Patents by Inventor Katsuma IMAI

Katsuma IMAI 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: 11156293
    Abstract: A metal gasket containing a metal plate having an opening portion and having a seal bead having a bent cross-sectional shape formed along the opening portion in order to suppress a variation in the height of the seal bead due to a tensile stress generated in the outer periphery of the seal bead in the molding of the seal bead is provided with a lightening hole extending along the outer periphery of the seal bead, in which the distance between the lightening hole and the seal bead is constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Inventors: Kento Ide, Katsuma Imai, Hirotaka Muragishi
  • Publication number: 20190383231
    Abstract: A metal gasket containing a metal plate having an opening portion and having a seal bead having a bent cross-sectional shape formed along the opening portion in order to suppress a variation in the height of the seal bead due to a tensile stress generated in the outer periphery of the seal bead in the molding of the seal bead is provided with a lightening hole extending along the outer periphery of the seal bead, in which the distance between the lightening hole and the seal bead is constant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Kento IDE, Katsuma IMAI, Hirotaka MURAGISHI
  • Patent number: 10094473
    Abstract: A heat-resistant gasket is provided with a first coating plate in which an annularly continuous emboss portion is formed and which is made of metal, a second coating plate which is arranged so as to face to the first coating plate in a thickness direction and is brought into close contact with a convex surface of the emboss portion, in which end portions in an inner peripheral side of the emboss portion are connected in a state of being in close contact with and lapped over the first coating plate and which is made of metal, and an expanded graphite core which is pinched between the first coating plate and the second coating plate, in a portion between the emboss portion and the overlapped portion of the end portions. Therefore, excellent sealing performance can be maintained even under a high-temperature environment while preventing stress relaxation due to heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: NOK Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuma Imai, Nobutake Matsuki, Masaru Ito
  • Publication number: 20160025224
    Abstract: A heat-resistant gasket is provided with a first coating plate in which an annularly continuous emboss portion is formed and which is made of metal, a second coating plate which is arranged so as to face to the first coating plate in a thickness direction and is brought into close contact with a convex surface of the emboss portion, in which end portions in an inner peripheral side of the emboss portion are connected in a state of being in close contact with and lapped over the first coating plate and which is made of metal, and an expanded graphite core which is pinched between the first coating plate and the second coating plate, in a portion between the emboss portion and the overlapped portion of the end portions. Therefore, excellent sealing performance can be maintained even under a high-temperature environment while preventing stress relaxation due to heat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Katsuma IMAI, Nobutake MATSUKI, Masaru ITO