Patents by Inventor Hiromasa Muraki

Hiromasa Muraki 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: 7004474
    Abstract: A seal for an endless track has a cross section having a centerline parallel to an axis of the seal and a configuration symmetric with respect to the centerline of the cross section. The seal can include an elastically deformably configured portion having a cross section like alphabetical letter X, and a protrusion extending from an intersection of legs of letter X in a bushing-side direction further than a plane connecting bushing-side end portions of the legs of letter X. The protrusion has an end surface where the protrusion contacts the bushing. The seal can further include an embedding portion embedded in a space between legs of letter X, on a bushing-side of the intersection of the legs of letter X.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignees: Topy Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nippon Valqua Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Takahashi, Masaki Ohara, Akiyoshi Kurihara, Seiji Oomura, Noriyuki Andou, Takashi Konno, Hiromasa Muraki, Akira Muramatsu, Shunsuke Tanaka, Kouji Toriyama
  • Patent number: 6783129
    Abstract: A seal device (31) for a bearing system (21) is constituted by first and second seal rings (32) and (35). The first seal ring (32) is constituted by a lip seal (33) having a lip portion (33B) in sliding contact with an end face (23B) of a bush (23) which is fitted on a joint shaft (26), and a slide tube (34) having a seal surface (34C) on an end face at an axial end away from the lip portion (33B) which is formed integrally with a tubular body portion (33A) of the lip seal (33). The second seal ring (35) is fixedly fitted in a boss (22) radially on the outer side of the first seal ring (32), and provided with a seal surface (35D) on the inner side of an annular inward collar portion (35C) for sliding contact with the seal surface (34C) of the slide tube (34).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignees: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd., Nippon Valqua Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Akita, Ryohei Suzuki, Osamu Gokita, Tatsuo Takamure, Hiromasa Muraki, Noriyuki Ando
  • Publication number: 20040007833
    Abstract: A seal for an endless track has a cross section having a centerline parallel to an axis of the seal and a configuration symmetric with respect to the centerline of the cross section. The seal can include an elastically deformably configured portion having a cross section like alphabetical letter X, and a protrusion extending from an intersection of legs of letter X in a bushing-side direction further than a plane connecting bushing-side end portions of the legs of letter X. The protrusion has an end surface where the protrusion contacts the bushing. The seal can further include an embedding portion embedded in a space between legs of letter X, on a bushing-side of the intersection of the legs of letter X.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Applicants: TOPY KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NIPPON VALQUA INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Takahashi, Masaki Ohara, Akiyoshi Kurihara, Seiji Oomura, Noriyuki Andou, Takashi Konno, Hiromasa Muraki, Akira Muramatsu, Shunsuke Tanaka, Kouji Toriyama
  • Publication number: 20030102635
    Abstract: A seal device (31) for a bearing system (21) is constituted by first and second seal rings (32) and (35). The first seal ring (32) is constituted by a lip seal (33) having a lip portion (33B) in sliding contact with an end face (23B) of a bush (23) which is fitted on a joint shaft (26), and a slide tube (34) having a seal surface (34C) on an end face at an axial end away from the lip portion (33B) which is formed integrally with a tubular body portion (33A) of the lip seal (33). The second seal ring (35) is fixedly fitted in a boss (22) radially on the outer side of the first seal ring (32), and provided with a seal surface (35D) on the inner side of an annular inward collar portion (35C) for sliding contact with the seal surface (34C) of the slide tube (34).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2002
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Inventors: Hideki Akita, Ryohei Suzuki, Osamu Gokita, Tatsuo Takamure, Hiromasa Muraki, Noriyuki Ando