Patents Assigned to NSK-Warner K.K.
  • Publication number: 20260328248
    Abstract: A shaft grounding member for a rolling bearing, the shaft grounding member being mounted on a rolling bearing unit including the rolling bearing in which one bearing ring is a fixed ring and the other bearing ring is a rotating ring, includes: a spring plate including an annular portion and an elastic portion extending continuously from the annular portion in a radial direction, the spring plate being made of a thin plate of a conductive material; a soft conductive member mounted on a surface of the elastic portion facing the rotating ring or a rotating member to which the rotating ring is fitted; and a flexible member mounted on a side surface of the annular portion. The soft conductive member is capable of abutting against at least a part of a surface of the rotating ring or at least a part of a surface of the rotating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2026
    Publication date: October 22, 2026
    Applicant: NSK-Warner K.K.
    Inventors: Mutsumi SETOI, Wenjing LUAN
  • Publication number: 20260309194
    Abstract: A one-way clutch includes cams, a retainer, and a spring. The cam includes an outer surface facing an outer ring, and a groove portion. The retainer includes a retainer body. The retainer body includes a first side plate and protrusions protruding from the first side plate. The protrusions include column portions and at least one spring protrusion. A window portion with the cam arranged is formed between two column portions adjacent to each other. One side in the axial direction of the window portion is closed by the first side plate, and the other side is open. A hook portion protruding outward in the radial direction and arranged on the other side in the axial direction relative to the spring is formed on the spring protrusion. The first side plate is provided with a cutaway formed by cutting away a portion facing the hook portion in the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2026
    Publication date: October 8, 2026
    Applicant: NSK-Warner K.K.
    Inventors: Yoshiya OZAWA, Tomoyuki Kirino, Nariaki Tamura, Masato Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20260287022
    Abstract: A shaft grounding member for a rolling bearing, the shaft grounding member being mounted on a rolling bearing unit including the rolling bearing in which one bearing ring is a fixed ring and the other bearing ring is a rotating ring, the shaft grounding member includes: a spring plate including an annular portion, a coupling portion extending continuously from the annular portion in a radial direction, and an elastic portion bending from the coupling portion in an axial direction of the rotating ring, the spring plate being made of a thin plate of a conductive material; and a soft conductive member mounted on a surface of the elastic portion that faces a rotating member to which the rotating ring is fitted. The soft conductive member is capable of abutting against at least a part of a peripheral surface of the rotating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2026
    Publication date: September 24, 2026
    Applicant: NSK-WARNER K.K.
    Inventors: Mutsumi SETOI, Masatomo FURUYA, Kazuhiko MURAMATSU
  • Patent number: 12723627
    Abstract: An electrolytic corrosion prevention member for a rolling bearing, the electrolytic corrosion prevention member being mounted on a rolling bearing unit including the inner ring rotating type rolling bearing in which an outer ring is fixed to a housing and a shaft directly connected to a motor is fitted to an inner ring in order to prevent electrolytic corrosion of the rolling bearing, the electrolytic corrosion prevention member includes: a spring plate including an annular portion and an elastic portion that extends continuously from an inner peripheral side end portion of the annular portion to a center of the annular portion and being formed of a thin plate of a conductive material; and a soft conductive member mounted on a surface of the elastic portion on a side facing the rolling bearing. The soft conductive member is capable of abutting against an end surface of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: NSK-WARNER K.K.
    Inventors: Masatomo Furuya, Mutsumi Setoi, Fumimasa Muramatsu
  • Publication number: 20260226946
    Abstract: An electromagnetic noise prevention member for a rolling bearing, the electromagnetic noise prevention member being mounted on a rolling bearing unit including the rolling bearing in which one bearing ring is a fixed ring and the other bearing ring is a rotating ring, the electromagnetic noise prevention member includes: a spring plate including an annular portion and at least one elastic portion that extends continuously from the annular portion in a radial direction, the spring plate being made of a thin plate of a conductive material; and a soft conductive member mounted on a surface of the elastic portion that faces the rotating ring or a rotating member to which the rotating ring is fitted. The soft conductive member is capable of abutting against at least a part of a surface of the rotating ring or at least a part of a surface of the rotating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2026
    Publication date: August 6, 2026
    Applicant: NSK-Warner K.K.
    Inventors: Mutsumi SETOI, Masatomo FURUYA
  • Publication number: 20260210407
    Abstract: A shaft grounding member for a rolling bearing, the shaft grounding member being mounted on a rolling bearing unit including the rolling bearing in which one bearing ring is a fixed ring and the other bearing ring is a rotating ring, the shaft grounding member includes: a spring plate including an annular portion and at least one elastic portion that extends continuously from the annular portion in a radial direction, the spring plate being made of a thin plate of a conductive material; and a soft conductive member mounted on a surface of the elastic portion that faces the rotating ring or a rotating member to which the rotating ring is fitted. The soft conductive member contains a lubricant in advance, and is capable of abutting against at least a part of a surface of the rotating ring or at least a part of a surface of the rotating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2026
    Publication date: July 23, 2026
    Applicant: NSK-WARNER K.K.
    Inventors: Mutsumi SETOI, Kenichi ISO, Wenjing LUAN
  • Patent number: 12680580
    Abstract: A ratchet type clutch device includes: an outer ring and an inner ring, in which the inner ring includes an outer peripheral surface having tooth portions, the outer ring having claw members that mesh with the tooth portions, each of the claw members includes a shaft portion, a claw portion meshing with one of the tooth portions, and a torque transmission unit projecting from the shaft portion, the shaft portion includes an outer peripheral surface including a first outer peripheral surface, the outer ring includes an outer peripheral holding surface, and a facing surface, the first outer peripheral surface is provided with a top portion, and when the claw portion meshes with the tooth portion, the claw portion is tilted with the top portion abutting on the outer peripheral holding surface, and the leading end surface of the torque transmission unit comes into contact with the facing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2025
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: NSK-WARNER K.K.
    Inventor: Masataka Ozawa
  • Publication number: 20260168544
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a selectable one-way clutch includes a first inner ring, a first outer ring, a shift drum, and a first selectable plate including a plate body arranged in a first direction with respect to the first outer ring, and a first cam portion that extends in a second direction and lifts a first claw member against biasing force of a first biasing member. An end portion on a radially outer side of the plate body is a first power transmission portion. A coupling portion coupled to a linear motion mechanism is formed on the shift drum. A side surface of the shift drum facing the first direction is a first pressing surface. When the shift drum is moved in the first direction, the first power transmission portion is pressed in the first direction and lifting of the first claw member by the first cam portion is released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2025
    Publication date: June 18, 2026
    Applicant: NSK-WARNER K.K.
    Inventors: Shinji OKADA, Xiaoming GU, Takuro SATO
  • Publication number: 20260110342
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a power transmission device includes: an annular fixed part including an inner peripheral surface; an output shaft including an outer peripheral surface facing the inner peripheral surface and a recessed surface recessed radially inward from the outer peripheral surface; an input shaft including a pressing portion accommodated in the recessed surface; a pair of first rolling elements that are accommodated in the recessed surface and are arranged on opposite sides in a circumferential direction with respect to the pressing portion; and a pair of second rolling elements each of which has a smaller diameter than a diameter of each first rolling element and is arranged between the corresponding first rolling element and the pressing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2025
    Publication date: April 23, 2026
    Applicant: NSK-WARNER K.K.
    Inventors: Nariaki TAMURA, Masato Kobayashi, Yukiyoshi Suzuki, Tomoyuki Kirino, Kazuyuki Fujita
  • Patent number: 12607230
    Abstract: An electrolytic corrosion prevention member for a rolling bearing, the electrolytic corrosion prevention member being mounted on a rolling bearing unit including the rolling bearing in which one bearing ring is a fixed ring and the other bearing ring is a rotating ring in order to prevent electrolytic corrosion of the rolling bearing, the electrolytic corrosion prevention member includes: a spring plate including an annular portion and a plurality of elastic portions that extend continuously from the annular portion in a radial shape and being formed of a thin plate of a conductive material; and a soft conductive member mounted on a surface of the elastic portion that faces the rotating ring. The soft conductive member is capable of abutting against a side surface of the rotating ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: NSK-WARNER K.K.
    Inventors: Masatomo Furuya, Mutsumi Setoi, Fumimasa Muramatsu
  • Publication number: 20260085728
    Abstract: A shaft grounding member for a rolling bearing, in which one bearing ring is a fixed ring and the other bearing ring is a rotating ring, includes: a spring plate including an annular portion and a plurality of elastic portions extending continuously from the annular portion in a radial shape, the spring plate being made of a thin plate of a conductive material; and a soft conductive member mounted on a surface of the elastic portion facing the rotating ring. The soft conductive member is configured to abut against a side surface of the rotating ring. The spring plate includes a plurality of bent portions provided at a portion of the annular portion facing a side surface of the fixed ring so as to be bent in an axial direction, the plurality of bent portions being deformed to apply a pressing force to the fixed ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2025
    Publication date: March 26, 2026
    Applicant: NSK-Warner K.K.
    Inventors: Masatomo FURUYA, Mutsumi SETOI, Fumimasa MURAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20260085727
    Abstract: A shaft grounding member for a rolling bearing includes: a spring plate including an annular portion and an elastic portion extending continuously from an inner peripheral side end portion of the annular portion to a center of the annular portion, the spring plate being made of a thin plate of a conductive material; and a soft conductive member mounted on a surface of the elastic portion on a side facing the rolling bearing. The soft conductive member is configured to abut against an end surface of a shaft. The spring plate includes a plurality of bent portions provided at a portion of the annular portion facing a side surface of an outer ring so as to be bent in an axial direction, the plurality of bent portions being deformed to apply a pressing force to the outer ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2025
    Publication date: March 26, 2026
    Applicant: NSK-Warner K.K.
    Inventors: Masatomo FURUYA, Mutsumi SETOI, Fumimasa MURAMATSU
  • Patent number: 12504047
    Abstract: A power transmission device includes: a fixing member having a cylindrical surface; an output shaft having a facing surface facing the cylindrical surface; an input shaft having a pressing portion disposed between the cylindrical surface and the facing surface; and a pair of rolling elements. The facing surface includes a recessed surface. The recessed surface has a bottom surface and a pair of pressed surfaces. The bottom surface has a central surface and a pair of cam surfaces. A distance between the cam surface and the cylindrical surface increases from the central surface toward the pressed surface. A distance between the cam surface and the cylindrical surface is smaller than a diameter of the rolling element in the portion closer to the central surface, and is greater than the diameter of the rolling element in the portion closer to the pressed surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2025
    Assignee: NSK-WARNER K.K.
    Inventor: Nariaki Tamura
  • Publication number: 20250347325
    Abstract: A ratchet type clutch device includes outer and inner rings. A shutter plate of the inner ring has restriction tooth portions formed on an outer peripheral surface thereof. When viewed from an axial direction, a state where the restriction tooth portions are misaligned in a first rotation direction for tooth portions and overlap with a part of grooves is set as a closed state of the shutter plate, and a state where all the restriction tooth portions overlap with the tooth portions is set as an open state of the shutter plate. An elastic member biases the shutter plate from the open state to the closed state. Each of first claw members is formed to be able to enter into the corresponding groove in the closed state, and each of second claw members is formed to be able to enter into the corresponding groove in the open state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2025
    Publication date: November 13, 2025
    Applicant: NSK-WARNER K.K.
    Inventors: Ibuki MORI, Shinji OKADA
  • Patent number: 12467509
    Abstract: A ratchet type clutch device includes outer and inner rings. A shutter plate of the inner ring has restriction tooth portions formed on an outer peripheral surface thereof. When viewed from an axial direction, a state where the restriction tooth portions are misaligned in a first rotation direction for tooth portions and overlap with a part of grooves is set as a closed state of the shutter plate, and a state where all the restriction tooth portions overlap with the tooth portions is set as an open state of the shutter plate. An elastic member biases the shutter plate from the open state to the closed state. Each of first claw members is formed to be able to enter into the corresponding groove in the closed state, and each of second claw members is formed to be able to enter into the corresponding groove in the open state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2025
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2025
    Assignee: NSK-WARNER K.K.
    Inventors: Ibuki Mori, Shinji Okada
  • Publication number: 20250333906
    Abstract: The present invention provides conductive paper with excellent electrical conductivity, strength, and heat resistance, and a method for producing the same, the conductive paper including: a paper substrate containing at least a carbon fiber and a fibrillated fiber, and in which an amount of the fibrillated fiber is from 10 to 120% by mass with respect to the carbon fiber; and a cured product of a thermosetting resin at least partially impregnated into the paper substrate; and the method for producing conductive paper, the method including the steps of: preparing a slurry containing at least a carbon fiber and a fibrillated fiber, and in which an amount of the fibrillated fiber is from 10 to 120% by mass with respect to the carbon fiber; obtaining a paper substrate by subjecting the slurry to a papermaking process; impregnating the paper substrate with a thermosetting resin; and heating the paper substrate impregnated with the thermosetting resin to cure the thermosetting resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2025
    Publication date: October 30, 2025
    Applicant: NSK-Warner K.K.
    Inventors: Wenjing LUAN, Mutsumi Setoi
  • Publication number: 20250327495
    Abstract: A ratchet type clutch device includes: an outer ring and an inner ring, in which the inner ring includes an outer peripheral surface having tooth portions, the outer ring having claw members that mesh with the tooth portions, each of the claw members includes a shaft portion, a claw portion meshing with one of the tooth portions, and a torque transmission unit projecting from the shaft portion, the shaft portion includes an outer peripheral surface including a first outer peripheral surface, the outer ring includes an outer peripheral holding surface, and a facing surface, the first outer peripheral surface is provided with a top portion, and when the claw portion meshes with the tooth portion, the claw portion is tilted with the top portion abutting on the outer peripheral holding surface, and the leading end surface of the torque transmission unit comes into contact with the facing surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2025
    Publication date: October 23, 2025
    Applicant: NSK-WARNER K.K.
    Inventor: Masataka OZAWA
  • Publication number: 20250230846
    Abstract: A power transmission device includes: a fixing member having a cylindrical surface; an output shaft having a facing surface facing the cylindrical surface; an input shaft having a pressing portion disposed between the cylindrical surface and the facing surface; and a pair of rolling elements. The facing surface includes a recessed surface. The recessed surface has a bottom surface and a pair of pressed surfaces. The bottom surface has a central surface and a pair of cam surfaces. A distance between the cam surface and the cylindrical surface increases from the central surface toward the pressed surface. A distance between the cam surface and the cylindrical surface is smaller than a diameter of the rolling element in the portion closer to the central surface, and is greater than the diameter of the rolling element in the portion closer to the pressed surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2024
    Publication date: July 17, 2025
    Applicant: NSK-WARNER K.K.
    Inventor: Nariaki TAMURA
  • Publication number: 20250129819
    Abstract: An electrolytic corrosion prevention member for a rolling bearing, the electrolytic corrosion prevention member being mounted on a rolling bearing unit including the inner ring rotating type rolling bearing in which an outer ring is fixed to a housing and a shaft directly connected to a motor is fitted to an inner ring in order to prevent electrolytic corrosion of the rolling bearing, the electrolytic corrosion prevention member includes: a spring plate including an annular portion and an elastic portion that extends continuously from an inner peripheral side end portion of the annular portion to a center of the annular portion and being formed of a thin plate of a conductive material; and a soft conductive member mounted on a surface of the elastic portion on a side facing the rolling bearing. The soft conductive member is capable of abutting against an end surface of the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: NSK-WARNER K.K.
    Inventors: Masatomo Furuya, Mutsumi Setoi, Fumimasa Muramatsu
  • Publication number: 20250129821
    Abstract: An electrolytic corrosion prevention member for a rolling bearing, the electrolytic corrosion prevention member being mounted on a rolling bearing unit including the rolling bearing in which one bearing ring is a fixed ring and the other bearing ring is a rotating ring in order to prevent electrolytic corrosion of the rolling bearing, the electrolytic corrosion prevention member includes: a spring plate including an annular portion and a plurality of elastic portions that extend continuously from the annular portion in a radial shape and being formed of a thin plate of a conductive material; and a soft conductive member mounted on a surface of the elastic portion that faces the rotating ring. The soft conductive member is capable of abutting against a side surface of the rotating ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: NSK-WARNER K.K.
    Inventors: Masatomo FURUYA, Mutsumi Setoi, Fumimasa Muramatsu