Patents by Inventor Kazunari Yamamoto

Kazunari Yamamoto 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: 20090203454
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to reduce cost of a hub wheel in a bearing device for wheel for a drive wheel or a driven wheel. A cylindrical pilot portion P to be fitted to an inner periphery of a wheel 80 is formed at an inner diameter part of a brake rotor 70. A shape of the hub wheel, in particular, the shape thereof on an outboard side is thereby simplified, and thus the hub wheel can be fabricated at low cost by cold forging or the like. An outer joint member 31 of an outboard side constant velocity universal joint 30 and a hub wheel 10 are connected with each other by way of a nut member 90.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Inventors: Kazunari Yamamoto, Kiyotake Shibata, Hiroshi Kawamura
  • Publication number: 20090046972
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel bearing apparatus with a back-to-back double row tapered roller bearing has an outer member integrally with a body mounting flange and double row outer raceway surfaces tapered open respectively axially inward and outward. An inner member include a wheel hub and an inner ring or an outer joint member of a constant velocity universal joint. The wheel hub has a wheel mounting flange and one inner raceway surface arranged oppositely to one of the double row outer raceway surfaces and a cylindrical portion. The inner ring or the outer joint member of a constant velocity universal joint are press fit onto the cylindrical portion and include the other inner raceway surface arranged opposite to the other raceway surface of the double row outer raceway surfaces. Double row tapered rollers are freely rollably held between the outer and inner raceway surfaces by cages. Seals are arranged in annular openings formed by the outer and inner members. The cages are formed of synthetic resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuru Umekida, Hiroshi Kawamura, Kazunari Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20080260314
    Abstract: To provide a wheel support bearing assembly in which the frictional resistance can be effectively reduced while effects of minimizing leakage of the filled lubricant and ingress of dust and muddy water from outside of the bearing assembly are secured, the wheel support bearing assembly includes an outer member 1, an inner member 2 positioned inside the outer member 1 with an annular working space defined between it and the outer member 1, and rows of rolling elements 3 accommodated within the annular working space and rollingly received in part within outer raceways 4 in the outer member 1 and in part within inner raceways 5 in the inner member 2. Opposite open ends of the annular working space are sealed by respective sealing members 7 and 8 which are secured to one of the outer and inner members 1 and 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Sadaji Katogi, Kazunari Yamamoto, Hiedeo Shinagawa
  • Patent number: 7380797
    Abstract: To provide a wheel support bearing assembly in which the frictional resistance can be effectively reduced while effects of minimizing leakage of the filled lubricant and ingress of dust and muddy water from outside of the bearing assembly are secured, the wheel support bearing assembly includes an outer member 1, an inner member 2 positioned inside the outer member 1 with an annular working space defined between it and the outer member 1, and rows of rolling elements 3 accommodated within the annular working space and rollingly received in part within outer raceways 4 in the outer member 1 and in part within inner raceways 5 in the inner member 2. Opposite open ends of the annular working space are sealed by respective sealing members 7 and 8 which are secured to one of the outer and inner members 1 and 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Sadaji Katogi, Kazunari Yamamoto, Hiedeo Shinagawa
  • Publication number: 20070268013
    Abstract: A bearing assembly with a rotation sensor, comprising an outer member (1), an inner member (2), a plurality of rolling elements (3) interposed between the opposed raceway surfaces, and a rotation sensor (4). The rotation sensor (4) includes an annular magnetic encoder (15) and an annular magnetic sensor (16) fitted to the outer member (1) through a sensor cap (12) and a sensor connector (22). The sensor cap (12) is formed in a cylindrical shape having a bottom shape, and has an opening end fitted to an inner periphery or outer periphery of the outer member (1) The sensor connector (22) is formed integrally with the magnetic sensor (16), formed in a polygonal shape on its outer periphery, and fitted to the inner periphery of the sensor cap (12) by a press-fitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2005
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Applicant: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazunari Yamamoto, Hisashi Ohtsuki
  • Publication number: 20070033787
    Abstract: An outer member 10 and an inner member 20 constituting a wheel bearing device are assembled and the brake rotor 40 is fixed to the hub ring 20A of the inner member. In this state, the pad slide surfaces 40a and 40b of the brake rotor 40 are lathed with the reference provided by a wheel pilot end surface 23. Alternatively, the wheel pilot end surface 23 of the hub ring 20A by chucking the knuckle pilot 16 of the outer member 10 with the wheel bearing device put in its assembled state, and the pad slide surfaces 40a and 40b of the brake rotor 40 are lathed with the reference provided by the wheel pilot end surface 23.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventors: Kiyotake Shibata, Kazunari Yamamoto, Kazuhisa Shigeoka, Taku Nishiki, Kazuo Komori, Takao Maeda
  • Patent number: 6959493
    Abstract: A reliable brake rotor and wheel bearing assembly are proposed which make unnecessary adjustment of runout of brake rotor at the customer's factory. For runout of each of the mounting surface and back of the brake rotor itself, and runout of the side of the wheel mounting flange of the inner member to which is mounted the brake rotor, the maximum difference between the peaks of crests and troughs in each period of surface runout is restricted within a standard value, and the brake rotor is mounted to the wheel mounting flange, thereby eliminating the necessity of mounting of the brake rotor and adjustment of runout after mounting at the customer's factory to provide a reliable automotive wheel bearing assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji Tajima, Shigeaki Fukushima, Akira Torii, Kazuhiro Azuma, Naoshi Kinpara, Hisashi Ohtsuki, Kazunari Yamamoto, Motoharu Niki, Masuo Takaki
  • Publication number: 20040017048
    Abstract: To provide a wheel support bearing assembly in which the frictional resistance can be effectively reduced while effects of minimizing leakage of the filled lubricant and ingress of dust and muddy water from outside of the bearing assembly are secured, the wheel support bearing assembly includes an outer member 1, an inner member 2 positioned inside the outer member 1 with an annular working space defined between it and the outer member 1, and rows of rolling elements 3 accommodated within the annular working space and rollingly received in part within outer raceways 4 in the outer member 1 and in part within inner raceways 5 in the inner member 2. Opposite open ends of the annular working space are sealed by respective sealing members 7 and 8 which are secured to one of the outer and inner members 1 and 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Applicant: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sadaji Katogi, Kazunari Yamamoto, Hiedeo Shinagawa
  • Publication number: 20030121153
    Abstract: A reliable brake rotor and wheel bearing assembly are proposed which make unnecessary adjustment of runout of brake rotor at the customer's factory. For runout of each of the mounting surface and back of the brake rotor itself, and runout of the side of the wheel mounting flange of the inner member to which is mounted the brake rotor, the maximum difference between the peaks of crests and troughs in each period of surface runout is restricted within a standard value, and the brake rotor is mounted to the wheel mounting flange, thereby eliminating the necessity of mounting of the brake rotor and adjustment of runout after mounting at the customer's factory to provide a reliable automotive wheel bearing assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Inventors: Eiji Tajima, Shigeaki Fukushima, Akira Torii, Kazuhiro Azuma, Naoshi Kinpara, Hisashi Ohtsuki, Kazunari Yamamoto, Motoharu Niki, Masuo Takaki
  • Patent number: 6575637
    Abstract: A reliable brake rotor and wheel bearing assembly are proposed which make unnecessary adjustment of runout of brake rotor at the customer's factory. For runout of each of the mounting surface and back of the brake rotor itself, and runout of the side of the wheel mounting flange of the inner member to which is mounted the brake rotor, the maximum difference between the peaks of crests and troughs in each period of surface runout is restricted within a standard value, and the brake rotor is mounted to the wheel mounting flange, thereby eliminating the necessity of mounting of the brake rotor and adjustment of runout after mounting at the customer's factory to provide a reliable automotive wheel bearing assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji Tajima, Shigeaki Fukushima, Akira Torii, Kazuhiro Azuma, Naoshi Kinpara, Hisashi Ohtsuki, Kazunari Yamamoto, Motoharu Niki, Masuo Takaki
  • Publication number: 20030059144
    Abstract: A bearing apparatus for a wheel comprising a rolling bearing for rotatably supporting a wheel relative to a body of vehicle having double row rolling elements (20) arranged between an inner member 1 and an outer member (10); a wheel mounting flange (5) for fastening the wheel on a hub wheel (2); and an annular groove (7) formed on the wheel mounting flange (5) and having a predetermined width including hub bolts (6); characterized in that one side of the wheel mounting flange (5) at a region other than the annular groove (7) is formed as a cut-finished surface cut after the press fit of the hub bolts (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Inventors: Mitsuru Umekida, Kazunari Yamamoto, Eiji Tajima, Hiroyuki Ogura, Shigeaki Fukushima, Mashahiro Ozawa
  • Patent number: 6322256
    Abstract: In the capillary tube 22, the cross section of the outer surface is substantially square, and the cross section of the insertion hole 23 is substantially square. Sides La, Lb of the outer surface have high dimensional accuracy and the insertion hole 23 is made to allow two optical fibers 5, 6 to be inserted while adjoining each other and arranged in order therein. The phases of the outer surface and the insertion hole 23 are relatively offset with each other, so that angles &thgr;a, &thgr;b which the sides 23a, 23b of the insertion hole 23 form with flat surfaces 22a, 22b of the outer surface are acute angles of substantially 45°±0.5°. Consequently, the flat surface 22a becomes substantially parallel to the center line M that connects the centers of the cores 5a, 6a of the two optical fibers 5, 6 inserted in the insertion hole 23, and the flat surface 22b becomes substantially perpendicular to the center line M.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsumi Inada, Hirokazu Takeuchi, Nagaharu Nakajima, Masanobu Minami, Tadashi Seto, Yoshimasa Yamaguchi, Masanori Wada, Kazunari Yamamoto, Sotohiro Nakajima