Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Monma

Hiroaki Monma 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: 10890257
    Abstract: A sealing device capable of preventing, when a shaft and a housing move relative to each other, the sealing device from moving together with the shaft. A resin seal ring 100 includes a cylindrical section 110, a pair of inner circumference lips 120 respectively provided on both sides of the cylindrical section 110 in the axial direction, a pair of outer circumference lips 130 respectively provided on both sides of the cylindrical section 110 in the axial direction, and an annular mounting groove 111 which is provided on an outer circumference surface of the cylindrical section 110 and in which the elastic seal ring 300 is mounted. The pair of inner circumference lips 120 are configured to slide on an outer circumference surface of the shaft. The pair of outer circumference lips 130 are configured to be in close contact with the inner circumference surface of the shaft hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroaki Monma
  • Publication number: 20190178383
    Abstract: A sealing device capable of preventing, when a shaft and a housing move relative to each other, the sealing device from moving together with the shaft. A resin seal ring 100 includes a cylindrical section 110, a pair of inner circumference lips 120 respectively provided on both sides of the cylindrical section 110 in the axial direction, a pair of outer circumference lips 130 respectively provided on both sides of the cylindrical section 110 in the axial direction, and an annular mounting groove 111 which is provided on an outer circumference surface of the cylindrical section 110 and in which the elastic seal ring 300 is mounted. The pair of inner circumference lips 120 are configured to slide on an outer circumference surface of the shaft. The pair of outer circumference lips 130 are configured to be in close contact with the inner circumference surface of the shaft hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventor: Hiroaki MONMA
  • Patent number: 10107401
    Abstract: A sealing structure suppresses possible damage to a seal ring because of a backup ring. The sealing structure is characterized in that a cut portion 150 that is cut in a planar shape is formed in a backup ring 100 at one position in a circumferential direction, the cut portion 150 is configured such that a cut surface 153 is oblique to a central axis of the backup ring 100, an acute angle of angles between a surface on the high pressure side of the backup ring 100 and the cut surface 153 is set to not less than 15° and not more than 30°, and the backup ring 100 is formed of a resin material having Rockwell hardness of 100 or less, durometer hardness of 70 or less, and elastic modulus of 1.0 GPa or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Monma, Mitsuo Watanabe, Shuji Yoshitsune, Kota Henmi
  • Publication number: 20170292607
    Abstract: A sealing structure suppresses possible damage to a seal ring because of a backup ring. The sealing structure is characterized in that a cut portion 150 that is cut in a planar shape is formed in a backup ring 100 at one position in a circumferential direction, the cut portion 150 is configured such that a cut surface 153 is oblique to a central axis of the backup ring 100, an acute angle of angles between a surface on the high pressure side of the backup ring 100 and the cut surface 153 is set to not less than 15° and not more than 30°, and the backup ring 100 is formed of a resin material having Rockwell hardness of 100 or less, durometer hardness of 70 or less, and elastic modulus of 1.0 GPa or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki MONMA, Mitsuo WATANABE, Shuji YOSHITSUNE, Kota HENMI
  • Patent number: 9777839
    Abstract: An object is to provide a backup ring manufacturable with an angle of a cut portion set to a standard cut angle even in the case of a product having a small diameter etc. due to dimensional limitation of a device used therewith, and is solved by a sealing device characterized in that a backup ring 1 is disposed in an annular gap 4 formed by disposing a sloped surface 20 on a member surface of one of two members, i.e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: NOK Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroaki Monma
  • Publication number: 20170097094
    Abstract: An object is to provide a backup ring manufacturable with an angle of a cut portion set to a standard cut angle even in the case of a product having a small diameter etc. due to dimensional limitation of a device used therewith, and is solved by a sealing device characterized in that a backup ring 1 is disposed in an annular gap 4 formed by disposing a sloped surface 20 on a member surface of one of two members, i.e.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Applicant: NOK Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroaki MONMA
  • Patent number: 9273655
    Abstract: A sealing device (100) includes a resinous sealing ring (110) and an elastomeric elastic ring (120) in an annular groove 210. The sealing ring (110) has a cylindrical surface portion (112a) making intimate contact with a groove bottom of the annular groove (210) and an inclined surface portion (112b) expanding in diameter toward the atmosphere side (A). The elastic ring (120) is disposed such that at least its portion is compressed between the inclined surface portion (112b) and the groove bottom of the annular groove (210) so as to press a portion of the sealing ring (110) on the atmosphere side (A) toward the outer peripheral side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hikaru Tadano, Yosuke Kondo, Hiroaki Monma
  • Publication number: 20150260290
    Abstract: In a sealing device sealing between relatively moving two members by being installed to an installation groove in one member and coming into close contact with the other member and a side wall of the installation groove, the sealing device has a seal ring including a diametrical portion in an end portion of a tubular portion, and coming into close contact with a side wall of the installation groove by an end surface of the diametrical portion and the other member by an outer peripheral surface of the tubular portion, a rigid support ring including positions respectively coming into contact with an inner peripheral surface of the tubular portion and the axially other end surface of the diametrical portion, and a spring means pressing the support ring and the seal ring. The support ring serves to support the tubular portion of the seal ring from an inner peripheral side thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroaki Monma
  • Publication number: 20150233331
    Abstract: A sealing device (100) includes a resinous sealing ring (110) and an elastomeric elastic ring (120) in an annular groove 210. The sealing ring (110) has a cylindrical surface portion (112a) making intimate contact with a groove bottom of the annular groove (210) and an inclined surface portion (112b) expanding in diameter toward the atmosphere side (A). The elastic ring (120) is disposed such that at least its portion is compressed between the inclined surface portion (112b) and the groove bottom of the annular groove (210) so as to press a portion of the sealing ring (110) on the atmosphere side (A) toward the outer peripheral side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hikaru Tadano, Yosuke Kondo, Hiroaki Monma
  • Patent number: 9080672
    Abstract: In a sealing device installed to an installation groove which is provided in an outer peripheral surface of one member among two members relatively moving, and sealing between the two members by coming into close contact with the other member which is positioned in an outer peripheral side of the installation groove and one side wall of the installation groove, the sealing device has a seal ring, a support ring having a pressing surface which comes into contact with an inner peripheral corner portion the seal ring, and a spring means which presses the support ring and the seal ring. A collapsing margin in relation to the taper surface shaped pressing surface in the support ring is normally set in an inner peripheral corner portion in the seal ring. According to the sealing device, it is possible to improve pressure resistance and sealing performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: NOK Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Matsumoto, Hiroaki Monma
  • Publication number: 20150035237
    Abstract: A sealing structure which is able to reduce an inserting load, while enhancing a sealing performance is provided. The sealing structure includes an annular groove (211) having a step on its groove bottom, and is provided with a primary annular groove (211a) disposed at one side of the step, and a secondary annular groove (211b) disposed at another side of the step, and a gasket (400) is disposed so as to be filled into the primary annular groove (211a), and a gap (D2) between an injector and a mounting hole at a boundary section between the primary annular groove (211a) and the secondary annular groove (211b) is larger than a minute gap (D1) at an opposite side of the secondary annular groove (211b) intervened by the primary annular groove (211a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2012
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Hikaru Tadano, Hiroaki Monma
  • Publication number: 20150008648
    Abstract: In a sealing device installed to an installation groove which is provided in an outer peripheral surface of one member among two members relatively moving, and sealing between the two members by coming into close contact with the other member which is positioned in an outer peripheral side of the installation groove and one side wall of the installation groove, the sealing device has a seal ring, a support ring having a pressing surface which comes into contact with an inner peripheral corner portion the seal ring, and a spring means which presses the support ring and the seal ring. A collapsing margin in relation to the taper surface shaped pressing surface in the support ring is normally set in an inner peripheral corner portion in the seal ring. According to the sealing device, it is possible to improve pressure resistance and sealing performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Matsumoto, Hiroaki Monma
  • Publication number: 20120308424
    Abstract: A sealing device is constructed by a seal ring and a back ring, the back ring is constructed by a lip packing provided with an inner lip and an outer lip in one end portion in an axial direction of an annular base portion, and is provided with an annular protrusion for setting a diametrical direction compression margin in the back ring in an outer peripheral surface of the annular base portion. The outer lip has a function of sealing the sealed fluid by coming into close contact with the cylinder and releasing the accumulated pressure by being pushed by a pressure at a time of a pressure accumulating phenomenon in the another space in the axial direction so as to be spaced from the cylinder. The annular protrusion is provided with a flow path for introducing the accumulated pressure to the outer lip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicants: ADVICS CO., LTD., NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hikaru Tadano, Hiroaki Monma, Nobuhiko Yoshioka, Takahiro Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20120235361
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a sealing device, which is capable of keeping a higher sealability even when a fluid pressure is not applied and even just after starting of application of the fluid pressure, and which is capable of reducing a sliding resistance while keeping a sealability during operation where the fluid pressure is always applied thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventors: Hikaru Tadano, Hiroaki Monma, Shigeo Sekine