Patents by Inventor Akiko Satou

Akiko Satou has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9404535
    Abstract: A sliding bearing assembly for joints of construction equipment can be provided, in which production cost is reduced by decreasing the used amount of Cu and sulfides having high fixability to a matrix are dispersed. The sliding bearing assembly for joints of construction equipment, includes at least a shaft and a bush made of an iron-based sintered material which functions as a sliding bearing, in which the bush has the overall composition of, by mass %, 0.1 to 10% of Cu, 0.2 to 1.2% of C, 0.03 to 0.9% of Mn, 0.36 to 1.68% of S, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, a metal structure has pores dispersed in a matrix mainly including a martensite structure and sulfide particles precipitated and dispersed, and the sulfide particles are dispersed at 1 to 7 volume % in the matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Tokushima, Hideaki Kawata, Daisuke Fukae, Osamu Mawatari, Hideki Akita, Makoto Sugaya, Akiko Satou, Osamu Gokita, Shigeyuki Sakurai
  • Publication number: 20150240870
    Abstract: A sliding bearing assembly for joints of construction equipment can be provided, in which production cost is reduced by decreasing the used amount of Cu and sulfides having high fixability to a matrix are dispersed. The sliding bearing assembly for joints of construction equipment, includes at least a shaft and a bush made of an iron-based sintered material which functions as a sliding bearing, in which the bush has the overall composition of, by mass %, 0.1 to 10 % of Cu, 0.2 to 1.2% of C, 0.03 to 0.9% of Mn, 0.36 to 1.68% of S, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, a metal structure has pores dispersed in a matrix mainly including a martensite structure and sulfide particles precipitated and dispersed, and the sulfide particles are dispersed at 1 to 7 volume % in the matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Hidekazu Tokushima, Hideaki Kawata, Daisuke Fukae, Osamu Mawarari, Hideki Akita, Makoto Sugaya, Akiko Satou, Osamu Gokita, Shigeyuki Sakurai
  • Publication number: 20150016761
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a bearing device used for a connecting part of a construction machine. The bearing device has: a boom having a boss part; an arm having left and right brackets that sandwich the boss part from the left and right sides thereof; a bush that is retained by an inner peripheral side of the boss part; a sealing that is disposed between the bush and the left and right brackets and that prevents a lubricant from leaking out of the bush; a thrust plate inserted between the left and right brackets and the boss part; and a coupling pin that penetrates and is inserted through the left and right brackets and the bush. The thrust plate has a partially cut out annular shape and an angle of a cut-out portion in the circumferential direction is less than 180° at an inner peripheral portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Hideki Akita, Shigeyuki Sakurai, Akiko Satou, Osamu Gokita