Patents by Inventor Hiroki IRIKAWA

Hiroki IRIKAWA 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: 10436248
    Abstract: Provided is a motion guide device, which includes: a track rail; rolling elements; a moving block, which has an endless circulation path; and a holding belt having pockets, wherein the holding belt has a pair of end portions opposed to each other through intermediation of a free rolling element in the endless circulation path, and wherein a condition of (X?Y)×Z>(B+C)?A>0 is satisfied, where: A represents a path length of the endless circulation path; B represents a total length of the holding belt; C represents a diameter of the free rolling element; X represents a diameter of each of the pockets; Y represents a diameter of each of the rolling elements; and Z represents the number of the rolling elements arrayed in the holding belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: THK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Aoki, Hiroki Irikawa
  • Patent number: 10330150
    Abstract: Provided is a rolling guide device which is capable of preventing uneven wear of a holding belt by alleviating a tensile force that acts on the holding belt when the holding belt circulates in an endless circulation path together with rolling elements. The endless circulation path has a guide groove configured to guide movement of the holding belt in the endless circulation path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: THK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Aoki, Hiroki Irikawa, Shodai Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20190107149
    Abstract: Provided is a rolling guide device which is capable of preventing uneven wear of a holding belt by alleviating a tensile force that acts on the holding belt when the holding belt circulates in an endless circulation path together with rolling elements. The endless circulation path has a guide groove configured to guide movement of the holding belt in the endless circulation path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: THK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Aoki, Hiroki Irikawa, Shodai Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20180355915
    Abstract: Provided is a motion guide device, which alleviates a tensile force acting on a holding belt when the holding belt circulates in an endless circulation path together with rolling elements, thereby being capable of preventing uneven wear of the holding belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: THK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Aoki, Hiroki Irikawa
  • Patent number: 10006488
    Abstract: Provided is a motion guide device including a track rail in which a rolling body rolling groove is formed and a movable block which is mounted on the track rail via a plurality of rolling bodies. The movable block includes a movable block body which has a loaded rolling body rolling groove forming a loaded rolling body rolling passage in cooperation with the rolling body rolling groove and has a non-loaded rolling body rolling passage, return members in which inner peripheral-side direction change grooves connecting the loaded rolling body rolling passage and the non-loaded rolling body rolling passage are formed, and end plates. The end plate has a rolling body scooping arm protruding in a direction of a connection surface with the movable block body and a rolling body scooping groove continuous with the outer peripheral-side direction change groove is formed in the rolling body scooping arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: THK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Aoki, Hiroki Irikawa
  • Publication number: 20170307011
    Abstract: Provided is a motion guide device including a track rail in which a rolling body rolling groove is formed and a movable block which is mounted on the track rail via a plurality of rolling bodies. The movable block includes a movable block body which has a loaded rotting body rolling groove forming a loaded rolling body rolling passage in cooperation with the rolling body rolling groove and has a non-loaded rolling body rolling passage, return members in which inner peripheral-side direction change grooves connecting the loaded rolling body rolling passage and the non-loaded rolling body rolling passage are formed, and end plates. The end plate has a rolling body scooping aim protruding in a direction of a connection surface with the movable block body and a rolling body scooping groove continuous with the outer peripheral-side direction change groove is formed in the rolling body scooping arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: THK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji AOKI, Hiroki IRIKAWA