Patents by Inventor Hidenori NANKE

Hidenori NANKE 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: 9620158
    Abstract: A tolerance ring includes: a base formed of a strip-like member substantially wound around into a shape; a plurality of projections provided along a winding direction of the base so as to protrude from an outer peripheral surface of the base in a radial direction of the base orthogonal to the outer peripheral surface; at least one extended portion extending from at least one of edge end portions in a width direction of the base, the width direction extending orthogonally to the winding direction and the radial direction. The extended portion extends from a region that includes at least one of a plurality of straight lines passing through respective contact points disposed between a section of the base and a circumscribed circle that circumscribes the section and extend in parallel with the width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshimitsu Araki, Hidenori Nanke
  • Publication number: 20170011761
    Abstract: A tolerance ring includes: a base formed of a strip-like member substantially wound around into a shape; a plurality of projections provided along a winding direction of the base so as to protrude from an outer peripheral surface of the base in a radial direction of the base orthogonal to the outer peripheral surface; at least one extended portion extending from at least one of edge end portions in a width direction of the base, the width direction extending orthogonally to the winding direction and the radial direction. The extended portion extends from a region that includes at least one of a plurality of straight lines passing through respective contact points disposed between a section of the base and a circumscribed circle that circumscribes the section and extend in parallel with the width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Toshimitsu ARAKI, Hidenori NANKE