Patents Assigned to NTN Corporation
  • Publication number: 20220410969
    Abstract: The steering function-equipped hub unit includes: a turning shaft-equipped hub bearing (15) including an inner ring, an outer ring, and rolling elements in double rows interposed between the inner ring and the outer ring, the turning shaft-equipped hub bearing having a turning shaft extending in a vertical direction; a unit support member (3) rotatably supporting the turning shaft-equipped hub bearing (15) about a turning axis of the turning shaft; and a steering actuator (5) configured to rotationally drive the turning shaft-equipped hub bearing (15) about the turning axis (A). The unit support member (3) and the steering actuator (5) include a flange (3a) and an end portion (25Aa), respectively, to be removably fixed to a knuckle (6) which is a chassis frame component of a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirokazu OOBA, Yusuke OHATA
  • Patent number: 11536269
    Abstract: A tip seal 1 for a scroll compressor capable of reducing a frictional force between scroll members and the tip seal where the tip seal 1 has a spiral shape for sealing a compression chamber formed between a fixed scroll and a movable scroll in a scroll compressor provided with the fixed scroll. The movable scroll having a plurality of concave parts 4 being formed by partially notching a sliding surface 5 on the scroll members, the concave parts 4 being arranged on at least one of a spiral inner peripheral surface 1b or a spiral outer peripheral surface 1a. Each of the concave parts 4 being open to the inner peripheral surface 1b or the outer peripheral surface 1a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Ishii, Daichi Ito, Katsushi Takeo, Satoru Fukuzawa
  • Patent number: 11525484
    Abstract: A constant velocity universal joint includes outer and inner joint members that transmit torque while allowing angular displacement via balls, a power transmission shaft connected to the inner joint member in a torque transmittable manner, and a detachable mechanism between the inner joint member and the power transmission shaft to detach the power transmission shaft from the inner joint member. The detachable mechanism includes a cylindrical member externally fit onto the power transmission shaft, spheres movable in a radial direction in the cylindrical member, and an annular member movable in an axial direction on an outer periphery of the cylindrical member. Locking claws are provided at an end of an inner joint member side of the annular member, and a locking groove is provided at an end of an annular member side of the inner joint member. The locking claws are fitted into the locking groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masashi Funahashi
  • Patent number: 11525479
    Abstract: An anti-electrolytic corrosion rolling bearing includes an inner ring and an outer ring, rolling elements, and a thermal-sprayed ceramic film having electrical insulating properties, and disposed on one or each of the inner peripheral surface of the inner ring and the outer peripheral surface of the outer ring. The thermal-spray material forming the thermal-sprayed ceramic film contains, as the main component thereof, alumina particles having particle sizes of 5 ?m to 60 ?m and an average particle size of 30 ?m to 60 ?m. The thermal-sprayed ceramic film is densified by filling the pores between the alumina particles, with a predetermined amount of glassy melts of a metal oxide having a melting point lower than that of the alumina, such as silica, yttria, titania or zirconia, and having an average particle size of 5 ?m to 40 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yutaka Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11519459
    Abstract: A fluid dynamic bearing device 1 includes: a shaft member 2; a bearing sleeve 8 that has the shaft member 2 inserted into the inner periphery thereof; a housing 7 that holds the bearing sleeve 8 on the inner periphery thereof and has a bottomed cylindrical shape having an opening at an end portion on one axial side; and a seal member 9 provided at the opening of the housing 7. The seal member 9 has a disk portion 9a disposed on one axial side of the bearing sleeve 8, and a protrusion (cylindrical portion 9b) protruding to the other axial side from an outer diameter end of the disk portion 9a. An outer peripheral surface 9c of the seal member 9 is fixed to an inner peripheral surface 7a1 of the housing 7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Harada, Shinji Komatsubara, Shouhei Oka, Jun Hirade
  • Patent number: 11519462
    Abstract: A constant velocity universal joint includes an inner ring and an outer ring. A cage is disposed between an outer spherical surface of the inner ring and an inner spherical surface of the outer ring, and has windows in which respective balls are received. The cage has ball contact surface areas with which the balls come into contact, and includes soft portions that are lower in hardness than the ball contact surface areas. The soft portions are formed by local heat treatment at portions of the windows that are kept out of contact with the balls or surface portions around the windows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsubasa Nishikawa, Masashi Funahashi, Tomoshige Kobayashi, Teruaki Fujio
  • Patent number: 11512743
    Abstract: A constant velocity universal joint includes outer and inner joint members configured to transmit torque therebetween through intermediation of balls while allowing angular displacement. A power transmission shaft is coupled to the inner joint member. A mounting and dismounting mechanism configured to mount and dismount the power transmission shaft to and from the inner joint member is provided between the inner joint member and the power transmission shaft. The mounting and dismounting mechanism includes a tubular member inserted externally on the power transmission shaft so as to extend from the inner joint member, a fixing member received in the tubular member, and an annular member arranged on an outer periphery of the tubular member. The fixing member is moved in the radial direction along with movement of the annular member in the axial direction so that the fixing member is mountable to and dismountable from the power transmission shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shin Tomogami
  • Patent number: 11511311
    Abstract: An application mechanism according to one embodiment of the present invention serves as an application mechanism that applies an application material onto a substrate using an application needle. The application mechanism according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: a holder base; a slide mechanism attached to an inside of the holder base; an application needle fixing member, to which the application needle is attached, the application needle fixing member being supported by the slide mechanism so as to be slidable in an extending direction of the application needle; and a position holding mechanism that holds a relative position of the application needle fixing member with respect to the slide mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Yamanaka, Dongkelong Ai, Haruka Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20220373030
    Abstract: A tapered roller bearing is provided in which, in order to prevent a sharp rise in temperature and rotate the bearing smoothly even when the bearing is used under sever lubrication conditions, when considering: (i) a reference point which is the intersection point between the imaginary line extending from the generatrix of the raceway surface of the inner ring toward a grinding undercut, and the imaginary line extending from the generatrix of a large flange surface toward the grinding undercut; (ii) the undercut width A of the grinding undercut from the reference point to the large flange surface; and (iii) the width RC of a chamfer of each tapered roller in the direction along the generatrix of the large flange surface, the width RC is 0.7 mm or less and the relationship between A and RC is A<RC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: NTN Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi KAWAI
  • Patent number: 11506241
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazunari Yamamoto, Hayato Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 11493089
    Abstract: A rolling bearing makes use of a porous rolling element and a selected kind of lubricant to impregnate with; is usable in various conditions; does not discharge foreign objects; and features low dust generation and long life. The rolling bearing includes an outer ring 2; an inner ring 1; and a plurality of rolling elements 3 assembled between mutually opposed outer ring track surface 2a and inner ring track surface 1a. The plurality of rolling elements 3 is provided by a combination of a porous rolling element 3a impregnated with a lubricant and a non-porous rolling element 3b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventor: Tsutomu Maiwa
  • Patent number: 11493094
    Abstract: A constant velocity universal joint has an outer joint member and an inner joint member that transmits torque while permitting angular displacement due to balls between the inner and outer joint members. An attaching and detaching mechanism for attaching and detaching a power transmission shaft to and from the inner joint member is provided between the inner joint member and the power transmission shaft such that torque can be transmitted between the two. The attaching and detaching mechanism has a cylindrical member that fits over the power transmission shaft, a retaining ring that is radially movable, and an annular member that is axially movable. By using a boot band to fixedly tighten, to the power transmission shaft, a small diameter end portion of a boot closing an opening portion of the outer joint member, the axial position of the annular member is restricted by the small diameter end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi Funahashi, Shin Tomogami
  • Patent number: 11486458
    Abstract: A brake-side clutch part includes an outer ring whose rotation is restricted and an output shaft from which rotation is output. The outer ring is provided with a slide gear that meshes with the output shaft when rotational torque is cut off and releases a meshing state with the output shaft when rotational torque is transmitted. The output shaft is provided with an inner gear that meshes with the slide gear so as to be slightly rotatable. An alignment part that aligns a phase of the inner gear with that of the slide gear when rotational torque is cut off, and a centering part that returns the inner gear to a neutral position with respect to the output shaft when rotational torque is transmitted are provided between the inner gear and the output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kengo Watanabe, Eiji Maeno, Yasumasa Hibi
  • Patent number: 11478813
    Abstract: A liquid application unit and a liquid application apparatus are provided, for which a liquid material can be readily resupplied or replaced. A liquid application unit includes: a plurality of application needle units each including an application needle and a liquid material container in which the liquid material is stored and from which the liquid material is supplied to the application needle; and a first driving unit configured to move the application needle relative to a target and the liquid material container in a first direction. The plurality of application needle units are integrally attachable to and detachable from the first driving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akihiro Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 11478845
    Abstract: A forging apparatus includes an ironing mechanism and a phase alignment mechanism. The ironing mechanism includes: a punch set, which is fitted into a cylindrical portion of a pre-processing material to be formed into the outer joint member, and is radially expandable and contractible, the cylindrical portion having grooves formed in an inner peripheral surface thereof; and a die having a hole into which the cylindrical portion is press-fitted. The phase alignment mechanism is configured to align phases of the grooves in the inner peripheral surface of the pre-processing material and phases of track groove portion forming surfaces of the punch set with each other before the pre-processing material is fitted to the punch set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Numamoto, Takuya Fujita
  • Publication number: 20220333640
    Abstract: A tapered roller bearing is provided in which, in order to prevent a sharp rise in temperature and rotate the bearing smoothly even when the bearing is used under sever lubrication conditions, a grinding undercut has an undercut width A of 0.5 mm or less from a reference point to a large flange surface, the reference point being the intersection point of the imaginary line extending from the generatrix of the raceway surface of the inner ring toward the grinding undercut, and the imaginary line extending from the generatrix of the large flange surface toward the grinding undercut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: NTN Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi KAWAI
  • Patent number: 11476732
    Abstract: An electric actuator includes: an electric motor 2, a relay circuit 3 that switches ON/OFF of power supply to the electric motor 2, a motion conversion mechanism 4 that converts a rotary motion of the electric motor 2 into a motion in a direction different therefrom and outputs the motion, and a housing 1. The housing 1 is configured by joining two housing split bodies 1a and 1b to each other, and in an internal space formed by joining the two housing split bodies 1a and 1b, the electric motor 2, the relay circuit 3, and the motion conversion mechanism 4 are housed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takushi Matsuto, Akio Kato, Atsushi Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11465488
    Abstract: A lubricating oil supply structure in an in-wheel motor drive device (10) includes an oil tank (47) provided a lower part of a motor unit (21) and/or a reducer unit (31), configured to store lubricating oil, an oil pump (54) configured to pump up lubricating oil from the oil tank, and an oil pipe (70) fixedly attached in an upper part of the motor unit and/or the reducer unit. The oil pipe (70) includes an inlet (76) through which lubricating oil pumped up from the oil pump (54) flows therein, and at least one outlet (77) provided between one end thereof and the other end thereof, configured to discharge lubricating oil flown in from the inlet (76) downwards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Huaxia Li, Shinya Taikou, Shiro Tamura
  • Publication number: 20220320919
    Abstract: The stator core is divided into an annular part and a plurality of teeth, including a tooth main part and a distal end part, having a larger circumferential width than a circumferential width of the tooth main part, and the annular part includes a plurality of fitting grooves, in the circumferential direction on an outer peripheral surface, extending in an axial direction and having a sectional shape with a narrowed part on an open side. Each of the teeth includes, at a base end part, a fitting part having a sectional shape that allows the fitting part, fitted into a fitting groove, inserted into the fitting groove of the annular part in the axial direction fitted to the annular part in an undetachable manner in a radial direction, and the fitting part has a maximum width in the circumferential direction smaller than the circumferential width of the tooth main part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mitsuo KAWAMURA
  • Publication number: 20220314783
    Abstract: The vehicle power device (1) includes a wheel bearing (2) and an electric motor (3) including a stator (18) and a rotor (19). The wheel bearing (2) includes an outer ring (4) and an inner ring (5) rotatably supported by the outer ring (4) through rolling elements (6), the inner ring (5) including a hub flange (7) configured to be attached with a wheel of a vehicle. The vehicle power device includes: a rotor case (15) that covers the electric motor (3) and an inboard-side part of the wheel bearing located on an inboard side with respect to the hub flange (7) to define a separated space therein; and an annular seal component (Sc) that covers, from the inboard side of the hub flange (7), head parts (13a) of a plurality of hub bolts (13) press-fitted into the hub flange (7) and a surrounding area thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuji YADA, Kentaro NISHIKAWA