Patents Assigned to NTN Corporation
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Patent number: 12253113Abstract: To provide a grease-sealed bearing that is superior in fretting wear resistance and sealing performance when used under an oscillation condition with acceleration and deceleration such as a condition used in a robot joint. A grease-sealed bearing 1 includes an inner ring 2 and an outer ring 3 that are raceway rings, a plurality of rolling elements 4 interposed between the inner ring 2 and the outer ring 3, and a grease composition 7 sealed around the rolling elements 4. The bearing oscillates such that a bearing rotational direction changes while accelerating and decelerating. The grease composition contains a base oil and a thickener. The worked penetration of the grease composition is 310 or more. The thickener is a calcium sulfonate complex soap.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2021Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: NTN CORPORATIONInventor: Kota Watanabe
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Patent number: 12247621Abstract: A wheel bearing device (1) including: an outer member (2) on the inner periphery of which an outer-side rolling surface (2c/2d) is formed; an inner member (3) on the outer periphery of which an inner-side rolling surface (3c/3d) is formed; and a plurality of rolling bodies (41) interposed between the rolling surfaces (2c/2d/3c/3d) of the outer member (2) and the inner member (3). The wheel bearing device having a spline hole (3b) formed in a through hole (3h) of the inner member (3). The spline hole includes a guide groove (3G) formed on an inner circumferential surface thereof. A guide plate (8G) of a finishing broach (8) passes through the guide groove in the inner periphery of the spline hole (3b).Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2022Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: NTN CORPORATIONInventors: Kazunari Yamamoto, Hayato Taniguchi
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Patent number: 12241504Abstract: A bearing device includes an inner ring and an outer ring. At least one of the radially inner surface of the inner ring and the radially outer surface of the outer ring is covered with a coating layer. The coating layer is a coating layer composite composed of a plurality of layers. Of the plurality of layers, the surface layer is composed of an anti-creep film having lubricity, and at least one layer other than the surface layer is composed of an insulating film having insulating properties.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2021Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: NTN CORPORATIONInventors: Hayato Kawaguchi, Toshiki Masuda
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Patent number: 12234634Abstract: A portable facility including: a power generation unit and a function unit, wherein the power generation unit includes a transportable first housing, at least one power generation device attached to the first housing which includes a top wall, a bottom wall, and a surrounding wall, the at least one power generation device being one or more of a wind power generation device, a solar power generation device, and a hydraulic power generation device, and the function unit includes a transportable second housing and an electric apparatus disposed inside the second housing and configured to be powered by the power generation unit to operate, the second housing including a top wall, a bottom wall, and a surrounding wall.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2021Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: NTN CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuru Akagawa, Ryosuke Karasawa, Tomohisa Okuno, Kaname Nishimura
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Patent number: 12234912Abstract: Provided is a bearing device for a vehicle wheel comprising: an outer-side seal that is resistant to deterioration over time and can prevent foreign matter. This bearing device for a vehicle wheel comprises an outer-side seal member 7 that closes an outer-side opening end of an annular space formed by an outer ring 2 and a hub ring 3. The outer-side seal member 7 including a core metal 8 which is fitted to the outer ring 2, a seal member 10 which is joined to the core metal 8, and a metal ring 9 which is fitted to the hub ring 3 and with which the seal member 10 is in sliding contact. An annular space S is provided between the metal ring 9 and the hub ring 3, and the annular space S being filled with a sealing material 20.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2021Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: NTN CORPORATIONInventor: Tsukasa Watanabe
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Patent number: 12237802Abstract: A power generation system includes a rotating body, a generator, a brake circuit, a voltage sensor, and a control device. When rotation speed of the rotating body exceeds a first threshold, the control device executes a brake operation by the brake circuit. When a release condition determined based on at least one of a value of a generated voltage detected by the voltage sensor and the rotation speed of the rotating body is satisfied after the rotation speed of the rotating body is lower than the first threshold, the control device stops the brake operation by the brake circuit.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2022Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: NTN CORPORATIONInventor: Kouhei Ono
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Publication number: 20250035153Abstract: A ball bearing includes a cage circular annular portion and a seal member. The cage circular annular portion has a cage-side sliding contact surface axially opposed to the seal member and configured to come into sliding contact with the seal member. The seal member has a seal-side sliding contact surface configured to come into sliding contact with the cage-side sliding contact surface. A plurality of axial protrusions each having an axially convex circular arc shape in cross sections along a circumferential direction are formed on one of the cage-side sliding contact surface and the seal-side sliding contact surface at constant pitches in the circumferential direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2024Publication date: January 30, 2025Applicant: NTN CORPORATIONInventors: Katsuaki Sasaki, Susumu Miyairi
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Publication number: 20250027539Abstract: An outer surface rubber portion is formed to cover the entire axially outer surface of a metal core. An inner surface rubber portion is formed with a circular annular opening through which the axially inner surface of the metal core is exposed on the same circumference passing on the radially outer side of minute protrusions; and circular arc-shaped openings through which the axially inner surface of the metal core is exposed on the same circumference passing on the radially inner side of the minute protrusions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2022Publication date: January 23, 2025Applicant: NTN CORPORATIONInventors: Katsuaki SASAKI, Susumu MIYAIRI, Masato AKAHORI
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Patent number: 12202388Abstract: A clutch unit includes an operation lever, an operation bracket, an output shaft member, an input-side clutch, an output-side clutch, and a housing. An input-side outer ring member of the input-side clutch is a member including a bottom part and an outer ring part. A part of the outer ring part is a thick part. The thickness of the thick part in the radial direction is larger than the thickness of a non-thick part in the radial direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2021Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: NTN CORPORATIONInventors: Kunihiro Mikasa, Yu Kitada, Kyohei Sasanuma, Shaoluan Bian
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Patent number: 12203510Abstract: A plunging type constant velocity universal joint 1 for a propeller shaft includes an outer joint member 2, an inner joint member 3, eight torque transmidetting balls 4, and a cage 5. A center of curvature O1 of a spherical outer surface 12 and a center of curvature O2 of a spherical inner surface 13 of the cage 5 each have an equal and axially opposite offset (f) with respect to a center O3 of pockets 5a. A ratio f/PCDBALL between the offset (f) of the cage 5 and a pitch circle diameter (PCDBALL) of the torque transmitting balls 4 is 0.07 or more and 0.09 or less.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2023Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: NTN CORPORATIONInventors: Masazumi Kobayashi, Tomoshige Kobayashi
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Patent number: 12203062Abstract: The present invention is to provide a cell chip and a three-dimensional tissue chip and a production method therefor such that even when a highly viscous cell-containing solution is a material, the highly safe and reproducible cell chip or three-dimensional tissue chip with a desired application volume can be produced within a short time and in a large quantity so as to have a desired cell density and exhibit high cell viability.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2018Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignees: OSAKA UNIVERSITY, NTN CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuru Akashi, Takami Akagi, Masaki Egami, Akihiro Yamanaka, Haruka Nakamura, Toukokuryuu Ai
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Patent number: 12196257Abstract: A bearing device includes: at least one bearing that has a rolling element and a raceway surface to support a main shaft; a member disposed on a path through which pressing force generating a preload between the rolling element and the raceway surface is transmitted; and at least one load sensor element fixed to the member to measure the pressing force. At least one load sensor element is a chip component including a thin film pattern of which resistance changes according to the pressing force and a protective layer that insulates and protects thin film pattern.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2020Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: NTN CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Koike, Yasuyuki Fukushima, Yusuke Shibuya, Daichi Kondou
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Patent number: 12196255Abstract: A hub bearing 1 including an outer ring 2 that serves as a stationary side raceway ring, a hub wheel 3 and an inner ring 5 serving as a rotatable side raceway ring, balls 4 serving as a plurality of rolling elements disposed between a raceway surface of the stationary side raceway ring and a raceway surface of the rotatable side raceway ring, and grease that lubricates a rolling contact part between each of the raceway surfaces and the rolling elements. The surface roughness of at least one raceway surface selected from the raceway surface of the stationary side raceway ring and the raceway surface of the rotatable side raceway ring in the rolling contact part is 0.03 ?m Ra or less.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2020Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: NTN CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoya Sakaguchi, Naoto Shibuya, Makoto Seki
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Publication number: 20250010467Abstract: A control device controls an attitude control actuator by means of which a distal end member located on a link actuation device can be moved. A parallel linkage mechanism includes a proximal end-side link hub, a distal end-side link hub, and three linkages via which the distal end-side link hub is coupled to the proximal end-side link hub in such a manner that allows the attitude of the distal end-side link hub to change relative to the proximal end-side link hub. The control device includes a parameter switcher which switches control parameters to adjust the jerk of the attitude control actuator or the distal end member based on a load applied to the distal end member. The parameter switcher can switch more than one control parameter including at least one of the filter time constant of a moving average filter or a model following control gain.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2024Publication date: January 9, 2025Applicant: NTN CORPORATIONInventors: Yuki SHIMURA, Masaki KAGAMI, Kota FURUHASHI
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Patent number: 12188835Abstract: A load sensor element includes a substrate made of a ceramic material; an inorganic layer having a surface configured to receive a load, the inorganic layer covers a portion of the substrate; a thin-layer resistance body whose resistance value changes in accordance with the load received by the inorganic layer, the thin-layer resistance body having a main body portion and a pair of end portions, the main body portion mounted on the covered portion of the substrate and sandwiched between the substrate and the inorganic layer, the pair of end portions mounted on an exposed portion of the substrate, and the exposed portion free of the inorganic layer; and a pair of electrodes electrically connected to the pair of end portions of the thin-layer resistance body and separated away from the inorganic layer and on one side of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2020Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignees: KOA Corporation, NTN CorporationInventors: Homare Kaneko, Natsumi Shiobara, Koichi Urano, Yusuke Shibuya, Daichi Kondou
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Patent number: 12180927Abstract: A linear-motion guiding device is disposed on the wall of the container. The wind turbine includes, at the lower end of the support column, a support-column lower end member capable of being fixed to the linear-motion guiding device. A slider of the linear-motion guiding device is provided with a guide member, and a bolt is inserted through a bolt insertion hole in the support-column lower end member and is screwed into a threaded hole in the guide member. The apparatus includes an attachment guide part including a stepped bolt and a flanged step part, the attachment guide part being configured to guide the support-column lower end member to a position and an attitude in which the bolt insertion hole in the support-column lower end member is aligned with the threaded hole in the guide member when the support-column lower end member is not fixed to the slider.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2023Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: NTN CORPORATIONInventor: Ryosuke Karasawa
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Patent number: 12169000Abstract: A mechanical component according to one aspect of the present invention is made of a titanium alloy and has a surface. The mechanical component includes a plurality of primary ? crystal grains and a plurality of secondary ? crystal grains. At the surface of the mechanical component the primary ? crystal grains have an area ratio of 10% or more and 30% or less. At the surface of the mechanical component the secondary ? crystal grains have a major diameter of 75 ?m or less and a minor diameter of 10 ?m or less. At the surface of the mechanical component 1% by mass or more of oxygen is included.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2018Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: NTN CORPORATIONInventors: Ayaka Yamahara, Miyu Sato, Chikara Ohki
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Patent number: 12163555Abstract: A bearing part according to one embodiment of the present invention is a bearing part composed of a chromium molybdenum steel, the bearing part including a diffusion layer in a surface of the bearing part. The diffusion layer includes a plurality of compound grains and a plurality of martensite blocks. An average grain size of the compound grains is less than or equal to 0.3 ?m. An area ratio of the compound grains in the diffusion layer is more than or equal to 3%. A maximum grain size of the plurality of martensite blocks is less than or equal to 3.8 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2018Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: NTN CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro Yamada, Chikara Ohki
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Patent number: 12157194Abstract: A bearing apparatus includes a bearing that rotatably supports a main spindle around a rotation axis, a spacer including an inner-ring spacer adjacent to an inner ring of the bearing and an outer-ring spacer adjacent to an outer ring, and a heat flux sensor provided in an inside surface of the outer-ring spacer. A distance in a direction along the rotation axis from a center of the bearing to a center of the heat flux sensor is longer than 0.5 time and shorter than one time of a dimension of the bearing in the direction along the rotation axis.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2021Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: NTN CorporationInventor: Shohei Hashizume
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Patent number: 12157224Abstract: A spherical surface link mechanism includes a proximal end link hub, a distal end link hub, a plurality of links, a plurality of intermediate link hubs, and a shaft member. Each of the plurality of links includes a first end link member, a second end link member, and an intermediate link member. The first end link member is coupled, at one end, to the proximal end link hub to be rotatable about a first rotation axis. The second end link member is coupled, at one end, to the distal end link hub to be rotatable about a second rotation axis. The intermediate link member is coupled, at one end, to the other end of the first end link member to be rotatable about a third rotation axis and is coupled to, at the other end, the other end of the second end link member to be rotatable about a fourth rotation axis.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2021Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: NTN CorporationInventor: Naohiko Satou