Patents by Inventor Kaoru Oomot

Kaoru Oomot 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).

  • Publication number: 20140341490
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a bearing device which includes a lubricant supply device that is capable of supplying lubrication oil from a lubrication oil tank to a rolling bearing without time lag and without using a pump, and at a high level of energy efficiency. A bearing device is constituted by a rolling bearing and a lubricant supply device combined with each other. The lubricant supply device includes a lubrication oil tank which stores pressurized lubrication oil and has a lubrication oil discharge spout; an open/close valve which opens/closes the discharge spout of the lubrication oil tank; a driving section which operates the open/close valve; and an electric power source section which generates electric energy for operation of the driving section. The lubricant supply device is attached to the rolling bearing or to a spacer adjacent thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Ito, Kaoru Oomot