Patents by Inventor Hajime KURIKI

Hajime KURIKI 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).

  • Publication number: 20170350482
    Abstract: A ball screw device including a low-cost retainer that is disposed between a ball screw shaft and a ball nut and has a flange portion, a steering system using the ball screw device, and a method for producing the retainer of the ball screw device are provided. The ball screw device includes the ball screw shaft, the ball nut, rolling balls, and the retainer. Both side surfaces of each of retainer grooves are formed so as to allow radially outward movement of the rolling balls and to restrict radially inward movement thereof, and the retainer has a weld joint at both of the opposite ends of each retainer groove in the axial direction of the retainer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro ASAKURA, Takuya NAKAYAMA, Keisuke OGAWA, Hajime KURIKI, Akira WATANABE, Tatsuya SEKIGUCHI