Patents by Inventor Eiji Utada

Eiji Utada 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: 11534884
    Abstract: A grinding apparatus includes: a grinding stone in which an outer circumferential surface thereof is pressed against the workpiece while being rotated and driven; and a fluid injection apparatus that has a fluid injection nozzle including an injection port from which a fluid is injected to the outer circumferential surface of the grinding stone, and a grinding oil supply apparatus that supplies a grinding oil to a processing point and that includes a grinding oil supply nozzle separate from the fluid injection nozzle, the processing point being an abutting section of the grinding stone and the workpiece, wherein the injection port is arranged so as to face the outer circumferential surface of the grinding stone in a state capable of injecting the fluid to a position different from the processing point in a radial direction of the grinding stone among the outer circumferential surface of the grinding stone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Utada, Kazutaka Egami
  • Publication number: 20220184769
    Abstract: A grinding apparatus includes: a grinding stone in which an outer circumferential surface thereof is pressed against the workpiece while being rotated and driven; and a fluid injection apparatus that has a fluid injection nozzle including an injection port from which a fluid is injected to the outer circumferential surface of the grinding stone, and a grinding oil supply apparatus that supplies a grinding oil to a processing point and that includes a grinding oil supply nozzle separate from the fluid injection nozzle, the processing point being an abutting section of the grinding stone and the workpiece, wherein the injection port is arranged so as to face the outer circumferential surface of the grinding stone in a state capable of injecting the fluid to a position different from the processing point in a radial direction of the grinding stone among the outer circumferential surface of the grinding stone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji UTADA, Kazutaka EGAMI
  • Patent number: 11298790
    Abstract: A grinding apparatus includes: a grinding stone in which an outer circumferential surface thereof is pressed against the workpiece while being rotated and driven; and a fluid injection apparatus that has a fluid injection nozzle including an injection port from which a fluid is injected to the outer circumferential surface of the grinding stone, and a grinding oil supply apparatus that supplies a grinding oil to a processing point and that includes a grinding oil supply nozzle separate from the fluid injection nozzle, the processing point being an abutting section of the grinding stone and the workpiece, wherein the injection port is arranged so as to face the outer circumferential surface of the grinding stone in a state capable of injecting the fluid to a position different from the processing point in a radial direction of the grinding stone among the outer circumferential surface of the grinding stone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Utada, Kazutaka Egami
  • Publication number: 20200164478
    Abstract: A grinding apparatus includes: a grinding stone in which an outer circumferential surface thereof is pressed against the workpiece while being rotated and driven; and a fluid injection apparatus that has a fluid injection nozzle including an injection port from which a fluid is injected to the outer circumferential surface of the grinding stone, and a grinding oil supply apparatus that supplies a grinding oil to a processing point and that includes a grinding oil supply nozzle separate from the fluid injection nozzle, the processing point being an abutting section of the grinding stone and the workpiece, wherein the injection port is arranged so as to face the outer circumferential surface of the grinding stone in a state capable of injecting the fluid to a position different from the processing point in a radial direction of the grinding stone among the outer circumferential surface of the grinding stone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji UTADA, Kazutaka EGAMI
  • Publication number: 20180036857
    Abstract: A grinding apparatus includes: a grinding stone in which an outer circumferential surface thereof is pressed against the workpiece while being rotated and driven; and a fluid injection apparatus that has a fluid injection nozzle including an injection port from which a fluid is injected to the outer circumferential surface of the grinding stone, and a grinding oil supply apparatus that supplies a grinding oil to a processing point and that includes a grinding oil supply nozzle separate from the fluid injection nozzle, the processing point being an abutting section of the grinding stone and the workpiece, wherein the injection port is arranged so as to face the outer circumferential surface of the grinding stone in a state capable of injecting the fluid to a position different from the processing point in a radial direction of the grinding stone among the outer circumferential surface of the grinding stone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji UTADA, Kazutaka EGAMI
  • Patent number: 9574609
    Abstract: A superfinishing machine and a superfinishing method which can perform axially uniform finishing on a logarithmically crowned surface formed on an inner peripheral surface of an annular member in a short time, and an outer ring of a bearing having a raceway surface superfinished by the superfinishing method, are provided. A superfinishing machine 1 includes a linearly reciprocating mechanism 40 configured to linearly reciprocate a grinding stone 3 held by a pressing section 30, along a plane B touching a generatrix of the logarithmically crowned surface, and in a direction C inclined by a given angle ? with respect to a center axis O of an outer ring 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Utada, Natsuki Sensui, Takayuki Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20140301687
    Abstract: A superfinishing machine and a superfinishing method which can perform axially uniform finishing on a logarithmically crowned surface formed on an inner peripheral surface of an annular member in a short time, and an outer ring of a bearing having a raceway surface superfinished by the superfinishing method, are provided. A superfinishing machine 1 includes a linearly reciprocating mechanism 40 configured to linearly reciprocate a grinding stone 3 held by a pressing section 30, along a plane B touching a generatrix of the logarithmically crowned surface, and in a direction C inclined by a given angle ? with respect to a center axis O of an outer ring 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Eiji Utada, Natsuki Sensui, Takayuki Watanabe