Patents by Inventor Atsushi Shitama

Atsushi Shitama 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: 9429190
    Abstract: A tolerance ring that has a ring shape approximately circling along a predetermined direction includes a plurality of projections, wherein the curvature radiuses of end portions in a circling direction are smaller than the curvature radius of a portion other than the end portions in the circling direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norihiro Tajima, Michinobu Hirama, Atsushi Shitama
  • Publication number: 20140147199
    Abstract: A tolerance ring that has a ring shape approximately circling along a predetermined direction includes a plurality of projections, wherein the curvature radiuses of end portions in a circling direction are smaller than the curvature radius of a portion other than the end portions in the circling direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norihiro Tajima, Michinobu Hirama, Atsushi Shitama
  • Patent number: 8199428
    Abstract: A clamp for a disk rotation driver stably and surely supports a disk in the disk rotation driver. The clamp 7 for a disk rotation driver 1 having a central portion and a periphery being circumferentially provided with a contact portion 13, the central portion fastened to a hub 5 to be rotated, and the contact portion 13 pressed against a recordable disk 3 attached to the hub 5 to apply a pressing force Fv to the disk 3 in a rotation axis direction and fixedly support the magnetic disk 3 on the hub 5, the clamp 7 comprising: a wall portion 25 extending from the periphery and being oriented in the rotation axis direction to form the contact portion 13 so that a frictional force ?Fy produced between the contact portion 13 and the magnetic disk 3 and resisting a locomotion Fx that acts on the contact portion 13 and radially outwardly biases the contact portion 13 when the contact portion 13 is in contact with the magnetic disk 3 is equal to or larger than the locomotion Fx.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshimitsu Araki, Takashi Ogino, Atsushi Shitama
  • Publication number: 20100097719
    Abstract: A disc can be supported stably and surely.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Toshimitsu Araki, Takashi Ogino, Atsushi Shitama