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).
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Patent number: 12618473Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 8, 2022Date of Patent: May 5, 2026Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventor: Hideya Watanabe
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Patent number: 12535138Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 12, 2024Date of Patent: January 27, 2026Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Hideya Watanabe, Yusuke Yoshida
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Patent number: 12104698Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 13, 2020Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Hideya Watanabe, Yusuke Yoshida
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Publication number: 20240288074Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2022Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventor: Hideya WATANABE
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Publication number: 20240263703Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2024Publication date: August 8, 2024Inventors: Hideya WATANABE, Yusuke YOSHIDA
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Publication number: 20230272858Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2021Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventors: Makoto HATANO, Hideya WATANABE, Masatoshi SEKI
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Publication number: 20220243819Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2020Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Hideya WATANABE, Yusuke YOSHIDA
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Patent number: 11320051Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 20, 2020Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Masatoshi Seki, Hideya Watanabe
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Publication number: 20200217419Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2020Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicant: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Masatoshi SEKI, Hideya WATANABE
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Patent number: 9388705Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 11, 2013Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Kazunari Seki, Koji Watanabe, Wataru Tokunaga, Yuki Takao, Fangman Xu, Hirotaka Mizuta, Keisuke Nakashima, Takuya Igawa, Yusuke Yoshida, Hideya Watanabe, Yosuke Kondo
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Patent number: 9309973Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 11, 2013Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Kazunari Seki, Koji Watanabe, Wataru Tokunaga, Yuki Takao, Fangman Xu, Hirotaka Mizuta, Keisuke Nakashima, Takuya Igawa, Yusuke Yoshida, Hideya Watanabe, Yosuke Kondo
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Patent number: 9303767Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 12, 2015Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventor: Hideya Watanabe
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Patent number: 9157530Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 11, 2013Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Kazunari Seki, Koji Watanabe, Wataru Tokunaga, Yuki Takao, Fangman Xu, Hirotaka Mizuta, Keisuke Nakashima, Takuya Igawa, Yusuke Yoshida, Hideya Watanabe, Yosuke Kondo
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Publication number: 20150240948Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2015Publication date: August 27, 2015Inventor: Hideya WATANABE
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Publication number: 20150204204Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2013Publication date: July 23, 2015Inventors: Kazunari Seki, Koji Watanabe, Wataru Tokunaga, Yuki Takao, Fangman Xu, Hirotaka Mizuta, Keisuke Nakashima, Takuya Igawa, Yusuke Yoshida, Hideya Watanabe, Yosuke Kondo
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Publication number: 20150108720Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2013Publication date: April 23, 2015Inventors: Kazunari Seki, Koji Watanabe, Wataru Tokunaga, Yuki Takao, Fangman Xu, Hirotaka Mizuta, Keisuke Nakashima, Takuya Igawa, Yusuke Yoshida, Hideya Watanabe, Yosuke Kondo
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Publication number: 20150048574Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2013Publication date: February 19, 2015Applicant: NOK CORPORATIONInventors: Kazunari Seki, Koji Watanabe, Wataru Tokunaga, Yuki Takao, Fangman Xu, Hirotaka Mizuta, Keisuke Nakashima, Takuya Igawa, Yusuke Yoshida, Hideya Watanabe, Yosuke Kondo
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Publication number: 20050116426Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2003Publication date: June 2, 2005Inventors: Hideya Watanabe, Shinya Nakaoka, Yasuaki Tanabe, Nobuyuki Eguchi