Patents by Inventor Akimi Furukoshi
Akimi Furukoshi 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).
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Publication number: 20170343045Abstract: A rolling bearing is filled with a grease composition that contains a fluorine-based grease including a fluorine-based base oil and a fluorine-based thickener, a non-fluorine-based grease including a non-fluorine-based base oil and a non-fluorine-based thickener, and an additive serving as a dispersant. The non-fluorine-based thickener includes at least one of aliphatic-aromatic urea, alicyclic-aliphatic urea and aliphatic urea. The dispersant includes at least one of polycarboxylic acid metal salt, fluorine-containing group/lipophilic group-containing oligomer, fluorinated ether diamide, and organic acid metal salt.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Applicant: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.Inventors: Yusuke ASAI, Shintaro TAKATA, Akimi FURUKOSHI
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Patent number: 9222516Abstract: The sealing performance against positive and negative pressures is increased and sufficient air tightness against pressure fluctuations is maintained in a rolling bearing having a sealing function. Seal members are provided on both ends of a bearing. The seal members include a metal core and an elastic body, and are fixed to an outer ring. Outside and inside lip parts of the seal members contact an outer peripheral surface of an inner ring. When a positive pressure acts on the outside of the seal member, the outside lip part is pressed to the outer peripheral surface of the inner ring, and the air tightness is maintained. When a negative pressure acts, the inside lip part is pressed to the outer peripheral surface of the inner ring by the differential pressure between the outside and inside of the rolling bearing, and the air tightness is also maintained.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2013Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: MINEBEA CO., LTD.Inventor: Akimi Furukoshi
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Patent number: 8864384Abstract: A seal lip having: a cylindrical seal surface in close contact with an outer peripheral surface of an inner race with outer side and inner side surfaces standing upright respectively from an outer end and an inner end of the seal surface and reaching a lip supporting portion of a seal member, and protruding on an inner peripheral surface of the lip supporting portion. The outer side surface is a perpendicular surface standing upright from the outer end of the seal surface in a direction perpendicular to a generating line of the outer peripheral surface of the inner race. The inner side surface includes: a perpendicular surface standing upright from the inner end of the seal surface in parallel with the outer side surface; and a conical surface inclined toward the outer side surface extending outward in a radial direction from an outer peripheral end of the perpendicular surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2013Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignees: Keihin Corporation, Minebea Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tomoaki Ohba, Takuya Usami, Kenichiro Nishimura, Akimi Furukoshi
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Publication number: 20140185975Abstract: The sealing performance against positive and negative pressures is increased and sufficient air tightness against pressure fluctuations is maintained in a rolling bearing having a sealing function. Seal members are provided on both ends of a bearing. The seal members include a metal core and an elastic body, and are fixed to an outer ring. Outside and inside lip parts of the seal members contact an outer peripheral surface of an inner ring. When a positive pressure acts on the outside of the seal member, the outside lip part is pressed to the outer peripheral surface of the inner ring, and the air tightness is maintained. When a negative pressure acts, the inside lip part is pressed to the outer peripheral surface of the inner ring by the differential pressure between the outside and inside of the rolling bearing, and the air tightness is also maintained.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2013Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: MINEBEA CO., LTD.Inventor: Akimi FURUKOSHI
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Publication number: 20130279839Abstract: A seal lip having: a cylindrical seal surface in close contact with an outer peripheral surface of an inner race with outer side and inner side surfaces standing upright respectively from an outer end and an inner end of the seal surface and reaching a lip supporting portion of a seal member, and protruding on an inner peripheral surface of the lip supporting portion. The outer side surface is a perpendicular surface standing upright from the outer end of the seal surface in a direction perpendicular to a generating line of the outer peripheral surface of the inner race. The inner side surface includes: a perpendicular surface standing upright from the inner end of the seal surface in parallel with the outer side surface; and a conical surface inclined toward the outer side surface extending outward in a radial direction from an outer peripheral end of the perpendicular surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2013Publication date: October 24, 2013Applicants: Mineba Co., Ltd., Keihin CorporationInventors: Tomoaki OHBA, Takuya Usami, Kenichiro Nishimura, Akimi Furukoshi
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Publication number: 20120223266Abstract: A rolling bearing having high sealing performance and a throttle valve device and an ABS device, which includes such rolling bearing. A metal core with a bent portion extending along a groove surface of the outer circumferential side of a V-shaped groove and an inner peripheral portion which extends in a radial direction beyond the deepest portion of the V-shaped groove toward a central axis from an inner circumferential side end of the bent portion, forms a gap in the radial direction within a region between an end of the inner peripheral portion of the metal core and an outer circumferential surface of an inner ring. The rigidity of an inner circumferential portion of the sealing member is ensured and a lip portion can be prevented from being rolled up by the external pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2012Publication date: September 6, 2012Applicant: MINEBEA CO., LTD.Inventor: Akimi FURUKOSHI
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Patent number: 6371652Abstract: The freedom of the resilient deformation of the claws 3 is controlled by changing the configuration (diameter and depth) of the cylindrical cut out portion 7 of the bearing retainer 6. And, the necessary force to push and widen the claws 3 is optimized, thereby, it is avoided to damage the ball 11 at the time of setting the ball in the pocket 2.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2000Date of Patent: April 16, 2002Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshisada Koyama, Hiroyuki Yajima, Akimi Furukoshi
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Patent number: 6280095Abstract: The present invention provides a bearing device reliable of shielding any material or fluid from moving between a fluid passage within a fluid system housing and an outside of the housing. In the above bearing device, a roller bearing (12) equipped with sealing plates (17) is fitted into a coupling bore (11) in an intake pipe (1) serving as the housing so that the roller bearing (12) can bear a shaft (6) of a butterfly valve disposed in a fluid passage (2) within the intake pipe (1). The outer race (13) and the inner race (14) of the roller bearing (12) are formed with annular grooves (21, 22), respectively, and O-rings (23, 24) are engagingly arranged on the interior of the annular grooves (21, 22), respectively. With the bearing device having this structure, the O-rings (23, 24) can prevent air, etc. from permeating into the intake passage (2) even though clearance (a, b) occurs in the engaged sections due to a dimensional error, difference in thermal expansion, etc.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2000Date of Patent: August 28, 2001Assignee: Minebea Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akimi Furukoshi, Yutaka Daikuhara, Mineo Oyama