Patents by Inventor Hideya Watanabe

Hideya Watanabe 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: 12618473
    Abstract: A sealed structure includes: a shaft; a member having a hole for the shaft; and a sealing ring sealing a gap between the shaft and the member. The shaft has a circular ring groove centered around the central axis of the shaft. The bottom surface of the groove has a recess. The sealing ring has a protrusion protruding toward the central axis. The protrusion fits into the recess. When the shaft rotates, an end face X of the protrusion and an end face Y of the recess contact each other to push the sealing ring radially outward. An angle ? of a straight line representing the end face X relative to the radial direction of the sealing ring and an angle ? of a straight line representing the end face Y relative to the radial direction of the shaft are both at least 45 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideya Watanabe
  • Patent number: 12535138
    Abstract: A circular annular seal ring made from a resin is adapted to be disposed between an outer member and an inner member that rotate relative to each other. The seal ring is disposed in a circumferential groove of the outer member or the inner member to isolate a liquid space from an external space. The seal ring is formed from an elongated and arcuate rod to define a circle by joining ends of the rod, and has a junction formed from the ends. The seal ring has a radial thickness gradually decreasing from two points that are apart from the junction toward the junction. The points are separated from the junction by an angle of not less than 60 degrees and not more than 150 degrees about a central axis of the circle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2026
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideya Watanabe, Yusuke Yoshida
  • Patent number: 12104698
    Abstract: A circular annular seal ring made from a resin is adapted to be disposed between an outer member and an inner member that rotate relative to each other. The seal ring is disposed in a circumferential groove of the outer member or the inner member to isolate a liquid space from an external space. The seal ring is formed from an elongated and arcuate rod to define a circle by joining ends of the rod, and has a junction formed from the ends. The seal ring has a radial thickness gradually decreasing from two points that are apart from the junction toward the junction. The points are separated from the junction by an angle of not less than 60 degrees and not more than 150 degrees about a central axis of the circle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideya Watanabe, Yusuke Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20240288074
    Abstract: A sealed structure includes: a shaft; a member having a hole for the shaft; and a sealing ring sealing a gap between the shaft and the member. The shaft has a circular ring groove centered around the central axis of the shaft. The bottom surface of the groove has a recess. The sealing ring has a protrusion protruding toward the central axis. The protrusion fits into the recess. When the shaft rotates, an end face X of the protrusion and an end face Y of the recess contact each other to push the sealing ring radially outward. An angle ? of a straight line representing the end face X relative to the radial direction of the sealing ring and an angle ? of a straight line representing the end face Y relative to the radial direction of the shaft are both at least 45 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventor: Hideya WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20240263703
    Abstract: A circular annular seal ring made from a resin is adapted to be disposed between an outer member and an inner member that rotate relative to each other. The seal ring is disposed in a circumferential groove of the outer member or the inner member to isolate a liquid space from an external space. The seal ring is formed from an elongated and arcuate rod to define a circle by joining ends of the rod, and has a junction formed from the ends. The seal ring has a radial thickness gradually decreasing from two points that are apart from the junction toward the junction. The points are separated from the junction by an angle of not less than 60 degrees and not more than 150 degrees about a central axis of the circle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Hideya WATANABE, Yusuke YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20230272858
    Abstract: A sealing structure is provided to suppress the generation of a space between an inner peripheral surface of a shaft hole and an outer peripheral surface of a seal ring. The sealing structure is a sealing device to seal an annular space between a shaft and a shaft hole into which the shaft is inserted. The sealing structure includes an annular seal ring around an axis line x attached to a groove of the shaft, and a locked portion formed on a bottom surface of the groove of the shaft. The seal ring has a locking portion formed on an inner peripheral surface. The locking portion and the locked portion are formed so as to be lockable with each other and formed such that the seal ring is pressed toward an outer periphery side when the locking portion and the locked portion are locked with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Makoto HATANO, Hideya WATANABE, Masatoshi SEKI
  • Publication number: 20220243819
    Abstract: A circular annular seal ring made from a resin is adapted to be disposed between an outer member and an inner member that rotate relative to each other. The seal ring is disposed in a circumferential groove of the outer member or the inner member to isolate a liquid space from an external space. The seal ring is formed from an elongated and arcuate rod to define a circle by joining ends of the rod, and has a junction formed from the ends. The seal ring has a radial thickness gradually decreasing from two points that are apart from the junction toward the junction. The points are separated from the junction by an angle of not less than 60 degrees and not more than 150 degrees about a central axis of the circle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Hideya WATANABE, Yusuke YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 11320051
    Abstract: A recessed part formed on a side surface includes a dynamic pressure part extending in the circumferential direction to converge on the side surface, and an introduction part extending from the dynamic pressure to open the dynamic pressure part toward the inner periphery side. One or two inner peripheral wall parts are provided for each of the recessed parts. The inner peripheral wall part is a portion defined on the inner periphery side of the corresponding recessed part by the dynamic pressure part and the introduction part. The inner peripheral wall part includes an inner peripheral wall surface. The inner peripheral wall surface extends toward the introduction part in the circumferential direction with inclining with respect to the side surface such that the inner peripheral wall surface is depressed from the side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatoshi Seki, Hideya Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20200217419
    Abstract: A recessed part formed on a side surface includes a dynamic pressure part extending in the circumferential direction to converge on the side surface, and an introduction part extending from the dynamic pressure to open the dynamic pressure part toward the inner periphery side. One or two inner peripheral wall parts are provided for each of the recessed parts. The inner peripheral wall part is a portion defined on the inner periphery side of the corresponding recessed part by the dynamic pressure part and the introduction part. The inner peripheral wall part includes an inner peripheral wall surface. The inner peripheral wall surface extends toward the introduction part in the circumferential direction with inclining with respect to the side surface such that the inner peripheral wall surface is depressed from the side surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatoshi SEKI, Hideya WATANABE
  • Patent number: 9388705
    Abstract: The sealing device includes: an outer peripheral ring 2000 that is in contact with a side wall surface of an annular groove 4100 at a low pressure side (L), and slides with respect to an inner peripheral surface of a shaft hole in a housing 5000 through which a shaft 4000 is inserted. An inner peripheral ring 3000 made of a rubber-like elastic body that is in contact with an inner peripheral surface of the outer peripheral ring 2000 and a groove bottom surface of the annular groove 4100, respectively. The outer peripheral ring 2000 is formed on its outer peripheral surface with a concave portion 2220 which extends from an end of a high pressure side (H) to a position which does not arrive at an end of a low pressure side, so as to introduce fluid thereinto from the high pressure side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazunari Seki, Koji Watanabe, Wataru Tokunaga, Yuki Takao, Fangman Xu, Hirotaka Mizuta, Keisuke Nakashima, Takuya Igawa, Yusuke Yoshida, Hideya Watanabe, Yosuke Kondo
  • Patent number: 9309973
    Abstract: The sealing device includes: an outer peripheral ring 2000 that is in contact with a side wall surface of an annular groove 4100 at a low pressure side (L), and slides with respect to an inner peripheral surface of a shaft hole in a housing 5000 through which a shaft 4000 is inserted. An inner peripheral ring 3000 made of a rubber-like elastic body that is in contact with an inner peripheral surface of the outer peripheral ring 2000 and a groove bottom surface of the annular groove 4100, respectively. The outer peripheral ring 2000 is formed on its outer peripheral surface with a concave portion 2220 which extends from an end of a high pressure side (H) to a position which does not arrive at an end of a low pressure side, so as to introduce fluid thereinto from the high pressure side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazunari Seki, Koji Watanabe, Wataru Tokunaga, Yuki Takao, Fangman Xu, Hirotaka Mizuta, Keisuke Nakashima, Takuya Igawa, Yusuke Yoshida, Hideya Watanabe, Yosuke Kondo
  • Patent number: 9303767
    Abstract: A seal ring 100 is configured by the combination of a first divided body 100A on a high pressure side and a second divided body 100B on a low pressure side with respect to an axis direction. The seal ring that stabilizes sealing performance while reducing rotary torque and including a recessed section 140 provided centrally in a width direction and extending in a circumferential direction and a pair of raised sections 150 provided on both sides of the recessed section 140. A through hole 141 a is provided so as to lead to a bottom surface of the recessed section 140 from an inner peripheral surface side and allows a sealed fluid to be introduced into the recessed section 140 from the inner peripheral surface side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideya Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9157530
    Abstract: The sealing device includes: an outer peripheral ring 2000 that is in contact with a side wall surface of an annular groove 4100 at a low pressure side (L), and slides with respect to an inner peripheral surface of a shaft hole in a housing 5000 through which a shaft 4000 is inserted. An inner peripheral ring 3000 made of a rubber-like elastic body that is in contact with an inner peripheral surface of the outer peripheral ring 2000 and a groove bottom surface of the annular groove 4100, respectively. The outer peripheral ring 2000 is formed on its outer peripheral surface with a concave portion 2220 which extends from an end of a high pressure side (H) to a position which does not arrive at an end of a low pressure side, so as to introduce fluid thereinto from the high pressure side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazunari Seki, Koji Watanabe, Wataru Tokunaga, Yuki Takao, Fangman Xu, Hirotaka Mizuta, Keisuke Nakashima, Takuya Igawa, Yusuke Yoshida, Hideya Watanabe, Yosuke Kondo
  • Publication number: 20150240948
    Abstract: A seal ring 100 is configured by the combination of a first divided body 100A on a high pressure side and a second divided body 100B on a low pressure side with respect to an axis direction. The seal ring that stabilizes sealing performance while reducing rotary torque and including a recessed section 140 provided centrally in a width direction and extending in a circumferential direction and a pair of raised sections 150 provided on both sides of the recessed section 140. A through hole 141 a is provided so as to lead to a bottom surface of the recessed section 140 from an inner peripheral surface side and allows a sealed fluid to be introduced into the recessed section 140 from the inner peripheral surface side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventor: Hideya WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20150204204
    Abstract: The sealing device includes: an outer peripheral ring 2000 that is in contact with a side wall surface of an annular groove 4100 at a low pressure side (L), and slides with respect to an inner peripheral surface of a shaft hole in a housing 5000 through which a shaft 4000 is inserted. An inner peripheral ring 3000 made of a rubber-like elastic body that is in contact with an inner peripheral surface of the outer peripheral ring 2000 and a groove bottom surface of the annular groove 4100, respectively. The outer peripheral ring 2000 is formed on its outer peripheral surface with a concave portion 2220 which extends from an end of a high pressure side (H) to a position which does not arrive at an end of a low pressure side, so as to introduce fluid thereinto from the high pressure side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Kazunari Seki, Koji Watanabe, Wataru Tokunaga, Yuki Takao, Fangman Xu, Hirotaka Mizuta, Keisuke Nakashima, Takuya Igawa, Yusuke Yoshida, Hideya Watanabe, Yosuke Kondo
  • Publication number: 20150108720
    Abstract: The sealing device includes: an outer peripheral ring 2000 that is in contact with a side wall surface of an annular groove 4100 at a low pressure side (L), and slides with respect to an inner peripheral surface of a shaft hole in a housing 5000 through which a shaft 4000 is inserted. An inner peripheral ring 3000 made of a rubber-like elastic body that is in contact with an inner peripheral surface of the outer peripheral ring 2000 and a groove bottom surface of the annular groove 4100, respectively. The outer peripheral ring 2000 is formed on its outer peripheral surface with a concave portion 2220 which extends from an end of a high pressure side (H) to a position which does not arrive at an end of a low pressure side, so as to introduce fluid thereinto from the high pressure side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Kazunari Seki, Koji Watanabe, Wataru Tokunaga, Yuki Takao, Fangman Xu, Hirotaka Mizuta, Keisuke Nakashima, Takuya Igawa, Yusuke Yoshida, Hideya Watanabe, Yosuke Kondo
  • Publication number: 20150048574
    Abstract: The sealing device includes: an outer peripheral ring 2000 that is in contact with a side wall surface of an annular groove 4100 at a low pressure side (L), and slides with respect to an inner peripheral surface of a shaft hole in a housing 5000 through which a shaft 4000 is inserted. An inner peripheral ring 3000 made of a rubber-like elastic body that is in contact with an inner peripheral surface of the outer peripheral ring 2000 and a groove bottom surface of the annular groove 4100, respectively. The outer peripheral ring 2000 is formed on its outer peripheral surface with a concave portion 2220 which extends from an end of a high pressure side (H) to a position which does not arrive at an end of a low pressure side, so as to introduce fluid thereinto from the high pressure side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazunari Seki, Koji Watanabe, Wataru Tokunaga, Yuki Takao, Fangman Xu, Hirotaka Mizuta, Keisuke Nakashima, Takuya Igawa, Yusuke Yoshida, Hideya Watanabe, Yosuke Kondo
  • Publication number: 20050116426
    Abstract: A seal ring for sealing an annular clearance between two members which are disposed for free rotations relative to each other. At a cut portion which is cut at a portion of the seal ring, there is formed a passage for allowing leakage when the cut end portions engage with each other. This passage is given a sectional shape of square or the like. This passage improves an abrasion resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2003
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Hideya Watanabe, Shinya Nakaoka, Yasuaki Tanabe, Nobuyuki Eguchi