Patents by Inventor Chiyoko FURUTA

Chiyoko FURUTA 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: 10385922
    Abstract: A wheel bearing apparatus includes an outer ring, an inner shaft member, rolling elements, a cage, and a sealing device. The sealing device includes an annular slinger and a sealing member. The slinger has a first inclined surface provided on a radially outer side and on a side facing the sealing member such that a diameter of the first inclined surface increases toward a first side in an axial direction. The sealing member has a second inclined surface provided on the radially outer side and on a side facing the slinger such that a diameter of the second inclined surface increases toward a second side in the axial direction. The second inclined surface intersects with a virtual extension surface extending radially outwardly along the first inclined surface, and the second inclined surface is continuous with an inner peripheral surface of the radially outer portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuya Inoue, Takuya Toda, Teruyuki Wakisaka, Takafumi Uemoto, Chiyoko Furuta
  • Publication number: 20190017551
    Abstract: A wheel bearing apparatus includes an outer ring, an inner shaft member, rolling elements, a cage, and a sealing device. The sealing device includes an annular slinger and a sealing member. The slinger has a first inclined surface provided on a radially outer side and on a side facing the sealing member such that a diameter of the first inclined surface increases toward a first side in an axial direction. The sealing member has a second inclined surface provided on the radially outer side and on a side facing the slinger such that a diameter of the second inclined surface increases toward a second side in the axial direction. The second inclined surface intersects with a virtual extension surface extending radially outwardly along the first inclined surface, and the second inclined surface is continuous with an inner peripheral surface of the radially outer portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuya INOUE, Takuya TODA, Teruyuki WAKISAKA, Takafumi UEMOTO, Chiyoko FURUTA
  • Publication number: 20150191044
    Abstract: In a hub unit of a bearing module, an outer end face of an attachment flange of an outer ring in a vehicle lateral direction is located further outward in the vehicle lateral direction than a point of a load applied to the outer ring from rolling elements located on an outer side in the vehicle lateral direction. A fitting surface for determining a radial position of the outer ring with respect to an inner periphery defining a supporting hole is formed on an outer periphery of an insertion portion. An inner edge of the fitting surface in the vehicle lateral direction is located further inward in the vehicle lateral direction than a point of a load applied to the outer ring from the rolling elements located on an inner side in the vehicle lateral direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Yuya INOUE, Shinji YAMANE, Chiyoko FURUTA