Patents by Inventor Arihiro Kimura

Arihiro Kimura 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: 7572060
    Abstract: There is provided a sliding bearing, which can continuously enhance conformability even when deformation by high oil film pressure in the vicinity of a central part of the sliding bearing occurs. The sliding bearing includes crownings which are each formed in an inclined shape toward an outer peripheral surface from an inner peripheral surface, at end parts in an axial direction, of an inner peripheral surface of a sliding bearing, so that even when the region in the vicinity of the central part of the sliding bearing 1 receives the oil film pressure and deforms in the recessed shape so as for both the end parts in the axial direction to locally contact a shaft, conformability can be enhanced not only at an early stage of use of the sliding bearing but also continuously by relief by the crownings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Daido Metal Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Kuroda, Arihiro Kimura, Keiko Kitahara, legal representative, Atsushi Okado, Masaaki Sakamoto, Ken Kitahara
  • Patent number: 7234870
    Abstract: A plain bearing comprising a housing and two plain bearing halves forming a cylindrical shape in combination and fixed in the housing. Each of the plain bearing halves has crush reliefs formed at both ends of an inner circumferential surface thereof in a circumferential direction, an oil groove formed on the inner circumferential surface thereof and extending in the circumferential direction, a central crown portion at substantially central position in the circumferential direction and in communication with the oil groove, and inflow preventing portions formed between the crush reliefs and the oil groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Daido Metal Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Keiko Kitahara, legal representative, Katsumi Asai, Arihiro Kimura, Atsushi Okado, Masaaki Sakamoto, Ken Kitahara, deceased
  • Publication number: 20050213859
    Abstract: There is provided a sliding bearing, which can continuously enhance conformability even when deformation by high oil film pressure in the vicinity of a central part of the sliding bearing occurs. The sliding bearing includes crownings which are each formed in an inclined shape toward an outer peripheral surface from an inner peripheral surface, at end parts in an axial direction, of an inner peripheral surface of a sliding bearing, so that even when the region in the vicinity of the central part of the sliding bearing 1 receives the oil film pressure and deforms in the recessed shape so as for both the end parts in the axial direction to locally contact a shaft, conformability can be enhanced not only at an early stage of use of the sliding bearing but also continuously by relief by the crownings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Applicant: Daido Metal Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Kuroda, Arihiro Kimura, Ken Kitahara, Atsushi Okado, Masaaki Sakamoto, Keiko Kitahara
  • Publication number: 20050201647
    Abstract: A half plain bearing which can minimize lubricant leakage while retaining a crush relief function, comprising: grooved portions formed circumferentially on an inner surface of the half plain bearing; protrusions of the grooved portions in a secondary loaded portion being liable to running-in wear caused by contact with a shaft. Consequently, the protrusions undergo running-in wear through contact with the rotating shaft at an early stage. The worn protrusions serve the same purpose as crush reliefs, providing a crush relief function even though no crush relief is formed. This makes it possible to minimize lubricant leakage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Applicant: Daido Metal Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Kuroda, Arihiro Kimura, Akira Onda, Atsushi Okado, Masaaki Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20050196084
    Abstract: A plain bearing comprising a housing and two plain bearing halves forming a cylindrical shape in combination and fixed in the housing. Each of the plain bearing halves has crush relieves formed at both ends of an inner circumferential surface thereof in a circumferential direction, an oil groove formed on the inner circumferential surface thereof and extending in the circumferential direction, a central crown portion at substantially central position in the circumferential direction and in communication with the oil groove, and inflow preventing portions formed between the crush relieves and the oil groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2005
    Publication date: September 8, 2005
    Applicant: DAIDO METAL COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Ken Kitahara, Katsumi Asai, Arihiro Kimura, Atsushi Okado, Masaaki Sakamoto, Keiko Kitahara
  • Patent number: 6220758
    Abstract: A roller supporting device which comprises a pair of supporting arms, a supporting shaft attached between the pair of supporting arms in a non-rotatable manner, and a roller having an inner hole in the central part thereof, the roller being disposed between the pair of supporting arms and being supported in a rotatable manner by the supporting shaft inserted through the inner hole, the roller being arranged to rotate along with the relative movement with a mating member by making the roller contact with the mating member, wherein a cut out portion, which extends in the axial direction on the outer circumferential surface of the supporting shaft, is formed at an appropriate portion except the portion on which the inner circumferential surface of the inner hole of the roller is pressed due to the load applied to the roller from the mating member, thereby defining an oil passage which extends in the axial direction between the supporting shaft and the inner circumferential surface of the inner hole of the roller
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Daido Metal Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Ono, Yasunobu Imahata, Arihiro Kimura, Hiroshi Naitoh, Koichi Yamamoto, Takayuki Shibayama
  • Patent number: 6176621
    Abstract: A rotary slide bearing part of a rotary slide slit bearing for supporting a rotary shaft thereon in a rotatable manner, has a first bearing surface portion adapted to be arranged adjacent to a second bearing surface portion of another rotary slide bearing part of the rotary slide slit bearing, a load from the shaft to be borne by the first bearing surface portion is larger than a load from the shaft to be borne by the second bearing surface portion, the first bearing surface portion includes a fluidal pressure generating surface facing close to the shaft to generate a fluidal pressure between the fluidal pressure generating surface and the shaft, a main groove arranged at an circumferential end of the first bearing surface portion adjacent to the second bearing surface portion, and a sub-groove extending from the main groove in a circumferential direction of the first bearing surface portion, and an axial width of the sub-groove is smaller than that of the main groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: Daido Metal Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Naitoh, Arihiro Kimura, Koji Kuroda, Hiroshi Murakami, Noriyoshi Ito, Tadashi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6056442
    Abstract: A roller supporting device comprises a pair of supporting arms, a supporting shaft attached between the pair of supporting arms in a non-rotatable manner, and a roller having an inner hole in the central part thereof, the roller being disposed between the pair of supporting arms and being supported in a rotatable manner by the supporting shaft inserted through the inner hole, the roller being arranged to rotate along with the relative movement with a mating member by making the roller contact with the mating member, wherein a cut out portion, which extends in the axial direction on the outer circumferential surface of the supporting shaft, is formed at an appropriate portion except the portion on which the inner circumferential surface of the inner hole of the roller is pressed due to the load applied to the roller from the mating member, thereby defining an oil passage which extends in the axial direction between the supporting shaft and the inner circumferential surface of the inner hole of the roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: Daido Metal Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Ono, Yasunobu Imahata, Arihiro Kimura, Hiroshi Naitoh, Koichi Yamamoto, Takayuki Shibayama