side of the inner ring member in the axial direction, and fixes the transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Naohiro Hitomi, Daisuke Gunji, Hiroyasu Kumagai, Ricardo Rodriguez Lopez
  • Patent number: 11415185
    Abstract: A reverse-input blocking clutch includes: a pressed member having a pressed surface; an input member having an input-side engaging portion on an inner side in a radial direction of the pressed surface; an output member having an output-side engaging portion further on the inner side in the radial direction than the input-side engaging portion; an engaging element on the inner side in the radial direction of the pressed surface to move in a first direction away from or toward the pressed surface, having a main engaging element body having a pivot-support shaft, and a link member having a first end portion pivotally linked to the pivot-support shaft and a second end portion pivotally linked to the input-side engaging portion; and an elastic body between the main engaging element body and the link member and applying an elastic force to the link member toward the pressed surface in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: NSK, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nagao Dohi, Yuya Daikoku
  • Patent number: 11415205
    Abstract: A piece type ball screw in a screw shaft with a spiral external thread groove on an outer peripheral surface, a nut which is fitted onto the screw shaft and has a spiral internal thread groove on an inner peripheral surface, a plurality of balls rotatably arranged in a track path formed between the external thread groove and the internal thread groove, and a piece member which is attached to the nut and connects the internal thread grooves to each other. The piece member includes a piece body in which a return groove connecting the internal thread grooves is formed and a pair of engaging portions which are provided on the piece body, extend in opposite directions in a circumferential direction of the nut, and engage with the internal thread groove of the nut. A joint portion between the piece body and the engaging portion has a fillet shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventor: Keitaro Oka
  • Publication number: 20220243772
    Abstract: To realize a method for manufacturing a hub unit bearing capable of increasing the processing efficiency of a staking portion. An axial inner end portion of a hub ring 22 is processed into a staking portion 26 by rotating a die 31 around a reference axis C in a state in which the die 31 having a rotation axis ? inclined with respect to the reference axis C is pressed against the axial inner end portion of the hub ring 22 under a condition that the hub ring 22 is disposed so that a center axis of the hub ring 22 is coaxial or parallel to the reference axis C and the hub ring 22 is supported to be radially movable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki HAGIWARA, Reiji HIRASAKI
  • Patent number: 11391358
    Abstract: A worm reduction gear, including: an inner diameter side holder in which a bearing is internally fitted and held; an outer diameter side holder which includes a holder holding part in which the inner diameter side holder is internally fitted and held so as to be able to be relatively rotated and moved and to be displaced in a direction orthogonal to a center axis of a worm wheel and a center axis of a worm, and which is internally fitted and held in a holding recessed part of a housing; and an elastic urging member in a circumferential direction which elastically urges the inner diameter side holder against the outer diameter side holder in a direction of rotating in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Segawa, Toru Ishii, Souta Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11391350
    Abstract: A ball screw includes: a screw shaft (10) having a spiral first screw groove (11) formed in an outer peripheral surface thereof; a nut (20) disposed on the periphery of the screw shaft (10) and having a spiral second screw groove (21) formed in an inner peripheral surface thereof; a plurality of balls (30) accommodated in a rolling path (23) formed by the opposing screw grooves (11, 21); and a circulation piece (40) that forms a ball return passage (42) for circulating the plurality of balls (30) through one circuit or less of the rolling path (23). Traffic variation is made to be small by determining the maximum angle of inclination (?) of the ball return passage (42) in an expression using the lead (L), the ball diameter (Da), and the lead angle (?).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventor: Keitaro Oka
  • Patent number: 11390313
    Abstract: A steering jacket includes a first jacket member and a second jacket member in this order from a side proximal to a steering wheel, and the first jacket member and the second jacket member overlap each other such that the steering jacket is extendable and retractable in an axial direction. An actuator is connected to an extension bracket that is attached to an outer surface of the first jacket member and extends toward the front of a vehicle body, so as to extend and retract the first jacket member with respect to the second jacket member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Kurokawa, Jessica Elaine Lipa
  • Patent number: 11384818
    Abstract: A pressing device for a toroidal continuously variable transmission, comprises: a disk having a toroidal curved surface and a first cam surface; a cam plate having a cylindrical portion, and an outward facing flange portion having a second cam surface; and a plurality of rolling bodies. The cylindrical portion has a cylinder portion, a projection projecting inward in the radial direction in one axial end portion of the cylinder portion and having a step surface, and an oil supply passage. At least a part of a radial inside opening of the oil supply passage opens to a portion of the cylinder portion positioned further on the other side in the axial direction than the step surface. The oil supply passage has an oil-passage hole penetrating the cylinder portion and an oil-passage groove continuous with the oil-passage hole and recessed from the step surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignees: NSK LTD., KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masahiro Kita, Kippei Matsuda, Hideyuki Imai, Kenichiro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11383757
    Abstract: A shaft for a steering device has a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion that is a shaft integrated with the first portion and the second portion and couples the first portion and the second portion in a first direction. The outer diameter of the third portion is smaller than the length of the second portion in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, and is constant across a direction extending along the first direction. The hardness of the third portion is greater than the hardness of the second portion, and is constant across the direction extending along the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Kaname Yasuda, Tatsuya Suehiro, Kazuya Yamada